It was Rachel Signer's dream to be that girl: the one smoking
hand-rolled cigarettes out the windows of her 19th-century Parisian
studio apartment, wearing second-hand Isabel Marant jeans and
sipping a glass of Beaujolais redolent of crushed roses with a
touch of horse mane. Instead she was an under-appreciated freelance
journalist and waitress in New York City, frustrated at always
being broke and completely miserable in love. When she tastes her
first petillant-naturel (pet-nat for short), a type of natural wine
made with no additives or chemicals, it sets her on a journey of
self-discovery, both deeply personal and professional, that leads
her to Paris, Italy, Spain, Georgia, and finally deep into the
wilds of South Australia and which forces her, in the face of her
"Wildman," to ask herself the hard question: can she really handle
the unconventional life she claims she wants? Have you ever been
sidetracked by something that turned into a career path? Did you
ever think you were looking for a certain kind of romantic partner,
but fell in love with someone wild, passionate and with a
completely different life? For Signer, the discovery of natural
wine became an introduction to a larger ethos and philosophy that
she had long craved: one rooted in egalitarianism, diversity,
organics, environmental concerns, and ancient traditions. In You
Had Me at Pet-Nat, as Signer begins to truly understand these
revolutionary wine producers upending the industry, their deep
commitment to making their wine with integrity and with as little
intervention as possible, she is smacked with the realization that
unless she faces, head-on, her own issues with commitment, she will
not be able to live a life that is as freewheeling, unpredictable,
and singular as the wine she loves.
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