Podcast appearances and mentions of isabelle legeron

Isabelle Legeron first joined us on The Grape Nation podcast eight years ago on Oct. 19th 2016. She has virtually joined us every year since, to talk about her Raw Wine Fair and as a voice and evangelist for natural wines. I remind you Isabelle is a Master of Wine, author, consultant, founder of the Raw Wine Club and The Raw Wine Fair. With the NY Raw Wine Fair behind us there are four fairs coming up between now and early 2025 including Toronto, Montreal, Berlin and Paris.  Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Grape Nation by becoming a member!The Grape Nation is Powered by Simplecast.

Isabelle Legeron needs no introduction to The Grape Nation audience. She is a Master of Wine, author, founder of Raw Wine, and the Raw Wine Fairs, a wine consultant, and she oversees the Raw Wine Club. She is a true advocate of organic farming practices and proper living wines. Raw Wine is coming to NYC Nov. 12 & 13, Toronto Nov. 15th, Montreal Nov. 18th & 19th and Berlin Dec. 3rd. Isabelle has four Raw Wine Fairs scheduled through June 2024, including Tokyo and Copenhagen.  Photo Courtesy of Sam Benrubi.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Grape Nation by becoming a member!The Grape Nation is Powered by Simplecast.

In the first installment of the Winyl x Sauced collaboration, Anthony sits down with an icon from the raw wine movement, the first female French Master of Wine Isabelle Legeron, to discuss the trials and tribulations of getting raw wine recognized and how far the industry has come. Over a lovely bottle of sparkling wine from Catalonia, Anthony and Isabelle discuss her very favorite band Pink Martini and her favorite song of theirs, "Lily."

What do you know about Natural and low intervention wines? Isabelle Legeron is the first female Master of Wine from France and a top name in the Natural wine world. She is a highly acclaimed expert for organic and low intervention wine and she owns and operates one of the top natural wine communities, Raw Wine. Isabelle and Sarah discuss the intricacies of the natural wine world, misconceptions, fair pricing, education, and so much more. It's an amazing look into the discussion of natural vs 'traditional' winemaking, so it's an episode you cannot miss! Grab a glass of wine and press play now! ----------------- Sign up for The Wine CEO newsletter and get a free guide to Food & Wine Pairing! >> thewineceo.com Email: Sarah@thewineceo.com  Instagram: @thewineceo Facebook: @sarahthewineceo ----------- Today's Guest: Isabelle Legeron, MW rawwine.com Instagram @rawwineworld Isabelle's Book: "Natural Wine: An introduction to organic and biodynamic wines made naturally" Join the Raw Wine Club! ----------- The Wine CEO Episode #60: Natural & Orange Wines Intro

My guest for this episode is Isabelle Legeron. Isabelle is the founder of the RAW Wine Festival, which, if you haven't heard of it, is the premier natural wine festival on the planet. She's also the author of the book Natural Wine: An Introduction to Organic and Biodynamic Wines Made Naturally.  Isabelle's career is dedicated to promoting the same farming-first wine culture that I want to cultivate with the Organic Wine Podcast, so she was a natural choice for the 100th episode. This episode starts with some personal revelations from both of us about why we do what we do. We talk about how Isabelle tries to avoid dogma and debate about the winemaking that happens in the cellar, and focuses instead on the need for organic farming to be the greatest priority in natural wine. I challenge Isabelle about some of the limitations of natural wine, as well as her take on blind tasting, natural washing, and the benefits of participation in the RAW festival. Isabelle is a champion of vignerons who take the risks inherent in farming and winemaking without chemicals. She forged a space for these folks in the wine world and really created a home for natural winemakers when they were misfits and outcasts from the mainstream. Now that natural wine is a bit more mainstream, and perhaps a bit diluted with bandwagoners, she continues to insist on a foundation in beautiful, chemical free farming that stewards the natural world and honors its beauty. In her words, natural wine is a “gorgeous translation of what nature is capable of” and that's why she continues to love and promote it. https://www.rawwine.com/ If you'd like to support this podcast, please subscribe on the Organic Wine Podcast Patreon page. Thank you! Sponsor: Centralas Wine

