John McCarroll

John McCarroll is a writer, wine distributor and co-host of "Disgorgeous,” a very loosely wine-based podcast.

It’s Time for a Glorious, Uncompromising Re-Politicizing of Wine

The longtime plea to "keep politics out of wine" ignores the fact that wine has always been political, and that drinking it can act as both rebellion and discovery.

story: John McCarroll
illustration: Alycea Tinoyan

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You Can Call It Natural Wine’s Goth Phase

The movement is no longer content to just play the hits.

story: John McCarroll
illustration: Jarett Sitter

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The Wine Flaw of Our Times

Variably described as tasting like "corn nuts," "puppy's breath" and "vomit," mouse has become a fixture of natural wine culture as pervasive as it is misunderstood.

story: John McCarroll
illustration: Mallory Heyer

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Sympathy for the Devil

Robert Parker has long been the wine world’s favorite villain—a critic who used his unprecedented power to flatten wine into an alcoholic, fruity mass of sameness. But “Parkerization” was always…

story: John McCarroll
illustration: Kine Andersen