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.

Subscribe and save! Guarantee a regular delivery of naturally delicious wine and take advantage of a lower price. By subscribing you'll save an additional £4 off each box set - enough to buy yourself a V60 pour-over coffee from PetitGlou to enjoy while you scan the shelves in Iron & Rose or relax after some intensive market shopping.

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. 

Don't sweat the fall stuff! This month's selection will be sure to spice up your evenings with some warming autumnal numbers. B'autumns up... 

White Wine

Sandgrove Riesling, Clare Valley, Barossa, Australia - Classic and classy dry riesling from the Clare Valley, Barossa. The nose brings zingy, grapefruit aromatics whilst the palate is dry but packed with fruit. The perfect aperitif or accompaniment to asian food.

Producer - Xavier Goodridge
Country - Australia
Region - Barossa
Variety / Blend - Riesling
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming -  Organic Principles 
Vegan

Wii Gonzalo Gonzalo, Gran Cerdo Blanco, Rioja, Spain - A bright, juicy and aromatic white from the Rioja region of Spain. Comes with a cautionary tale to all financiers.

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.

Producer - Wii Gonzalo Gonzalo
Country - Spain
Region - Rioja
Variety / Blend - Viura    
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan

Vigneti Tardis, Fratelli Felix Bianco, Campania, Italy - Jack Lewins, former sommelier and now the co-owner of Leroy in Shoreditch, and Bruno (Mr Aglianico) de Concillis are the two driving forces behind Vigneti Tardis. Cilento is a region of Campania around two hours drive south of Naples. While quite mountainous inland there is a strong coastal influence on the wines, particularly in the case of may of Vigneti Tardis wines which come mainly from a steeply sloping vineyard a few metres from the Mediterranean. While it may share the same varietals as nearby Taurasi and Avellino as a territory it differs greatly and in a region famed for its big, powerful wines Vigneti Tardis are offering a much more delicate alternatives.

The Fratelli Felix is a fresh blend of Fiano and Falanghina that's had a couple of days of skin contact giving it a yellow rather than orange colour and providing a little grip. Tropical fruit aromas of lychee and peach alongside citrus and honeysuckle. Bone dry with a chalky texture and a little salty. 

Producer - Vigneti Tardis
Country - Italy
Region - Campagnia
Appellation - Cilento
Variety / Blend - Fiano, Falanghina
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan     

Red Wine

Testalonga, Baby Bandito, Follow Your Dreams, Swartland, South Africa - Craig and Carla Hawkins' wines seem to get better with every vintage. They make beautiful, poised, satisfying and utterly lovely wines from low yielding vines mainly growing on granitic soils in Swartland. Often using techniques including whole bunch ferments, extended skin contact and old oak foudres, with just a touch of sulphites at bottling, these are lovely, almost delicate wines that are a million miles from the stereotypical blockbuster South African wines you may be used too.

They are now getting incredibly sought after and we have to be quick on our feet to get an allocation each year.

100% Carignan matured in old oak foudres. Wild strawberry, lightly spiced, slender and juicy.

Producer - Testalonga
Country - South Africa
Region - Swartland
Variety / Blend - Carignan
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic    
Vegan

Les Vignerons d'Estezargues, Les Oliviers, Southern Rhône, France - When other co-ops were chasing volume and low cost, Estezargues went for quality and converted to organic viticulture. A brilliant Côtes du Rhône that offers great value, generous ripe fruit and a delicate touch of spice and white pepper.

Producer - Les Vignerons d'Estezargues
Country - France
Region - Southern Rhône
Appellation - Cotes du Rhône
Variety / Blend  - Grenache, Syrah
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan

Metic, Cabernet Sauvignon, Valle del Colchagua, Chile - 'Metic' is an Ancient Greek term for a foreigner living in Athens, someone who contributed to the cultural and economic life but did not have the same rights as a true citizen. Inspired by the famous song 'Le Métèque' by Georges Moustaki, Luca Hodgkinson, a French/Spanish/English expat who also consults for many wineries in Chile, has created a range of wines under the Metic label using grapes sourced from sustainably and organically managed vineyards and made with minimal intervention in the winery.

This Cabernet Sauvignon is from 120 year old vines growing on sandy, clay soils in the Colchagua Valley.  Twice a year they use a very old school but effective flooding technique to irrigate the vineyard. The clay content retains this moisture which enables the vines to survive in such tough conditions. Grapes are hand harvested and fermentation occurs with wild yeasts in concrete vats. The wine is lightly filtered but unfined and only has a touch of sulphur.

The result is a full bodied black fruit bomb with a little spice and leather and a balanced and smooth finish. As an 'outsider' in Chile, Luca has used his skill, experience and connections to make something exceptional.

Producer - Metic, winemaker Luca Hodgkinson
Country - Chile
Region- Valle del Colchagua
Variety / Blend - Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Sustainable / Organic
Vegan

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