Cabernet Franc from Barrow Vineyard, a site purchased by Kim and Debra in 2013 on the east side of Seneca Lake. The Bloomers planted this Cabernet Franc parcel in 2015 on a steep, rocky hillside. The Barrow bottling undergoes the same cellar protocol as the Morehouse Road Cab Franc - fermented with...

White Horse is Bloomer Creek's light-hearted tribute to Cheval Blanc.The Cabernet Franc for White Horse comes from Bloomer's Auten and Barrow Vineyards (vine age ranges from 9-25 years), the Merlot comes from Barrow Vineyard and was planted in 2015. Vinification is similar to the 2020 Cabernet...

The 2023 Dry Gewürztraminer “skin-fermented” wine is a blend of parcels from Bloomer Creek's Auten and Morehouse Road Vineyards. Both sites are located on the west side of Cayuga lake and are planted on Lima soils (silty clay loam). After multiple passes to pick for acidity and ripeness, the...

"Melogna", dialect for badger, is a new wine for Monte di Grazia.  It’s a field blend that harkens back to old-school farmer wines.  60% Piedirosso, 30% Tintore di Tramonti, 4% Moscio, 3% Olivella, and 3% Sciascinoso from a 0.3ha pergola at 600m, planted 30 years ago. Harvest was at yields of 30hl/...

The profundity of the sandy light soil type allows very fast growth through the vine roots in low lying, water bearing zones. On this terroir, Sauvignon Blanc usually develops vegetal, herbal aromas combined with softer fruit flavours.

Starting with the 2020 vintage, the Tement’s added the name of the microparcel to the bottle Grassnitzberg “Riff”. The wine in the bottle has not changed; it still comes from the same steep, Erste Lage site. Like the Zieregg, it’s fermented and aged in large, neutral oak casks, but for slightly...

NEW with vintage 2020. Ried Zieregg “Kapelle” is on a high plateau just above the winery at 470 meters above sea-level, just next to the Karmeliter Chapel. The area getes sun all day long and is protected by a forest’s edge. The terroir is water repellent, a heavy clay & loam on coralline...

Zieregg “Kår,” pronounced “koar”, is also new in 2020 and means “cold hill”. It comes from a 1.84 hectare steep slope with southwest exposure. It’s the coolest part of Zieregg as it’s the last area to get the morning sun. The terroir here is mostly blue calcareous marl with coralline limestone....

25% Lambrusco Marani, 25% Lambrusco Salamino, 25% Lambrusco Oliva, 15% Lambrusco Grasparossa, 10% Lambrusco Maestri, co-harvested on Sept 25th.  Spontaneous fermentation in stainless w/ 4 days of skin contact.  Malolactic was completed.  Secondary fermentation was in bottle, with the addition of...

Certified HVE3*. Sourced from 30-year-old Muscadet vines planted on a gentle slope of sandy/silty soils overlaid on a clay subsoil base. Matured on the lees for six months. Abundant minerals, florals and citrus in the nose with a surprisingly fleshy mouthfeel and a long, fresh finish....

Catarratto Comune, alberello (bush vines), planted in 1993, harvested in September at 33 hl/ha. The grapes are destemmed and then left to macerate on the skins for 8 days, with fermentation and aging in stainless steel. Aged 8 months and released in Sept 2022. Unfined/unfiltered. 1,600 bottles made...

Catarratto Extralucido, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in August at 45 hl/ha. The grapes are destemmed and pressed, fermenting in stainless steel.   Refermented in bottle using must from the same harvest. Frizzante-level bubbles. Undisgorged (crown cap).  3,300 bottles made.  11.6% abv.

Nero d’Avola, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in late September at 42 hl/ha.  Destemmed and crushed, with macerations lasting 10 days.  Soft-pressed, fermented in stainless steel.  Aged mostly in stainless, with 15% of the total aging in 500L tonneaux for 6 months.   unfined/unfiltered. 3,300...

100% Ribolla Gialla, facing East. Direct-press. Fermentation and aging in concrete, with no malolactic. Kept on lees for 6 to 8 months.  Around 7,000 bottles made.

100% Verduzzo, harvested at normal maturity levels, then natural appassimento for 60 days, fermented in stainless steel, then aged one year in used barriques.  110g/l residual sugar.