Producer: Tom Litwan
Grape: Pinot Noir 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2016
Country: Switzerland
Region:
Subregion: Aargau
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: 0
Added S02: No

Funkiness: Clean

Tasting Notes: Refined, bundled bouquet, sour cherries, currants, fresh leather, black tea, slightly smoky nuances in the background. The palate is clear, very finely woven, elegant, compact, youthful structure and beautifully long lasting.

Producer: Biovinea
Grape: Saperavi 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Georgia
Region: Kakheti
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: No
Soil:
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Aromas of sour cherries, chalky, nice acidity, chewy tannins

Producer: Crealto
Grape: Grignolino 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2014
Country: Italia
Region: Piemonte
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 14.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: A beautiful expression of what the potential of Grignolino is with time. This wine shows that Grignolino does not only produce wines that should be enjoyed young, they also produce quality wines that stand the test of time and evolve for the better. This is the mature sibling of the Marcaleone wine which is also absolutely delicious. The wine undergoes a spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts and are subsequently are aged in clay amphora and old oak before they are bottled.

Producer: Eric Texier
Grape: Marsanne 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: France
Region: Rhône
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Gneiss with Calcareous Marl
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: This is a truly unique wine. A total of 50 ha only cultivated by 5 winegrowers at the southern limit of the northern Rhone. A rare and unique terroir to say the least and the viticulture is holistically based on the stimulation of the plant's own defenses, by various minerals and algae slurry. Vinification: Eric Texier decided to make long macerations (6 to 7 months) on destemmed skins in order to extract the aromatic precursors contained in them without having to harvest when overripe. One year old in barrel after racking of the skins. No addition of sulfite. This wine is a true hidden gem.

Producer: Eric Texier
Grape: Syrah 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2015
Country: France
Region: Rhône
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 14%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Limestone Marl
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: A rare and unique terroir to say the least and the viticulture is holistically based on the stimulation of the plant's own defenses, by various minerals and algae slurry. No destemming of the grape bunches. Submerged cap during maceration. Only native yeasts used. No use of SO2 before setting. Aging in tuns, on fine lees for 24 to 30 months. Bottling without fining or filtration. Some vintages are bottled without sulfur (2009). Character: Cold climate Syrah giving very intense notes of blackcurrant leaves and black olives. Acid / tannin type balance during the first years, and rounding off with 5 to 10 years of aging.

Producer: Tenuta Foresto
Grape: Barbera 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Italia
Region: Piemonte
Subregion: Carru
Alcohol: 14%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay and Tuff
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The grapes are de-stemmed and placed in 30 hl truncated conical oak vats where they remain for about twenty days during which part of the spontaneous fermentation takes place in contact with the skins, without controlling the temperature. 3-4 manual punch downs a day are carried out as needed. After racking, aging takes place in 20 hl oak barrels and a small part in 700 l tonneaux, for about 12/13 months and then 3 months in bottles. They do not carry out any clarification and filtration or addition of sulfites.

Producer: Poderi Cellario
Grape: Freisa, Dolcetto, Sangiovese 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: Italia
Region: Piemonte
Subregion: Carru
Alcohol: 11%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: Clay, Limestone, Marl
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: This is the summer red you want to always have at hand. Incredibly drinkable pure red wine. Not to over complex yet sufficient body to pair greatly with a variety of summer dishes. Whether you have this in the table at your friends dinner or in a park with your feet in the grass, this wine is a great accompaniment. This is the ultimate light bodied, natural, all day drinker. The wine is obtained through spontaneous fermentation and using only indigenous yeasts, not clarified and unfiltered, aged in large cement vats.

Producer: Domaine Vallée Moray
Grape: Chenin 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Centre
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Fruity, aromas of white flowers, aromas of clay. Straight, rich, mineral, structured body, good persistence. A real gem!

