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

October's wines come from growers in Austria, Bulgaria and Slovenia: There is a generation of winegrowers across central and Eastern Europe making terroir-driven, low-intervention wines, blending old vineyard traditions and varieties with forward thinking techniques and attitudes. You will also be able to catch more of these wines by the glass over the course of the month at GlouGlou and PetitGlou.

Zavec Brothers, Lost & Found Skin Contact 2023, Haloze, Slovenia
Who - Zavec Brothers Winery

Where - Haloze, Styria, Slovenia

What - Orange Wine - Chardonnay, Welschriesling, Sauvignon blanc & Pinot gris
When - 2022
How - Organic practices. A field blend from a single vineyard with marl / sandstone soils that give minerality and salinity. The grapes were picked in early September, hand sorted at the winery, spontaneous wild fermentation with skin contact of 14 days followed by malolactic fermentation. Matured on fine less in used oak barrels for 12 months. Unfiltered, unfined, vegan.

Great to drink with middle eastern cuisine - think grilled aubergine, aromatic rice dishes. 

Viticulture seems to be ingrained in the Slovenian family way of life. The Zavec family bought their first vineyard in 1995, taking the leap into a professional venture in wine, yet their ancestors were involved in vines for the love of it for many generations. They've since got plots in four different locations across the Haloze region in eastern Slovenia where they grow a combination of local and international varieties, all in a sustainable way with great care for nature. The latest generation of Zavecs, two brothers Aleksander and Patrik are continuing the families passion through making terroir driven wines with minimal intervention. They also keep bees and grow bee friendly plants amongst the vines as well as keeping bird boxes to aid the biodiversity of their land.

Odessos, Pamid, Slanchevo Single Vineyard, Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria

Who - Georgi & Vladi Vankov, Odessos Urban Winey
Where - Slanchevo, Varna, Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria 
What - Red Wine - Pamid 
When - 2025
How - Organic Practices, spontaneous fermentation, minimal intervention, unfiltered, unfined, vegan. 70% whole bunch, 30% destemmed with 5 days cold soak prior to fermentation in open vats with daily plunging. Half aged in large Bulgarian oak, half in stainless steel. 

Pamid is a very old grape variety indigenous to the Thracian valley, producing medium bodied wines with ripe cherry and raspberry notes, soft, smooth tannin structure and a long finish. Ideally drunk a little cool and great served with mushroom dishes, pheasant or chicken. 

Odessos is a young project from brothers Georgi and Vladislav Vankov who are part of the new wave of Bulgarian winemakers. The pair have travelled extensively and gained invaluable experience and inspiration at some of the most prestigious wineries in Australia, New Zealand and Chile in order to start their own project back home where they pursue and present their own interpretation of the Northern Black Sea region. Their urban winery is found in the coastal city of Varna where they make their wines with minimal intervention with grapes from carefully selected sites in surrounding villages.

Joiseph, BFF, Burgenland, Austria

Who - Richard Artner, Alex Kagl, Luca Zeichmann. Joiseph
Where - Jois, Burgenland, Austria
What - Red wine - Blaufrankish 
When - 2021
How - 1/3 whole bunch, 2/3 destemmed, fermented in steel for 10 days before pressing, no punchdowns, light infusion. The wine was then transferred into 1x500L and 1x 600L barrels where it spent around 12 months with no racking until just before bottling. Minimal sulphites added prior to bottling, unfined, unfiltered. Organic. Vegan

Clean, bright and juicy. Lots of blueberries and a joyous mineral rich body.

The grapes for this wine come from a vineyard called ‘Neuberg’ – out of all of Joiseph's vineyards this is the closest to Neusiedlersee, the lake straddling the Austria- Hungary border whose climate-moderating influence is key to vinegrowing in the region. It is interesting to note that the particular clone of Blaufränkisch that is prevalent in this vineyard has slightly softer and thinner skins, and hence produces a more approachable, ‘friendlier’ style, though every bit as complex.

Photo: vineyard at Joiseph

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.