Biodynamic Wine Production Illustrated We’ve created a brand-new video illustrating the art of Biodynamic wine production. The video makes a difficult concept come to life with fun illustrations and easy-to-understand messages, keeping the magic of Biodynamic wine production alive, while eliminating some of the mystery! Biodynamic Wine Production Equals a True Taste of Place Three…
Celebrating International Women’s Day – A Woman and Her Wine We’re celebrating International Women’s Day with a salute to one of our female winemakers and one of her most beautiful organic wines, La Joly. The day is observed annually on March 8, to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. Cellar Master…
Spanish Organic Wine Partner Bodega Matarromera Honored as Finalist in Drinks Business Green Awards Our Spanish organic wine partner Bodega Matarromera received a fantastic recognition as one of the greenest wineries in the world as a finalist in the prestigious Drinks Business Green Awards. Matarromera was put on the short list of five companies vying…
The entire Natural Merchants’ team now has WSET certification! As part of our company’s dedication to deepen our overall knowledge of the wine industry, we recently provided the opportunity for our entire staff-from office administration to ownership and everyone in between-to take the Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) 2 educational course and test. We are…
Patricia Harris & David Lyon of The Hungry Travelers blog recently sampled the Tarantas Bobal Rosé Spanish organic wine and paired it with a wonderful recipe. “We’re convinced that there is nothing like taste to evoke memories of place. A sip of wine will call back the flavor of the food, the sun on our…
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…
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…
(April 13, 2017) April is Earth Month, and April 22 is Earth Day! What better way to honor the Earth than to celebrate with Non-GMO Project Verified wines that are made with grapes grown in harmony with nature, respecting the delicate ecosystem around us. All of our organic wine partners use organic or Biodynamic agricultural and production processes that don’t…
11 of the 103 Best Organic Wines to Try this Year are from our portfolio! The tireless organic advocates at Organic Authority have once again highlighted their favorite organic wines, and we are delighted to have 11 spots on the list for our family produced wines from throughout Europe. 2017 is already off to a great…
From beautiful Tuscany comes the purest expression of the region ever found in a glass of vino: Chianti Naturale. Our winery partner Fattoria Romignano produces No Sulfites Added Organic Chianti Naturale, proudly designated as DOCG Chianti, indicting that the wine producers followed strict regulations set forth by the region to make the wine. The wine was tested by the DOCG committee…