Producer: Rosi Schuster
Grape: Grüner Veltliner, Welschriesling, Furmint, Field Blend 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Austria
Region: Burgenland
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 12%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Sand, Loam
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: Over 13 different grape varieties that grow together. The grapes are harvested and vinified together. Almost forgotten grape varieties such as Furmint and Heunisch come to life in this wine. The different degrees of ripeness of the grape material make this wine so diverse. While with "aromatic grape varieties" such as Muscat or Riesling, precision is sought, this is not the goal with this wine: you will find Golden Delicious apple notes, quince, a certain hay aroma in addition to floral notes (which probably originate in Furmint). This exciting wine is carried by a harmonious acidity and an almost salty minerality.

Producer: Sébastien Riffault
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Centre
Alcohol: 13%

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

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: Sancerre - flowers, citrus, fresh, drink every day

Producer: Furlani
Grape: Müller Thurgau 
Color: White
Sparkling: Pet Nat
Vintage: 2020
Country: Italia
Region: Trentino Alto-Adige
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 11.5%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Bubble For Every Day. Aromatic And Tropical To The Nose. Mature Peach And Slightly Bitter Taste. Fine Body With Long Finish.

Producer: Domaine Piccard
Grape: Chasselas 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Switzerland
Region: Vaud
Subregion: Lavaux
Alcohol: 11.5%

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

Funkiness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Chasselas juice! Slightly cloudy, very mineral, but most of all, a wonderful, quaffable Swiss natural wine.

Producer: Gut Oggau
Grape: Gruner Veltliner, Welschriesling 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: Austria
Region: Burgenland
Subregion: Neusiedlersee
Alcohol: 11.5%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: This is Theodora: cheeky, tangy and the youngest member of the Oggau family. Stephanie and Eduard's approach is particularly beautiful here: Theodora combines structure, freshness, fruit and a bit of craziness. The whole package!

Producer: Stefan Vetter
Grape: Müller-Thurgau 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Germany
Region: Franken
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 10,5%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: highly refreshing, light and animating

Producer: Crealto
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: Italia
Region: Piemonte
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: 0
Soil: Clay
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: A very fresh and fruity Sauvignon Blanc, from direct press juice.

Producer: Ullens
Grape: Chardonnay  
Color: White
Sparkling: Champenoise
Vintage: 2014
Country: France
Region:
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: Chalk
Added S02: Yea

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: Crowned Winemaker of the Year 2020 by Gault & Millau, Maxime Ullens presents us with his first vintages in ultra confidential quantities (900 bottles for this Blanc de Blancs). One year, one grape variety, one wine. With this biodynamically grown 2014 vintage, discover a story of Chardonnay and all its purity and fullness. A delicate story without any addition, in natural brut.

Producer: Ullens
Grape: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Meunier 
Color: White
Sparkling: Champenoise
Vintage:
Country: France
Region:
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 12.5%

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

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: This Champagne Brut Ullens is the first Cuvee produced by Domaine de Marzilly which consists of a blend of 56% Meunier, 37% Chardonnay and 7% Pinot Noir. The base harvest from the year 2015 and with 42% of 'vin de reserve'. The vinification takes place exclusively in oak barrels during 36 months on its own yeasts. With the dosage of 4gr. /l. this champagne is an extra brut. On the nose this champagne has floral hints which evolve into yellow fruit in the glass. On the palate it is bright, exciting and complex.

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: Roussanne 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: France
Region: Rhône
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

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

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: Direct vertical pressing. Fermentation completely with native yeasts in open concrete vats. No use of SO2 before setting. Aging in barrels on fine lees for 8 months. Bottling, if possible, without fining or filtration. Maximum SO2 addition of 30ppm at setting Taste characteristics: The Brézème terroir gives this Roussanne a particular character and elegance, often expressed by a touch of salinity (like certain Arvines from Valais). An absolutely enticing and delicious wine.

Producer: Tenuta Foresto
Grape: Moscato bianco 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
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 50 hl cement tanks, where they remain for about twenty days. During this time, spontaneous fermentation takes place in contact with the grape skins without controlling the temperature. 3-4 punch downs a day are carried out as needed. After racking, the refinement takes place in 20 hl oak barrels for about 8 months. The wine is then aged in bottles for 2 months before release. No filtration, clarification of any kind, and without any additions of sulfites.

