Aaron Ayscough

Aaron Ayscough is an American wine journalist based in Paris, and one of the foremost experts on natural wine. Since 2010, he has written a blog and newsletter about about natural wine called NOT DRINKING POISON, now widely-read on the Substack platform. His writing about wine and restaurants has appeared in the Financial Times, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Eater, and Wine Business International, among other publications. He is the English translator of two works by the French winemaker-scientist Jules Chauvet: Wine in Question and The Aesthetics of Wine. Ayscough has also worked extensively as a sommelier over the past two decades, building wine selections for restaurants including Pizzeria Mozza (Los Angeles), Yard Restaurant (Paris), Chez la Vieille (Paris), Table (Paris), and Supernature (Monaco).