Christoph Heiss 'Hotrot Malinga' 2022 Spain

Christoph Heiss 'Hotrot Malinga' 2022 SpainA new 'entry' red from Malinga, this blend of Zweigelt, Sankt Laurent and Blauburger is super juicy, edgy, and bursting with red fruits and spice. Delightfully light and fun, but most importantly delicious. Made by Christoph Heiss, a young producer who has recently taken over his family's winery in Engabrunn, Kamptal, and is producing some of the most exciting wines in Austria today. Christoph is a big proponent of natural farming and biodiversity,

Oaxaca by the Mujeres del Barro Rojo (Women of the Red Clay)

It’s fruity with plum and banana notes

then distilled twice in copper pot stills

essentially only grown here

This small coastal Monterey Pinot Noir vineyard is enveloped in fog and winds and shows notes of boysenberry

with enthusiasm and love

and mass market tastes have made the elixir we drink today entirely different from the wine drunk by our grandparents

Originally popular in the late 1800’s

Stately but refreshing

He's technically in Rochefort-du-Gard

and light traces of white pepper

heavily filtered and sulfured versions of this variety bear no resemblance to what happens when it's farmed organically and fermented gently and naturally