Wines without added Sulpites
The main reasons why sulphur dioxide is added to wine can be summarised in three points: Firstly, SO₂ provides protection against unwanted oxidation, secondly, it stabilises the lively microbiological life in the wine and, last but not least, it prevents the spread of odours that can arise during fermentation.
There are also many reasons why some winemakers still only use SO₂ in microscopic quantities - and it makes a huge difference whether a wine contains 12, 20, 50 or, still permitted, 150 mg/l - or do without it completely. Beyond - quite justified - ideological reasons, many are concerned with increasing the "digestibility" of their wines and emphasising the idea of origin. In addition, in our opinion, minimally sulphurised or unsulphurised wines are almost always more open, accessible and vital than more heavily sulphurised wines.
Ca 'de Noci: Tree Dame 2021
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- €20,90
On the label of the Tre Dame from Ca' de Noci you can read the following, possibly not entirely irony-free sentence: "Vino Frizzante da rifermentazione in bottiglia ottenuto dalle vigne di Sgavetta e rare varietà autoctone...". In German, this means: "A Frizzante created by secondary fermentatio...
Davide Spillare: Crestan 2020
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- €14,90
Garganega is a variety that only produces good results if it is grown in a suitable terroir (limestone, volcanic rock, cool influences) and certain viticultural measures are observed. The decisive factor here is a reasonable grape yield that is as far away as possible from five figures per hectar...
Barranco Oscuro: Varetúo 2021
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- €13,80
Around 30 grape varieties grow on the 10 hectares of vineyards at Barranco Oscuro. 31 is what Lorenzo Valenzuela once said a few years ago, but one or two may have been added in the meantime. The Valenzuelas try things out, see what suits their rather unique terroir best and have no fear of conta...
Purulio Blanco 2021
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- €16,40
Torcuato Huertas elevates blending to an oenological art form. Of the 21 varieties he grows in his vineyards on the northern slopes of the Sierra Nevada, 10 are white. All of them flow into the Purulio Blanco, which - as astonishing as this may sound - presents itself as one big entity. Its vines...
Davide Spillare: L1 2021
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- €17,40
The name L1 is derived from the name of Davide Spillare's upper lumbar vertebra, which was broken in a tractor accident a few years ago (as good as the L1 tastes to us, we hope that there will be no L2). The L1 is a Rifermentato, i.e. a wine that undergoes a second fermentation in the bottle afte...
Purulio: Purulio Tinto 2019
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- €15,90
Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Tempranillo, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Petit Verdot and Grenache (Garnacha) - France and Spain. The two countries in Torcuato Huerta's life are also reflected in Purulio, his engaging and lively red cuvée. Torcuato was born in El Marchal, a tiny village in the...
Čotar: Vitovska 2019
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- €32,90
Vitovska is an old variety with a young story. Since always native to Istrian-Friulan Karst, it was only slowly rediscovered in the 1980s, but was then planted out in the shortest possible time by every winegrower in the area. It is difficult to say what the long forgotten may have been around th...
Čotar: Malvazija 2020
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- €32,90
The word Karst is derived from the Latin Carsus, a word that the Romans once used for stony and sterile areas. For the Friulan Karst, for example. Most of it is made of limestone and stores water so badly that it is rather hostile to life for 99% of the fauna and flora: not so for sandoters, bock...
Barranco Oscuro: Rubaiyat* 2017
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- €19,90
The Alpujarras are a wild mountain region in the east of Andalusia. Characterized by steep valleys and a landscape that was crowded by rocks and Mediterranean bushes, their remote canyons and gorges in the 15th century were the last retreat of many Muslims that were driven out of Granada during ...
Testalonga: Vermentino 2021
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- €35,90
Antonio Perrino is a garage winemaker. It was already before taking up the term in the Bordeaux, depriving him of its actual meaning and formulated a marketing idea and communication strategy from it and - consistently as always in the Bordeaux - implemented it. These ideas and strategies passed ...
Testalonga: Rossese di Dolceacqua 2021
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- €35,90
Rossese is sensitive, delicate and subtle. Its color is as transparent as contact lenses and brighter than blood. After a few years, it changes to a rust-colored orange. He ages mediocre, oxidizes easily and just does work. The fact that there are only about 80 ha of them is understandable. The f...
Davide Spillare: Bianco Rugoli 2020
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- €19,90
Davide Spillare's trump card is Garganega. He is now dedicating a four-part series to the great white variety of northern Veneto. Many consumers and winegrowers have only realised in recent years that this is a great variety, after Garganega had previously experienced an unparalleled decline in q...
Barranco Oscuro: Garnata 2015
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- €24,90
The Valenzuelas are the undisputed pioneers of the increasingly prominent Spanish natural winegrowers: they rely on the natural defences of their vines and on a climate that dries up the little moisture (occasional clouds that cover the fields with dew in the morning) in a very short time throug...
Ca 'de Noci: Notte di Luna 2019
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- €27,90
The Masini brothers are usually one step ahead of their time. For example, they were among the first to allow their white grapes to come into contact with the skins for a few days and to refrain from adding sulphites to all their wines. Decades of experience have not only made them pioneers and i...
Denavolo: Catavela 2020
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- €16,20
The Catavela is based on young vines that Giulio Armani planted in 2008 in the limestone-based subsoil of a vineyard at 700 metres above sea level. Committed to his region, he planted the steeply sloping vineyard with indigenous varieties or varieties that have been rooted in the hills around Pia...