Carignan

Earth, leather, oak, and dark fruit on the palate.

Vintage:

• 2018

ABV:

• 13.5%

Funky Scale:

Classic

Style:

Complex

Region: Languedoc-Roussillon , France

Fond Cyprès first wines have grown since 2004. They have worked very hard over the years to find their vineyard’s identity. They have gotten to know each plot, try different winemaking methods, and grape varieties. Building on successful discoveries, their wines are free and accomplished.

Cinsault

Cherry, strawberry, blackberry and rosemary.

Vintage:

• 2020

ABV:

• 13.4%

Funky Scale:

Middle of the Road

Style:

Food Wine

Region: Maule Valley, Chile

Carter Mollenhauer is a family winery operated by husband and wife team Edgard Carter and Karine Mollenhauer. They focus on producing small-batch wines using indigenous grape varieties. Their winemaking philosophy centers on organic farming and minimal intervention, aiming to highlight the purity and authenticity of Chilean wines. Their process involves manual labor, gravity-fed operations, and native fermentation techniques. The winery was established in 2014 after Edgard gained extensive experience in international winemaking regions such as California, Barossa, and Côtes du Rhône.

Zweigelt, St. Laurent

Cherry, blackberry, violet and pepper.

Vintage:

• 2020

ABV:

• 10%

Funky Scale:

Middle of the Road

Style:

Glou Glou

Region: Weinland, Austria

Alexander and Maria Koppitsch began making wine in Burgenland in 2011. They took over their parents 5.5-hectare winery and moved from selling their grapes into making their own wine. The vineyards are in the Neusiedl am See, a small village situated at the shores of the Neusidl Lake and on the eastern end of the Leitha Mountains which feature soft, rolling hills of mostly limestone soil. Like his father and grandfather before him, Alex does not believe in introducing any additives into the grapes or the wine. They use Rudolf Steiner’s biodynamic principles to cultivate their grapes, and pride themselves on performing every aspect of the vineyard management and the winemaking by hand, on a very small scale. - Jenny & Francois

Moschomavro

Black cherry, plum, violets, and pepper.

Vintage:

• 2020

ABV:

• 12.5%

Funky Scale:

Middle of the Road

Style:

Food Wine

Region: Macedonia, Greece

Situated in the heart of Macedonia in Northern Greece, Pella's narrative is deeply intertwined with the essence of wine. Ancient mosaics vividly depict a land of fertility, where the god of wine, adorned with vine leaves, reigns supreme. In the 19th century, when the Ottoman governor prohibited water usage for constructing the Church of the Virgin Mary, locals ingeniously mixed their mortar with wine. During the 20th century, the French army, traversing along the Galikos River, bore witness to the exceptional quality of local wines near their encampment. Despite the challenges posed by phylloxera outbreaks and the draining of a nearby lake in the 1900s, the region's centuries-old wisdom and passion for viticulture ensured its resilience.