For those who missed the September Fermented Food Conference at Stanford University, there’s another conference being held in the Italian Alps at the end of October. It has a more of a purely scientific focus than was the case in...
Kombucha connoisseur Susanna Danieli recently visited her native Italy and reported on the thriving kombucha scene there. She added a number of reviews of Italian brands to her excellent Instagram channel. The new brands that she discovered have been added...
Last week I posted an appreciation of the Instagram of Susy Drinks Kombucha – an impressive archive of over 270 detailed reviews of commercial brands in the States and Europe. At the time I speculated that …she grew up in...
Connoisseur (noun): one who enjoys with discrimination and appreciation of subtleties Topping the recently updated list of Booch News Kombucha Reviewers is Susy Drinks Kombucha, with over 260 detailed reviews (scroll down for a complete list). What’s astounding is that...
Thanks ROY Kombucha head Fabio Carlucci for posting about the cover story on Gambero Rosso, Italy’s leading food and beverage publisher, kicking off 2024 by featuring kombucha on its cover with the headline “The year of kombucha – Are you...
Origins In 2018, Stefano Zamboni visited a cousin in California, tried kombucha, and on returning to Italy, founded Legend Kombucha in 2020 in his hometown of Verona, the setting for Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona and the romantic tragedy, Romeo...
Erica Chemolli was born and raised in Italy and moved to the States in 2018. She founded Kombucha Queen Miami 18 months ago. She started making kombucha as a way to heal her Vitiligo, a skin disorder resulting in white...
Fermentation / Fiction / Podcasts
Our Fermented Future, Episode 5: The Spoilage Rights Movement
November 7, 2025
