Highlights: François Saint-Lô Les Fontennelles 2016 Saumur, Loire
I visited François Saint-Lô on my Loire Valley trip with the Grape Witches a couple of years ago. He’s a
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Natural wine
Highlights: De Moor Bourgogne Chitry 2018 France
Neighbouring the Chablis region, Chitry is a very interesting appellation with similar soils and climate, with the potential to make
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In South Africa: visiting the new home of Testalonga
Craig and Carla Hawkins were the first of the Swartland Revolution crew to start their own vineyard project, back in
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Highlights: Monastero Suore Cistercensi Coenobium & Benedic
These are not your typical Italian wines. Unless, that is, you usually take of natural wine made by nuns. In
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Does a producer have any rights to their wines, once they have sold them?
I recently wrote a piece for Little Wine about the grey market for wine, and how this has started to
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Johan Meyer and his new home in the Swartland – some of South Africa’s top natural wines
Johan Meyer, known affectionately by everyone as Stompie, is one of the leading natural winegrowers in South Africa. He’s been
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Highlights: Anne et Jean-François Ganevat Kopin 2018 France
Ganevat is one of my favourite producers, and this is one of their negociant wines – an interesting blend combining
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Highlights: Heinrich Weisze Freyheit 2017 Österreich
Heinrich are one of the top producers in Austria’s Burgenland wine region. They farm in the Leithaberg region, biodynamically. This
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Can big companies make natural wines? Cramele Recas and their orange and glou glou wines
Can a big company make natural wine? Cramele Recas is a forward-thinking winery in Romania that makes 25 million bottles.
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Highlights: a duo from star Jura producer Domaine Labet
The Labet family of Rotalier in the area south of Lons-le-Saunier, known as the Sud Revermont, have been making thoughtful
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