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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September holds the autumn equinox, where day and night are equal in length. With the turn of the season seeing shorter and cooler days, this is the end of the growing season and time to harvest and reap the rewards of the year. Here are a selection of wines to see you through this transitional period.

White Wine

Guillaume Gonnet, Le Rêveur, Côtes du Rhône Blanc, France

The Gonnet family own a famous estate in Chateauneuf du Pape but Guillaume and his Australian born wife Kelly also make a range of wines from other parts of the Rhône valley from grapes grown for them by friends. 

This is a deliciously aromatic white, a blend of Viognier, Grenache Blanc and Roussanne. 100% de-stemmed, with a 15 to 20 day fermentation and maceration in stainless steel with natural yeasts. No malolactic fermentation. 12 months ageing in stainless steel. Grapefruit, apricot, peach, citrus aromas, white floral notes, nice acidity and minerality in the mouth. A lovely saltiness at the end of the pallet.

Lovely with fish and seafood it's also one of favourite wines with cheese, especially young, soft rinded cheeses. 

Producer - Guillaume Gonnet
Country - France
Region - Cote du Rhône
Variety / Blend - Viognier, Grenache Blanc, Roussanne
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming - Organic 
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Bodega Bodega, Blanco, Castilla la Mancha, Spain - 

Crisp and refreshing white from Castilla la Mancha. 100% Macabeo (aka Viura) from vineyards, rich in chalk at 600masl, bringing a great freshness, zingy lemon and grapefruit with a lovely hint of salinity. 

Producer - Bodega Bodega
Country - Spain
Region - Castilla la Mancha
Variety / Blend - Macabeo
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming - Sustainable
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Orange Wine

Felicette, First Contact, IGP Cotes Catalanes, Roussillon, France

Named in honour of Felicette, the first cat in space, and made to explore less explored regions and varieties, this is a stellar intro to skin contact / orange wine from the Catalan coast. It's a blend of Muscat and Grenache Gris grown on black schist soil close to the Mediterranean which brings great freshness and minerality to the wine. The grapes are co-fermented on the skins for 20 days before ageing in stainless steel. Expect zesty citrus amongst floral nuances and sweet exotic spices. 

Producer - Felicette
Country - France
Region - Languedoc - Roussillon
Variety / Blend - Muscat, Grenache Gris
Wine Style - Orange Wine
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Pink Wine

Wii Gonzalo Gonzalo, Gran Cerdo Rose, Rioja, Spain

Wii Gonzalo Gonzalo is considered quite a character and is certainly determined. They had an idea to make low interference wine in Rioja (revolutionary for the area) and set off to numerous banks where they were refused loans as wine was not considered a ‘impoundable assets’. Their determination and drive led them to friends and family and luckily they were able to turn their ideas to reality. As a little nod to the many bankers who refused their dreams, we have Gran Cerdo, literally ‘big pigs’ in English.

Vinified in concrete vats using indigenous yeasts. Kept as whole bunches so the juice bleeds from the skins were colour is optimal. Partial malolactic fermentation takes place. Unfined and unfiltered with a small amount of SO2 added. Sweet fruity aromas of berries and wild cherry. 

Producer - Wii Gonzalo Gonzalo
Country - Spain
Region - Rioja
Variety / Blend - Garnacha
Wine Style - Rosé  
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
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Red Wine

Produttori di Manduria, Acid Crab, Puglia, Italy - 

Produttori di Manduria is a cooperative winery founded in 1932 but while it is historic it also very forward thinking, a shining light of how coops can be run for the benefit of everyone - its members, its customers and in this case the planet, farming beyond organic and using sustainable processes throughout the vineyards and winery.

The Acid Crab is a new wine from the coop, exploring reds beyond Primitivo... self dubbing as an unconventional take on one of the most ancient and famous Puglian grapes, Negroamaro - suitable summer drinking slightly chilled. It's dark and spicy with earthy notes of mediterranean scrub. Expect dark fruits, pepper and liquorice with velvety tannins. Great with pizza!

Producer - Produttori di Manduria
Country - Italy
Region - Puglia 
Sub-Region - Manduria
Variety / Blend - Negroamaro
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Sustainable / organic 
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Judith Beck, Beck Ink, Burgenland, Austria - 

Who the heck is Judith Beck? Icon enough to be name checked in a rap. (Emidio Pepe by Slim Papi if you’re interested!)

There are quite a lot of women winemakers who set the bar very high for everyone and Judith Beck in Austria is definitely one of them. Her wines always delight with their balance, elegance and drinkability. As she says, they go for complexity over opulence, enjoyableness over power. Located in Burgenland in eastern Austria the climate is strongly continental but the vineyards are particularly influenced by the Neusiedlersee, a huge lake that tempers the climate and stores warmth from the long summer sunlight hours.

This wine is a blend of two local varieties and is surprisingly full bodied but with a lightness and minerality, full of summer berry flavours and a touch of spice. Brilliant value, as are all Judith's wines.

Producer  - Judith Beck

Country - Austria

Region - Burgenland

Variety / Blend - St Laurent, Zweigelt
Wine Style - Red Wine

Farming - Organic / Biodynamic

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Picture pinched from Proudttori di Manduria's Facebook - harvest '23

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