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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 Our theme for May is ‘Natura’ and as spring has fully sprung we’re celebrating nature’s beauty and bounty with foraged treats at our supper club this month and organic/biodynamic wines made without excessive manipulation to both express and preserve their home turf with love for the planet and respect for nature. Enjoy these delicious bottles al fresco, ideally in the sun!

White Wine

Arndorfer, ‘Handcrafted’ Gruner Veltliner, Kamptal, Autria

Martin and Anna Arndorfer have a natural, biodynamic approach to growing grapes and making wine and believe in minimal interference. They sum it up perfectly, 'our wines are the best representatives of what, who, and where we are' ... 'we have made it our task to produce wines that unite origin and passion, wines that arouse curiosity.'

This Gruner Veltliner is sure to do that! Light, spicy and herbal with a dry finish. Grown in the valley of the river Kamp, a tributary of the Danube, it’s a wine from the hills with balance and verve.

Producer - Arndorfer
Country - Austria
Region - Kamptal 
Variety / Blend - Gruner Veltliner
Wine Style - White Wine   
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan

Cantine Rallo, Ciello Bianco, Sicily, Italy - 

Cantine Rallo has been producing wine in Western Sicily for over 150 years, most famously for Marsala. Latterly however the firm was taken over by the Vesco family and they have moved to producing more wine, less Marsala and entirely organic farming with a bit of biodynamic experimentation on the side. With vineyards high up in the hills above Alcamo and down on the coast near Marsala they have growing conditions for a wide range of grape varieties. Alongside a more mainstream but delicious range of wines they produce a small but growing range of more naturally produced wines, with no fining, filtration, natural yeasts, minimal if any sulfur and as little as messing about as possible. Fear not though, they are equally delicious if a little more edgy. 

This wine is made from Catarratto grapes given a few days of skin contact to extract more flavor and substance. This latest vintage has had a little longer on skins and is naturally hazy, a little darker in color and a bit fuller in flavor. Delicious with seafood pasta or pizza, salads, fresh cheeses or just on its own.

Producer - Cantine Rallo
Country - Italy
Region - Sicily 
Variety / Blend - Cattarrato
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan

Orange Wine

Olivier Cavenave et Chateau, Bel a Ciao, IGP Atlantique, France

Growing up in Libourne, it was inevitable that wine maker Olivier was to fall in love with the world of wine, but it’s his revolutionary approach to winemaking and desire to break the rules that sets him apart.

Olivier's orange is named after an Italian song dedicated to the partisans of the Italian, 'Bella Ciao' which you might have heard heavily featured in the Spanish Netflix show Money Heist... References aside, this is a revolutionary orange, the perfect breakaway, gateway for white wine drinkers. Mostly Semillon, with a dash of Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle bringing plenty of citrus and burnt orange with some hints of tropical fruit and caramel. No added sulphites to boot!

Producer - Olivier Cazenave
Country - France
Region - Bordeaux    
Variety / Blend - Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadelle  
Wine Style - Orange Wine
Farming -  Organic
Vegan   

Red Wine

Inacayal La Cueva, Valle del Maule, Chile - 

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.

Luca 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.

The grapes are destemmed before a natural fermentation occurs with wild yeast, then aged in a big old French oak tank that holds 10,500 litres.

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

Producer - Luca Hodgkinson
Country - Chile
Region - Valle Del Maule
Appellation - San Javier
Variety / Blend - 70% Pais, 18.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11.5% Carignan
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan

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

Domaine de l’Épinay, Pegase Rouge, Val de Loire, France

Brothers, Cyrille and Sylvaine are the fourth generation of the Pacquerau family to look after their estate in Clisson. They have nearly 55 hectares of vines of which half are dedicated to growing Melon de Bourgogne with the rest split between 14 other varieties. Their family had always taken the 'lutte raisonnée' approach to farming which means 'the reasoned struggle' and refers to the intention of using chemicals less often and less aggressively than conventional growers but in 2011, Cyrille and Sylvaine took on the task of converting their estate to organics and as of 2021 all their plots have been certified!

The Pegase rouge is a soft and easy going blend of Merlot and Cab Franc. The grapes are grown on gravel and silt above granitic bedrock, destemmed and undergo 7 days of maceration in temperature controlled stainless steel to limit the extraction of tannins. Expect crunchy red fruits and a supple inkiness on the palate.

Producer - Domaine de l'Epinay       
Country - France  
Region - Loire
Sub-Region - Clisson
Variety / Blend - Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Wine Style - Red Wine   
Farming - Organic

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