Using old-world techniques, Good Intentions Wine Company crafts their wines with minimal intervention. All fruits are hand-picked at their three vineyards, located at the base of one of Australia’s youngest volcanoes, Mount Gambier (also known as Ereng Balam) on South Australia’s Limestone Coast. The cool climate, rainfall and limestone of the region all contribute to making fantastic wines, which Good Intentions ferments with indigenous yeasts. …
From second-generation natural winemaker Milan Nestarec, Fork & Knives tastes surprisingly savory, with just enough crispness. Made from 100% Neuburger grapes (between a Roter Veltliner and Sylvaner) in the South Moravia region of the Czech Republic, the wine offers a touch of apricot at first, leading to plenty of salinity. Available at good wine stores.
About 20 miles northeast of Ensenada, in the middle of the Valle de Guadalupe wine region, the Finca La Carrodilla winery makes Árbol, the region’s first fully organic wine (a Syrah). In the vineyard, sheep rollick their way across the rows of vines, clearing the land and fertilizing the soil. An apparatus that rolls the adorable flock, fondly nicknamed the “lamb rover,” provides a glimpse …