This episode of HRN On Tour comes to you live from Raw Wine 2022 in Maspeth, Queens. Isabelle Legeron, founder of RAW WINE, hosts a wine tasting comprised of 6 wines from the Castlilla y Léon region of Spain, all with different terroirs and styles. Joining her are wine makers Mario Rovira Roldan of Akilia, Daniel Vicente Ramos Esteban, Thyge Jensen Benned of Bodega Frontio, Juan Jose Moren Garcia of La Microbodega del Alumbro, Nacho León of Demencia Wine, and Víctor Negro González of Bodega Negón.HRN on Tour is powered by Simplecast.

Isabelle Legeron is the author of “Natural Wine: An Introduction to Organic and Biodynamic Wines Made Naturally.” She is France's first female Master of Wine. Isabelle created RAW WINE, the world's largest community of low-intervention organic, biodynamic and natural wine producers, supported by fairs, a wine club and online shop. Isabelle has long advocated organic farming practices and proper living wines. Isabelle Legeron is a true maverick and crusader for natural wine, and her influence has touched every part of the wine world.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Grape Nation by becoming a member!The Grape Nation is Powered by Simplecast.

Writer and environmentalist Isabelle Legeron is in France to see how cultivating a healthy soil, teeming with fungi and microbes, can enhance the flavour profile of food and drink - from cheese to coffee to wine. She explores the fundamental role soil plays in the notion of “terroir' - the conviction that the natural environment in which plants are grown, can be experienced in the taste and texture of the food and drink made from them. Isabelle speaks to a cast of soil microbiologists, land managers and taste experts - Lydia and Claude Bourguignon (France), Anne Biklé (USA), the Le Puy vineyard in Bordeaux, Barry Smith (UK), Darek Trowbridge (USA) and Hans-Peter Schmidt (Switzerland). Presenter: Isabelle Legeron Producer: Sasha Edye-Lindner A Cast Iron Production for BBC World Service (Photo: A vineyard)

Isabelle Legeron travels to Giessen in Germany, to the original laboratory of Justus Von Liebig the brilliant 19th century chemist whose work made way for the 20th century Haber and Bosch process. Liebig joined the spirit of the Industrial Revolution, where technical solutions were set to end starvation; he set out to make the soil more productive, echoed through the 20th century with the Green Revolution. But at what cost to the soil? With Environmentalist, Tony Juniper and Soil Scientists: Margaret Glendining, Aislinn Pearson, Hans-Peter Schmidt, Wogmar Wolters, Gerd Hamscher, Jan Siemens, Christophe Muller and Richard Bardgett. Presenter: Isabelle Legeron Producer: Kate Bland and Anja Krieger A Cast Iron Production for BBC World Service (Photo: Dried, cracked soil in a maize field near Hajduszovat, Hungary. Credit: Zsolt Czegledi/EPA)

Isabelle Legeron travels to California, a part of the world whose soil holds a complex history. She meets the indigenous Californians reviving ancestral methods of tending to the land, and the soil scientists exploring the impact of colonisation and agriculture on the soil of the Golden State. With indigenous Californian land steward Redbird (Pomo/Paiute/Wailaki/Wintu), director of the California Indian museum Nicole Lim (Pomo), indigenous ecologist Dr Melissa Nelson (Anishinaabe/Métis/Norwegian), indigenous educator Sara Moncada (Yaqui/Irish), professor Paul Starrs (USA) and soil scientists Suzanne Pierre (India/Haiti/USA), Kenzo Esquivel (Japanese/Mexican/USA) and Yvonne Socolar (USA). Presenter: Isabelle Legeron Producer: Sasha Edye-Lindner/ Kate Bland A Cast Iron production for BBC World Service

