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Buy organic wine: Vintage Roots
Just off A33, in the middle of it between Reading and Basingstoke, there is a rather unique wine merchant – Vintage Roots. The uniqueness comes from their total organic specialisation – they are calling themselves as The Organic Wine People. If you have a quick search at the exclusive All Organic Wines tool, you will…
Etnico Reserva 2012, Organic red blend, Chile
Etnico Reserva 2012 is an organic red blend from Valle del Rapel in Chile. It is produced by famous Emiliana organic vineyards from organic Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. The vineyards are the pioneers of organic viticulture in Chile and arguably the biggest one in South America. I would consider them as a driver…
Buy organic wine: The Sampler
The Sampler was a place where I first discovered the beauty and the benefits of using enomatic machines for tasting wine. Have you ever wondered how would a 50 or 60 years old wine taste like? Imagine, if you like Rioja, you get to sample a tasting measure of a quality Rioja dated back to…
Buy organic wine: Vagabond Wines
I still remember the time when I first discovered a shop, which offered wine tasting in-store. That was done using enomatic machines. For those, who think it is too complicated, I elaborate: it is basically a wine preservation apparatus, which dispenses the wine by a dose (can be adjusted to accommodate different measures), and prevents…
Roche Audran 2013 Organic Cotes du Rhone
Roche Audran 2013 is made from organic grapes in Cotes du Rhone. I have sourced it at Borough Wines, their small stall is located at Borough market, where you can check their new bottles and buy something you like. The service is good, I felt the guy was really interested in why I wanted to…
Carmin Brillant Clos de Caveaux 2011 Vacqueyras, Organic
AOC Vacqueyras is a strong, but lesser known French wine region in a larger Cotes du Rhone one, it has a punch of a top performer – Chateauneuf-du-Pape, but do it in a a bit fruitier and much more elegantly. Let’s look at Carmin Brillant Clos de Caveau 2011, a brilliant organic French red that…
Organic Tempranillo 2011 Ull de Llebre, Albet I Noya, Penedes, Spain
I have opened this bottle of organic Tempranillo 2011 Ull de Llebre, produced by Albet I Noya (I have already written about them). They are located in Penedes, Spain; you have probably been to Barcelona, so this is very close by, yet this organic pioneer has a lot of undiscovered organic wines to offer. Let’s…
Evolution Organic Red Blend, Oregon, USA
Evolution is an organic red blend coming from Oregon in USA. It is a third edition made by Sokol Blosser Winery. You can see that this organic wine has a very funky label, which makes it quite mysterious – there is no indication of what kind of red blend it actually is. It is a bit…
Discover Organic: Sao del Coster, DOQ Priorat
Saó del Coster is an exciting wine making project created in 2004 by a group of Swiss friends passionate about organic wines of Priorat. This winery is run with a commitment to the terroir and in addition to organic certification, it is in the adaptation process of integrating biodynamic principles. It means that Saó del…
Silbador 2013 Organic Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile
Silbador 2013 is made from organic Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in the Valley del Rapel in Chile. This wine was produced by a renowned organic wine company Emiliana specially for The Wine Society. Here are a few geeky wine facts about this organic wine: 1. Silbador means ‘the whistler’, a bird that eats insects in the…
Cabirol 2011 Organic Garnacha Tempranillo Montsant
Cabirol 2011 Organic Garnacha Tempranillo made in Montsant, a Spanish region that is adjacent to Priorat and yet is not enjoying the exclusive reputation of the latter, but, I shall say, quickly catching up. The wine is strong with 14.5% abv, typical for warmer climates. For the same reason, you should be expecting ample aromas of…
Stellar Organic Cabernet Sauvignon 2014, South Africa
Stellar Organics 2014, Cabernet Sauvignon from South Africa can almost look like a Christmas tree with awards recognising their fair trade, organic and also no sulphites added status. The wine is young and light, but opens up to a more herby, black currant leaf and cassis flavours. These aromas also more aromatic than juicy as with…
Beyra 2012, Organic Mencia, Portugal
Beyra 2012 of Vinhos de Altitude is made of organic Mencia grape and screams to be presented using my geeky wine facts!:) 1 – When wine snobs mention the word ‘terroir’, it may be not that easy to grasp what the .. it is, but as a combination of soil, aspect, climate and other conditions, plays the most…
Domaine de Rancy, Organic Mourvedre 2011, Cotes Catalanes
Arguably this is a long name, yet the label was very stylishly done, so it reads just Rancy, Mourvèdre at first and then on the back you get the full one: Domaine de Rancy, Organic Mourvedre 2011 from Cotes Catalanes It is where France meets Spain, yet it is already quite Spanish in its name –…
Adobe Reserva 2013 Organic Carmenere, Chile
Adobe Reserva 2013 is an organic red wine made from Carmenere, a popular Chilean grape that has been organically grown in Colchagua Valley. When someone called me a wine geek recently, I just thought I would need to back it up with something, so here you go, a few geeky facts about this wine: 1…
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