The Edit - Robin's picks for this month - a three bottle box set. June 2026.

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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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. 

This month we're thinking and drinking pink, perfect for early summer days. There is a pink sparkling wine from Penedes, a deep coloured but dry and savoury red from Sicily, and a red that's not sure if it is really a pink from Galicia in Northern Spain. All of them would be great drunk lightly chilled with food or just on their own as a refreshing glass.

Colet, Vatúa! Rosé, DO Penedès, Catalunya, Spain
Who - Colet, Sergi Colet and family
Where - Pacs del Penedès and Sant Marti Sarroca, Penedès, Spain
What - Sparkling wine. Paralleda, Muscat, Gewurztraminer, Garnaxa at dosage.
How - Organic. Vegan. Traditional method. The first fermentation is carried out at controlled temperature in stainless steel. Second fermentation is in bottle and the wines spends 24 months on lees. A little Garnaxa from Sergi's friend, Fredi Torres' project in Priorat is added as dosage. 

The Colet family have farmed their land for generations, first as tenants and then, since 1984 as owners which has allowed them to invest and develop the farm and vineyards and build a winery. Colet just produce sparkling wines and have chosen to be part of the Classic Penedès DO which has stricter rules than for Cava. All wines have to be from the producer's own vineyards which must all lie within Penedès and be farmed organically. There is also a requirement that the wines be made at a winery in the region, aged for longer before release and the year of harvest and date of disgorgement must be indicated on the label.

Vatúa rosé is made from grapes growing at 400m asl on calcareous, slightly sandy soils. 80% of the vines are over 30 years old. Oriental spice, tropical fruit and citrus on the nose. Full and rich in the mouth with a refreshing acidity. A lovely aperitif but also great to drink with food: I love it with Japanese food, rich in umami.

Marabino, Rosa Nera, Sicily, Italy
Who - Marabino, Pierpaolo Messina 
Where - Val di Noto, Sicily, Italy
What - Pink wine, Nero d'Avola
How - Certified Biodynamic. Vegan. Marabino's pink offering is made from 100% Nero d'Avola , spontaneously fermented in a combination of barrique and amphorae before being combined for ageing in stainless steel for eight months and then bottled on a fruit day of the lunar calendar with the addition of a touch of sulphur.

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.

Expect bursts of berries like wild strawberries and raspberries alongside hints of thyme. Structured and seriously drinkable.

Fedellos, Lomba dos Ares, Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain
Who - Fedellos, Curro Barreño and Jesús Olivares.
Where - Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain
What - Red wine. Mencia, Mouraton, Garnacha Tintorera, Caiño, Bastardo
How - Organic. Vegan. Fermented with indigenous yeasts at low temperatures to favour a gentle extraction of colour and phenolics, then aged in old barrels and bottled unfined, unfiltered and with the addition of low quantities of sulphur.

Fidellos is a project run created by Curro Barreño and Jesús Olivares. Both ore originally from the Gredos region but for Fedellos they work in two areas of Ribeira Sacra in Galicia, north west Spain, on terraces along the steep slopes of the rivers Sil and Bibei, planted with a myriad of grape varieties, altitudes, and expositions. On these steep sites all work is by hand - you couldn't do otherwise on these steep terraces! All the wines share an Atlantic freshness and a slatey minerality that make these wines unmistakably Galician.

Lomba dos Ares is a blend of local, traditional varieties. Lifted, perfumed, fresh red. The essence of Ribeira Sacra.

Pics: the traditional cellar at Colet, harvest at Marabino, Curro Barreño in the cellar at Fedellos.

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