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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…