The
Import
Bringing the world's oldest traditions home. Wine, food, land, and the good life, imported one experiment at a time.
The Idea
You don't have to leave to live well.
The Import is built on a simple belief: the best traditions in the world don't belong to any single place. Ancient fermentation, slow food, working the land. They belong to anyone willing to learn.
Part book series, part field guide, part ongoing experiment. This is what happens when you bring the old world home.
Journeys
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Each journey is a deep dive into one tradition, one place, one experiment. Subscribe to unlock the full stories as they unfold.
Volume One
Georgia and the Qvevri
Eight thousand years of winemaking, buried in clay beneath the Caucasus Mountains. The first import begins where wine itself began.
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Three pillars.
Every journey, every book, every experiment falls into one of these. Sometimes all three at once.
Ferment and craft.
Wine, cheese, bread, preservation. Ancient techniques brought into a modern kitchen. The slow arts that make life taste better.
Travel and discover.
Not tourism. Tradition-hunting. Finding the people who have been doing something extraordinary for centuries, and learning why.
Tend the land.
What happens when you stop mowing the lawn and start planting something worth growing. Homestead experiments in real time.