Happy World Poetry Day from my sis and I!

For this special day, I invited my sister, a poet and a Poetry Editor, to share poetry from an exciting new collection – hitting the shelves next month!

Introducing Isabelle Baafi’s debut work, ‘Chaotic Good’ – Urgent, beautiful poems to make sense of the world and our place in it. Published by Faber and available in April!

Lavinia beautifully reads ‘ The Cottage’, an ambiguous, gothic like poem with a potentially redemptive ending… Fans of Angela Carter – this will be right up your street!

Paired to the brooding, intense prose, I immediately thought of an equally brooding and nuanced wine:

Fleurie, Jane Eyre, Beaujolais, Burgundy France 2022. £30.00 from various online retailers.

I explain in the vid why I thought this beguiling wine could match the prose and awesomeness of Isabelle Baafi.

But in short:
Jane Eyre, the Aussie winemaker behind this Burgundian wine, is a rockstar and turned Burgundy on its head by being the first ever female to be awarded ‘Negociant of the Year’ in 2021. And she also makes serious Tasmanian Pinot Noir – another fantastic Aussie cool climate region for Pinot – see previous vid!

For any lover of SERIOUS BEAUJOLAIS – this wine is for you.
Full of dark berry fruit, coulis like intensity, laced with licorice, succulent tannins and beautiful floral aromas.

Profound, layered yet ultimately uplifting … just like Isabelle’s poetry!

What poet have you discovered recently? And what wine would you pair with them?

Watch our video here!

Happy Poetry Day everyone – Cheers!

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