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Natural Trailblazers – book review

Tamlyn Currin

Tamlyn Currin

Tuesday 22 April 2025 • 1 min read

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Natural Trailblazers by Camilla Gjerde - book cover

Camilla Gjerde shows us how we can all lower our carbon footprints whether we're buying, selling or making wine.

Natural Trailblazers
13 ways to climate-friendly wine
Camilla Gjerde
Published by Now What Publishing
ISBN 9789153114239
£26, $36

‘I’m standing in the middle of nowhere on the valley floor in south Auvergne, close to tears … I don’t have her phone number, and the wind is picking up. Headwind.’

It could almost be the start of a Scandi-noir crime drama. But it’s not. It’s a wine book. And author Camilla Gjerde and her photographer Cecilia Magnusson are running late. There is...

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