Our mission is to provide you wines with a soul, character, wines that you will clearly remember, opening the mind to a new tasting experience.. In this bustling, dynamic and ever-changing wine market, we are striving to stay ahead of the curve and to keep our customers' palates interested and challenged. In each case, we look for wines in all price points that are not only of exceptional quality,
but also crafted by very talented and bright people. Since our beginning we built a portfolio of often fanatical growers who are showing great knowledge of their terroir, and doing their best to make wines that are original because they are honestly crafted, most of them following principles of natural viticulture. In a nutshell, real wines. There are no gobs, no exaggerations, no over-this and over-that. We don't have fruit bombs or ultra concentrated jammy soups of over ripped berries. What we do have is a group of growers who work hard their vines and make their wines with passion, real dedication, looking for balance, purity, and expression. Real Wine
The following techniques and guiding principles are what we believe is winemaking with integrity and respect for the traditions of the native region. This is fine winemaking at its purest, most fundamental level. WILD YEAST All wines are made with the natural yeasts on the grapes, in the vineyards and in the cellars. Cultured yeasts to rush fermentation or add "enhancing" aromas and flavors are unacceptable. We look for wines that express their terroir. HAND HARVESTING Growers harvest by hand, not machine. We want the ripest fruit to be brought into the winery- not a mix picked at random by machinery. LOW YIELDS Our growers must seek low yields for greater concentration. We look for growers with holdings in old vines. NATURAL VITICULTURE We encourage growers to plow their vineyards to keep the soil an active ecosystem, and to use natural methods in tending their vines. NO OR MINIMAL CHAPTALIZATION We do not want an artificially high degree of alcohol produced by adding sugar to the must. Non- or very slightly chaptalized wines are more enjoyable and healthier to drink. NON-FILTRATION Wines are either not filtered or minimally filtered. NON-INTERVENTIONIST WINEMAKING
We prefer a harmony, not an imposed style - wines should showcase their place of origin and varietal character. We are not looking for oak flavor, particular fruits or overly done aromatics. Minimal use of sulfur dioxide is encouraged.
