Good Acid Vanessa Ruiz

A quick episode with April updates, my current favorite Substack accounts and what's to come for Good Acid podcast!

This is a short but fun solo episode talking about Aperitifs. We're diving into the history, some quirky facts and also the classics you should know about if you want to broaden the options in your bar cart!I really loved prepping for this episode and really enjoyed doing the research to bring this information in a digestable way.This will be a part of a small series where I talk about spirits in general. Hope you enjoy!!

Probably my most casual chit chatty episode yet? I sit down in a noisy Paris café with Sara Petersdotter (and her two dogs) to talk about all things natural wine. Our experience working in the industry here as foreigners, our individual opinions about the natural wine world and harvest 2023. Sara has been living and working in Paris for 18 years. She was part of the opening team of Verjus, worked at the popular restaurant Vivant as well as Jones and is now the director at Ellsworth. She's the...

Hi! This is a very quick update to tell you all what's been going on the past month and what's to come. So many great things! I can't wait to share with you all.Thanks for listening :)@vnsaruiz@goodacidpodcastHave some feedback on the pod? What to help sponsor this really cool and independently produced podcast? Just want to say hi? Email me! goodacidpod@gmail.com

Before moving to Paris in 2018, when visiting my parents in Florida I'd drive two hours west to Naples, FL for all my wine purchases. There was really (almost) nowhere in the state to purchase low intervention wines. Fast forward to 2020 I noticed online that a new wine shop in the area opened and since then I've stopped by every time I've come back for vacation. Small Wine Shop is a neighborhood shop owned and run by husband and wife duo Tim and Tracy. I spoke to Tim about how his decades (p...

Jeff Hargove, a long-time professional photographer, owns a well-known neighborhood café in the Marais called Fringe. Part coffee shop, part photography gallery, the concept came to him after discovering speciality coffee. Born in the states but having lived outside of the US for most of his life, left him exposed to many different cultures. School is what initially brought him to Paris and after an international career in commercial photography he decided to pursue his own unique concept of ...