Orange Wines & Natural Wines: Time to Get Funky

It is full of dynamic fruit flavors and earthy notes: dried cherries, fresh picked blackberry, and even slight savory herb notes linger on the front of the palate.

Cerasuolo di Vittoria is a red wine made from a blend of Frappato and Nero D’Avola in accordance with the governing rules of the D.O.C.G. The wine is made in a large area in the province of Ragusa and in part of the provinces... Read More

A truly wonderful example of art and ancient georgian viticulture history. Georgian wines once only came in these hand decorated clay vessels. This very unique piece holds delicious kindzmarauli wine. Enjoy both, displaying this... Read More

Smells as if it was bottled literally 5 minutes ago... Intense deep purple color with with purple notes of ripe, wild, red and black berries, this low intervention natural wine has soft tannins and medium body. The palate is fresh... Read More

This Sefu Red is a blend of Syrah and Cabernet Franc. The Cabernet Franc is direct pressed and fermented in one 3000L stainless steel tank and six 500L oak barrels. The Syrah is whole bunch pressed into open vats, macerated for... Read More

El Impostor is dry, sparkling Cinsault that positively glows with bright pink color. It’s tart and tangy with a sour cherry note that is similar in appearance to a Lambrusco Rosato and similar in flavor to a sour beer or... Read More

The Gotsadze family wine tradition dates from the grate grandfather of the current winemaker, Konstantin Gotsadze (1860-1940), who started making wine in his cellars in the village of Tskhratskharo, in Zestafoni district of Western... Read More

Grosjean’s Torette is charming and delicious in its youth but takes on more weight and gravitas with some bottle age. Bouyed by high acidity and snappy red fruit, the wine is balanced by notes of crushed rocks and earth... Read More

Kindzmarauli is made from 100% native Georgian saperavi grape. This wonderful dark red wine is medium sweet with a silky palate. Notes of cherry, blackberry, and prune are evident. The wine’s natural sweetness is nicely... Read More

The wine has a characteristic dense dark garnet color, the tone of ripe red berries in the aroma harmoniously matches with the rich flavor and velvety wine, in which the natural sweetness and tartness are balanced by pleasant... Read More

Dry red wine of the Plavac mali variety, with old charm, but exceptional drinkability despite the high alcohol content. In every sip of Kriz, you can feel the naturalness and softness of the tannins, atypical for black varieties... Read More

Aromas of red licorice, dried leaves, and fresh pipe tobacco introduces a palate with a floral edge and gentle tannins. The palate shows red licorice, dried flowers, blood orange, and Mediterranean herbs and fresh tobacco leaves.... Read More

Sustainable/Practicing Organic. 100% Barbera. This is the only négoce cuvée; Olek purchases Barbera from vineyards in the drier part of Asti, only contracting with several older-school growers who can farm these... Read More

Similarly large-scaled as the San Valentino above, the Pipparello is more overwhelmingly brooding, and even more intense in its concentration. The ultra-savory nose is a thick swamp of camphor, black olives, fresh tar, and sandalwood,... Read More

The Paolo Bea Montefalco Sagrantino Cerrete is intense in nearly every aspect, with a deep violet color, robust tannins, and power that announces itself from the first aromas through the persistent finish. Despite all of this... Read More

Bea produces perhaps his most renowned wine from pure Sagrantino grown on the prized hilltop site of Pagliaro, situated at 1300 feet above sea level in Montefalco proper. The only wines that approach Bea’s in that regard... Read More

This sun-marked 2019, clocking in at 14% alcohol and with a formidable 45-day maceration, is a potent and brooding wine that makes no concessions to polite society. Significant in its tannins, it nonetheless presents them in such... Read More

From a remote plot of forty year old vines, it spends two days on skins and a year in old casks. This is a benchmark for the varietal, combining the grape’s gorgeous aromatics and cleansing acidity with impeccable balance.... Read More