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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We're taking you on an Andean adventure this month with five wines from across Chile and Argentina as well as a bonus bottle from nowhere near... 

White Wine

Manos Negras, Torrontes, Salta, Argentina

Who - Alejandro Sejanovich, Manos Negras
Where - Cafayate, Salta, Argentina
What - White Wine - Torrontes
When - 2024
How  - Organic, Whole bunch pressed, stainless steel. Vegan

Manos Negras translates as 'dirty hands' and sums up the hard work that goes into making every great bottle of wine and the expertise needed. Alejandro Sejanovich cut his teeth at Bodega Catena Zapata as vineyard director and since then has gone on to gain the reputation of Argentina's leading viticulturist. He specialises in high altitude growing and these Torrontes grapes are grown in Salta, high up in the Andes.The grapes are fermented in concrete for 10 days with no malolactic and no oak aging.

Torrontes is the Queen grape of Argentina and high altitude Salta is where you find the very best representations of this grape. Locally known as ‘the liar’ as the perfume aromas given off trick the drinker into thinking this is a sweet wine when in actual fact it is bone dry and packed with florality, this makes it a great pairing for spicier, exotic dishes such as Thai.

Alvaro Castro, Vinho Branco, Dão, Portugal

Who - Alvaro Castro, Quinta de Pellada
Where - Dao, Portugal
What - White Wine - Cercial Branco, Encruzada, Bical
When - 2024
How  - Organic, fermentation in stainless steel, three months of battonage in tank before bottling, vegan

This is the anomaly of the bunch, not particularly Andean but a delicious bottle from the Dao region of Portugal where you'll find fresher more aromatic styles than what you might expect from Portugal. The majority of wine production is grown in a sun trap of a basin on granitic soils surrounded by mountains and forests providing shelter from the elements for the vines. Pretty dreamy if you ask me.

Quinta de Pellada had been in the Castro family since the 16th century however it wasn’t until 1980 when Alvaro Castro, a civil engineer, returned to the Quinta and picked up where his family had stopped a few generations before. Now Alvaro Castro is recognised as one of the leading winemakers in the Dao region and along with his daughter Maria they bring us some stunning wines. Dao Vihno Branco is a well balanced white with fresh citrus and mineral flavours and an elegant finish.

Orange Wine

Mauricio Gonzalez, Tinaja, Valle del BioBio, Chile

Who - Mauricio Gonzalez
Where - Valle del BioBio, Chile
What - Orange Wine - Moscatel 
When - 2024
How - Organic, indigenous yeast, aged in amphora, unfined, unfiltered, no added sulphur, Vegan. 

A super fresh and vibrant orange from Mauricio Gonzalez that ticks all the boxes for us. Aged in 120 year old clay amphora (or Tinaja as they call it) brining a chalky texture, bags of haze, peach, apricot, white flowers and citrus! Great with a plephora of dishes but would work with some aromatic spice, pork or cheeses.

Pink Wine

Luca Hodgkinson, En Cabeza, Itata, Chile

Who - Luca Hodgkinson
Where - Guarilihue, Colchagua Valley, Itata, Chile
What - Pink Wine - Cinsault with a splash of moscatel 
When - 2025
How - Uncertified Organic, Ancient, bush vine Cinsault, whole bunch press, spontaneous fermentation tinaja, ageing in steel, lightly filtered , Vegan. 

Luca Hodgkinson hails from Priorat, Spain. With an English father and French mother, he seemed destined to travel. A long time consultant in Chile and with his own business sourcing grapes from sustainable, often organic vineyards for other producers, it only seems natural he would want to do the whole process himself.

Encabezar is named after the unique goblet trained bush vines "conduccion en cabeza" found only in Itata (as far as Luca knows) where these ancient vines are trained and pruned close to the ground and look like heads popping out of the ground in the Winter/Spring! They're trained this way to allow the grapes to benefit from the thermal radiation of the soil in the cooler maritime climate of Guarilihue, just 30km from the Ocean.

Pale, Provence vibes, super fresh on the palate with subtle red fruits. Versatile and food friendly with mediterranean seafood and veg but would also stand up to spicy dishes from around the world.

Red Wine

Inacayal, La Cueva, Valle del Maule, Chile

Who - Luca Hodgkinson, Inacayal
Where - San Javier, Valle del Maule, Chile
What - Red Wine - Pais, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan
When - 2024
How  - Organic, destemmed, natural fermentation with wild yeasts, matured in french oak, Vegan

Another one from Luca, who created this wine and its white partner, La Patagua, with the aim of being excellent value, made as naturally as possible, to faithfully reflect the place they come from and rediscover the tradition of winemaking in Chile.

The big, safe, MOTR Merlots and Cabs of Chile are deeply familiar but sadly often just a bit boring. This wine hails back to a pre-industrial style of winemaking and the original varieties including Pais. The grapes are grown in old, dry  farmed vineyards in an area known as ' La Cueva del Leon' - legend has it once the hiding place of a lion.

Light bodied, juicily fruity and soft. A lovely wine for Pinot Noir lovers and ideal a bit cool.

Ballena del Sur, Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina

Who - Sebastian Zuccardi
Where - Mendoza, Argentina
What - Red Wine - Malbec
When - 2025
How  - Organic Practices, 50% whole bunch, fermentation with indigenous yeasts followed by malolactic fermentation.  Vegan

A classic Argentinian Malbec from Sebastian Zuccardi's collaboration project with Les Caves de Pyrene. The Ballena del Sur is an iconic whale known to Argentine waters and the label depicts the eye of the 'Ballena' or an abstract grape ... you decide.

Typical soft dark fruits with a touch of violet and herbaceousness. Jammy and fresh.

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