An Evening With Joy Kull of La Villana

An Evening With Joy Kull of La VillanaThursday, May 1st we are hosting Joy Kull of La Villana in Lazio, Italy. Joy grew up in Connecticut to Swiss parents, and when her father opened up a wine shop when she was in college, she worked there during the summer and was bit by the wine bug. However, her sommelier training and WSET classes left her feeling cold. Her subsequent journey has been to move to Italy and make natural wine in Lazio, first with Le Coste, and then under her own "La

Jose Mendonça of Quinta dos Cozinheiros

and salty soil notes

'Maulao' is lush and ripe with some darker elements — blueberry and black olive — but it is not too rich or heavy

it makes sense that there would be a great diversity in the wines produced there

It’s hard to talk about Bichi without mentioning the labels

she fell in love with small scale agriculture

It has three days of maceration on the skins

including Brazil

I love their ability to create wines that never lose the ability to deliver irreverent pleasure even when they may be challenging your preconceived notions of wine

A super long finish with just the right amount of oak makes it very easy to enjoy

its flabby acidity overshadowed by a nose and taste that many describe (unfortunately) as old lady perfume

Fermented and aged in a mix of steel