Producer: Poderi Cellario
Grape: Favorita 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: Italia
Region: Piemonte
Subregion: Carru
Alcohol: 12.5%

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

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: La Favorita is an old native vine of Langa and Roero, which is well suited to poor soils, typically sandy. The DNA of the grape vine is the same as that of Vermentino from Sardinia and Liguria, which is why it is thought that the grape has a common origin and was spread thanks to the Savoy family. Straw yellow wine, the bouquet is fruity and floral: hay, fresh flowers and banana; on the palate it is fresh and soft, with good balance. Try it as an aperitif, this is an easy drinking delicious wine.

Producer: Poderi Cellario
Grape: Arneis, Moscato Bianco 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: Italia
Region: Piemonte
Subregion: Carru
Alcohol: 12.5%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: E' Bianco means IT'S White! White wine of the people! This is the perfect wine to sip on with friends. An easygoing 1-liter bottle of delicious fruit forward Moscato & arneis blend where you will realize one liter is not enough. Produced with organic cultivation techniques. The wine is spontaneous fermented with native yeasts after 10 days of maceration. It is aged in 100 hl cement tanks, not clarified.

Producer: Marc Augustin
Grape: Meunier 
Color: White
Sparkling: Champenoise
Vintage: 2015
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Subregion: Valée de la Marne
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: Chalk, Sand, Clays and Limestone
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The ripe grapes are picked on fruit and flower days, whenever possible, only by women to maintain their fertile energy. All viticulture is geared towards producing a peaceful, symbiotic balance between all living entities. Vinification takes place in a combination of amphoras and enameled tanks to preserve the juice as good as possible. Only indigenous yeasts are used for fermentation and malolactic fermentation occurs naturally. Minimal or no Sulphur is added. The wines are disgorged 22 months after harvest. The Cuvée Coeur Saphyr is a very special champagne. This is the only 100% meunier champagne from Augustin Champagnes. The champagne is vinified with a Saphyr in the amphora and carries an incredible energy.

Producer: Marc Augustin
Grape: Chardonnay 
Color: White
Sparkling: Champenoise
Vintage: 2014
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Subregion: Valée de la Marne
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: Chalk, Sand, Clays and Limestone
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: The ripe grapes are picked on fruit and flower days, whenever possible, only by women to maintain their fertile energy. All viticulture is geared towards producing a peaceful, symbiotic balance between all living entities. Vinification takes place in a combination of amphoras and enameled tanks to preserve the juice as good as possible. Only indigenous yeasts are used for fermentation and malolactic fermentation occurs naturally. No Sulphur is added. The wines are disgorged 22 months after harvest. The sulfur-free cuvée Blanc de Blancs from Champagne Augustin - Cuvée 116 Blanc de Blancs: The number 16 represents sulfur on the periodic table of the elements is conspicuous by its absence, without (one hundred) sulfur. It is a beautifully found play of words in French. This champagne combines all 4 elements, the perfect Blanc de Blancs version Tasting Note: A gourmand champagne, great finesse and balance, with great body to it.

Producer: Marc Augustin
Grape: Pinot Noir  
Color: White
Sparkling: Champenoise
Vintage: 2014
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Subregion: Valée de la Marne
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: Chalk, Sand, Clays and Limestone
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: The ripe grapes are picked on fruit and flower days, whenever possible, only by women to maintain their fertile energy. All viticulture is geared towards producing a peaceful, symbiotic balance between all living entities. Vinification takes place in a combination of amphoras and enameled tanks to preserve the juice as good as possible. Only indigenous yeasts are used for fermentation and malolactic fermentation occurs naturally. Minimal or no Sulphur is added. The wines are disgorged 22 months after harvest. Tasting Note: A rich and velvety champagne with a long, soft finish; hints of honey and caramel. The symbolic relationship between fire (Le Feu) and cuvee 301: Fire is hot, radiant, expansive and unpredictable. It is the transforming element through its heat and is versatile depending upon it’s intensity. Flamboyant cuvee, harmonious and uplifting.

