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I\u2019ve been a little quieter than usual on my website and social channels these past months.
Not because I had nothing to say \u2014 but because I was building something.<\/p>\n
For a long time now, I\u2019ve been preoccupied by the state of the wine world.<\/p>\n
Wine has always lived through cycles of crisis and renewal. But today, the pressures feel unusually concentrated. Climate change is reshaping how and where wine can be grown. Consumption patterns are shifting, especially among younger generations. And public conversations around alcohol are increasingly reduced to binary, fear-based narratives that leave little room for nuance, culture, or lived experience.<\/p>\n
At the same time, many people feel pushed away from wine altogether \u2014 intimidated by its language, unsure of its place in their lives, worried about choosing or tasting \u201cwrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
And yet, everywhere I travel and work, I keep meeting people who are deeply engaged, thoughtful, and resilient. People who are adapting, rethinking, and refusing to let wine become either a guilty pleasure or a relic of the past.<\/p>\n
That tension is what led me to create The Wine Resistance<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment.\u201d A shared meal brings us together. Add a glass of wine, and the moment becomes something more. When we bring wine to the table, we\u2019re not seeking revelation through alcohol, but through story, culture, and connection<\/strong>. This is where The Wine Resistance<\/em> begins.<\/p>\n The Wine Resistance<\/em> is a YouTube-first interview series built around short, intimate conversations<\/strong> filmed in restaurants, over food and wine.<\/p>\n Each episode brings me to the table with a person shaping wine\u2019s present and future:<\/p>\n The format is intentionally simple: one bottle, a shared meal, and an honest conversation.<\/strong><\/p>\n No studio. From the bottle emerges the thread of the episode \u2014 a human journey marked by setbacks and resilience, failures and reinvention, in a world very much in flux.<\/p>\n Over its 8,000-year history, wine has survived the fall of empires, phylloxera, war, rural exodus, and industrialisation. Each time, it adapted.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s challenges are different, but no less real. Erratic weather, environmental pressure, economic strain, shifting cultural habits, and increasingly polarised health narratives all converge at once.<\/p>\n The Wine Resistance<\/em> doesn\u2019t aim to \u201cdefend wine.\u201d It simply desires to put it back into context<\/strong> \u2014 as agriculture, culture, pleasure, and shared experience.<\/p>\n Not as an abstract substance, but as something lived.<\/p>\n After years of teaching wine, the most common emotion I see in beginners isn\u2019t curiosity \u2014 it\u2019s fear<\/strong>. Fear of choosing wrong, tasting wrong, or not knowing the rules.<\/p>\n At the same time, conversations around wine and health have become increasingly blunt. Sweeping statements often overshadow nuance, evidence, and the broader role of food culture, moderation, and social connection. Voices like Dr. Laura Catena<\/a>\u2019s remind us how much context matters \u2014 and how much gets lost when it\u2019s ignored.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t believe wine needs defending. Here\u2019s a short trailer that captures the spirit of The Wine Resistance<\/em> \u2014 the tone, the table, and the kinds of stories I want to tell:<\/p>\n \nStarting from the Table<\/h2>\n
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\u2014 Laurie Colwin<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Wine reflects a place, evokes memories, elevates food, and slows us down long enough to talk.<\/p>\nWhat The Wine Resistance<\/em> Is<\/h2>\n
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No lectures.
No wine jargon for its own sake.<\/p>\nWhy This Moment Matters<\/h2>\n
Why I Felt Compelled to Do This<\/h2>\n
But I do believe it needs better conversations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nWatch the Trailer<\/h2>\n