FUSÉES, a Wine Mook with an Astronomic Twist

<p><em>Our mission is to take you on a one-year trip to Bordeaux, and meet with the wine people&nbsp;there who put all their passion, hard work, energy and madness into their terroir. Whether they were born here or a thousand miles away. That&#39;s what <strong>Fus&eacute;es</strong> is about. Enjoy your trip! Cheers!</em><br /> <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/624494/mockup-paris-1571231726.jpg" width="100%" /><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/628185/intertitres-01-1572733042.png" />Halfway between French cult magazine <em>&Eacute;go&iuml;ste</em> and Joakim Eskildsen&#39;s <em>The Roma Journeys</em>, <strong>Fus&eacute;es</strong> is a 252 pages wine mook intended to be printed once a year on fine Italian paper. Packed with extra-large art photography and lengthy portraits, <strong>its focus is on the new wine smugglers</strong> &ndash; biodynamic winemakers, wine bars with a twist, chefs with attitude. <strong>Fus&eacute;es</strong> is self-published, ad-free and without any sponsored content. This kind of editorial freedom comes with a price, but with only one goal: to share the words and work of a bunch of wine passionates devoted entirely to what they do.<img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/624516/mockup-gombaude-1571235051.jpg" width="100%" /><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/628201/intertitres-02-1572736162.png" width="100%" />Fus&eacute;es is a joint editorial project by war-time reporter Benoit Guenot (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/monopole_magazine/" target="_blank">Monopole Magazine</a>) and food &amp; bev brand journalist Dante Nolleau (<a href="https://lefooding.com/en" target="_blank">Le Fooding</a>). two suburban Parisians who got struck years ago by Aur&eacute;lien Lefort, Claude Courtois and Christian Chaussard&rsquo;s beautiful wines, Paris&rsquo; blooming natural wine scene and bistronomic craze, as well as after hours conversations rather not be told here. Both relocated in Bordeaux for family matters, they decided later on to start <strong>Fus&eacute;es</strong> (&lsquo;Rockets&rsquo; in EN) as a way to cast a new light on a wine region <strong>in cruel need for an image reboot.</strong><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/624517/mockup-bonjaja-1571235087.jpg" width="100%" /><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/628297/intertitres-03-1572791944.png" width="100%" />For its first vintage, <strong>Fus&eacute;es</strong> will take off from Bordeaux, a powerful terroir damaged by years of bad buzz. For most wine lovers, Bordeaux is out of fashion, the symbol of a <em>mondovino</em> full of arrogance, overpriced cabernets and cosmetic oenology. What was true yesterday might be untrue tomorrow. <strong>But that&rsquo;s not our point</strong>. Our point is those who change the shape of things, whether winemakers, restaurateurs, expats or outsiders, those who inject a new lifeblood into a vineyard trapped in its traditions and contradictions. In other words, <strong>all those who make the wine bigger and livelier</strong>.<img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/624518/mockup-palmer-1571235113.jpg" width="100%" /><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/628298/intertitres-04-1572792019.png" width="100%" />Super heavy weight stuff! <strong>252 pages, 17 topics and 1.5 kilo</strong> (so says our printer...) of harvest celebrations, fermentation dilemmas, seaside road tripping, picnics in the vines, serious banquets for serious eaters, after hours drinking, punch-ups, confidences, iconic vintages and pop-up cuv&eacute;es. <strong>And it&#39;s all written in French and English!</strong><br /> <br /> Introducing: japanese wine-UFO <strong>Osamu Uchida</strong>, ex-Bristol sommelier <strong>Marco Pelletier</strong>, <strong>SOIF</strong> wine bar (and unique kitchen), wine master craftsman <strong>Fabrice Domercq</strong>, Ch&acirc;teau Palmer&rsquo;s head chef <strong>Seiji Nagayama</strong>, natural godmothers of Haut-M&eacute;doc <strong>Closeries des Moussis</strong>, urban winemaker <strong>Laurent Bordes</strong>, wine bistro nugget <strong>Au Bon Jaja</strong>, and many mores...<img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/624519/mockup-brandeau-1571235153.jpg" width="100%" /><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/628302/intertitres-05-1572794159.png" width="100%" />Bordeaux is our base but the wine world is immense. While still digging for the fresh gems of our adopted region, our ambition is to see <strong>beyond its appellation areas</strong> &ndash; Dordogne, Navarra, Catalonia or Roussillon, for example. Apart from the paper edition, we will also explore digital and social channels: Instagram for all the behind the scenes part, a website (<a href="https://fusees.co">https://fusees.co</a>) for <strong>unseen content and pics</strong>, as well as an e-shop for easy purchase of published (and forthcoming) issues of the magazine, large format photo prints, signature goodies and wine books still in the making...<img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/624496/mockup-soif-1571231781.jpg" width="100%" /></p>