Od pierwszych dni lata dostępny jest w salonach prasowych i miejscówkach winiarskich, pierwszy numer kwartalnika Trybuszon – LATO 2022. Wydawcą i redaktorem naczelnym tytuły jest Wiesław Polakiewicz (Akademia Wina, wydawca m.in. takich publikacji jak “Wina naturalne” Isabelle Legeron , “Atlas win świata” Hugh Johnsona i Jancis Robinson czy “Atlas Wina Polska” Mariusza Kapczyńskiego), sekretarzem redakcji – Łukasz Klesyk, a sekretarzem panelu degustacyjnego Tomasz Szmajter.Trybuszon jest skierowany szczególnie do miłośników wina, jedzenia, podróżowania, dla których te wymienione przyjemności są hobby, sposobem spędzania czasu z przyjaciółmi, kluczem do udanych wakacji.Z zainteresowaniem przeczytaliśmy całego Trybuszona i chcemy się z wami podzielić naszymi poleceniami – na które artykuły i dlaczego warto szczególnie zwrócić uwagę. O pierwszym numerze Trybuszona rozmawiają Paulina Bandura i Maja Dutkiewicz. Są też goście: Mariusz Kapczyński -dziennikarz winiarski (Vinisfera.pl) i nasz redakcyjny Bartosz WilczyńskiPodróże enoturystyczne, spora dawka wiedzy winiarskiej, panel degustacyjny z bąblami i historie opowiadane przez znanych polskich winiarzy - to tylko niektóre z tematów z pierwszego numeru. "Lista płac autorów" poniżej - w grafice wprost z Trybuszona - to dziennikarze winiarscy i kulinarni, sommelierzy, promotorzy, blogerzy winiarscy i winiarze. Jak napisał we wstępniaku wydawca Wiesław Polakiewicz " ... uważamy, że dla wysiłku ludzi wina (czy też wina i jego przyległości) należy podjąć trud zrozumienia, posiąść niezbędną wiedzę pozwalającą świadomie uczestniczyć w uczcie życia, na którą mam przyjemność Was wszystkich na łamach Trybuszona zaprosić". Zapraszamy do słuchania podcastu i lektury Trybuszona.PODCAST do posłuchania na www.radiokulinarne.pl, na Spotify, Google Podcasts i Apple Podcasts i innych aplikacjach do słuchania podcastów. Pozostańmy w kontakcie:www.instagram.com/radiokulinarne/ www.facebook.com/bart.wilcz/Więcej materiałów na naszej stronie www.radiokulinarne.plRadio Kulinarne Wine Podcast - dla tych, którzy kochają wino, jedzenie i podróże

Founder of RAW WINE, Isabelle Legeron MW, joins us to celebrate the relaunching of her traveling natural wine festival.  She shares with us the excitement of the producers being able to serve patrons, how she has dedicated her life to educating people about natural wine and what she is drinking this summer. Then we dig into the archives for a chat and live performance from WALTZ, who shares how 1980s aerobics videos inspired his visual accompaniment to one of his albums.Snacky Tunes: Music is the Main Ingredient, Chefs and Their Music (Phaidon), is now on shelves at bookstores around the world. It features 77 of the world's top chefs who share personal stories of how music has been an important, integral force in their lives. The chefs also give personal recipes and curated playlists too. It's an anthology of memories, meals and mixtapes. Pick up your copy by ordering directly from Phaidon, or by visiting your local independent bookstore. Visit our site, www.snackytunes.com for more info.HRN is home to transformative exchanges about food. Our 35+ member-supported food podcasts empower eaters to cultivate a radically better world. This month, we're asking you to join us. Become a monthly sustaining member at heritageradionetwork.org/donate.Snacky Tunes is Powered by Simplecast.

RAW Wine Creator Isabelle Legeron, MW hosts Marc Barriot (Clot de l'Origine), Megan Bell (Margins Wine), Didier Pariente (Nomadic Distribution), and Alvaro de la Viña (Selections de la Viña), as the group discusses the current challenges to wine producers around the world. The panel covers everything from the costs of producing wine, such as sourcing ingredients and equipment, to the slew of shipping and storage issues winemakers are facing today.Are you a business owner? Become an HRN business member! For $500 HRN will shine a light on your work AND you will help sustain our mission to expand the way people think about food. As a thank you for this tax-deductible donation, your business will receive on-air mentions, social media posts, listings on our website and more. Go to heritageradionetwork.org/biz to become a business member today.HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast.

