{"id":14489,"date":"2016-04-18T08:49:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T08:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=14489"},"modified":"2016-04-18T08:49:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T08:49:25","slug":"at-the-real-wine-fair-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/natural-wine\/at-the-real-wine-fair-2","title":{"rendered":"At the Real Wine Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Yesterday and today (Monday), it’s the Real Wine Fair. This is one of two large natural wine fairs that takes place annually in London, and it’s completely, utterly fabulous. Around 150 winegrowers from around the world are gathered to pour their wines, and there’s also lots of food, and a seminar program. Sunday was the public day; today is the traded day.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

I was taking part in the seminar program, with a session titled ‘The strange appeal of natural wine.’ Basically, it was a wide ranging conversation with Doug Wregg, who asked me lots of questions. We covered ground such as aesthetics, the interpretative role of the vigneron, whether you can score or rate natural wines, whether we have to assess wine at all, and also the limits and constraints of language – and how our words can get in the way of our perceptions.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

I have a recording of it, but because it’s an hour long, I’m not sure how much of an audience there is for this! And there are some things we said that might have to be redacted…<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

I would have loved to spend more time here, because I was blown away by some of the wines I tasted. This is the living, pulsing heartbeat of the world of wine. This is the future of fine wine. People working more naturally, more carefully, getting in the way less, skilfully guiding and protecting the wine in its journey from the vineyard to the bottle. Not everything here, of course, is great – but there is just such a lot of amazing, personality-filled wine to be discovered at a fair like this.<\/p>\n

Natural wine\/authentic wine is not a fad. It’s here to stay.<\/p>\n

\"Kelley
Kelley Fox: great Oregon Pinots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Craig
Craig Hawkins: brilliant elegant South African wines from the Swartland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Scott
Scott Frank, Oregon (Bow & Arrow)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Annedria
Annedria Beckham, AD Beckham – distinctive lovely amphora wines from Oregon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Daniel
Daniel Landi – brilliant Spanish natural wines – Garnacha with elegance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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