About this episode

The episode explores the current state and future of natural wine through discussions with various experts.

Is natural wine dead? Or is it thriving? What even IS natural wine these days?! Most importantly, what's next for this multi-faceted yet misunderstood category? Helping us answer these searching questions are writer and winemaker Rachel Signer, journalist Simon J Woolf and wine producer Ben Walgate. We also indulge in a bit of impassioned debate between the two of us - this being a particularly provocative topic. (It's not every episode that moves Peter to use the phrase, 'complete boll...

People in this episode

Hosts: Susie, Peter

Guests: Rachel Signer, Simon J Woolf, Ben Walgate

Topics covered

• natural wine
• wine debate
• wine production
• wine journalism
• wine trends

Keywords

• natural wine
• wine industry
• wine debate
• wine trends
• wine production

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