This Isn’t a Byproduct. It’s a Co-Product
Byproduct is something of a dirty word. Perhaps it shouldn’t be – but it is. In part, of course, this is because the meat and leather industries use “byproduct” as justification for the industrial-scale mass production of tanned hides (claims which do not align with simple ideas of supply and demand and, regardless, do nothing […]
2023 Recap: Planet of the Grapes’ Year in Provence
A year spent making grape leather in the South of France. It may well sound like the premise for an A-list romantic comedy, but – looking back on 2023 – the reality, it’s safe to say, is somewhat removed from that hazy Hollywood fantasy. Now, that isn’t to say it’s not exciting – it […]
HARVESTING THE FUTURE
by Karl Thomas Smith How good grapes become great leather and vignerons bucked tradition to become the unlikely stewards for a new generation of material progress. When you hear “grape leather,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If your answer is something like “a waste of good wine,” well, we get that: diverting […]