Introducing Cantina Pizzolato HOOPA Pet Nat – A “PIWI” Varietal Wine Cantina Pizzolato is proud to present their newest innovation, HOOPA Pet Nat, 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 of the luscious Johanniter…
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…