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The marquee-like room Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle, Auvergne This early december took place the 18th edition of the famed (if small) wine fair Les 10 Vins Cochons, a natural-wine, direct-sale event centered on the wines of Auvergne and Massif Central. The organizers had...
Photo courtesy of Apartamento Studios Vivanterre My grasp on fashion has always been tenuous at best, but over the last few years, I’ve felt a creeping sense of commonality with that world. It’s an oft-repeated truth that wine brings people together, and in this case, it was natural wine that was intriguing both me and legions of models and designers at the same time. When I first saw Vivanterre wine, with its swoopy, organic shapes on the label—on Vogue, no less—the relationship between fashion and natural wine really crystalized for me. The aesthetic was defined. The line was sta...