Producer: Weingut In Der Eben
Grape: Sauvignon 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2016
Country: Italia
Region: Trentino Alto-Adige
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Volcanic
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: White flowers and fruits,fennel, slim wine very acid

Producer: Weingut In Der Eben
Grape: Gewurtztraminer 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: Italia
Region: Trentino Alto-Adige
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Volcanic
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Citrus, balsamic and very very fresh good acidity

Producer: Domaine Engel Fréres
Grape: Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc 
Color: Sparkling
Sparkling: Champenoise
Vintage: 2016
Country: France
Region: Alsace
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13.5%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: Schist
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: White and red fruit, winy ,creamy and mineral extremely drinkable

Producer: Domaine Engel Fréres
Grape: Pinot Noir 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: France
Region: Alsace
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: Schist
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Funky

Tasting Notes: Elegance, red fruit, pomegranade, orange, very very long

Producer: Domaine Goepp et Fils
Grape: Gewurtztraminer 
Color: Orange
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: France
Region: Alsace
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Funky

Tasting Notes: Aromatic, exotic fruit, herbs, mineral and juicy

Producer: SKERK
Grape: Malvasia 
Color: Orange
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: Italia
Region: Friuli Venezia Giulia
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: This Malvazija is a dark orange wine that shows aromas of quince, apricot, tangerine, caramel herbs and wood, with a touch of ocean mist. On the palate it is mineral, complex and long, with a nice minerality that lends freshness and drinkability.

Producer: Noella Morantin
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Anjou-Saumur
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay, Limestone
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: The result is excellent, as the old vines, which have the particularity of expressing the characteristics of the terroir with more intensity, reproduce it magnificently here. The latter is composed of flinty clay on a limestone parent rock, which brings a slight tension and a complex aromatic structure of white fruits, wild flowers and citrus fruits (grapefruit) without the varietal side that one too often finds in Sauvignon. The palate is fruity, refreshing and long.

Producer: Côme Isambert
Grape: Cabernet Franc 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2015
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Anjou-Saumur
Alcohol: 12%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Limestone
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Côme Isambert with help from Francois Saint-lo & Olivier Schwirtz have purchased the wine from the last vintages of Clos Cristal that was in the cellar and bottled it without additions, under the protest Cristal Closed label designed by Justine Saint-lo. These wines are history in a bottle. Chiselled from Limestone soils, this a deep smokey and velvety Cabernet that just gets better and better with age.

Producer: François Saint-Lô
Grape: Chenin Blanc 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Anjou-Saumur
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil:
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The very first vintage of a new cuvée of Chenin Blanc that comes from a parcel that François is now leasing from Sylvain Dittiere. The parcel is situated in an old river bed and the vines are about 30 years old. A third of the harvest macerated whole bunches for about 2 weeks, while the rest were pressed directly. They were kept separate in 600L barrels plus the Stockinger (1200L), then the whole thing was put together a few weeks before bottling. Super texture, incredible fruit, almost tropical but with lots of minerality. If the day is any indication...!

Producer: François Saint-Lô
Grape: Grolleau 
Color: Rosé
Sparkling: Pet Nat
Vintage: 2018
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Anjou-Saumur
Alcohol: 11%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil:
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: This is a blend of two thirds Gamay & one third Grolleau, from the parcels that go into Hey gro! & Hey Gamin! It was left on the lees in bottle for just over a year before disgorgement by hand. Brilliantly bright fruit, very varietal and delicious dark sparkling rosé.

Producer: François Saint-Lô
Grape: Cabernet Franc 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Anjou-Saumur
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil:
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The most sublime Cabernet Franc from this prodigious young Loire vigneron. The vines in the Palennes vineyard are well established (around 70 years old) and the fruit is of excellent quality. Here the grapes go through vinification as a blend of both destemmed and whole clusters - this technique results in an extraordinarily fine tannic structure once the wine is complete, as the contact between the must and the grape stems is carefully managed. There is always great depth in the Cabernet Franc of Saint-Lô; the black cherry fruit, bitter dark chocolate and the characteristic herbaceous bearing of the varietal all marry perfectly. The wine is polished and smooth. BOOM!!!

Producer: François Saint-Lô
Grape: Cabernet Franc 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2016
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Anjou-Saumur
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil:
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Les Bois Guyon is Francois' Cabernet Franc from 80 year old vines grown in limestone. The handpicked grapes are de-stemmed, macerated on skins for 10 days then pressed into 400 litres barrels where it ages for 2 and a half years before bottling. An enchanting and ethereal wine with lifted, floral aromatics and savoury game, wood and mineral notes on the palate.

Producer: Julien Guillon
Grape: Chasselas 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Switzerland
Region: Valais
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 10.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil:
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The nose is flinty, with some lovely floral notes emerging with aeration. On the palate more floral notes, paired with a salty minerality, which carries into the long finish.

