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Varietal Book
Region Jura, France
Valentin's book, Another Wine - How to Think About the Vineyard in the Face of the Ecological Crisis has now been translated into English.
Niche works of this sort will never find a wide audience. If Another Wine still feels worth sharing with the Anglophone world, it’s because I can think of no other contemporary work in English that deals honestly and bluntly with the hard work of being a peasant vigneron. It is to Morel’s immense credit that he refrains, throughout the book, from indulging in any wine sales blah-blah. There are almost no tasting notes, no extended odes to his own terroir. Instead, Morel memorably illustrates the motivations for - and the implications of - his decisions to farm organically, to vinify naturally, and to plant hybrid grape varieties.
AARON AYSCOUGH; NOT DRINKING POISON - AUG 14, 2026
Varietal Book
Region Jura, France
Valentin's book, Another Wine - How to Think About the Vineyard in the Face of the Ecological Crisis has now been translated into English.
Niche works of this sort will never find a wide audience. If Another Wine still feels worth sharing with the Anglophone world, it’s because I can think of no other contemporary work in English that deals honestly and bluntly with the hard work of being a peasant vigneron. It is to Morel’s immense credit that he refrains, throughout the book, from indulging in any wine sales blah-blah. There are almost no tasting notes, no extended odes to his own terroir. Instead, Morel memorably illustrates the motivations for - and the implications of - his decisions to farm organically, to vinify naturally, and to plant hybrid grape varieties.
AARON AYSCOUGH; NOT DRINKING POISON - AUG 14, 2026
