r/naturalwine

The title says it all

For such a big city, it is still shocking to me that a cute wine bar that's not giving 2016 bachelorette party or has any funkier wines hasn't popped up. Does anyone have recommendations on places in Dallas proper where you've found orange or natural wine or a better wine bar vibe than like Leela's?

Hi all! So, I recently put notice in at my retail wine job in the hopes of landing some more sales experience. I have about 10 years in-depth tasting and retail sales experience and am currently studying for my CSW (with a credit ready to schedule my test anytime before Sept). I want to explore the other side of the table, so to speak. All my experience is on the buying/training staff side of things and I am DYING to see it from the perspective of those who get to travel, speak with vintners and literally smell the soils of the world on their skin. I have 1 year of B2B office supply sales experience from a tryst I had in the corporate world and while the independence and social aspects of that year thrilled me, the actual items I was selling (along with the slow pace) were infinitely boring. I'm ready to try a new challenge focused on something I actually love, wine.

Any advice on how I can get my name out there? My boss and I have been speaking directly with the reps we currently work with to see what's out there but they have been surprisingly unhelpful considering our great working relationships for the last 3+ years (even with competitiveness being a factor, it's like...wild). I have been checking winejobs.com, LinkedIn, and Indeed and have sent my resumé out to a few places over the last few days. Should I just blast my resumé out to the reputable places I know of? Pick a handful of favorites and write cover letters targeted at them? A combo of both? I'm not trying to represent a ton of small books and split my attention/focus unnecessarily, I've seen so many reps fail with the "more is more" philosophy. All this is to say, I've thought about it a lot but there are probably many other things I am not thinking of, your help would be much appreciated!

We’ve been to the wine bars associated with Frenchie, Septime and Paul Bert plus L'Avant Comptoir, La Buvette and Willie’s. Besides Foderol, is there anywhere new in Paris worth checking out? And any French Riviera recs would also be greatly appreciated.

Hello wine redditors,

I am in Liguria for two weeks.

Any nice recommendations for wineries to visit?

I am close to Ventimiglia, but happy to travel around with a car.

Low intervention/organic farming is preferable!

I promise a report once I am back home :)

Thanks!

I’ve been trying to learn more about wine and I keep coming across people talking about how important the glass shape is

I usually just grab whatever clean glass is in the cupboard but now I’m wondering if I’m missing out. Some of these wine glasses look super thin and fancy which is cool but also intimidating lol

What you all think does it make a difference for someone who’s not a wine expert or is it only noticeable if you really know your stuff?

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.

Recently have noticed some smaller wine makers that still fall into the “premium wine” category ($25+/btl) are using AI for label design to lower cost, quicker turn around, etc. I’ve mainly seen it used for labels with illustrations or some sort of graphic elements, not so much on the more legacy “old world” style script labels but I’m sure it’s probably happening.

I wanted to poll this sub to see some opinions.

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British winemaking seems to be on the increase, do people care for it?

I’ve been drinking more ”traditional” blends lately, but just enjoyed Mosse’s Combo, a blend of Muscat and Cabernet Franc, which was a real breath of fresh air; a perfect mix of fun and classy.

I’ve also really enjoyed Matassa’s Tommy Ferriol and Jugo Vins’ Jugosa, both 70:30 Syrah-Muscat blends (yes, the pattern isn’t lost on me…). Also really looking forward to getting my hands on L’Octavin’s Synin, a Syrah–Chenin blend.

This brings me to the question: what are some interesting grape blends you can recommend?

I’d like to give some more attention to domestic producers making cool, interesting wine.

Any recommendations for stellar low intervention/natural wines made by women, lgbtq+ and/or BIPOC folks? Looking to support some underrepresented producers who are putting out great stuff. TIA!

What’s your favorite pet nats?

Any sparkling wine is welcome except Champagne.

It’s for my parents and me, they love sparkling rosé, but I think a sparkling white could be really nice too.