Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Alejandro and Celina Bartolomé Region: Los Chacayes → Uco Valley → Mendoza → Argentina Classification: IG Los Chacayes Varietal(s): Torrontes, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay Terroir: Sandy alluvial soils, 1,300m elevation, big day-to-night temperature swings, Andean foothills Serving Temp: 45-50°F Alejandro Bartolomé was winding down
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Ricardo Baettig & Carlos Spoerer Region: Cerro Verde → Itata Valley → Chile Classification: Valle del Itata DO Varietal(s): Semillon, Moscatel Terroir: Sandy granite soils, cool humid climate, dry-farmed old vines Serving Temp: 55-60°F You met Ricardo and Carlos last year through their Casablanca
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Romain Paire Region: Côtes du Forez → Loire → France Varietal(s): Gamay Saint-Romain Terroir: Granitic hills, 450m elevation, semi-continental climate Serving Temp: 55-60°F One of our favorite importer projects is BACK BABY with a new bottle, and this time it's French.
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Enea Burani / Cooperativa Agricola La Collina Region: Reggio Emilia → Emilia-Romagna → Italy Classification: Lambrusco dell'Emilia IGT Varietal(s): Lambrusco Maestri, Grasparossa, Salamino, Malbo Gentile Terroir: Calcareous clay loam, 230-foot elevation, continental climate with warm summers Serving Temp: 50-55°F The Cooperativa Agricola
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Dusty Jenkins Region: Tokki-Ya Vineyard → Rattlesnake Hills → Yakima Valley → Washington Varietal(s): Nebbiolo Terroir: Silt loam, hot days / cool nights, high ridgeline frost shelter Serving Temp: 50-55°F A sage rat is a ground squirrel, the kind that pops up all over the dry
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Gustavo Riffo Region: Portezuelo → Valle del Itata → Chile Varietal(s): País, Syrah, Garnacha, Cinsault, Cariñena Terroir: Granitic soils with red clay, dry-farmed; Pacific coastal breezes Serving Temp: 55-60°F Gustavo Riffo grew up in Portezuelo, a dry pocket of the Itata Valley where his
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Martin & Anna Arndorfer Region: Strass im Strassertale → Kamptal → Niederösterreich → Austria Varietal(s): Zweigelt, Grüner Veltliner Terroir: Loess and chalky clay, south facing slopes, cool climate with big swings Serving Temp: 45-55°F Martin and Anna Arndorfer truly had every reason to keep it quite
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Hugo Mendes Region: Alenquer → Lisboa → Portugal Varietal(s): Arinto, Fernão Pires, Alvarinho, Vital Terroir: Clay and limestone soils, cool Atlantic air off the nearby coast Serving Temp: 45-52°F Hugo Mendes earned a degree in biotechnological engineering and then went and did the far more
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Cédric Guy Region: Joncels → Haute Vallée de l'Orb IGP → Languedoc → France Varietal(s): Chardonnay Terroir: Clay-limestone soils, ~400m elevation, cool inland mountain climate Serving Temp: 50-55°F Cédric Guy grew up in Faugères, the warm schist-driven corner of Languedoc, and made
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Patrice Colin Region: Thoré-la-Rochette → Coteaux du Vendômois AOC → Loire Valley → France Varietal(s): Pineau d'Aunis, Pinot Noir, Gamay Terroir: Flint and clay-limestone soils, south facing slopes, cool climate Serving Temp: 55-60°F The Coteaux du Vendômois is a small AOC
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Fritz Miesbauer Region: Furth → Kremstal DAC → Austria Varietal(s): Grüner Veltliner Terroir: Loess and gravel soils, warm easterly winds, Danube River moderation Serving Temp: 48-52°F Stift Göttweig overlooks the Danube from a hill on the river's south bank, opposite the town of
Fast Facts: Winemaker(s): Olivier Klein Region: Sabran → Côtes du Rhône → Southern Rhône → France Varietal(s): Grenache, Syrah Terroir: Sandy limestone soils, high elevation, mistral winds, scrublands Serving Temp: 55-60°F The Klein family took the long way to the southern Rhône. Originally from Alsace, they spent decades farming