Producer: Marc Augustin
Grape: Pinot Noir  
Color: White
Sparkling: Champenoise
Vintage: 2015
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Subregion: Valée de la Marne
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: Chalk, Sand, Clays and Limestone
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: The ripe grapes are picked on fruit and flower days, whenever possible, only by women to maintain their fertile energy. All viticulture is geared towards producing a peaceful, symbiotic balance between all living entities. Vinification takes place in a combination of amphoras and enameled tanks to preserve the juice as good as possible. Only indigenous yeasts are used for fermentation and malolactic fermentation occurs naturally. Minimal or no Sulphur is added. The wines are disgorged 22 months after harvest. Earth represents the maternal element, solid and stable. It embodies structure, dry extract, minerality. Tasting Note: A beautiful delicate champagne with a very fine perlage and a soft velvety finish. Good acidity and minerality with a hint of citrus, caramel and figs.

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: Cascina Fornace
Grape: Arneis 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: Italia
Region: Piemonte
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 12%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: White fruit, peaches and herbs, fresh and quite long

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: Riesling/Sylvaner 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: France
Region: Alsace
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 13%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Aromatic and balsamic, peach and white fruit, creamy and acid

Producer: La Grange de l'Oncle Charles
Grape: Riesling, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Gewürztraminer, Chasselas 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: France
Region: Alsace
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 12%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: After settling in the family barn belonging to his great-uncle, a farmer, Jérôme François created Uncle Charles' barn. The estate was thus born in early 2014 in Ostheim. No less than a dozen grape varieties to express, beyond the diversity of their character, the true identity of the terroir that gives them life: a rare Alsace white, with a complexity and minerality that appeals to wine lovers.

Producer: Barouillet
Grape: Chardonnay, Sémillon 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: France
Region: South West France
Subregion: Bergerac
Alcohol: 12%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: As Vincent Alexis says, it is "fresh and lively"! This Coup d'Vîme is very aromatic, very fruity, light and full at the same time. Beautiful balance. Surprising notes of passion fruit and fresh nuts on the finish. Part of the Sémillon is vinified in carbonic maceration, another part in direct pressing and then matured in vats, the Chardonnay is matured in tuns.

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 soil this Sauvignon Blanc grows in 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: Noella Morantin
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Anjou-Saumur
Alcohol: 13.5%

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

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: Noëlla knows how to show us how elegant this grape variety can be in the Loire Valley when it is cultivated and vinified with care, at reasonable yields. On opening, we immediately feel the characteristic notes of Sauvignon harvested at perfect maturity, as we like them. The clear, limpid colour is a pretty straw yellow. On the palate, there is a perfect balance between minerality and sweetness. It is long, salivating and so good that we want more!

Producer: Noella Morantin
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Anjou-Saumur
Alcohol: 13%

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

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: Stella Maris is made using Sauvignon Blanc grapes bought in from the other Touraine grower wayward import, Mikaël Bouges. The resulting wine is very different to your typical white from this region; first of all the grapes are allowed to fully ripen before picking, meaning an absence of those green, underripe flavours. Second, after fermentation the wine is allowed rest for a little over a year in old barrels and only once the sugar has completely fermented out of the wine (a completely natural process with the native yeasts) is it ready for bottling. The fruit has an almost tropical lilt to it, with the time in barrel rounding it out nicely. Impeccably clean and crystalline, this is Noëlla’s entry-level Sauvignon that delivers pleasure in spades.

Producer: Côme Isambert
Grape: Chenin Blanc 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: France
Region: Loire
Subregion: Anjou-Saumur
Alcohol: 13%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: 100% Chenin Blanc, grown on clay-limestone and shale soils. Blend of different vintages, a part of which ages thirty months in 500-litre barriques, another 12 months in tanks. Complex and round, with a fresh acidity towards the finish.

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: Julien Guillon
Grape: Chasselas, Sauvignon Blanc, Sylvaner 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Switzerland
Region: Valais
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 11.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil:
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The "three sweet ones" are fermented in amphora and then aged in oak barrels. On the nose passion fruit, citrus and herbaceous aromas. On the palate mineral, fresh and juicy. Lovely and glouglou!

Producer: Julien Guillon
Grape: Chasselas 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: Switzerland
Region: Valais
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 10.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil:
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Made with 15 days of carbonic maceration on whole bunches, this wine shows aromas of roasted nuts, nougat and smoke, which give way to herbs, citrus fruits and floral notes after aeration. On the palate it's salty, citrusy and fresh, with beautiful length.

