Substacks recommended by Simon J Woolf

Recommended by Simon J Woolf

Community of and around Karakterre, the leading festival of Austrian and Central-Eastern European wines. We stand for ideas rooted in terroir.

The Wine Edit by Truffles & Tannins

By Vicky Hampton

A newsletter about wine – for people who drink it, not collect it. Expect practical pairings, personal musings, tasting tips and travel tales. Plus the occasional rant about wine lists.

Down The Rabbit Hole

By George Nordahl

Deep dives into the art, history, and cultivation of wine — exploring everything from ancient traditions to the science shaping modern viticulture.

Terroir Champagne

By Caroline Henry

Join the sustainable champagne revolution!

Drink Books

A substack for all things books and natural wine

Brunello Bombshell

By Maria Banson

Wine and movie pairings, watch lists, wine news, awards season highlights, personal essays, and more cultural delights written and curated by your friendly neighborhood sommelier.

Drinks Insider

By Felicity Carter

All about building profitable drinks brands, from concept to market success to maintaining market position over time.

Drinking Culture

By Henry Jeffreys

A newsletter about alcohol, culture and history.

Reading Henry's varied posts on booze and booze culture is like pulling up a chair in front of the fire with an old friend - except that most of my friends are nothing like as eloquent or as witty.

- Simon J Woolf

THE KUREISHI CHRONICLES

By Hanif Kureishi

Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.

One of the most unique substacks ever. Dictated by famed writer/scriptwriter Hanif Kureishi, who no longer has any functioning limbs. And it's great!

- Simon J Woolf

Just a Smidge

By Stacey Midge

Sharing wine and talking about it with friends. Drinking good things and keeping good company, at home and around the world.

Vintertainment

By Dave Baxter

The podcast and publication where wine and entertainment intersect. We pair wine with movies, tv, music, books, and comics, often with guests from both the wine and entertainment industries.

Eat This, Drink That, Live Well

By Fiona Beckett

News, views and tips from a lifetime's cooking, tasting and travelling from former Guardian wine columnist Fiona Beckett

Not only great core content on food and wine, but also inspiring stuff on a fulfilling life after 70.

- Simon J Woolf

Wine Is Confusing

By Kara Daly

Looking at the world through the lens of wine.

Thoughtful and sometimes delightfully offbeat musings on wine.

- Simon J Woolf

Fermentation

By Tom Wark

Because the wine industry needs muckrakers too—By Tom Wark

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Wine Wine Wine

By Steven Graf

Wine

NOT DRINKING POISON

By Not Drinking Poison

Natural wine culture, by Aaron Ayscough. Reporting from Paris since 2010.

Based in Paris, Aaron is immersed in natural wine culture. If you want to stay up-to-date with what's happening in French natural wine, few people put in the hours or do the research as well as Aaron does.

- Simon J Woolf

Transforming Wine

By Paul Mabray

An anthropologic journey of wine online.

EVERYDAY DRINKING

By Jason Wilson

A wide world of wine, spirits, travel, and culture from the author of Godforsaken Grapes and Boozehound.

As soon as I read Jason's book Godforsaken Grapes, I knew I'd found not only a kindred spirit but also an original thinker and one of those rare people who can communicate about wine in an unstuffy, unpretentious fashion.

- Simon J Woolf