Producer: L'Alezan
Grape: Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne, Muscat 
Color: Orange
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: France
Region: Rhône
Subregion: Ardèche
Alcohol: 11%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: 0
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Funky

Tasting Notes: After pressing, the grape skins were left to macerate with the juice for 7 days.  From there, 70% of the resulting wine was aged in large oak barrels, while the other 30% was aged in fiberglass vats.  Neither sulfites nor additives were used at any stage of the winemaking process.  This wine gives us notes of apricots, white flowers, and even melon, and has a pleasant amount of tannin on the finish.

Producer: Alessandro Viola
Grape: Grillo 
Color: Orange
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Italia
Region: Sicilia
Subregion: Trapanese
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Limestone
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Basil, dehydrated yellow fruit and salty and accentuated hints. Fresh, with excellent structure and sapid with excellent persistence.

Producer: Ktima Ligas
Grape: Roditis 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Greece
Region: Makedonía
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil:
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Brilliant, complex and harmonious wine. Notes of white flowers, herbs and honey. Light wood notes. Mineral, incredibly intense and long! This is the highest wine art!

Producer: Franz Strohmeier
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc, Weissburgunder, Muskateller, Muscaris, Souvignier Gris, Cabernet Jura, Blauer Wildbacher, Merlot, Regent, Rösler 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Austria
Region: Steiermark
Subregion: Weststeiermark
Alcohol: 11.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Schist
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Funky

Tasting Notes: The perfect wine for lazy weekend afternoons. Franz & Christine wanted to make a “house wine” that involved all different vineyards and varieties that they farm. This includes the recently (2015) planted hybrid, disease resistant varieties such as Muscaris, Souvignier Gris, Bronner and a Swiss clone of Cabernet. Catsilver refers to the shining silica stones that are found throughout their vineyards. All the white grapes undergo a maceration on the skins and the red grapes are directly pressed, before all being aged in used oak barrels for eight months.

Producer: Alessandro Viola
Grape: Nerello Mascalese 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: Italia
Region: Sicilia
Subregion: Trapanese
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The Sinfonia di Rosso is all Nerello Mascalese and is farmed biodynamically. The grapes are from clay soils up at an elevation of 220 meters to receive those cool sea breezes then it is fermented with native yeasts in steel and aged for seven months in neutral chestnut barrels. This is an island wine in name and taste. Notes of red berries, Mediterranean herbs, toasty scents, and hint of salt on the long finish it is a wine that one can tell is crafted by a master.

Producer: Rennersistas
Grape: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay 
Color: White
Sparkling: Pet Nat
Vintage: 2019
Country: Austria
Region: Burgenland
Subregion: Neusiedlersee
Alcohol: 11%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: 0
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Funky

Tasting Notes: Rosé; fine and persistent froth. The nose is expressed with hints of apricot, raspberry and apple and notes of pastry and yeast. On the palate it is crisp, pleasingly sapid and well balanced.

Producer: La Stoppa
Grape: Merlot, Saint-Macaire, Carménère 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2014
Country: Italia
Region: Emilia Romagna
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay, Silt
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Spontaneous fermentation and maceration on the skins for 40 days in stainless steel and cement vats. Aging in used French oak barriques for the necessary time. La Stoppa's Riostoppa is a fleshy red wine with body and volume. Soft and with great fruit, salt and acidity keep the drink high with the help of a velvety and soft tannin. Of great strength and length.

Producer: Eduardo Torres
Grape: Carricante, Coda di Volpe, Garnacha Tinta, Nerello Mascalese, Grecanico Dorato 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Italia
Region: Sicilia
Subregion: Etna
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Volcanic
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: Eduardo wasn't allowed to use the vineyard name because the site is too high to fall within DOC Etna Rosso rules, so he named it after the local road Quota Nave! It's fresh and juicy with hints of roses, red berries, minerals and dusty earth.

Producer: Cuna
Grape: Pinot Noir 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: Italia
Region: Toscana
Subregion: Alto Casentino
Alcohol: 10.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Limestone, Stone
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: 0,5 L. This bold wine was made from Pinot Noir grapes harvested at night, when the berries were still hard, in the first harvest in August 2017, (the same ones that generated the pied-de-cuve for Cuna's fermentation) and fermented in 225 stainless steel barrels. It underwent malolactic fermentation in barrel the following year and was bottled in spring 2020. The grapes are harvested at 95% ripeness for strong acidity. An edgy wine, very clean and with an extremely important acidic shoulder that suggests a long life ahead. Federico must have thought about this as well because he confesses to keep it in his cellar "because my idea is that this wine should be long lasting even through the years". Putting one of these bottles in the cellar and forgetting about it can be a sacrifice but the result should widely repay it!

