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.
La Possa: Cinque Terre 2021
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- €27,90
Samuele Bonanini is one of the few winegrowers who still dedicate themselves to the vines on the steep slopes of the Cinque Terre. On small micro-parcels held up by stone walls and connected by ropes, he works on cultivation in the truest sense of the word. The best example of this is his "Cinque...
Aldo Viola Saignée 2019
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- €19,90
The Saignée is a clear reference to France, especially to Provence, where excellent rosé wines are still produced today using the (Saignée) method of the same name. Aldo has also done this for many years - but with the 2018 vintage, he is going one step further and building a finely woven, playfu...
Schmelzer: Frühroter Veltliner "Schlicht und Ergreifend" 2020
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- €26,80
Frühroter Veltliner is, despite its supposedly melodious name, somewhere between Goldburger and Sämling in the hit parade of Austrian grape varieties - in other words, pretty far down the list. The area planted with it fell by almost 50% between 1999 and 2015 and, if you look around, there are fe...
Ca' de Noci: Riserva Defratelli 2016
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- €39,90
Some grape varieties make the leap beyond local borders, others do not, although it is not always clear why. Spergola has a subtle flavour that is reminiscent of white flowers when classically vinified. If the grapes are left on the skins for a while, orange peel and clove flavours are often adde...
Aldo Viola: Guarini Coccinella 2021
Rotwein
- €19,90
The Guarini Coccinella is the result of Aldo Viola's passion for Syrah. Convinced that the variety could also produce excellent results in Sicily in well-ventilated and north-facing locations, he set out on a search a good two decades ago and found what he was looking for in Feudo Guarini, a micr...
Aldo Viola: Plus 2019
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- €27,40
The Guarini Plus is the result of Aldo Viola's passion for Syrah. Convinced that the variety could also produce excellent results in Sicily in well-ventilated and north-facing locations, he set out on a search a good two decades ago and found what he was looking for in Feudo Guarini, a microscopi...
Aldo Viola, Brutto 2022
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- €17,90
A frizzante from Catarratto by Aldo Viola. Produced according to the metodo ancestrale, i.e. by secondary fermentation in the bottle without subsequent disgorging and dosing. There are several possible explanations for the BRUTTO (Italian for ugly) in the name and the duck on the label. Firstly...
Denavolo: Dinavolo 2018
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- €32,80
Dinavolo is one of the great milestones of vini macerati, those wines whose white grapes are actually processed like red wines. It is made in the hills south-west of Piacenza from a hodgepodge of grape varieties in which, as is so often the case with orange wines from Emilia, Malvasia di Candia A...
La Possa: Er Giancu 2021
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- €19,90
Data sheet Grape variety: Albarola and Bosco Vineyard: Sandstone, 50-year-old vines, 30hl yield Harvest: by hand Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts Ageing: in stainless steel tanks Filtration: no SO₂: unsulphurised Alcohol content: 12.5 % vol. Closure: Natural cork Drinking temperature: 10-1...
Tauss: Blaufränkisch Opok 2017
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- €22,60
Isabelle Legeron, the enterprising organiser of Raw, the largest trade fair for natural wines, has made exactly two Blaufränkisch recommendations with the unbiased palate of a Frenchwoman in the last chapter of her book Natural Wine, which is absolutely worth reading. One of the two winemakers ...
HP Harrer: Ton, Steine, Reben - Blaufränkisch 2017
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- €29,90
HP Harrer's small winery in Neusiedl and Silvio Messana's Azienda Montesecondo in San Casciano may be a good 1000 kilometres of motorway and a national border apart, but otherwise there are a lot of parallels. Both have been cultivating their vineyards biodynamically for many years and both have ...
Aldo Viola: Krimiso 2019
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- €27,90
Cataratto has always been the workhorse among the island's white grape varieties, and you could taste it. Only recently have there been a small number of winegrowers who have really got to the bottom of the character of Catarratto and are breaking new ground. Aldo Viola's Montelongo Catarratto vi...
CA 'de Noci: Kyathos del Poggio 2019
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- €21,90
Data sheet Grape variety: Sgavetta Vineyard: Situated at 150-230 metres. South-east exposure. Gravel-interspersed soils on a subsoil characterised mainly by sandstone and gypsum Harvest: by hand in 15 kg crates Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts, fermented on the skins Ageing: secondary fer...
Vinos Autenticos/Barranco Oscuro: La Traviesa Blanco 2019
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- €11,90
The niche in the niche. A wine for operetta fans in the natural wine scene! At least one could guess if you get to the bottom of the face on the label. This belongs to Jeanette Macdonald, who had the music affine cinema audience romped in the 1930s and 40s - in our special case in the film Naught...
CA 'de Noci: Gheppio 2014
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- €24,90
The intimate relationship between the Italian wine world and birds of all kinds would be worth an article. There are wineries that are named after birds (Aquila del Torre, Colomba ...), also a good dozen grape varieties (Corvina, Oseleta, Rondinella, Corvinone, Ucelut ...) and of course a few win...