It was in 2011 when the two young men behind Æblerov, Christopher Melin and Morten Sylvest-Noer, embarked upon their cider adventure out of Melin’s parents garage in Valby, Copenhagen, with the modest starting capital of $250. The two of them had met working at a natural wine bar: Melin on the floor and Sylvest-Noer in the kitchen, both just emerging into the world of the … [Read more...] about Æblerov: Drinking Real Cider With The Danish Apple Thieves
Winemakers
The Wines of Olivier Cohen: Burt Reynolds of the Argelliers
Wine glasses in hand, mid-tasting, Languedoc winemaker Olivier Cohen and his father and I troop across the road from his winery to see a parcel of Cohen’s Merlot. Cohen stops at his mailbox on the way, discovering inside it something resembling an auburn, dirt-encrusted pebble, which he holds in his palm for me to examine. “It’s a truffle!” he reveals, chuckling. He explains … [Read more...] about The Wines of Olivier Cohen: Burt Reynolds of the Argelliers
In Central France, Aurelien Lefort Is Championing Natural Winemaking
Madriat is a hamlet of some 114 residents in the southern reaches of the Puy-de-Dôme department of Auvergne, far from the suburban sprawl of Clermont-Ferrand, in the foothills of the Chain des Puys. I’ve come to visit Aurelien Lefort, a painter and illustrator, a former Parisien, who in recent years has produced tiny quantities of glittering, high-toned, unsulfured wines from … [Read more...] about In Central France, Aurelien Lefort Is Championing Natural Winemaking
Mythopia: High In The Swiss Alps With Winemaker Hans-Peter Schmidt
Hans-Peter Schmidt gazed across the Rhône valley in the Canton of Valais, garnished with vines as far as the eye could see, from the forest break at the highest perch of his carbon positive vineyard and experimental farm: Mythopia. With one hand filled with blackcurrants just picked moments before, he waved the palm of his free hand over his vast oasis in the Swiss Valais to … [Read more...] about Mythopia: High In The Swiss Alps With Winemaker Hans-Peter Schmidt
Jeff Fischer of Habit Wine and American Dad: The Sprudge Wine Interview
You might know him as the voice of interplanetary stoner boyfriend extraordinaire Jeff Fischer on TV's American Dad, but the real Jeff Fischer is a vineyard living, grape picking, seriously committed winemaker. His label—Habit Wine—is sold at prominent wine shops (Silverlake Wine, Flatiron Wines, Astor Wines, and many more) and appears on lists at noted restaurants nationwide, … [Read more...] about Jeff Fischer of Habit Wine and American Dad: The Sprudge Wine Interview