Recommended by Vintertainment: Wine and Movies
Portuguese wine expertise, frameable visual tasting notes (no, really), wine region education, wine/album/recipe triple pairings (no, really) how many "no, reallys" do you need???
Joel is the first Master of Wine to hold residence in the USA. I highly recommend browsing through his articles to find subjects that most interest you - he writes in depth and at length and there is gold in them hills.
One of the first Substacks I followed that talked at length about different wine grapes, styles, regions, and makers, and helped show me the way to talk about these things in a newsletter without turning it into a textbook!
I initially took note of their unique and thoughtful attempt to reimagine the 100-point scoring system and apply this new approach to all their wine reviews. Add to this that they're authentically funny and can also write at length about wine topics without ever feeling heavy or "too much" and this is a go-to wine Substack to follow.
Smart, insightful work that looks for the reasons to love and celebrate different movies, tv, books, and comics. His lack of cynicism is refreshing!
I was already a fan of Jason thanks to his book GODFORSAKEN GRAPES which covers rare, largely forgotten varieties. I was thrilled to then find him here on Substack, and looks like 2025 is going to be a big year for his publication!
Jessica is a comic writer, novelist, and publisher. Her Substack chronicles the story of a different monster every week - always well researched, imaginative, unique, and gorgeously written I always carve out an hour some evening when nothing else is demanding my time to read her latest.