So what exactly IS natural wine? How to define it - or is that even possible? What does it taste like? Why are we seeing so many natural wine bars, shops and events springing up? Natural wine remains niche yet it seems to be influencing mainstream wine - but how exactly? And why does natural wine get everyone so darn hot under the collar..?! Join us as we tackle all these burning questions and more with natural wine luminary and RAW WINE founder Isabelle Legeron MW, plus Mel Xenaki from natural Greek wine producer Tetramythos. We find time to taste and recommend a couple of natural wines (though Susie does ask if one wine, 'really is safe to drink?!') Isabelle talks about receiving hate mail, the difference between a 'living wine' and 'a lifeless product', why 'only natural wine can be great', plus why natural wine means, 'we have to re-frame our expectation of wine.' She calls for more transparency in wine, including ingredient labelling, so people can have the choice, 'to decide: this is what I want to put in my body, or this is not what I want to be drinking.' Mel admits, 'it's hard to introduce yourself as a natural winemaker - because it can be offensive to the mainstream.' She describes her approach as, 'ethical', and calls for legislation to define and regulate natural wine. We hope you enjoy the programme! Do let us know your thoughts on natural wine or beyond - contact us via our website or over on Instagram or Twitter. As ever, all wine details, links and more are on our website: Show notes for Wine Blast S3 E18: Natural Wine.Check out RAW WINE - the global community for natural wine producers and lovers. They have upcoming events in LA and London, among others. You can also find more details about Isabelle's book on natural wine and their new subscription wine club in the US (plus a cheeky discount code). Tetramythos in Greece has some delicious natural wines we recommend in the show.Here's the link we mention in the show to the Decanter piece on how wine lovers can help with the crisis in Ukraine.

Hosted by Linda Gassenheimer Featuring Jacqueline tastes Linda's best finds from the Fancy Food Show Jacqueline Coleman and Isabelle Legeron on natural wines Jen Karetnick with restaurant news Scott Conant, "Peace, Love and Pasta" Dinner in Minutes at the end!

Her work has led her to be named one of “The 2017 Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink” by Fortune, as well as one of “The 50 Most Influential French People In The World In 2017” by Vanity Fair. Isabelle Legeron earned the coveted Master of Wine and founded the RAW wine movement. Fascinating conversation.

Le retour de l’été annonce le sable chaud sous les pieds, l’odeur des fruits bien mûrs, et aussi les apéros qui s’éternisent…De plus en plus d’entre nous se tournent vers des vins plus naturels, labellisés bio, sans sulfites ou sans soufre parfois. Pourtant tout cela reste bien flou. Qu’est-ce que les sulfites ? Est-ce vraiment utile de les éviter ? Que nous garantit un vin bio ou naturel ? Pour répondre à ces questions, nous avons fait appel à Romain, fin palais et fondateur du podcast “La Terre à Boire”. Un épisode à écouter, avant de vous apprêter à ouvrir une bouteille de bon jaja pour célébrer l’été !Allez, à vos casques !—Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur le vin, le terroir, la vigne et tout cet univers passionnant, rendez-vous dans le podcast de Romain : “La Terre à Boire” ainsi que sur son compte instagram !Voici les épisodes de podcast évoqués par Romain et, du même coup, les domaines viticoles pour lesquels il a un vrai coup de coeur : épisode 28 avec Vincent Fleith et épisode 49 avec Xavier Ledogar.Enfin, si votre curiosité a été aiguisée par cette épisode, n’hésitez plonger votre nez dans le livre “Le vin nature, introduction aux vins biologiques et biodynamiques” d’Isabelle Legeron.En attendant la sortie de notre playlist de l’été dans quelques jours, vous pouvez encore vous réchauffer au son de notre playlist du printemps !Comme toujours, nous sommes ravis d'échanger avec vous, n'hésitez pas à nous transmettre vos idées, suggestions d'invités, ou votre love à partager sur instagram ou par email, à nous mettre des petites étoiles sur votre application d'écoute de podcasts et à vous inscrire à notre newsletter pour ne rien manquer des good vibes ! À très vite !La musique de la bande son est Alice, d'Hicham Chahidi.

