A NATURAL WINE PARTY platform for 2028. Check in out in NOT DRINKING POISON. (Also, vote today so there IS a US election in 2028.) notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/drastic-chan…

“The only solution we have today, when you really get a mousey taste in wine, is time. Only time makes mouse go away.” - Xavier Couturier of influential Alsace consultancy DUO Oenologie More in the new interview in Not Drinking Poison notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/xavier-coutu…

it’s generally months, not years. but can be years in extreme cases (those are also generally cases of poor winemaking, specifically sloppy racking)

Meet market-gardeners turned vignerons Gabriel and Léa Willem of LES JARDINS EN-CHANTANT, whose autodidact, handmade natural wine production shows just how rare that is in Alsace. notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/les-jardins-…

the BIG LIST of WINTER 2024-2025 NATURAL WINE SALONS is up at NOT DRINKING POISON 🍷☠️ notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/winter-2024-…

bon anniv mads kleppe! the swashbuckling sommelier who went from noma to georgia 🏺🍷 resharing our podcast for the occasion notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/ep-28-mads-k…

some news: i opened a wine shop / wine bar in burgundy in chagny, 15min south of beaune notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/opening-la-c…

BREAKING NEWS it's my top 10 natural wines of 2024 🥱 notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/ten-natural-…

Julie Gézégabelle-Pham's tiny pizzeria-slash-Vietnamese restaurant is a natural wine haven in the heart of arch-conservative Epernay 🥂🍾 notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/leurasienne-…

an exercise in writing truthfully about an innovative champagne rule-breaker in a way that does not get him into trouble with those who make and enforce the idiot rules of champagne production 🥂🍾🌳 notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/sebastien-mo…

DROPLETS: The Week in Natural Wine notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/droplets-the…

the big list of SPRING 2025 NATURAL WINE SALONS just dropped 🍷☠️ notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/spring-2025-…

Debuting vigneron Nicolas Bernard had the impressive foresight to plant savagnin and poulsard on the virgin limestone slopes east of Vesoul (Franche-Comté) 🧀 notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/nicolas-bern…

New DROPLETS just dropped. This week: Jefford on autocracy. Why winery start-ups fail. Eco concern-trolling in the Guardian. Still Prosecco. The fine water scam. And more. notdrinkingpoison.substack.com/p/droplets-the…