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  David Lett is the father of Oregon pinot noir, inspired by traditional Burgundian winemaking practice. His Pinot noir stands in the more delicately perfumed style. In 2005, Jason Lett took over from his father as winemaker and vineyard manager and continues his family’s pioneering legacy. Tight and austere while young, these wines often begin to blossom only at 5-10 years of age. The philosophy of the Eyrie Vineyards, from the beginning the wines have been made exclusively from grapes grown without the use of insecticides, herbicides, or systemic fungicides.  The vines are grown on their own roots and are not irrigated. In 1979, in Paris, and the following year in Beaune, The Eyrie Vineyards 1975 Pinot noir bought international attention to Oregon, a wine region unfamiliar to almost anyone except a handful of hardy pioneers; Oregon won recognition as the New World home for pinot noir. Willamette Valley  is one of the United States' most importan...

Pantom   is a project done in 2019 from the Sardegna producer Panevino Gianfranco Manca located in the town of Nurri in the south of the Island a bit further north of the city of Cagliari.  2018 was for Gianfranco a poor vintage in his vineyards due bad weather, so he decides with the help of his Australian importer Giorgio de Maria to do a vintage in South Australia on the famous Basket Range "Natural Wine" district.  So the Project Pantom is a wordplay around  PA  Panevino A NT  Anton "Lucy Margaux" T OM  " Tom Shobbrrok.  Anton and Tom make him comfortable and help him outsource truly exceptional grapes from Adelaide Hills and South Australia, and collaborate with him on the production of the wines for this project.  2019 Jet Lag    100% Grenache from Vine Vale in SA 30 hours of skin maceration with aging in Tonneau approximately 800L, the idea was to make a PET NAT so to stren...

2020 Tom Shobbrook new cuvée, in Vine Vale South Australia. Hot days, cool nights, great potential alcohol; however the cool night preserved the acid structure and make the wine despite being rich are supporting with an array of freshness due to the high acidity. 2020 Poco Rosso  A Syrah from Vine Vale in Barossa Valley in South Australia a vineyard planted in the 1930' Syrah, 50% direct pressed  destemmed and 50% whole bunch for 3 weeks then old barrel aging. Cherry, cranberry, grapy must... Savoury, nervous acidity with orizzontal complexity.  A joy for summer   2020 Poolside  A Syrah from Vine Vale in Barossa valley in South Australia a vineyard planted in 1985. Bright intense cranberry Rose colour with medium viscosity. Vivid and translucent color with those beautifully Bright watery rim shades. The nose bursting with aroma of mature cranberry and cherry, underripe strawberry along crispy salty rocks, no evidence of o...

Tom Shobbrook in his vineyard March 2020 Hello everyone... Most of you know I'm living in Australia and I have been working with wines in Melbourne for some time. Natural wine in Australia has a very identified scene, due to some winemakers in South Australia. The heart of the concentration where the movement starts, it is in Adelaide Hills in the village of Basket Range, with a great producer in Barossa Valley "Tom Shobbrook", in Mclaren Vale Jauma by James  Erskine.  Here a little article by Eric Asimov in the NY Times about the movement:  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/dining/drinks/natural-wine-australia-lo-fi.html Basket Range is on the hills of Adelaide city with lots of natural forests with those patches of vineyards very beautiful, you'll find when you drive up with the car. From Adelaide airport, it's very close 30 minutes driving. Long and cool growing season with vines placed between 450 to 600 meters above sea level, make this region a cool climate...

2015 Intellego Kolbroek Swartland South Africa  Inspiration for this name comes from a breed of local pigs in South Africa called “Kolbroek” in Afrikaans mother tongue. This is a Syrah done in semi-carbonic maceration for 10days in open tank, after primary fermentation the wine aging in 500l Puncheons barrels for 9months, the grapes are picked during the month of January to avoid the heatwaves of South Africa. 'Kolbroek' consists of grapes sourced from 2 parcels one on shale soil and the other on gravel soils. The Malmesbury shale soil one block, the second on gravel soil. The block planted on shale faces North and is harvested earlier to retain the fresher tannins and amazing flavors influenced by that soil. The parcel on gravel retains great acidity and shows late development of secondary flavors especially after a few months in barrel. Intellego Wines started off in 2009 by Jurgen Gouws'... Intellego translates “to understand” in Latin as Jurgen is just begi...

15th April 2019 in Singapore was hold the Paris born wine fair VIVENT LES VINS LIBRES.  Who they are and what are they doing? Les Vivent Les Vins Libres is a collective of natural winemakers, whose goal is to share its common passion for natural wine and winemaking philosophy with passionate people. For many years now, they have been gathering every June in Paris around a grand wine tasting event, where reputable winemakers and new young upcoming winemakers showcase their wines & passion. In 2014, they decided to bring this event abroad and decided that each year they would organize this event in a different city to meet people from all over the world and share a common passion - natural wine, wine with a soul! Amsterdam, Bruxelles, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong & Singapore. Singapore is an outstanding city with an interesting equator climate condition hot and humid, a country where winemaking definitely is not possible, however, is a great destination for h...