A blog dedicated to the places and faces of natural wine. Join us in our journey through terroir.
Giovanni Mesina likes to call himself “the shepherd who makes wine”. That’s because that’s what he is, aside from being a natural vigneron who is as unassuming and gentle as he is tremendously skilled and inspired. Giovanni’s family hails originally from the rugged mountains and plateaus of Sardinia, and have been raising sheep there for 3 generations. He emigrated to...
Perhaps the phrase that best summarises Alessandro Dettori’s approach to winemaking and Tenute Dettori's wines is found on the back labels: “I don’t follow the market, I make the wines that I like to drink, wines of my terroir, wines of Sennori. They are what they are and not what you would like them to be.” The Dettori biodynamic estate,...
Le Coste di Gradoli, which has long since become one of the darlings of natural wine lovers the world over and has attained something of a cult status, much deservedly, is located in Northern Lazio’s enchanting village of Gradoli, just a stone’s throw from the border with Umbria. Le Coste was born in 2004 from the romantic vinnaturist dream and...