Producer: Testalonga
Grape: Rossese 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: Italia
Region: Liguria
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 14%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: 0
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Mediterranean, spicy, energetic and pleasantly rustic wine, aged for about 1 year in very old oak barrels. It expresses hints of Mediterranean scrub, black pepper, olives and cherries and it is very fresh, smooth and energetic on the palate. It has a good aging potential.

Producer: Domaine de Lorient
Grape: Roussanne, Marsanne 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: France
Region: Rhône
Subregion: Rhône Septentrional
Alcohol: 12%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Granitic
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Pronounced aromas of tropical, apricot, green apple, honey, slight almond and smoke, spices. Powerful and balanced with refined acidity.

Producer: Les Bottes Rouges
Grape: Poulsard 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 11.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Limestone
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Tôt ou Tard is 100% Poulsard planted in clay soils from a locality within the AOC of Arbois called La Mulatière. The grapes are destemmed by hand in vats where they are allowed to ferment naturally and subjected to a three-week maceration, after which they are pressed in 600-liter barrels (demi-muids). They are bottled without the addition of SO2 and rested for six months in the bottle before being put on the market.

Producer: Les Bottes Rouges
Grape: Savagnin 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: It comes dressed as a Grand Burgundy. Whether it is the productive style or a unique juiciness, this great white ouillé is truly a thoroughbred. Vinified in 600 liter tonneaux, it is neither filtered nor clarified, undergoes a very light pressing and is processed in total absence of sulfur dioxide. 100% Savagnin of great delicacy: fruit, freshness, delicate notes of white flowers. The whole is carried by a tension and a long mouth. A superb natural juice that proves once again the talent of Jean-Baptiste Ménigoz, a great winemaker from the Jura!

Producer: Les Bottes Rouges
Grape: Chardonnay 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Lively and spicy white wine with a mineral and saffron taste. For Leon, the vines are planted in clay-heavy soils and the grapes are usually harvested at the end of September. Direct press into 3,000L foudre for alcoholic and malolactic fermentation before racking into smaller, 440L neutral oak barrels. Jean-Baptiste concludes that this is an incredibly age-worthy white wine.

Producer: Stemberger
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon, Barbera, Merlot, Blaufrankisch
Color: Red
Sparkling:
Vintage: 2017
Country: Slovenia
Region: Istria-Karst
Subregion: Vipava Valley
Alcohol: 13.5%

Aging in wood: YES
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Red Cuvée of five varieties. An ardent cosmopolitan, like a newly crowned king. Red wine, hand-picked without filtration. 30 days of maceration in open barrels, hand immersion of the cap, maturation for 24 months in oak barrels.

Producer: Stemberger
Grape: Ribolla, Welschriesling, Malvasia
Color: Orange
Sparkling:
Vintage: 2015
Country: Slovenia
Region: Istria-Karst
Subregion: Vipava Valley
Alcohol: 13.5%

Aging in wood: NO
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Stemberger's "Robinia" is a white wine produced with a blend of Riesling and Ribolla Gialla grapes cultivated in the red lands of Slovenian Karst. After a maturation of at least one year in wood, it reveals a delicious, rich and persistent texture, with a vital crispness and mineral, citrus, honeyed and herbaceous aromas.

Producer: Cotar
Grape: Teran
Color: Red
Sparkling: Champenoise
Vintage: 2015
Country: Slovenia
Region: Karst
Subregion:
Alcohol: 11%

Aging in wood: NO
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Informal and vinous red sparkling wine. Insistent but fine bubbles, intensity and finesse are its main characteristics accompanied by hints of red fruit and extreme fragrance. Freshness, flavor and persistence to sell.

Producer: Cotar
Grape: Vitovska
Color: White
Sparkling: Champenoise
Vintage: 2017
Country: Slovenia
Region: Karst
Subregion:
Alcohol: 10.5%

Aging in wood: YES
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Intense sparkling white wine with a beautiful, rich bubble. Fresh fruit and fragrance are enhanced by notes of yeast. Freshness and acidity make it a "glou glou" wine, which closes with great elegance and persistence.