As Ambrositsch has chosen to not be in the DAC, they cannot use the vineyard names on the label, but this wine comes from one of their prized vineyards, the Reisenberg.  It was planted all to Gruner Veltliner in the 1960’s. Ambrositsch described the soil as creamy and stinky, mainly with slate and...

From a single parcel on the right side of the Danube with Ambrositsch’s oldest vines, planted in the 1950’s. It’s a mix of ancient varities that are not known and twelve that are familiar, some of them rare. Brenna Quigley, a reknowned geologist, explained in a recent AWMB seminar that these marl ...

Mainly Riesling, Welschriesling and Zierfandler made in one 750-litre barrel with minimal intervention. A slightly cooler cellar corner, a little more air contact, no filtration, no added sulphur; the finished result was a wine completely different to that of previous years. Innocent, almost clear...

This Gemischter Satz is named Kosmopolit as it comes from five sites on both sides of the Danube in Vienna. The grapes are picked on the same day by two teams, each consisting of approximately ten to twelve people. In the evening, all of the grapes go into the press together and the next day after...

Auten Vineyard, a gently sloping site on the west side of Cayuga Lake, was first planted to Riesling in 1998, with additional vines added in 2001. The grapes for the 2022 Auten Riesling were hand-harvested, crushed, and fermented on skins for approximately 10 days before pressing. The wine was aged...

White Horse is Bloomer Creek's light-hearted tribute to Cheval Blanc.The Cabernet Franc for White Horse comes from Bloomer's Auten and Barrow Vineyards (vine age ranges from 9-25 years), the Merlot comes from Barrow Vineyard and was planted in 2015. Vinification is similar to the 2020 Cabernet...

Chardonnay from Bloomer Creek's Morehouse Road Vineyard. The wine fermented on the skins for 7 days before pressing to complete fermentation in stainless steel. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

100% Moscatel Blanco from 30 year old vines. The grapes are destemmed and fermented in 2,000L concrete eggs on the skins. Maceration takes five to seven days. The wine is then drained and placed back in 1000L eggs to finish fermentation. Aged for seven months.

A blend of White Criolla varietals from tiny family vineyards in Barreal and Hilario in San Juan, Argentina, at very high altitudes (4900ft - 5700ft). Vines are planted in alluvial soils and range in age from 50-100 years old. Grapes are hand harvested, destemmed and fermented with indigenous...

12% alc, 6.3g/l acid, 0.7g/l residual sugar, fermented in two Mosel füders (1,000L each) until August then put straight into bottle after malolactic fermentation ended. Left unfiltered and no SO2 added. One füder was from Enkircher Steffensberg and one from Kröv Letterlay vineyards. This wine is...

11.5% alc, 0.6g/l RS. A crazy quilt blend of 60% Riesling, 25% Sauvignon Blanc, 12% Muller-Thurgau and 3% skin-fermented Muscat.The Riesling grapes come from the Krov Letterlay, a sunny, dry, grey slate site. The Sauvignon comes from the nearby Kinheimer Hubertuslay, also slate.Each grape variety...

100% hand harvested Sumoll from four different plots of clay and chalk soils. 50% whole cluster, vinified in concrete tanks with indigenous yeasts and fed by gravity. Aged for 3 months. Unfined, unfiltered.

A blend of 80% Xarel-lo and 20% Malvasía de Sitges. The Xarel-lo comes from 50-year-old vines planted on chalky and clay soils, while the Malvasía was planted by Ramon and Jordi in 1996 on very deep alluvial loam and slate soils. Fermented and aged for six months in 100-year-old concrete tanks with...