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Scallop - Gewürztraminer Love ‘O’ Love

Tasting Notes - This particular Gewürztraminer imbues aromatic layers of lychee, rose petals and alluring spices that intrigue the nose. On the tongue, it softly embraces with charming floral notes, a touch of sweetness and a distinctive spicy undertone. Its finish is crisp with balanced acidity. This is a splendidly off-dry wine, most noted for its floral aromatics and exotic flavours.


Practicing Sustainable/Organic

  • 100% old vine Gewürztraminer

  • Gerber Vineyard (Rouge Valley AVA)

  • Planted in 1976

  • Alluvial clay firms the silty, sandy soil with serpentine

  • 1600 ft. elevation

  • Dry-farmed

  • Whole cluster pressed

  • Nothing is added to the juice – no sulfur, nutrients, enzymes or yeast

  • Native fermentation takes place in concrete egg, and acacia barrel

  • After nine months of lees contact, the wine is racked and blended

  • No cold stabilization or fining

  • Minimal SO2 in the cellar (20-40ppm).

  • Does not go through ML

  • 325 cases produced

  • 13.5% abv


Bolognaise - Montepulciano Riserva, Biberon DOC 2018

Tasting Notes -

From Central eastern Italy, immediately south of Abruzzo, on the Adriatic coast of eastern Italy is the small DOC of Biferno, like its northern neighbour the red grape variety is Montepulciano.

This wine is made from old vine Montepulciano grapes fermented and aged for more than 12 months in oak barrels.  This ageing process gives the wine riserva status with extra bottle ageing included.

The wine is dark red in colour, full bodied, has a fruity fleshy style. Hints of red fruit flavours, soft tannins and a long finish.
This wine is made from old vine Montepulciano grapes fermented and aged for more than 12 months in oak barrels.  This ageing process gives the wine riserva status with extra bottle ageing included.


Beetroot -


Pork Belly -


Beef - Bianco di Toscana il Templare -


In memory of the Templar Knights, who lived at Montenidoli. We vinify it in wood, as they did, with the three whites: Vernaccia, Trebbiano and Malvasia. A rich wine that refines in the bottle for a long time."

Production zone - San Gimignano
Soil composition - Clayey, calcareous and marine sediments
Average production - 3000 bottles of 0,75 lt
Average vineyard altitude - 1100 feets asl / 350 mamsl
Planting density - 2200 per acre / 5500 per ha
Pruning system - Guyot and spurred cordon
Composition - 80% Vernaccia, 15% Trebbiano gentile, 5% Malvasia bianca
Farming - Strictly organic
Vinification - Free run juice fermented in old barriques
Refining - 12 months in French barriques and 12 months in glass lined cement vatsAging In bottle
Visual - Brilliant yellow
Bouquet - Fruity and alluring
On the Palate - Rich, spicy, with a long aftertaste

Tasting Notes
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Visual: solid gold! almost like an orange wine, swirls thick and luscious

Aroma: caramelized brown sugar, juicy Bartlett pears, white nectarines, toasted almonds, sliced cucumbers

Taste: almost like a chilled red wine with a thick, velvet cushion; smooth, rounded finish; green pippin apples, meyer lemon, white pepper. I can see the age in the muted acid, really interesting, not strong, pungent or acidic at all.


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