Love at First White
Do you remember the first white wine you fell in love with? Let rekindle the memory with some awesome white wines. A range of flavor’s and styles is bound to make you fall in love at first white!
Las Lilas
Grapes : Louriero 75% Treixadura 12.5% Arinto 12.5%
Place : Vinho Verde - Portugal
Process : Fermentation in Stainless steel tanks. No chaptalization and acidification at all. The idea is to stay natural as much as possible. Traditional Pressing. Approx. 2 months lees contact
Family : The Las Lilas vineyards are nestled between the Lima and Vez rivers, in the Vinho Verde wine region of Portugal. Almost half of the 34 acres of vineyards are planted with old vines (> 25 years old). Las Lilas’ winemaker, José Oliveira has been working in the region for almost 20 years.
Bottle: $15 | Glass: $6
Fontaleoni
Grapes : 100% Vernaccia
Place : San Gimignano - Tuscany - Italy
Process :
35+ year old vines
100-300 mt above the sea level
Hand-harvested fruit with Fermentation and ageing in stainless steel tanks.
5000 cases produced
Family : Fontaleoni is a small estate whose vineyards are located at 200 meters above sea level, the ideal altitude for growing the Vernaccia varietal. Low yields of grapes, careful harvest and pressing of this fragile grape, along with conscientious winemaking, have produced Vernaccia wines that continue to grow in quality and fame. Fontaleoni’s Vernaccia di San Gimignano is a lively dry white wine!
Bottle: $19 | Glass: $8
MicroBio Litrona
Grapes : 100% Verdejo
Place : Rueda - Spain
Process : This is the second release of Litrona with our favorite Verdejo master, MicroBio. Grapes are 150+ years old, organically grown, hand harvested, fermented in clay amphora and aged in stainless steel tanks for about 3 months to preserve its young and fresh profile. Bottled unfiltered without sulphites, unfined and unfiltered. Light-boded, and meant to drank fast! Not too fruity actually, super easy going.
Family : Microbio (Micro-Bio or Microbio, depending on how you look at it) was actually founded by Ismael in 1998 before Ossian even existed but it wasn’t until he left that we was able to employ his heart and soul into his solo project. Coined by some as “El Mago de las Verdejos”, he practices his sorcery in his medieval underground cellar located in his native town of Nieva. Barrels, fudres, anforas, damejeannes, stainless…young, old, skin contact, sparkling, biological and oxidative aging…you name it, he’s got it. Tasting in his cellar for a whole day and part of the next morning was a helluva ride, as soon as you think you’ve seen it all, he somehow finds a way to exceed your expectations. How Verdejo picked so ripe can still preserve such freshness and acidity is something only he can tell.
In addition to Verdejo, he works with Mencia from Bierzo, Garnacha from Gredos, and Rufete from Sierra de Salamanca. With Microbio, he’s able to express himself to the fullest and all of his wines, whether red or white, represent him and they’re region to the fullest with purity being the common denominator throughout. He lets the land speak through his wines, pure fermented grape juice without interference of any kind.
Price : $37 btl | $15 gls
Presqu’ile
Grapes : 100% Chardonnay
Place : Santa Barbara - California
Process : Traditional Fermentation. Used oak barrels. Small lot. Hand Harvested.
Family : Presqu’ile is a family-owned winery in the Santa Maria Valley, dedicated to crafting exceptional, cool-climate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah from Santa Barbara County. We designed and planted Presqu’ile Vineyard to create a diverse tapestry of blocks that feature an array of clones, exposures, and elevations.
Presqu’ile- French/Creole meaning peninsula, or literally translated, “ Almost an Island”, was a beloved family gathering place on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It was a place that engendered a conviviality among family and friends, evoking a warmth of human spirit and a rapport among all who “passed a good time” there. In August of 2005, hurricane Katrina made landfall ending an era. We named our winery in honor of that place and a way of life.
Price : $29 btl | 13 gls