How to Drink Natural Wine
An expert guide to choosing, tasting and enjoying natural wine
Published on 7. May 2026
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-84091-981-3 (ISBN)
Description
Praise for Rachel Signer
'An engaging writer whose story will certainly make you thirsty for a bottle of natural wine.'
New York Times
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Organic. Biodynamic. Low-intervention. Sustainable, artisan, authentic.
Discover everything you ever wanted to know about natural wine, from how to taste it, to where to buy it - from acclaimed natural wine journalist and winemaker Rachel Signer.
Natural wine is a complex world of colourful, modern labels and surprising blends. From pet-nat to orange wine to a chilled red, discover wine as it should be drunk: in small batches, without pesticides, hand-crafted by individual producers.
Through stories and photography from vineyards across the world, journalist and winemaker Rachel Signer introduces readers to the wild, global journey of natural wine:
- Discover the established styles of natural wine from orange wine to pet-nat, and the iconic producers you should try.
- Learn how a natural wine is actually made.
- Explore how to taste, store, and serve natural wine, as well as how to pair it with food.
- Be inspired to taste natural wines in the vineyard and discover the bars and fairs you should visit around the world.
'An engaging writer whose story will certainly make you thirsty for a bottle of natural wine.'
New York Times
***
Organic. Biodynamic. Low-intervention. Sustainable, artisan, authentic.
Discover everything you ever wanted to know about natural wine, from how to taste it, to where to buy it - from acclaimed natural wine journalist and winemaker Rachel Signer.
Natural wine is a complex world of colourful, modern labels and surprising blends. From pet-nat to orange wine to a chilled red, discover wine as it should be drunk: in small batches, without pesticides, hand-crafted by individual producers.
Through stories and photography from vineyards across the world, journalist and winemaker Rachel Signer introduces readers to the wild, global journey of natural wine:
- Discover the established styles of natural wine from orange wine to pet-nat, and the iconic producers you should try.
- Learn how a natural wine is actually made.
- Explore how to taste, store, and serve natural wine, as well as how to pair it with food.
- Be inspired to taste natural wines in the vineyard and discover the bars and fairs you should visit around the world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
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Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
575 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84091-981-3 (9781840919813)
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Rachel Signer is an acclaimed author and natural wine journalist. She has written You Had Me at Pet-Nat: A Natural Wine Soaked Memoir, named by the New York Times as one of 2021's best wine books. She is founder of cult natural wine magazine Pipette, distributed in more than 30 territories including Canada, the USA, Italy and Germany. Originally from the USA, Rachel now lives in Australia, where she has also made natural wine for six years. She leads annual boutique natural wine tours in Italy and regularly teaches food-and-drink-writing workshops. Follow on Instagram @rachsig