This Month We're Mainly Drinking - six great wines to drink just now - a six bottle box set

A mixed case perfect for drinking right now…

The contents of our TMWMD case changes every month to reflect the season, the food we're cooking, and often to feature new arrivals.

Offered at a discounted price, it is six great bottles 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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Subscriptions are managed by you so you decide when and how often you want to receive the case. You can take a break and pause a month or two, and you can cancel at any time. 

This December it's Christmas just in case you weren't aware... so a case to cover all bases across the festivities.

White Wine

Bodegas Sumarroca, Cava Brut Reserva, Catalunya, Spain

Cava was the go-to sparkling alternative before Prosecco came along and stole the thunder. The 80's, those were the good old days!! But Cava is back and better than ever, at least in the case of wines from Bodegas Sumarroca and others who have refocused on quality over quantity. All Cava is made using the traditional method, as used in Champagne, the time in bottle on lees adding complexity and depth of flavour. This wine from Carlos and Nuria Sumarocca is an elegant, balanced wine, work in the vineyards drawing on Carlos’ extensive viticultural experience. Dry but with lovely fruit it is the perfect aperitif, ideal for sharing with friends, and great to drink with rice, salads and seafood and any asparagus dish.

Producer - Bodegas Sumarroca
Country - Spain
Region - Catalunya   
Sub-Region - Penedes
Variety / Blend - Macebau, Xarel-lo, Parellada, Chardonnay
Wine Style - Sparkling Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan

White Wine

Free Run Juice, Samurai Chardonnay, South Australia, Australia

Free Run Juice is an innovative young company that ignores all the rules and does what it think it needs to do to bring accessibly priced and easy to drink wines to the market using non interventionist methods in the vineyard and in the winery - that is organic viticulture and minimal oenological messing about. Their Chardonnay 'tastes like rain on a hot day' apparently... rich fruit and a creamy texture perfectly balanced by a crisp acidity and no oak treatment making this a very moreish chard'. Peach and Melon leading the charge here with lemon coming through too. 

Producer - Free Run Juice 
Country - Australia
Region - South Australia
Variety / Blend - Chardonnay
Wine Style - White Wine
Vegan

Orange Wine

Cantine Rallo, Vicoletto, Sicily, Italy - 

The Vesco family at Cantine Rallo really know what they're doing when it comes to making authentic wines that reflect the terroir but don't cost the earth (in either sense).

We are now into double figures with this producer's wines - we're big fans - and when they announced an everyday priced orange we couldn't wait to taste it!

Vicoletto is made from Catarratto grapes grown in sandy soils high up in the Alcamo hills, where the altitude tempers the impact of the summer sun and mountain breezes cool the vines. The grapes ripen slowly over the summer and are hand harvested in the cool of the morning in early autumn then taken down to the winery in Marsala where they are gently pressed.

90% of the crop is fermented in a stainless steel tank without skins, just free run and pressed juice. The other 10% ferments on skins for 12 days, the "orange" portion. The two portions are then blended and bottled without filtering, fining or any added sulphur. 

Aromas and flavours of Sicilian citrus, grapefruit, white nectarine and mediterranean herbs. The texture is rich and round. A beautiful introduction to orange / skin contact white wines and delicious with seafood, anchovies or stuffed Sicilian sardines for example, or perhaps a ricotta filled pasta.

Producer - Cantine Rallo
Country - Italy
Region - Sicily
Variety / Blend - Catarratto
Wine Style - Orange Wine
Farming - Organic     
Vegan
No added Sulphites

Red Wine

Les Artisans Partisans, Corbieres Rouge "Cuvee Alice", Languedoc-Roussillon, France

This wine is produced in collaboration with Chateaux Ollieux Romanis, an historic estate in the heart of Corbieres near to Montseret, owned by the Bories family. The area was utilised by the Romans for olives groves, hence the name. The Artisans Partisans wines are made to reflect the nature of the country, the history of the people, and the traditional grape varieties and farming practices of the region.

This year's vintage of Cuvée Alice sees Syrah taking the dominant role with Carignan and Cinsault supporting bringing more dark fruits and pepperiness into the equation, still super soft and generous. Ideal with a warming Autumn stew.

Producer - Artisans Partisans, Le Hameau des Ollieux 
Country - France
Region - Languedoc-Roussillon
Sub-Region - Corbieres
Variety / Blend - Syrah, Grenache Noir, Carignan
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic   
Vegan  

Gatito Loco, Rioja Tinto, Spain

That Rioja is one of the best known wine regions in the world is beyond doubt. That a lot of the wines labelled as such are, well, just a bit boring, a pastiche of what they can be is also true. But that doesn't mean there isn't room for something great, even at the more budget end of things. Gatito Loco is made with grapes sourced from organically farmed vineyards in Rioja Baja, ferments with just the naturally occurring yeasts that exist in the vineyards and winery, and doesn't get smothered in oak to mask the flavour of the fruit. Completely in contrast to what a lot of the big brands are doing, a little "loco" perhaps? Proofs in the drinking though... Perfect with pasta, grilled meat, a picnic (it's got a screw cap for easy access) or a night in front of Netflix.

Producer - Gatito Loco
Country - Spain
Region - Rioja
Sub-Region - Rioja
Variety / Blend - Tempranillo, Garnacha
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan

Sweet Wine

Domaine des Baumard, Coteaux de Layon, Carte d'Or, Loire, France (37.5cl) - 

One of the Loire’s most lauded producers, Florent Baumard has courted controversy by pursuing his own ideas and challenging the status quo.

Florent's mantra encompasses a belief in the individuality of each vintage, believing it should be made with minimal intervention to allow the wine to reflect its vintage and unique character. Right up our street!

100% Chenin Blanc, it natures tropical character and a delightful freshness, with hardened minerality and a zippy background acidity giving tartness keeping this sweet nicely luscious and bouncy. 

Producer - Domaine des Baumard
Country - France
Region - Loire   
Sub-Region - Anjou-Saumur, Coteaux de Layon
Variety / Blend  - Chenin Blanc
Wine Style - Sweet Wine
Vegan    

Picture pinched from Chateau du Cedre's website :)

This case contains one bottle of each of these wines. If any becomes unavailable it will be replaced by another wine of equal value.