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NOT DRINKING POISON PodcastEp. 19: Stephana Nicolescou of Domaine Andrea CalekDespite the fact that I was in art before, I don’t perceive tending vines and making wine as art. And therefore I myself don’t feel comfortable excusing my prices because it’s a special little artsy thing... It’s not what I’ve been learning for the last fifteen years. - Stephana NicolescouHalf-French, half-Romanian, and raised in Chicago, Stephana Nicolescou is a well-traveled natural wine jack-of-all-trades who, since 2017, has been helping run the 5ha Ardèche estate of her companion, renowned Czech vigneron Andrea Calek. In 2019 and 2020, she also produced négociant micro-cuvées of her own as...2024-03-2033 min
NOT DRINKING POISON PodcastEp. 15: Hannah Fuellenkemper of AbracadabraIn Auvergne, the winemakers are very independent. I don't know if it's the Auvergne that makes you like this or if it's the people. Because not a lot of the winemakers in the Auvergne are actually from the Auvergne. They come from somewhere else and I think maybe they come to a place like this because they like to be alone. - Hannah FuellenkemperThere are, I often say, two ways to fall in love with natural wine, not mutually exclusive. One is to learn about it, taste widely, and begin buying it in favor of all...2024-01-2448 min
NOT DRINKING POISON PodcastEp. 14: Katie Worobeck of Maison MaenadWhen my two-year visa was over, I asked the Ganevats to help me with a working visa... During that time, I did receive some job offers in Canada. But there was still nothing that was as exciting as the wines we were making in the Jura. And I [figured] I would rather be a little vineyard donkey doing whatever at [Domaine] Ganevat than be the head honcho somewhere making wines that I don’t really believe in. - Katie WorobeckKatie Worobeck is a Canadian vigneronne (and fellow Substack writer!) based in the village of Orbagna in th...2024-01-2450 min