Writing about wine that’s good to think
"Honestly, marketing people if you're not signed up to Joe Fattorini’s substack, I don't know what you're doing; you're missing a masterclass every week" Rishi Dastidar
What’s the spirit of this Substack. A subtle blend of wine, history, and behavioural science. Like a combination of Mary Beard and Daniel Kahneman. But squiffy.
What am I?
A good question. I used to be a wine merchant. And then received an email that led to a meeting that ended up with me presenting The Wine Show. It’s on in over 100 countries, so you may well be able to find it near you.
Today I run a small winery in Ronda, in Andalucia, Spain. This is what it looks like. We’re making a TV show about it. And I’m making an online course (For Substack) that you’ll hear about soon. Mostly because I’ll be banging on about it.
What do I write about?
Another excellent question (you are a prescient interviewer). On Fridays I publish a chapter of “On Claret”. It was a rather silly book I wrote during lockdown. Each chapter is designed to be read in one trip to the lavatory (seriously) and gives you a story about red wine from Bordeaux that you can tell someone over the weekend.
On Wednesdays I publish a story from the wider world of wine. The very much wider. This will try to be interesting, funny, and will often contain some rather far fetched analogy. Your job - like figure skating judges - is to decide how well I do. You can hold up a number score if you like. I won’t be offended*.
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*I will.