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: Julien Guillon
Grape: Chasselas 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: Switzerland
Region: Valais
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 10.3%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil:
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: At first, a slight smell of chalk and ink marker, which gives way to notes of apples, pears, caramel, freshly chopped herbs and lemon. On the palate it's super mineral, fresh and with good length. We recommend to speed up the aeration process by decanting or giving it a good shake before pouring!

Producer: Nestarec
Grape: Neuburger, Malvasia 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: Czech Republic
Region: Moravia
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 12.5%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The juice ferments in 600 and 1000-liter 3-year-old wooden barrels. The juice ferments for about 1 month with occasional piegeage and indigenous yeast fermentation. The wine is left in the same barrels for elevage for about 19 months with occasional battonage. It is then bottled unfiltered, unfined, and with zero sulfur added. Dried fruits, apricots, yellow plum, lemon, quince and mango aromas. Light caramel, great minerality, aromatic and complex.

Producer: Nestarec
Grape: Müller-Thurgau, Neubürger, Muscat 
Color: White
Sparkling: Pet Nat
Vintage: 2020
Country: Czech Republic
Region: Moravia
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 12%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Danger 380 Volts from Milan Nestarec is a wild delicious pet nat. Animal in the nose, smoky, grassy and cloudy in the appearance. Also floral, notes of jasmine and elderflower, the danger is that you might get addicted fast!

Producer: Nestarec
Grape: Gruner Veltliner, Neuburger, Sauvignon, Pálava and Riesling
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Czech Republic
Region: Moravia
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 12%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The Forks and Knives white 2019 from Milan Nestarec is an aromatic white cuvée, dark in color due to the short skin maceration. Peach, and melon aromas. Super cloudy and creamy.

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: Domaine Jean-Pierre Rietsch
Grape: Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: France
Region: Alsace
Subregion: Bas-Rhin
Alcohol: 13%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: A white wine with a slightly tiled colour, this Auxerrois seduces with its powerful and rich nose, which evokes small yellow fruits and hazelnut. The palate is quite round, both fat and lively, with a finish of popcorn and grape aromas.

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: Markus Ruch
Grape: Müller-Thurgau, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2019
Country: Switzerland
Region: Swiss German Region
Subregion: -
Alcohol: 12.5%

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

Funkyness: Clean

Tasting Notes: Light amber in colour; floral-sweet on the nose, partly musty with notes of honey, juniper and orange; present on the palate with well-integrated tannins and pleasant melting, again with beautiful fruit notes; lively, medium-long finish.

Producer: Matic
Grape: Sipon 
Color: White
Sparkling: Pet Nat
Vintage: 2020
Country: Slovenia
Region: Posavje
Subregion: Stajerska
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: No
Soil:
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Flavors like citrus and fruit come first and hidden are notes of bread, cookies, and sometimes even beer-like flavors are present. Cloudy, murky, and totally delicious this is a real treat! Matic describes this wine as “one funky piece of winemaking!” Chill this wine and get ready for bubbles!

Producer: Matic
Grape: Welschriesling 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: Slovenia
Region: Posavje
Subregion: Stajerska
Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil:
Added S02: Yes

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The Laški Rizling (Welschriesling) is spontaneously fermented in 500l wooden barrels and remained on the fine lees until autumn. The beautiful bouquet shows aromas of fully ripe pears, apple and a refreshing citrus note. On the palate, full-bodied, juicy, fresh, beautiful fruit, fine melting, delicate spiciness, mineral, powerful, finesse-rich, very elegant and resonant.

Producer: Malibran
Grape: Glera 
Color: White
Sparkling: Pet Nat
Vintage: 2019
Country: Italia
Region: Veneto
Subregion: Valpolicella
Alcohol: 11%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Straw Yellow, The Nose Expresses All The Typicality Of The Type Thanks To Pleasant Notes Of Ripe Fruit, Bread Crust And Yeast. In The Mouth It Is Dry, Full, Crisp, Balanced And Pleasant. Decided, It Closes With A Nice Return On The Fruit, Before A Slightly Bitterish Finish.