October 31, 2025
November’s here, and you can feel the buzz: natural wine season is in full swing! From New York to Slovakia, Romania, and everywhere in between, tastings, fairs, p…
October 30, 2025
With the 2025 harvest, this Catalan region marks a historic milestone by becoming the first DO to be entirely ecological. A model that proves another kind of vitic…
October 28, 2025
In October 2025, we’re delighted to share the latest establishments that have joined the Raisin map. Whether you’re in China, Autriche, Spain, Madrid, USA, don’t m…
October 21, 2025
At his restaurant Balthazar in Toulouse, Philippe Abirached has spent the past 13 years championing a vision of cooking as a conscious, respectful act. Rejecting h…
October 20, 2025
Would you also like to taste the 2025 Beaujolais Nouveau? 🍷 This year, the entire Raisin team is working hard to make it easy for you to find a place to celebrate …
October 17, 2025
The French Alps are beginning to get the wine reputation they deserve. It’s an area where rugged mountains, sun-soaked valleys, and centuries-old traditions come t…
October 14, 2025
At 23, she was certain she’d never work with her parents. Twenty-five years later, Nadia Verrua has transformed the image of Cascina Tavijn, without losing what ma…
October 09, 2025
“Why do we find bottles of wine for €2 in supermarkets?” The question might sound naïve, but it raises a very real issue, one that Roberto Salvaneschi, winemaker a…
October 07, 2025
Between 2021 and 2024, the number of venues offering natural wine worldwide rose from 5,000 to over 8,000, representing a 60% growth that reflects the rapid expans…
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A natural wine is made only with grapes and sometimes a little bit of sulfur, always respecting nature and people.
It's often organic and/or biodynamic in the vineyard, but goes beyond these certifications with nothing added in the cellar. The result is the taste of fermented fruit, a wine that reflects the winegrower and not a factory.
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