Stein "Blue Slate" Blauschiefer Riesling Dry 2024

Stein "Blue Slate" Blauschiefer Riesling Dry 2024

Bottled during the end of active fermentation

It's a superbly versatile wine that will stand out with its rustic edge of umami but is not freaky enough to scare anyone away

The fir trees are reflected in the aroma as well but just sneaking in under the fruit and refreshing alpine minerality

back in 2006

but the small Calabrian town is better-known today for its connections to the 'Ndrangheta crime group than for viticulture

and expanded into fruit fermentations

it's not surprising that most Luxembourgish wines never leave the tiny Grand Duchy

From a vineyard of centenarian vines at 700m elevation in the Almansa area

Few winemakers have had as much influence on the discussion around North American hybrids as Deidre Heekin of La Garagista in Vermont

Foot-trod grapes

with zero sulfur— and what a slamming way to meet Gros Manseng and Petit Manseng if you never have

Tinashe cites some of the talented young producers in Swaartland who have moved in the direction of making more natural