Natural wine – 116 tasting notes

See also this thread in our Members' forum and more detailed observations in Those rival natural wine fairs.

Richard writes:

Like grief, the five stages of natural wine are shock, denial, intense concern, despair and recovery. You could see all those emotions writ large across the faces of tasters at London's two recent natural wine events, RAW and the Real Wine Fair.

Shock comes first. Munch-ian expressions abounded as people encountered natural wine's funky side. The unconventional, challenging nature of the flavours provokes extreme reaction.

Then denial. 'This can't be right – this can't be intentional – this can't...