Camuna Cellars Vidal Blanc New Jersey White 2024

Camuna Cellars Vidal Blanc New Jersey White 2024Eli Silins began his wine journey back in 2004 at a biodynamic winery in Australia. In 2013 he started making wine in California, and in 2019 he and his wife moved from Berkeley to Philadelphia. I started making wine in California and didnt really think too much about hybrids as there were so many vinifera varieties to explore. When I moved to Philadelphia, you couldnt talk about local wine without mention of Chambourcin, which I had never even heard

the vines are kept to a maximum yield of 25 hl/ha

I've always had a soft-spot for wines from Pic Saint-Loup

This is one of the more interesting and complex Love Whites yet

Ungrafted Piedirosso planted on volcanic sand

Demeter for Biodynamics

The grapes come from a one hectare organic plot of south facing vines planted on old granitic soils

Predominantly Grüner Veltliner

I think of freshly picked raspberries and volcanic soil on the nose

But our next visit was with Tony Coturri

Maya Hood-White’s creativity and skill as a winemaker is apparent from the moment you have a sip of Early Mountain's “Young Wine”

He is a native son of Santa Cruz

In the cellar she is hands-off with little or zero sulfur additions