General Psychotic Activity

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The short version

Four creative-arts friends in Los Angeles started General Psychotic Activity during the pandemic, making zero-sulfur wines from organic and biodynamic California fruit.
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General Psychotic Activity is what happens when a group of friends in the creative arts decide, mid-pandemic, that they should be making wine.

Backstory

The project is the work of Nick, Justin, Francesca and Laura, a Los Angeles-based group of friends who launched the label during the pandemic, channeling a shared creative energy into bottled form.

The Region

The wines are made in California, drawing on fruit from across the state, including Mourvèdre from Paso Robles.

Vineyards & Farming

They source grapes from sustainable, organic and biodynamic vineyards, keeping a close connection to the land and a focus on clean, high-quality fruit.

Winemaking

Fermentations rely on native yeasts, and the wines are bottled unfined, unfiltered and with no added sulfites, hallmark minimal-intervention natural winemaking.

The Wines

The lineup includes bottlings like the Special Request Red Red, a medium-bodied wine made from 100 percent Paso Robles Mourvèdre, with fresh cherry and raspberry fruit, balanced acidity and soft tannins.

Natural Winemakers

Maria and Sepp Muster, natural wine producers from Leutschach in Southern Styria, Austria, standing with the next generation of the family
Maria and Sepp Muster farm ten hectares of Demeter-certified biodynamic vineyards above Leutschach in Southern Styria, crafting textural, mineral whites from the region's distinctive Opok marl soil.
Possa, natural wine producer in Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
Heydi Bonanini practices heroic viticulture on terraced cliffs above Riomaggiore, producing Cinque Terre whites and the legendary Sciacchetra from rescued indigenous varieties.
Weingut Niklas, natural wine producer, in his vineyard in Alto Adige, Italy
Weingut Niklas is a family-run Alto Adige estate in Kaltern where Dieter Solva farms 7 hectares of calcareous mountain soils to produce precise, aromatic whites and structured Lagrein reds that have carried the family name for over 50 years.

What is what?

Is natural wine the same as organic? What is biodynamic, then? Vegan? Sure. Let's explore some of these concepts together.

What are you drinking tonight?

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