Tangled Vine

Filled with aromas of flowers, citrus, marzipan, and shaved coconut. This cuvee shines with light citrus flavors, notes of spiced apple and pears, a hint of minerality, and finishing with great acidity and a slight sweetness. Everything you want in a prosecco and more.

Petillant Naturel, or mildly, naturally sparkling and sometimes called Methode Ancestrale, refers to a style of wine in which the winemaker stops barrel fermentation before all the natural sugar has fermented by sealing the wine in bottle. As the yeast eats the remaining sugar carbon dioxide is released creating a gently bubbly wine that typically will have a touch of sweetness. This is a Pinot Noir to kick back and enjoy with notes of young strawberries, watermelon rind, blood orange, and white pepper, a cloudy pale ruby color, and a yeasty, yummy froth.

One breath of the fresh strawberries and cream bursting from your glass, will have you wishing you were outside under the summer stars. With lovely berries, bright acidity, and light minerality this blend of 90% Pinot Noir and 10% Gamay is simply irrestible.

At the young age of 29 years old, Julien Braud is one of only a handful of the next generation of winemakers in the region. He uses horses in his vineyards to minimize soil compaction, hand harvests, uses only natural yeasts for fermentation after a gentle press, and ages the wines on their lees in glass-lined, underground cement vats. A truly quality-minded approach that has resulted in wines of complexity, texture and balance. His 40oz Muscadet is a speical cuvee for the United States; bottled and labeled for a nostalgic look at drinking culture. The wine is dry, racy, precise, and reminiscent of the sea.

Although now grown all over the world, the slopes of Rias Baixas continue to produce the best Albarino. This one, with long family roots and standing traditions, has beautiful aromatics and a little lees contact to add fullness.

Nestled in the tiny village of Sury-en-Vaux, husband and wife team, Christian and Karine, have taken their generations old vineyard to a new level with great care. Notes of gooseberry, green apple and a hint of white flowers balance beautifully. A perfectly indicative Sancerre, but with a lush nose of fruit that says: this is Sauvignon Blanc at its finest. Enjoy with oysters, salads, greens, and, particularly, goat cheese.

The Langmann winery specializes in Schilcher (Blauer Wildbacher), one of the oldest grape varietals cultivated in Central Europe, dating back to Celtic times. This wild rosé is dark with bright berry notes, herbal accents, and undertones of minerality. Bubbles add lift and exuberance, making this wine a treat anytime.

Giorgio Cicchero's family has been producing wine since 1883, and has teamed up with longtime producer Pier Carlo Bergaglio to produce their intriguing Dolcetto Rose. Using high elevation vineyards from 35 year old vines, Giorgio and Pier Carlo produced only 350 cases of this wine. There rose is bright and filled with floral notes, citrus peel, lush red berry, crisp minerality, and finishes with delicate tannins.

We simply must have a Provence Rose on the list, right? Well of many we tasted, this caught our eye for the usual suspects - hinting on melon, full of seashells, pretty as heck - but also because it's made naturally and because it's a 6 grape blend! Utterly elegant.