Category Archives: natural wine

How Wine Became modern @ SF MOMA

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Martin Carel

Last week I went to see the “How Wine Became modern” exhibition @ SF MOMA. Nothing exceptional, but certainly interesting. The Stuff The most relevant section for me, in the context of my documentary about natural wine, was the collection … Continue reading →

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Tasting @ Punchdown Natural Wine Bar

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Martin Carel

Last night was a successful Tuesday Tasty Tasting (TTT) in Oakland for me and a few other natural wine twitterers, organized by David (@100aocs). We all gathered around a few tables at The Punchdown, a natural wine bar in Oakland which … Continue reading →

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Natural winemakers: empirical and avant-gardist

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Martin Carel

I’ve been reading about and exploring natural wine for about half a year now. With modesty, I can say that I know the spiel by now. Today I read an article from Shea Coulson which resonated with me. The kind of article … Continue reading →

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Legal additives to wine according to the TTB

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Martin Carel

A key point in natural wine is to avoid adding stuff to the wine during the process of making it. Many winemakers told me that they did not add anything to their wine. In other words, if they had an … Continue reading →

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Saturday night @ Nopa

Posted on January 10, 2011 by winomatt

We went to the Nopa restaurant for the first time yesterday. And it was amazing. The place is decorated simply and tastefully, with a casual bar area slightly separate from the dining area. There’s a big communal table for socially-inclined … Continue reading →

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A definition of natural wine in the field

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Martin Carel

Time for a pit stop We are now at a point where we have accumulated some baggage about natural wine. We researched the topic quite a bit and interviewed lots of people. Including 8 natural winemakers. To each one, we … Continue reading →

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Taking a stance on biodynamics

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Martin Carel

During our research phase, we quickly stumbled upon biodynamics. There are many California natural wine producers who claim to use some biodynamic techniques, or who are even certified by Demeter, the international certification body for biodynamic agriculture. Here is a … Continue reading →

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Natural Wine is a Halloween Costume

Posted on November 1, 2010 by winomatt

Martin and I were walking the streets of Berkeley on the night of Halloween. We were not trying to scare the kids from behind the bushes, we were just coming back from the wineries we had gone to that day. … Continue reading →

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Natural Wine at Palate Press

Posted on October 21, 2010 by winomatt

Remy Charest’s latest article on palate press was quite interesting to us as it brings together a lot of the sources we’ve been reading in recent weeks. Among many other things, Remy talks about the different definitions of natural wine. … Continue reading →

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Wine Chemistry 101 on Sulfur

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Martin Carel

On Cory Cartwright’s blog, as a part of his “31 days of natural wine” series, the Bay area chemist Arjun Mendiratta has written an entertaining and dense post on sulfur. Here are important points we want to remember from his post: SO2 … Continue reading →

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