Introducing a New Line of Biodynamic Rhone Wines from the Prestigious Costières de Nîmes AOC in the Rhône Valley From the Costières de Nîmes (Ko-stee-AIR-de-NEEM) region of the Rhône Valley comes our newest Château Beaubois Biodynamic Rhone Wines. Château Beaubois represents 60 hectares and is situated at the very South of the Appellation of the…
Top Four Organic Thanksgiving Wine Pairings Thanksgiving wine pairings don’t have to be boring or complicated, especially with unique varietals of organic wine! While Thanksgiving 2020 may look and feel different from the large gatherings of the past, we’ve got organic wines that will make your meal shine. Whether you favor a traditional turkey &…
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…
Pride Journeys Presents the Ultimate Fall Wine Guide We are honored to have five of our organic wines included in Pride Journey’s Ultimate Fall Wine Guide. Joey Amato is a lifestyle and travel editor for the LGBTQ community, and compiles an annual list of his favorite wines. “The fall season is favorite time of year,…
Celebrate Organic Harvest Month with Top 8 Organic Wines Our Top 8 organic wines from Europe provide the perfect pairing for your National Organic Harvest Month feasts this September. In 1992, the Organic Trade Association named September as “National Organic Harvest Month.” The objective of Organic Harvest Month is to bring awareness to the value…
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…
Organic Wines for Tailgating – Be it In Person, Virtual or the Backyard Organic wines for tailgating! While physical tailgating may not be in play this football season due to Covid-19, taking it virtual, or making the most with smaller gatherings in the backyard may have to suffice this fall. When most people think of…
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…
2020 International Women’s Wine Competition – Organic Wines Show Best in Class and 90+ Points We are very pleased to feature an award recently received by our outstanding women winemakers in the 2020 International Women’s Wine Competition. The International Women’s Wine Competition, judged entirely by wine industry professional women. Its mission? To uniquely identify specific…
Top Organic Wine Pairings That Will Make Your Mouth Water With backyard meals & BBQ underway and virtual happy hours in full swing, we thought we’d take a moment to provide our top organic wine pairing ideas. Guest blogger Lindsey Patterson gives us some new organic wine pairing ideas for great summer food, family and…