zabolotnov.wine

This page is a humble workpiece for a website that, hopefully, will contain a number of articles covering some eclectic aspects of the wine world. There also will be some book reviews on the matter, a touch of data science and a bit of interactive elements.

Here you can read the first articles:

The Colloidal Counter-Enlightenment. Why you should read Clark Smith’s Postmodern Winemaking — May 22, 2023

Practice and preach. How I ran a wine retail store in a Russian province for 5 years — March 26, 2023

Ilya Zabolotnov came to wine from software engineering. He owned and operated a wine retail store in Kaliningrad, Russia; in 2015 he finished winemaking courses. He was also a member of the board of trustees of the Union of Viticulturists and Winemakers of Russia. In 2022, he moved to Palo Alto, California.