All Queens - six sensational wines from women winemakers

A case of truly outstanding wines made by women winemakers -

White
Barco del Corneta, Cucú Verdejo, Spain - Beatriz Herranz has put her heart and soul into truly getting to know Verdejo. From small beginnings in 2008, planting 5 hectares of verdejo on old family land in the village of Seca, two years later she loaded up a van with verdejo and some friends and took them to Gredos to make 300 bottles of her first wine. Since she has bought plots of old vines in nearby villages and has her own space in La Seca allowing her project to grow. The benign climate allows her to work organically in the vineyards. She describes her wines as 'swimming against the current'.

This is a fresh and delightful young wine, bursting with bright citrus zests, bitter melon, herbs, and cool mineral nuance from vineyards located in La Seca, Valladolid at an altitude of 750 meters.

Producer - Barco Del Corneta
Country - Spain
Region - Castilla Y Leon
Sub-Region - Rueda
Variety / Blend - Verdejo
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan

Foradori, Fontanasanta Manzoni Bianco 2021, Vigneti Delle Dolomiti, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy - Elisabetta Foradori is one of the 11 members of the Dolomitici manifesto, a group united by friendship, solidarity and the common vision; the valorisation of the originality and diversity in trentino wine-growing, while respecting shared production ethics. Elisabetta is leading the way when it comes to biodynamics and saving and restoring native grapes of Trentino..

Created by Luigi Manzoni around 1924, at a time when many new varieties and hybrids were being developed in response to the challenges of phylloxera and other vineyard pests and diseases, Manzoni Bianco is a cross between Pinot Blanc and Riesling, one of the most successful hybrids to come out of that period, and now widespread in the Trentino region.
Fermented on skins in cement tanks then aged for seven months in acacia. This wine has great depth and nuttiness as well as delicate floral notes.

Producer - Elisabetta Foradori
Country - Italy
Region - Trento- Alto Adige   
Appellation - Trento
Variety / Blend - Manzoni Bianco
Wine Style - Orange Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan    
No added Sulphates

Orange / Amber 
Vino di Anna, Palmento Vino Bianco, Sicily - Anna Martens and Eric Narioo have been making wines on the side of Mt Etna since 2008, their wines reflect the individual terroir and is completely biodynamic. Anna and Eric also help protect and farm the rare Sicilian black bee. The vineyards are located on different Contrada (historic lava flows) and all grapes are tended to by hand with minimum intervention. A truly natural wine making approach creating super, natural wines

This is a field blend of indigenous grapes grown on the north side of Etna, a portion has a week on skins and the result is an incredibly complex but ever so drinkable white.

Producer - Vino di Anna
Country - Italy
Region - Sicily
Sub-Region - Etna
Variety / Blend - Minnelli Bianco, Insolia, Greconico Carricante, Cattorrato
Wine Style  - Orange Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan

Rosé 
Judith Beck, Pink, Burgenland, Austria - Who the heck is Judith Beck? Clearly you haven’t spent enough time in Iron and Rose and heard us wax lyrical about her and her banging wines!

Judith Beck returned to her families vineyard after studying at Klosterneuberg wine school as well as internships in France, Italy and Chile. Once she returned and took over from her father in 2007 the vineyard and winery took on a more biodynamic approach and she lives by her philosophy of ‘natural, true, genuine and above all authentic’.

A beautiful (and beautifully labelled) dry but intense rosé made by Judith Beck from local grape Zweigelt. Bursting with red fruits and herbal touches. The grapes are hand harvested and fermented in stainless steel to retain it’s freshness. Brilliant with fish or why not try a soft goats cheese.

Producer - Judith Beck
Country - Austria
Region - Burgenland
Variety / Blend - Zweigelt, Blaufrankisch
Wine Style - Pink Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan

Red 

La Stoppa, Trebbiolo Rosso, Emilia Romagna, Italy - The Real Wine Fair is a biannual event in London, an independent festival of natural winemakers and growers who work organically and / or biodynamically and with few or zero interventions in the winery. People making real wine. There are usually around 170 wine growers in attendance, pouring their wines and telling the stories behind them. They come from all round the world, some are new arrivals on the scene and some are visionaries who were there from the start of the natural revolution and who still set the standard. 

Amongst the latter is Elena Pantaleoni from La Stoppa in Emilia Romagna. Elena has been attending the fair for a number of years and it was such a pleasure to meet Elena and have the time to talk to her about how the world of natural wine has changed, how interest and awareness has grown.

La Stoppa is unusual but wonderful in that they only release their wines when they are ready. But this reflects the tradition of Italian winemaking. Wines that are fantastic to drink with food, and to share with friends.

We have Trebbiolo, a boldly fruity red, a blend of local varieties Bonarda and Barbera. And Ageno, an amber wine made from Malvasia di Candida Aromtica, Ortega and Trebbiano, hugely complex, with aromas of rose, candied citrus peel. Also Macchiona, another red made from Barbera and Bonarda but while Trebbiolo is made for drinking relatively young while the fruit flavours are to the fore, Macchiona is one to enjoy with a few years in bottle. A rare treat.

Producer - La Stoppa
Country - Italy
Region - Emilia Romagna
Variety / Blend - Barbera, Bonarda
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic 
Vegan

La Calmette, Serpent à Plumes, Vin de France, Cahors, France - Maya Sallée (pictured) at Domaine la Calmette in Cahors, South West France, has brought her technical expertise to a very natural producer.  

Domaine la Calmette is a great example of the kind of producers we love to work with. While Maya Sallée & Nicolas Fernandez farm organically and biodynamically and make wine in a low intervention manner, which may be perceived by some as just avoiding work, what it actually means, when it is done well, is working a lot and staying acutely aware of the impact of everything that is done in both the vineyard, surrounding land and in the winery. The results are wines that are full of energy, balanced and very drinkable - naturally delicious.

The Serpent á Plumes is the juiciest of their wines. A gentle extraction of Malbec yet retaining its inky colour. A joyful yet complex expression of the grapes and the terroir, grown in Jurassic soils. Bursts of fruit and spice with a mineral edge.

Producer - La Calmette
Country - France
Region - South West France 
Sub-Region - Cahors
Variety / Blend - 90% Malbec, 10% Merlot
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan        
Low Sulphates

This case contains one bottle of each of these wines. If any is out of stock or becomes unavailable it will be replaced by one of equal or greater value and deliciousness.