We had the oppurtunity to make an interview with Isabelle Legeron. So Everything you need to know about Natural Wine and the Raw Wine Fair you can listen up to today. It was a really big pleasure for us get the oppurtunity to talk to this Wonderful Woman.

Isabelle Legeron is a Master of Wine, consultant, contributing journalist, and author of the seminal book on natural wine, “Natural Wine, An Introduction to Organic and Biodynamic Wines Made Naturally”.Isabelle is the founder and creator of Raw Wine and Raw Wine Fairs. She is leading the charge globally for greater transparency and promotes growers who work organically, who ferment their wines naturally, and use little to no additives. Raw Wine Fairs are now in London, Berlin, Miami, Los Angeles, Montreal, and New York. The Grape Nation is powered by Simplecast.

We talk to two masters for our show. Isabelle Legeron is an award winning Master of Wine, author, wine consultant, and founder of Raw Wine and The Raw Wine Fair in London, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, and Montreal. Raw Wine is the largest community of low-intervention, organic, biodynamic, natural wines, their growers and makers and those who love drinking them. Nate Ready is a Master Sommelier earning his chops at Frasca and the French Laundry. Nate's interest shifted to winemaking and logged time in Italy, Slovenia, and the Williamette Valley before settling in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon and creating a food and wine oasis like no other called Hiyu Wine Farm. The Grape Nation is powered by Simplecast

Darek Trowbridge from Old World Winery discusses natural wine on today's California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Today's show was recorded live in downtown Santa Rosa, in front of the Bollywood Restaurant. Darek Trowbridge is the owner of Old World Winery which produces natural wine, which they will describe on the show. Dan introduces the subject of natural wine. There are some people in the wine producing business who are seeking the old traditional methods. But Dan says nobody has defined Natural Wine. There could be 30 different kinds of it, each one different. Dan says it's a wide open discussion and Darek can help define it because he's doing it. Darek mentions the book "Natural Wine" by Isabelle Legeron. She is French and lives in London. She holds the title MW, for Master of Wine. He says people have been making wine for 8000 years so there must be a simple low-tech way. Dan explains in layman's terms that for a long time, thousands of years, winemakers have used sulphur dioxide. The natural wine movement is divided on it. It is absolutely legal and has no negative effects in a bottle of wine, on the human body, except to people who are drinking vinegar at the same time as drinking wine. Dan asks, now many additives are permitted in wine? Darek says it's about 75. Dan says the quality of the wine is a crucial element in its enjoyment. If the wine is not good, there is no point in making it. Dan again says the problem is that there is no definition that people can agree too. Darek says the preference for natural wine is similar to organic food, some people may choose to eat organically. People tried organic wine, which Darek explains is different than natural wine. Dan says that some organic wines simply don't last in the bottle at all. First, they taste some wines from Darek's vineyard, planted in 1890 by his grandfather. This is a 2013 wine. Dan says you don't think about the varietal, it's just good. These wines are silky and soft. Dan says you don't have to age it very long. It's simple wine and just tastes good. Luminous. Steve reads the label, Early Burgundy, Russian River Valley. After the break they taste a sparkling red, an old method called "col fondo" and he knew someone who taught him the process. First you barrel age a base wine, then the next year, you add fresh juice which will then ferment to make a sparkling wine. The sparkling is natural in the bottle. They leave it capped, and the little bit of sediment keeps it rich. Dan says this is where wine took its beginnings. Every single bottle is its own fermentation tank, so theoretically, every single bottle could be different. Dan says this is one of the adventures of wine tasting.  It is slightly effervescent, or pearly, or as Darek says the Italian term, frizzante. Dan says this wine's lower acidity helps, especially at secondary fermentation; if you have too much acidity, you have to add some sugar to balance it, and with that you risk re-fermentation. The winemaker knows he has just enough sugar. Dan says it would be more expensive if they are paying "the bubble tax." Dan says fruit flies always go to the best wine and Dan had a fly in his wine. Darek says at harvest time in Sonoma County, fruit flies are all over the place. Steve also talks about Della Toffola USA a new sponsor that is a major producer of high quality winemaking equipment. This family-owned company was founded in the 1960s in Italy. The Santa Rosa office is their US branch and they also have offices in Australia, South America, Mexico and many in Europe. Dan Berger delivers the quote of the day, from Groucho Marx: "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." That sparkling red was a 2015 that was in barrels for two years. Now they pour a 2008 that was made with sur lies fermentation. Dan says for 10 years old, its tannins are very soft. As a low alcohol and low tannin red wine, with 10 years in the bottle, it is very smooth.

