Dry Farmed Wines The buzz words surrounding organic wine continue to ebb and flow over time, with some of the more popular phrases like “raw wine,” “sustainable,” and “natural,” suddenly losing favor to an old-yet-new-again term “dry farm wine.” At their core, most consumers believe all these terms indicate wines that are made without the…
Learn more...Snooth recently featured the Great Red Wines of Austria, including our Biokult Pinot Noir-Zweigelt red blend. “The red wines of Austria are an underappreciated jewel of the wine world. Two-thirds of Austria’s vineyard land is dedicated to white varieties. The remaining one-third belongs to red. The red wines of Austria are a closely guarded secret…
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We are very pleased to feature awards recently received by two of our outstanding women winemakers in the 2017 International Women’s Wine Competition. 2016 Vignobles Raymond Elodie Cuvée Florale was named Best of Class Overall. Elodie is only wine Awarded at this Level made from Organically Grown Grapes. This wine is elaborated by one of…
Learn more...Guest blogger Serena Zanatta from Cantina Pizzolato Italian Organic Wine shares stories of the 2017 harvest. The 2017 harvest was good but not simple: our long-time experience into the Italian organic wine sector, which distinguishes us in Italy, has led us to understand that we are proactive towards the vineyard, assessing when to do the…
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Three of our Spanish organic wines recently received scores of 92 & 91 points, ranking them among the top 5 scoring wines in the annual Tastings.com Natural Wine Review. The organization conducts blind tastings conducted by an invite-only judging panels that include highly experienced, professional tasters who are industry buyers and experts such as beverage…
Learn more...Kats Wine & Spirits in Jackson, MS reviewed our French organic wine Les Hauts de Lagarde Bordeaux Blanc on their fun blog for wine enthusiasts. “We (Jimm and Tasho) splashed this down in a decanter and vigorously agitated the wine with immediate results in aromas of beeswax, lemon zest, wet white chalk, lanolin, faint white…
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Just in time for Non-GMO Month, Spanish organic wine Granza Tinta de Toro recently became our newest Non-GMO Project Verified Wine. Located in the Castilla y Leon area of Spain, Toro is on the Duero River, 40 miles east of the Portuguese border. The Toro region produces robust and bold wines from the Tinta de…
Learn more...Kat from the Corkscrew Concierge blog recently attended the Goldmine Planet Bordeaux Wines tasting event in Houston, Texas and fell in love with approachable wines from Bordeaux, including organic Bordeaux wines produced by Vignobles Raymond: “So what goes through your mind when you hear Bordeaux? Expensive wines? Fancy chateaux? Wine that you have to wait…
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We asked one of our Spanish organic wine partners Bodegas Matarromera to report on the 2017 harvest. The winery is based in the heart of the Ribera del Duero region, but Matarromera also produces wines from Rueda and Toro D.O.s. Like many of our European winery partners, frost played a huge role in the 2017…
Learn more...Erlinda A. Doherty aka The Wine Evangelist, recently wrote an article that appeared in the Columbia Star, featuring the Les Hauts de Lagarde Bordeux red and white French organic wines from Vignobles Raymond: “To add, or not to add? That is (generally) the question. When we are discussing “natural” wines, we are largely referring to…
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Sunday, November 1 is World Vegan Day, and November is World Vegan Month, and as a start we encourage everyone to celebrate with a glass of vegan wine! 100% of the wines in our portfolio are vegan-friendly, and most are Certified Vegan. There are no animal byproducts used in the production of any of our…
Learn more...Just in time for fall rosé season, a recent blog post on be.good by Ms. Kyle Blum-Goodrich featured two of our delicious organic rosé wines from Cantina Pizzolato, Italy, and Vignobles Raymond, France. According to Kyle: “Admittedly, before writing this my knowledge of rosé was a little limited — I knew it was pretty, I…
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The wonderful organic online magazine Organic Authority recently featured 51 Delicious Sustainable Sparkling Wines and included six of our organic sparkling wines from Cantina Pizzolato in Italy, Tarantas Wines in Spain and Biokult in Austria. As the article indicates “Although, we love Champagne (oh so much!), it certainly isn’t the only choice when it comes to…
Learn more...Our Italian organic wine partner Cantina Pizzolato recently unveiled a brand new look and feel to their line of three Italian organic red wines with no sulfites added. The new label designs are both more contemporary and have important call outs that will appeal to eco-conscious Italian wine lovers: -The addition of the emphasis on…
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A recent article in Pride Journeys highlighted their 12 Top Wines for Fall Fiestas, featuring three of our organic red wines from Vignobles Raymond in France, Bodegas Iranzo in Spain, and Cantina Pizzolato in Italy: Les Hauts de Lagarde Rouge from Vignobles Raymond, Bordeaux (SRP: $14) – Good fruit, raspberry and strawberry summery flavors from winemaker Lionel Raymond. Full…
Learn more...Guest blogger Phillip Anderson of Mountain People’s Wine Distribution recently had the opportunity to visit our Greek organic wine partner Domaine Gioulis in Klimenti, Corinth Greece, makers of the fabulous Sofos Greek Red and Sofos Greek White wines. Following is an excerpt from his terrific article posted on his fabulous Real Men Drink Rosé blog. …
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It’s been a scorching summer across the country and there is no better time to enjoy some delicious and refreshing organic white wines. Our wide selection from countries throughout Europe include these popular organic wines: The award-winning Les Hauts de Lagarde Bordeaux Blanc is a perennial favorite of summer, pairing with everything from oysters…
Learn more...Our friends at Tess’ Kitchen Store in Grass Valley, CA recently featured our French organic wine Les Hauts de Lagarde Bordeaux Rosé: Featured Wine Our featured wine, a 2016 Les Hauts De Lagarde, is a rosé from Bordeaux, France, is made from organically grown grapes and at $13.99 is a bargain. Do you have less…
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Our Spanish organic wine Tarantas Tempranillo Crianza was recently featured by Michelle Williams on her Rockin Red blog about the Utiel-Requena D.O. Here is what she had to say about the wine: 2013 Tarantas Tempranillo Crianza Utiel-Requena Spain: 100% organically grown Tempranillo; medium- ruby; medium- aromas of fresh picked summer berries, dusty earth, minerality, licorice,…
Learn more...We are delighted to introduce three new Italian organic wines from our Veneto, Italy partner, La Cantina Pizzolato. Each is unique in style and flavor, embodying the Veneto region at its finest. Over the past couple of decades, Raboso has become increasingly popular and has been successfully produced in the vineyards of the region. It…
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