Annual Industry Report Shows Organic Wine on Trend Drizzly recently released its annual BevAlc Insights Retail Report, showing that organic wine is on trend and here to stay, with retailers opening shelf space for great organic and natural products more than ever before. According to Drizzly, “People want to feel good about what they’re drinking.…
Naken Natural Wine Takes on New Vintage Let the adventure begin with the release of the newest 2020 vintage of Biokult Naken natural wine. Cutting-edge Naken skin contact white is currently one of our top-selling wines across the country. Consumers delight in its deliciously funky nature, and as with all natural wines, every vintage takes…
Introducing Cantina Pizzolato HOOPA Pet Nat – A “PIWI” Varietal Wine Cantina Pizzolato is proud to present their newest innovation, Pizzolato Hoopa Piwi Pet Nat Frizzante , made with eco-friendly PIWI grapes. Pizzolato’s ongoing search for the best wines that nature can provide resulted in the creation of HOOPA. The truly natural wine is born…
Early Italian Organic Wine Harvest Report Our winery partner in Veneto, Cantina Pizzolato has been busy over the last two months with the Italian Organic wine harvest of their white varieties. 2020 looks to be another stellar year for Pinot Grigio, their famed Prosecco and more! Enjoy the first harvest report of the 2020 season…
Defining Clean Wine “Clean Wine” are the natural wine buzz words of late, but what does that really mean? Most importantly, do we at Natural Merchants sell clean wine brands? You bet! Depending on your definition, which is confusing at best. The backlash against the marketing lingo being used by some newer wine brands has…
Wild Yeast, Natural Fermentation and Organic Yeast – The Many Forms of Yeast in Wine Production Organic and Biodynamic winemakers practice a variety of fermentation methods, some allowing wild yeast to take over, others adding a cultivated yeast to jump-start the fermentation process. We asked our winemakers to give us an inside look at their…
What Natural Means for Wine – On the Need to be Wary of Simple Solutions in the Viticulture of “Natural” Wine By Matteo Acme, Proviva – Inkarri Biodynamic Wines Complexity and depth are two of the first aspects we look for in a quality wine. The complexity of its aromas, structure, and the experiences that…