"As a lifestyle reporter, Dumais has covered travel, love, sex, and food. But her main focus is wine. She's a mainstay among natural-wine producers and sellers and restaurateurs. For years, she was a co-editor for Swurl, an independent wine magazine. Last year, she printed custom zines with wine-giant Marko Kovac (and then hosted parties for those zines at places like Night Moves and Marlow & Sons) and curated panels for Zev Rovine, a name-brand importer and natural-wine demigod."
""Most people are too intimidated to talk about wine at all, and then you have Eliza who will effortlessly say something like, 'It tastes like pennies,'" says Alex McCown, the owner of Frog Wine Bar in Bed-Stuy. "No one else in the wine world would ever say that. Typically, we'll say something tastes like tobacco, earth, limestone. And then you have Eliza who's like, 'Oh yeah, this one tastes like cherries and disappointment,'""
"It's not entirely clear if Signa is firmly planted at our table because he wants to ensure I'll write something nice about his bar, but the truth is less calculative: He and Dumais are old friends who first met at the now-gone Lalou, where Signa worked as a server and Dumais - a born-and-bred Brooklynite who reveres New York on an "Empire State of Mind" level - would spend hours talking, drinking, and writing."
Anaïs is a candle-lit wine bar in Boerum Hill where Eliza Dumais sits with Joseph Signa, Anaïs's wine director and longtime friend. Dumais is a lifestyle reporter whose primary focus is wine, and she has deep connections with natural-wine producers, sellers, and restaurateurs. She co-edited Swurl and produced custom zines with Marko Kovac, hosted related events, and curated panels for importer Zev Rovine. The natural-wine scene faces an identity shift as it confronts stigma, lower consumption, and economic anxiety. Dumais brings an unstuffy, candid approach to tasting notes and conversation, making wine accessible to intimidated drinkers.
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