Any ideas as to what is in the wine you’re drinking?
FIND OUT WHY WE SHOULD BE PAYING MORE ATTENTION WITH ISABELLE LEGERON’S NEW BOOK, NATURAL WINE
“A really inspiring book. Isabelle writes beautifully
and it’s given me a lot to think about” – Olly Smith
Over the last 5 decades the art of winemaking has got evermore controlled, processed and altogether unnatural. The crops is vineyards being subject to blanket spraying has become the norm, and 99.9% of all wines now have high level sulphite levels, not to mention another 50 or so additives. Th problem is that few of this pretty important details are actually listed on the label, so we have to ask ourselves why are we so concerned about what is in what we eat, but seem uninterested about what’s in our wine?
There is an alternative. Natural wine is wine made as nature intended with grapes that are farmed organically or biodynamically and with minimum intervention in the winery. Wine that is basically good, old-fashioned fermented grape juice. And there’s no one that knows them better than their standard bearer, Isabelle Legeron MW, who is at the forefront of this growth in awareness.
As crusader for the natural wine movement, she has presented her own show on the Travel Channel, acts as adviser to several leading restaurants and has set-up the hugely successful annual natural wine fair – RAW. Just as the craft beer movement has taken off across the globe, the demand for natural wine has exploded over the last couple of years, and looks set to go from strength to strength.
Isabelle says ‘I’m incredibly excited about releasing a book on natural wine. I’ve dedicated my life to raising awareness about them, since it is the only wine I drink now. I want people to know about the rubbish that goes into making so many of the wines on our shelves, but even more than that I want them to know that it doesn’t have to be that way. There are amazing wines out there that are so, so much better in every way.’
Natural Wine is split into three parts. Part one examines the definition of natural wine, looking at The Vineyard, The Cellar, Taste, Misconceptions and Health. Part two explores the Who, Where and When, providing details of the Artisans, the Origins of the Movement and where you can find and buy natural wine. Finally, part three features information and tasting notes on a large variety of natural wines, helping you to discover natural wine for yourself.
