Wines arrive from Andi Weigand’s wet and cold 2021, bright with acidity and briney, fleshy fruit. He catches us up on his vintage, and reasons as to why he’s the midwife in the cellar.
Read moreStraight from the Harz
The triumphant return of Konni & Evi, these releases from 2019 & 2018 share the focus & purity that we first tasted in barrel back when we met Konrad Buddrus & Evi Wehner at their cellar in Saale-Unstrut, Saxony Anhalt, near Leipzig.
A thrill to taste these at their best again…
Must Be Some Way Out Of Here...
“Businessmen they drink my wine, ploughmen plough my earth” The next release from Dan & Nic at Offbeat will be with us soon, having been bottled today, the 21st of June. A direct-pressed Pinot Meunier channeling the tension and release of Dylan’s battle cry from his home in the hills.
Read moreThe Cerne Abbas Giant introduces MV01
Winemaker Clare Pestell at Melbury Vale had been struggling to decide what to do with a rogue barrel from her 2018 vintage. Our pal Daniel Ham from Offbeat suggested to Clare that the base wine still had enough yeasts present that it might do well as a Col Fondo…
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