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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New Year, New Glou? Our first selection for 2025 is full of lesser known grape varieties that span conveniently from A (Aglianico) to Z (Zalema). Expand your horizons this January with some naturally delicious treats. 

White Wine

Merayo, Godello, Bierzo, Spain - 

One of Spain’s great, unknown grape varieties, Godello is native to Bierzo, a region directly north of Portugal. With less influence from the Atlantic, the climate is a bit warmer than neighbouring areas of Galicia making it more suitable for growing red grapes or, as in this case, bigger, rounder whites. The Merayo family has been growing grapes in the region for generations but it is Pedro who has really taken things to the next level and, with the help of winemaker Fermin Uria, started producing outstanding wines.

This is a wine made for drinking with fish. With aromas of green apple, citrus and a touch of fennel, it has a lovely full palate but with refreshing acidity. Drink within a couple of years of vintage though no doubt it would mature interestingly too.

Producer - Merayo
Country - Spain
Region - Galicia 
Sub-Region - Bierzo
Variety / Blend - Godello
Wine Style - White Wine
Vegan

Contreras Ruiz, Viña Barredero, Condado de Huelva, Spain - 

This wine is made from Zalema, a grape native to Andalucia (and also very useful when compiling an a-z of grape varieties), grown on vineyards in the deep south of Spain, next to the Doñana national park and close to the Atlantic ocean and border with Portugal. The soils are calcareous and rich in saline content. The wine is rich gold and green in colour, bright and zippy on the palate with citrus orange flavours and a delicious saline edge. Perfect with fresh fish, a dish of anchovies or salted almonds and stands up to a bit of spice.

Producer - Contreras Ruiz

Country - Spain

Region - Andalucia

Sub-Region - Condado de Huelva

Variety / Blend - Zalema
Wine Style - White Wine

Farming - Organic
Vegan

Orange Wine

Cantine Rallo, Vicoletto, Catarratto, 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

Vigneti Tardis, Fratelli Felix Rosso, 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.

This is a new wine for Vigneti Tardis; a bright and juicy blend of Barbera, Sangiovese and Aglianico with notes of mulberry, dried herbs and liquorice. Perfect for any occasion.

Producer - Vigneti Tardis
Country - Italy
Region - Campagnia
Sub-Region - Cilento
Variety / Blend - Barbera, Sangiovese, Aglianico
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan

Judith Beck, Blaufrankisch, Burgenland, Austria - There are quite a lot of women winemakers who set the bar very high for everyone. Elisabetta Foradori in Trentino is one. Judith Beck in Austria is another. 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 is a great, approachable natural red, showing off what local variety, Blaufrankisch has to offer. Blackberry, Raspberry and cherry, following through with soft velvety tannins and a spicy and fruity finish. Very moreish indeed!

Producer - Judith Beck
Country - Austria
Region - Burgenland
Variety / Blend - Blaufrankisch
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan

Carlos Lucas Vinhos, Cota 700, Dao, Portugal - Carlos Lucas is farming on the 'Quinta do Ribeiro Santo', which translates as the Holy river estate and takes it's name from the stream which protects his vineyard from the neighbouring pine forests as well as the fact it was once owned by a priest many moons ago.

Hand harvested grapes which have been grown on poor granite and schist soil are carefully selected. In the winery they are destemmed and macerated at a low temperature for 24 hours in stainless steel before fermentation begins over the next 12 days before further raging in stainless steel.

Black fruits and subtle pine on the nose, fruity and fresh with soft tannins. Great with grilled chicken and pasta.

Producer - Carlos Lucas
Country - Portugal
Region - Dao
Variety / Blend - Touriga National, Alfrochiero, Tinto Roriz    
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Sustainable
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.