Short-maceration, very light red from 70% Pineau d/Aunis/25% Cab Franc/5% whites.  Pineau d: up to 60 years. Cab Franc: up to 130 years old! Co-fermented & macerated for a few hours. Vinified & aged in tank, bottled unfiltered.

100% Erbaluce. Planted in high hills on the volcanic soils of Boca DOC in Alto Piemonte, the few rows of vines in this tiny parcel average 40 years old, are organically farmed and harvested by hand. The grapes are destemmed and fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel. Maceration lasts about...

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...

A blend of 40% Moscatel, 40% Torrontel and 20% País. The Moscatel and the Torrontel are co-fermented on the skins (60 days); the País juice is then added with skins of their other white wine. Aged 6 months in Rauli (a Chilean wood).

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...

67% wheat (+ malted barley and corn) 96 proof.

Merlot from the Pollard Vineyard in upper Yakima Valley. Of the 10 acres of land under vine, roughly 3 acres are planted to Merlot. Soils are a mix of sandy loam with a limestone subsoil. The 2018 Merlot is matured for 18-months before bottliing 20% new French oak. 14% abv. 

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...

100% Ortrugo. Massimiliano Croci refers to his steep, southeast-facing hillside vineyard as a “beach”: the soils (terre dei fossili piacenzano) are crumbly, sandy clay, full of disintegrating, limestone-rich marine fossils. “Lubigo” translates as “landslide” and is the name of the Ortrugo parcel in...

A blend of two crus - Casot and Marcarini - make up the 2016 riserva. Spontaneous fermentation in stainless, with an extended maceration of 75 days; aged in 1000-3000L oak botti for 4 years, followed by 6 months in bottle. 1,950 bottles produced.