Show notes Neptune origin story by Brett Redman Margaret Crow on design evolution Isabelle Legeron on wine lists and training Contact details   www.neptune.london info@neptune.london   www.instagram.com/neptunelondon   Intro and outro musicThe New Investorshttp://newinvestors.dk/Contact: glenn@velournet.dkDate visited: 26 April 2018   Contact: hello@interpretingwine.com www.instagram.com/interpretingwine www.facebook.com/interpretingwine www.twitter.com/winepodcast

Show notes Raw Fair’s origin and international expansion Isabelle’s wine origin story The future Contact Details www.isabellelegeron.com/ www.instagram.com/isabellelegeron/ Intro and outro music The New Investors http://newinvestors.dk/ Contact: glenn@velournet.dk Interview details Guest: Isabelle Legeron Location: Raw Wine Fair, London, Date: 11 March, 2018 Follow: www.instagram.com/interpretingwine www.facebook.com/interpretingwine www.twitter.com/winepodcast

One hundred artisans, six hundred wines, two days, one RAW Wine Fair. Created and organized by Isabelle Legeron MW, the RAW Wine Fair is a totally independent wine fair celebrating some of the best wine talent in the world; all focused on natural, organic, and biodynamic wines with low intervention in the cellar. Isabelle joins HRN Julia Child Fellow Jordan Werner in a quiet corner of the fair—held November 5 & 6 at 99 Scott in Bushwick, Brooklyn—to talk about the natural wine movement, transparency, and the importance of storytelling. Heritage Radio Network On Tour is powered by Simplecast

Hey hey, it's Food Republic Today! On today's episode, we discuss today's top headlines, including the sudden boom of plant-based meat alternatives (0:32), San Francisco unseating NYC as the US city with the most Michelin stars (3:54), chefs participating in this weekend's NYC Marathon (5:41), and quick hit headlines (6:48). We check in with Alex Stupak and Barbara Lynch about the intersection of restaurants and real estate (8:05), chat about all things natural wine with Isabelle Legeron, France's sole female Master of Wine (10:29), and wrap up Scott Conant's opinion of wannabe celebrity chefs (25:10).

Isabelle Legeron is a Master of Wine and founder of the Raw Wine Fair. She is the author of the newly revised book "Natural Wine" The Raw Wine Fair advocates fine natural wine made by small independent producers who cherish biodiversity and sustainable wine production. Tony Coturri of Coturri Winery in Sonoma County, California embraces the Raw Wine philosophy remaining true to the traditional methods of his family winery. We'll talk to Isabelle and Tony about natural wines and the Raw Wine Fair coming to Brooklyn and Los Angeles in November. The Grape Nation is powered by Simplecast

Paul recovered from the shock of discovering that our recommended daily intake of fruit and veg has been doubled to 10 portions a day to present another edition of The FoodTalk Show with the lovely Sue Nelson. This week two of our guests hailed from the Garden of England. The Blue & White Café is situated on the A20 and is a big hit with the police force, hence its arresting name. Tony Keserton was in the studio to talk about their all-day breakfasts and the changes that café culture has seen in recent years. He also revealed a surprising most popular dish. Before we chatted to Tony - and after a cheesy tune introduction - Isabelle Legeron was on the line to talk about Raw Wine Fair, which takes place in London next month. This trailblazing event will particularly focus on the artisan wine movement in the UK. Heading back to Kent, we were also joined by Nicki Cartmill from Hythe Brasserie. She manages the establishment with her husband, Darragh, and was on hand to talk about their locally sourced dishes and their motto of “fine dining without the frills.” Don't forget to check out the inaugural FoodTalk Awards, coming this June. If you're a blogger or involved in food tech in any way then you need to be in it to win it.

