this week’s podcast: Isabelle legeron, Raw wine

Isabelle Legeron is one of the most enduring friends of The Grape Nation and The Wine List podcasts. She joined us over a decade ago, a few months into the podcast’s first season, on October of 2016 to discuss her first Raw Wine Fair in NYC…and has joined us every year since. Isabelle is a Master of Wine, author, journalist, consultant, natural wine OG, evangelist and the founder of Raw Wine and the Raw Wine Fairs. Isabelle has brought to the forefront, the relationship between agriculture, wine quality, authenticity, and the consumer's right to know how a wine is made. 

the wine list

Isabelle Legeron’s Wine List 11/6/26

Isabelle has appeared on The Wine List and The Grape Nation dating back to 2016. She has answered The Wine List more than any other guest, so this is a modified version.

1.    What are you drinking now- Domaine du Triptyque from Chablis and Panduro Vinos from Mallorca.

2.    Favorite wine restaurant and/or wine bar- I asked her to name her favorite restaurant city that the Raw Wine Fairs take place in, without hesitation, Japan!

3.    Favorite wine and food pairing- Isabelle has always said foraging mushrooms with her daughter, sauteed with her Casot des Mailloles. I asked her to update her selection and she chose Marsala from Nino Branco, di Bartoli and Viteadoveste with home cured anchovies.

4.    Favorite all-time wine- It has always been the Casot des Mailloles, so I asked her about a recent favorite, she said the Louis-Antoine Luyt from Chile. Isabelle and Raw Wine have been very supportive of wines from Chile.

5.    The best wine values today, a red and a white, $20-30- Constantina Solelo Gazafello from Galicia, Spain.