The Rise of Natural Wine [OC]
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The Rise of Natural Wine [OC]
Posted by waitingforgoodoh
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I had fun looking at how frequently different wine terms came up in the new york times over the years, and was only mildly surprised to see how rapidly natural wine grew in mentions. I used the NYT API to get the data and plotted it in R. I analyzed [it here](https://residualthoughts.substack.com/p/i-get-nervous-sip-the-wine?r=9c2r) if you’re interested!
First I’d heard of natural wine
NYT really going hard on the natty
What about Merlot in 2004? (*Sideways reference.*)
Nice. Ggplot and orange grape juice ftw
Natural wine? I prefer my wine on steroids. “Juiced” if you will.
In older days natural wine was a term used to differentiate regular wine from fortified wines that had a lot more alcohol. MD 20/20 and Thunderbird are examples, but there were higher quality ones.
Natural wine . . . aka “prison wine”
This is really an odd piece of data.
Worked in a restaurant where we only served natural wine. I don’t like it and most people either
At first glimpse I thought the graph represented sales and almost spit out my Chardonnay
I interpret relative frequency as “in 2006 merlot was mentioned 10% of all wines”, if that is accurate what is the rest of the set?
Relative frequency to what? Jesus Christ
Using Merlot and Chardonnay, two varietals that have been falling out of favor, is certainly a choice
Interesting, the only other place I’ve ever seen natural wines referred to in literature or otherwise is the AA Big Book written in the 1930’s. Excerpt from page 31, going through a list of methods alcoholics have tried to stop or moderate their drinking:
“…switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only *natural wines*, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip…”
Probably still gross tbh. Wine is nasty, really the only type of booze I can’t stand. Red, white, rosé, bubbles, still, sweet, dry, doesn’t matter. Every wine I’ve ever tasted tastes primarily of rotten fruit, it makes me gag. I know fermenting is controlled rotting, but no other booze quite tastes like it it’s gone bad, like when you aren’t paying attention and eat a moldy grape or blueberry or smth
Cue the downvotes
“Nonalcoholic wine.” AKA, criminally overpriced grape juice.
I’m not buying it unless it’s made using raw water
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I really dislike natural wine, and I see it more and more.
That’s why you should trip to Europe. Every bottle of wine is natural wine.
Natural wine so bad! There are now a few restaurants near me that only serve natural wine and it’s all *The Emperor’s New Clothes*. It’s sour trash and everyone pretends they like it.
I don’t get this. Wtf is natural wine, some new buzzword? Merlot and chardonnay are grape varieties, what kind of fruit is the natural kind?