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This Month We're Mainly Drinking - six great wines to drink just now - a six bottle box set
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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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White Wine
Funkstille, Gruner Veltliner, Niederosterreich, Austria
Who - Funkstille
Where - Weinviertel, Niederösterreich, Austria
What - White Wine - Grüner Veltliner
When - 2024
How - Sustainable, stainless steel, no malo, 8 weeks on lees, gentle fining, vegan
Everybody needs a bit of 'funkstille' or 'radio silence' in their life from time to time, and what better way to switch off to the outside world than with a cheeky glass of Grüner. This Grüner Veltliner is grown sustainably in Weinviertel in the Niederösterreich region, using their own fertiliser made from grape skins, manure and straw from their fields.
This is a dry white with complex flavours, subtle exotic hints with citrus accents and a zippy finish.
Crama Delta Dunarii, La Sapata Aligote, Dobrogea, Romania
Who - Roberto di Filippo & Roberto Pieroni, Crama Delta Dunarii
Where - Tulcea, Dobrogea, Romania
What - White Wine - Aligote
When - 2025
How - Organic, fermentation with wild yeasts, stainless steel, vegan
Crama Delta Dunarii is a joint venture between two Italians named Roberto. They missed a trick on what their projects' name could have been... Roberto di Filippo is from Umbria whereas Roberto Pieroni has found his home in Romania for many years. Togther they've planted 20 hectares of vineyards around the village of Tulcea, nestled in the corner of the Dobrogea region with the Danube which holds the border to Ukraine just a few kilometres north, and the Black Sea to the East. All the vines are certified organic and kept in pristine condition with assistance from their horses for plowing and their gaggle of geese for moral support. The soil is not rich by any nature, it's poor and sandy which produces low yields but grapes of great quality. However before the Roberto's took on the land, after many years of neglect, the land had started spontaneously regenerating with indigenous plants finding their way back and enriching the soil.
Unusual to find Aligoté outside of Burgundy let alone in Romania, but the Roberto's certainly don't disappoint with this bottle with great fruit character and minerality.
Produttori di Manduria, Zin, Fiano IGT Salento, Italy
Who - Produttori di Manduria
Where - Manduria, Puglia, Italy
What - White Wine - Fiano
When - 2025
How - Sustainable / organic, stainless steel, Vegan
When looking at a map of Europe, Puglia in the deep south of Italy actually lies further east than most of Austria and Slovenia so we're slipping this one from long-standing cooperative in Manduria as loosely 'on theme'
As a warm (to put lightly) region, Puglia is know for its big reds, more specifically for being the birth place of Primitivo, yet with the cooling influence of the Adriatic and Ionian seas, they are capable of creating fresh and delicious whites as well. This is native, Fiano aged in stainless steel to retain fruit purity and freshness, bringing notes of spicy pear, peach, melon and a little pine. Versatile for food paring, working well with fish, chicken, pork and veal but equally great on its own.
And Zin is a local term for a sea urchin as pictured on the label, in case you were wondering.
Red Wine
Judith Beck, Beck Ink, Burgenland, Austria
Who - Judith Beck
Where - Burgenland, Austria
What - Red Wine - Zweigelt, St Laurent
When - 2023
How - Organic / Biodynamic practices, fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel, matured in large oak barrels, unfined, minimal sulphur added, vegan
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.
Les Artisans Partisans, Lo Petit Fantet d'Hippolyte Rouge, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Who - Pierre Bories, Artisans Partisans, Chateau Ollieux Romanis
Where - Fabrezan, Corbieres, Languedoc, France
What - Red Wine - Carignan, Grenache, Syrah
When - 2024
How - Organic, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, stainless steel, undergoes malolactic fermentation, no added sulphites, Vegan
This has become a firm favourite at Iron & Rose, the one with the tractor. Bags of character from a beautiful, organically farmed vineyard in the south of France. Mainly Carignan with a dollop of Grenache and Syrah and no added sulphur, it's got garrigue herbs and ripe red fruit flavours. You could even say ebullient in character, an underused word in our opinion.
Chateaux Ollieux Romanis, an historic estate in the heart of Corbieres near to Montseret, owned by the Bories family. The area was utilised by the Romans for olives groves, hence the name. The Artisans Partisans wines are made to reflect the nature of the country, the history of the people, and the traditional grape varieties and farming practices of the region.
Campo Flores, Tinto Organico, Castilla la Mancha, Spain
Who - Fergal Tynan, DeALto Rioja y Mas
Where - Cuenca, La Mancha, Spain
What - Red Wine - Garnacha, Tempranillo
When - 2024
How - Organic, stainless steel, vegan
A juicy red grown on ancient bush vines in the chalky soils of the incredibly hot and dry La Mancha in southern Spain. Situated around the village of Cuenca all by farmers who due to the climate have never used nor needed to use chemicals.
The campo Flores is mostly Garnacha with a little Tempranillo. Expect succulent and juicy summer fruits with a little spice and dark chocolate.
Photo pinched from Crama Delta Dunarii, Dobrogea, Romania
This case contains one bottle of each of these wines. If any becomes unavailable it will be replaced by another wine of equal value.
