Clos Pepin Blanco is the newest wine in the Aurora line-up. 100% Godello made from the mountainous vineyards of Albares, in Bierzo Alto, all worked by hand by German. It is made in stainless and then goes to French Oak and Amphorae where sometimes a fine layer of "flor" develops giving an...

Varieties: 90% Glera, 10% Perera and Bianchetta. Harvested by hand. Vineyard: Col San Martino in the lieu-dit “Rive Alte,” 3.5 hectares at 250-270m above sea level. Planted in 1965, 1980, and 2011.  Eastern exposure. Trained in the traditional Sylvoz or Doppio Capovolto. Soils: In the steep section...

Gewürztraminer (56%), Pinot Gris (38%), and Pinot Blanc (6%) from four organically farmed sites (non-certified) in the Willamette Valley: Sunnyside, Andreas, Finnigan Hill, and Tsai Vineyards. All of which are dry-farmed without the use of artificial herbicides and pesticides. The 2023 Oregon...

From the Refugio vineyard, a 6-acre plot planted in 2006 at an altitude of 820 feet in granitic soils and farmed biodynamically. This 100% Pinot Noir is hand-harvested; spontaneously fermented, then aged in stainless steel and concrete egg. Aged three months in bottle prior to release.

60% Tempranillo and 40% Garnacha blended from multiple parcels. Vinified seperately in order to get a fresh, and “fluid” wine. A mix of saignee and direct press.

In 2015, chateau owner Bertrand Gourdou was searching through an old desk when he came across a label that his grandfather had made in the early 1970's; that wine was called "Le pot-de-vin" which, in French, translates to "the bribe", which for that era was an audacious play on words for a wine...

A light fresh glass of apple blossoms and pebbles with a thirst-quenching finish, this is the perfect intro for everyone to the joys of DRY German Riesling. Alc. 12.0%, 7 g/L RS, 7.5 acidity. Pour it, sip it, carafe it, stack it, and have a ball with it. We'll spare you the inevitable puns about...

The terrible floods of the Maule River in 2023 hit Gonzales Bastias hard.  Their vineyards were flooded, although luckily, without damage to the plants, since their advanced age withstand such ocasional disasters.  But their cellar and winery were wrecked.  As a result they felt “headless”, and...

This wine takes its name from the vineyard from which the grapes are sourced. (The name of the vineyard comes from long ago, when to access the vineyard was through a big stone portal; the local people started to call it Viña El Portalón—literally, Big Door Vineyard—and the name stuck.) From sandy...

100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Robin Pollard's estate vineyard, located near Zillah in the Yakima Valley. Of the 10-acres planted, roughly 2-acres are planted to Cabernet Sauvignon. Soils are sandy loam over limestone. The wine was fermented with ambient yeasts and matured for 18-months before...

This crisp, zesty, flavorsome dry Riesling comes from rolling hillside vineyards in the southern Pfalz around Ilbesheim. Most of the soils are loam mixed with a top layer of loess -- a decomposed calcium-rich dust deposited from ancient glaciers. The wine was vinified in steel and offers 7+ grams...

8.3g/l RS and 8.5g/l acidity. The Muller Estate Trocken comes this year from old vines from 1983 at the top of the Niedermenniger Herrenberg, a red slate site. Vinified dry in 2/3 stainless steel, 1/3 Fuder barrels. Energetic, crunchy, mineral, and far more serious a wine than it has to be -- as...

This Gemischter Satz is named Kosmopolit as it comes from five sites on both sides of the Danube in Vienna. The grapes are picked on the same day by two teams, each consisting of approximately ten to twelve people. In the evening, all of the grapes go into the press together and the next day after...

Bloomer Creek's Black Cap Edelzwicker is a blend of 75% Cayuga White and 25% Gewurztraminer from their Auten (Cayuga) and Morehouse Road (Cayuga, Gewurz) Vineyards. The Cayuga spends 6-7 days on skins, and the Gewurztraminer is macerated for 10 days on skins before pressing, making a light and...