This week we’re showcasing La Staffa “Mai Sentito!” Frizzante Sur Lie, a pét-nat Verdicchio from Italy.  About the Wine Region  Started in 2009 by a young enologist making a range of Verdicchio-based wines, La Staffa utilizes all organic farming in Le Marche, a region in East-Central Italy along the Adriatic sea best known for  white wine. Because of its clay and limestone soils, grapes grown in this area bring a distinct mineral-forward terroir to wines, and at a growing altitude of 1300 feet, they provide real character. Although Verdicchio is an obvious choice for the region, La Staff broke new...

Our first domestically produced wine in this series is Troon Vineyard Vermentino. Troon Vineyard's winery is located in the Applegate Valley of southern Oregon. Troon is certified organic and biodynamic and practices regenerative agriculture in their vineyard and natural winemaking in their winery. Regenerative agriculture is a way of farming that works to improve soil conditions, reducing effects on climate change by increasing topsoil viability and biodiversity. This in turn creates a better water system and an overall more sustainable vineyard ecosystem. This gives the ultimate potential for expression of terroir.  About the Wine Region The Applegate valley hosts a Mediterranean...

Jané Ventura is a fourth-generation, family-owned winery in Penedes, a wine-growing region in Catalonia, Spain, and we're highlighting their Brut Rosé Cava 2017. About the Wine Region Penedes is located about an hour south of Barcelona, on the Mediterranean Sea. The climate is predictably Mediterranean, with hot summers, mild winters and moderate rainfall, but the topography makes this region quite ecologically diverse. Low-lying areas reach high temperatures and a stark mountain range runs along the coast reaching up to 2,600 feet elevation. 95% of the world’s cava is produced in this region. Jané Ventura utilizes all organic farming practices in...

  Les Clos Perdus is a nearly 20 year old winemaking venture run by Australian-born Paul Old, who spent 20 years as a professional dancer before studying wine science and moving to the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Today we're featuring L'Année Rouge 2018. About the Wine Region The Languedoc - Roussillon region is vast, with several sub-regions which include some of the oldest vines  in France. This region is the largest wine-producing region and vineyard area in the world and produces more than a third of all the wine in France! A very dry, hot region which receives cooling influence from the...

  With this series we hope to educate and inspire you beer lovers to venture away from malt and hops for a moment to ponder and enjoy a glass of wine (or two or three). Hopefully we can help take some of the mystery and intimidation out of selecting and tasting delicious fermented grape juice.  In our shop we love to offer beer, wines, and ciders from producers that place emphasis on natural fermentation, native ingredients, low intervention, and respect for history with excitement toward innovation while also keeping price points low, because we believe wine should be accessible.  This week...