i will definitely check some of those producers out, especially the jouves & kaczmarek. thanks!
another guy in cahors area to look out for is simon busser, no sulfur, no filter, no fining, no website, works the land with horses, the whole artisan wine number. amazing malbec if you can find it. we went on an unsuccessful mission to find him, it was a bit like looking for syd barrett 
Vinho Verde brings me joy.
we have a saying round here:
“I’d drink my own pish if it got me steaming quickly”
That bloody stuff. It’s grape scrumpy, but actually rougher. You can feel your eyes getting itchy after just one glass. It seems to be everywhere in Sydney. I DJ at a couple of bars where all the wine is local orange and all the beers are local craft, so I have to drink spirits(also local and quite rough) It’s like we are back in that 70’s when the folk crowd were making wine out of parsnips and turnips. I just want to have a beer(that doesn’t taste like pot pouri), or a wine that doesn’t desiccate me after 2 glasses while playing some tunes.
orange / skin contact / minimal intervention / “natural” - it is trendy but I love it. Like anything, there’s heaps of people cashing in with some absolute trash but, at the same time, there are some legends doing great stuff.
Sam Vinciullo
Picture of an SB but anything he does is great. Can’t go wrong.
Absolutely loving this thread.
I’ve tried a few orange wines now and Ive really enjoyed some, however there have been a couple which just taste like apple cider vinegar.
I tried some well mad but delicious natural wine in athens this year made by the bar the clumseys. It was tatziki flavour. Wish I could buy that in the uk
This Sardinian skin contact field blend is hitting the spot with roasted radicchio pasta. Sort of a cool salty plum accord with rosemary undertones. Pro tip—lab glass makes for great cheap decanters.
This looks really good
A heads up that the new Noble Rot is out for you wine folk. Dan Keeling and co with an always entertaining read whether you like wine or not (though it helps).
I’m a big fan of Pinot Noir, but as mentioned earlier in the thread, the price of Burgundy has priced me out now.
My ‘go to’ reasonably price Burgundy-style Pinot Noir is Grace Bridge by Scotto Cellars out of California. You can pick it up for £13 a bottle and at that price its an absolute steal. I drank my way around a good chunk of the US Pinots when it wasn’t in stock at my local shop and found some that matched it, but were two or three times the price.
There’s a bottle of Ata Rangi Home Block in the rack that I’m looking forward to on a suitable special occasion.
Noble Rot 10th Anniversary out now - great interview with Tom & Ed Chemical by John Niven - cheers
