An introduction to the Slovakian natural wine scene
Ahead of our RAW WINE fairs this fall, we spoke to a number of Slovakian winemakers to find out about the country's natural wine scene, viticultural traditions, winemaking regions and grape varieties.
Meet natural sake maker Terada Honke
Terada Honke, the 24th generation to run his brewery, is one of the few natural sake makers in Japan. Our friend Christian Farci, a.k.a. Signor Sake and a Tokyo-based sake expert, met him to discuss the challenges of making sake in a natural style. Can you tell us
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - October 2022 Selection
Hello and welcome back. This autumnal box has been heart-warming to put together as I’ve included quite a few old friends in the line-up this time - wines of growers I have been following for years that I have seen evolve and change. It is quite special opening up
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - September 2022 Selection
Hello and welcome back. Fall is my favorite season. It is punctuated by the vintage in the Northern Hemisphere, by sunny afternoons whose glow is of a dimmer light, by the soft squelch of the undergrowth, the crunch of nuts, the abundance of harvest (both cultivated and wild) and the
BBC World Service - The Understory: Life in the Soil
Isabelle Legeron MW is hosting a 4-part audio series called The Understory: Life in the Soil as part of the BBC World Service's radio programme The Compass. The first episode was broadcast on Wednesday 7th September which you can listen to now, with the remaining episodes going live
Meet importer Ms Yasuko Goda
Ms Yasuko Goda is co-owner of Racines, one of the leading importers of natural wines into Japan. She works closely with many leading natural winemakers - see the list here. We caught up with Ms Goda to hear her story .... What are you first memories of natural wine? In 1988,
RAW WINE club - Tasting Notes - August 2022 Selection
Hello and welcome back! In our glouglou day and age, and its quest for the ever-more juicy glass of wine, we seem to prefer wines that have barely left the press - the newer, the fresher, the better. Out with the old and in with the new - it is
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - July 2022 Selection
Hello and welcome back! This must be our most eclectic selection for the wine club so far, so get ready for some palate gym as each bottle is radically different to the next. Putting the selection together was a lot of fun, particularly thanks to a comprehensive tasting of Greek
