The Edit - Robin's picks for this month - a three bottle box set. August 2025.

The Edit is our monthly selection of what's exciting and drinking well, chosen by Robin, founder of Iron & Rose and still a wine obsessive. The three bottles selected change each month to reflect the season, the food we're enjoying, and often to introduce new arrivals. Three wines to introduce you to our world of natural wine, to encourage you to delve deeper, or for a treat to yourself or as a gift.

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August's Edit embraces the spirit of Ferragosto: a break from work and a trip to the beach or up into the hills for a little rest and recuperation. This month's wines take us to the Canary Islands, the coast of Sicily and up, away from the Adriatic into the cooler mountain air of the Marche. Join us on a vinous adventure. 

This box set contains three bottles, one of each of the following wines, made by inspirational producers, the kind of wines which inspired Robin to start Iron & Rose back in 2016 - 

Envinate, Benje Blanco, Tenerife, Spain (white): 

Envínate (aka wine-yourself) is the brainchild of Laura Ramos, Jose Martínez, Roberto Santana and Alfonso Torrente, four friends who met while studying oenology at the University of Miguel Hernández in Alicante. They focus on exploring the ancient, Atlantic-influenced terruños of Ribeira Sacra, The Canary Islands and Almansa. Their philosophy is simple: let each parcel fully express itself through traditional farming and wine-making methods.

Right now there are four different projects under the Envínate umbrella: Lousas overseen by Alfonso Torrente in Ribeira Sacra, Táganan and Benje by Roberto Santana in Tenerife, and Albahra in Almansa by Laura Ramos and José Martínez.

The Benje wines are taken from small plots on the volcanic slopes of Tenerife, the blanco coming from the northwest of the island from vineyards in Santiago del Teide. Each parcel is vinified separately with 75% of the grapes being pressed directly and the other 25% being left on skins for up to 40 days. Then split 60/40 between concrete and french barrique to age for 6 months on fine lees. Unfiltered and without any added sulphur. 

An intriguing volcanic white with racing acidity, zippy olive brine and smoky notes.

Producer - Envinate, Roberto Santana
Country - Spain
Region - Tenerife
Sub-Region - Ycoden-Daute-Isora
Variety / Blend - Listan Blanco
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan    

Marabino, Rosso di Contrada, Sicily, Italy (red): 

Marabino means 'land of the beloved sun' and is a project run by Pierpaolo Messina in the southeastern most tip of Sicily, Val di Noto. He has 30 hectares of vineyards divided into 18 distinctive parcels according to their soil types, but all within a few kilometres of the Ionian Sea, whose cooling coastal breeze relieves the vines from the intense Sicilian sun and retains fresh acidity found through each of his wines.

This is 100% Nero d'Avola and is a blend across a few parcels. Balanced with juicy red fruit and finely woven tannins.

Producer - Marabino
Country - Italy
Region - Sicily
Sub-Region - Val di Noto
Variety / Blend - Nero d'Avola
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Certified Biodynamic
Vegan

Ca'liptra, Amistá, Marche, Italy (red) 

Ca'liptra is made up of four, young, forward thinking pals who met either at enology school or on the job at some of Le Marche's top wineries. Their name is an amalgomation of each of their initials, Loberto, Pisani, TRaspadini and Alfieri which follow Ca' (which means 'house of'). But it also refers to calyptra which is a botanical term referring to the thin cap that protects flowering parts as they develop.

They have just 2.5 hectares in the village of Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi where they practise organically, currently without certification which allows them some flexibility across vintages. In the hot, dry vintage of 2015 they adopted more of a 'do nothing' approach with minimal mowing, no tilling, cover crops or burnch thinning, the vines and soil were more or less left to do their own thing, whereas in 2016 they matched specific cover crops for each parcel. 

The Amistá is mostly Montepulciano with a touch of Sangiovese, light in colour but intense in flavour! The nose brings peppery herbs before ripe strawberries and crushed stones, while the palate ushers in sweet spice and floral-laced fruits and a slight olive brine acidity. 

Producer - Ca'Liptra
Country - Italy
Region - Marche
Sub-Region - Cupramontana
Variety / Blend - Montepulciano, Sangiovese
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan

The wines in this box set are available in limited quantities so we may need to offer alternatives but these will be of similar price and equal value!