Isabelle Legeron is the author of the book "Natural Wine: An Introduction to Organic and Biodynamic Wines Made Naturally," and the founder of the RAW WINE fair.

What is natural wine, exactly? Isabelle Legeron, Master of Wine and leader of the natural wine  movement & founder of the RAW Wine Natural Wine Festival explains it in great detail & talks about why it's so important for us to consider drinking natural.

Today on The Grape Nation, we're joined by wine consultant Justin Chearno, who plies his trade in Williamsburg wine bar The Four Horsemen. We are also joined by Raw Wine Fair founder, Isabelle Legeron. And – in a first for the program – the bottle we crack open for the Weekly Wine Sip is a white wine.

This week on In the Drink, host Joe Campanale is joined by Isabelle Legeron, founder of RAW WINE, the world's leading natural, low-intervention organic and biodynamic wine fair, which is coming to New York for the first time this November. Isabelle is France's first and only Female Master of Wine and extremely passionate about promoting wine transparency. Isabelle has dedicated her life to disrupting conventional understandings of what wine is and advocating for more sustainable, environmental and beneficial approaches to winemaking. Her fair is a 2-day showcase of some of the best wine talent in the world – leading the charge for transparency, providing clarity to consumers and driving the conversation to know what's in your glass.

Food Talk with Mike Colameco is brought to you by the following generous underwriters: This week on Food Talk with Michael Colameco, host Mike Colameco welcomes Isabelle Legeron, MW, mushroom expert and author Eugenia Bone, and the guys behind The Meatball Shop, Mike Chernow and Dan Holtzman. Kicking the show off with Isabelle, Mike talks about the fact that she is the first female from France to achieve the title of master of wine. She is also the author of the book, “Natural Wine,” and explains to Mike the details that set natural wine a part from others as well as highlights from the book. Next up, Eugenia Bone joins Food Talk hot off the release of her latest book, “The Kitchen Ecosystem.” “The Kitchen Ecosystem” talks about that the secret to great meals is this: the more you cook, the less you actually have to do to produce a delicious meal. The trick is to approach cooking as a continuum, where each meal draws on elements from a previous one and provides the building blocks for another. Eugenia states that synchronicity is what defines a kitchen ecosystem. In the last segment of the show, Mike Chernow and Dan Holtzman of The Meatball Shop chat with Mike about the success of their restaurants as well as their work with the homeless at Covenant House. The Covenant House is a nonprofit charity serving homeless youth with a network of shelters across the Americas. Tune in to hear how to help this great organization! “The key is to not get bogged down in the appearance of wine.” [10:37] —Isabelle Legeron, MW on Food Talk “You just have to know the mushroom just like you know the berry. You don’t go into the woods and say, oh it’s red, it’s a strawberry, I’ll eat it!” [28:35] —Eugenia Bone on Food Talk “Homelessness is a polarizing issue and people have strong feels about it.” [47:55] —Dan Holtzman on Food Talk

This week bone up on your wine knowledge with That Crazy French Woman aka Isabelle Legeron, Wine Master and founder of the The Raw Wine Fair. Plus the team discuss London's new/old Mayor, the French elections, John Travolta getting grabby (allegedly) with a masseuse, a trans Miss England, and Gaga on The Simpsons.

Isabelle Legeron from Wine Labs is studying for her Master of Wine. Find out how Isabelle has found the course, what her motivations are and the rewards she hopes an 'MW' may bring.

This week we preview The Wine Show with wine expert Isabelle Legeron and head of PR for the French Wines Experience, Chris Skyrme. The Wine Show is on from 26-29 October 2006 at the Islington Business Design Centre in London.