012: Joe Fattorini on innovation in wine & why we drink so much Champagne

Fellow BSers,

Part 1 of my interview with Joe was so well received that I’m sharing Part 2 already with a tinge of melancholy; for now at least, there is no more. So like the gourmands that you are, savour this and chew well. Then get on Twitter and start the campaign for an urgent Part 3.

Enough drama! 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why we drink so much Champagne
• Innovation in wine production
• Environmental challenges
• Joe’s new venture Pix.com and 
• Lots of novel wine ideas

Referenced (and mainly recommended!) wines

• Nerello Cappuccio (Sicilian red)
• Frappato (Sicilian red)
• Western Australian Grenache (a future star)
• Beaujolais by Vicky Monrozier
• Romanee-Conti La Tache (please invite me)
• Dark Horse Wine 
• Barefoot Merlot
• Saint-Aubin wines
• The Bib Wine Company
• When In Rome: Phillip Schofield Collection

Joe’s book references

• The 24-Hour Wine Expert, by Jancis Robinson
• Outnumbered: From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles – The Algorithms That Control Our Lives, by David Sumpter
• Mimesis

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