The Sauce
Deep dives into food and wine culture. By Charlie Brown, writer & ex-wine store and bar owner. 12+ years in the wine & food industry
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An in-depth guide to Portugal’s most exciting wine regions (opens the original)
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30 of the best wineries in Portugal (opens the original)
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Food and wine pairings to live life by (opens the original)
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Does Biodynamics in wine actually make a difference? Does it matter if it doesn’t? (opens the original)
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Hi folks, Charlie here. has smashed it out of the park this week. A thoughtful piece from someone who has been on a real journey with Biodynamics during the 13 or so years he’s been working in wine.As an aside, I believe Substack now allows comments from both paid and free subscribers on paywalled pieces (the second part of this article is paywalled), so feel free to comment away.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OJ-n!,f_auto,q_auto:good,f
Genuinely useful nuggets of information about 5 French wine regions (opens the original)
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Another installment from Sam today, whose knowledge, love and passion for wine shines through here!<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1101" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hOWN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/htt
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