Tour de Natural Wine
#02 Dard et Ribo “Crozes Hermitage Blanc 2019”
-Exploring vineyards by mountain bike.-
#02 Dard et Ribo “Crozes Hermitage Blanc 2019”
-Exploring vineyards by mountain bike.-
Natural wine has a connection with bicycles. In the second installment of the series, we’ll hear from Takuya Itagaki, a cellar worker and owner of ‘LoveSong by BATONS’ in Sendai City, Tohoku, who has been pursuing natural wine for about 20 years. Twenty years since encountering natural wine. I’ve visited many producers mainly in France. For my first column, I’d like to introduce a wine along with a memorable cycling episode from one of the visits. In 2011, at the peak of the harvest season, I was barely given permission to visit “Dard et Ribo” in the Rhône region of France. It’s a winery run by François Ribo and René-Jean Dard. Being able to sp […]
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