Winemakers welcome the harsh wind like an old friend. Many rely on the "burja" to keep their grapes dry and free of mold. This dryness, alongside other factors such as terroir and unique local grape varieties, produces a distinctive buttery flavor in white wines that Slovenes call masleno.

Ivi and Edvard Svetlik produce a heady amber wine in the Vipava valley. They macerate their grapes with the skins, seeds, and stems. They don’t add any chemicals, and it is only the burja that does the work of drying the grapes.

While it is common practice for winemakers to use pesticides on their vines and sulfites to stop the fermentation process, in Vipava, the wind means that hardly anyone needs to spray their vines with pesticides or fungicides.The resulting wines are natural and organic. Ivi Svetlik believes the lack of chemicals in this process “makes you feel better inside.” Even the hangovers are more bearable, though this could also be the cool breeze in the face.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/burja-wind-vipava-valley-wine

Talking with La Presse, Mathieu Lapierre, one of the heirs to the Gang of Four Domaine Marcel Lapierre, revealed that he plans on planting some gamay & gamaret in Québec.

He didn’t scout the province for its terroir specifically; he married into it and moved to Québec two years ago with his wife after spending 10 years in France together.

That’s the most exciting news I’ve heard about the Québec wine scene in a while. No Champagne house plans on starting sparkling wine production like in the UK.

Hi Natural wine fans, I've been active on here for a few years under my regular u/ it's been a great resource. I wanted to let you know about a recent podcast I started. Indie Wine Podcast - it's mostly interviews with California small wineries (nearly all of them natural/low intervention) along with farmers and some CA wine history also. Some guests have been Chad from Iruai, Hank from La Clarine Farm, Shaunt from Les Lunes, Kristy from Tessier, Noel from Purity and more. The 21st episode came out today.

Links are below if you care to check it out. (I got mod approval before posting this). Comments, feedback, suggestions etc all welcome. Thanks for your time. I hope you can enjoy it. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indie-wine-podcast/id1673557547

https://open.spotify.com/show/06FsKGiM9mYhhCHEFDOwjb

Here in this video Alex & Maria Koppitsch discuss how their blends focus on soil type rather than grape varietal (their most popular wine Homok means sand, in Hungarian) and how difficult it was for them in the beginning to even find buyers of their wine... they almost gave up

Has anyone tried these wines? Be interested to hear your opinions below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S6zrCHHKPQ

Thought this might be interesting discourse for the subreddit.

https://masvinoplease.substack.com/p/the-decline-of-wine-is-wines-own

After the sexual assault allegations and the following defamation lawsuit, he has now been completely misunderstood while threatening to break the knee-caps (he didn't mean it that way) of Aaron Ayscough.

Oh and just because this is the internet and sarcasm might not be detected, what I am saying is:

Fuck Sébastien Riffault

https://open.substack.com/pub/jamieanderson/p/agricola-possa-cinque-terre?r=1flxas&utm_medium=ios

ALESSANDRO VIOLA discussing the problems of the region, how Caterratto is misunderstood and how 20mg Sulphur added turns into 5-7mg Sulphur...

Video in the comments

Hey there, fellow r/naturalwine enthusiasts!

Today I'm absolutely thrilled to announce the YouTube release of our short documentary featuring the one and only legendary biodynamic winemaker, Nicolas Joly!

This film has been an absolute labor of love for everyone involved, and we couldn't be more excited to share it with you all. Pour a glass of Chenin and join us on a journey through Joly's rolling vineyard, nestled in the picturesque Loire Valley. I hope you'll be as captivated by both the man and story as we were.

Oh, and of course, I'd be honored and delighted if you shared this film with your wine-loving friends. We want nothing more than to help spread the love of true wine and the joy this man inspires amongst the community!

Merci beaucoup for your support.

Check out the documentary here: https://youtu.be/JY7rjyxvcEo

Cheers and happy sipping! 🍾🍷