{"title":"Buona Notte Wines","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuona Notte Wines is operated by winemaker Graham Markel out of Cascade Locks in the Columbia Gorge. The project began around 2016 when Graham's father Jeffrey Markel provided the initial capital to purchase fruit. Graham spent seven years training under Maggie Harrison at Antica Terra winery in Oregon's Willamette Valley and working with Master Sommelier Nate Ready at Hiyu Wine Farm in Hood River, where he developed his focus on low-intervention winemaking and Italian varietals grown in the Gorge. His mother, Peggy Markel, runs a culinary school in Tuscany, giving Graham a deep connection to Italian food and wine culture that shapes his varietal choices and food-pairing philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuona Notte contracts approximately 20 acres of organically or naturally farmed vines from growers across the Columbia Gorge. The winery focuses on Italian varietals including Pinot Grigio, Sangiovese, and Syrah, which Graham found to thrive in the volcanic soils and sunny climate of the Gorge in a way that mirrors conditions in parts of Italy. Winemaking and bottling operations are shared with Son of Man Cider and have been since 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWines are made with no additives beyond a small amount of sulfur and are unfined and unfiltered. Buona Notte uses sustainable packaging: labels printed on 50% post-consumer waste and 50% hemp paper, bottles sourced from recycled glass, and corks sealed with beeswax from local hives. The Chiassoso Pinot Grigio is a Ramato-style wine made with six to eight days of skin maceration on organically farmed Pinot Grigio from the Cliffs of Underwood at approximately 1,500 feet elevation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chiassoso-pinot-grigio-buona-notte-natural-wine","title":"Buona Notte Wines Chiassoso Pinot Grigio 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eChiassoso is Italian for rambunctious, and this wine earns the name. It is made from organically farmed Pinot Grigio sourced from a vineyard on the cliffs of Underwood Mountain in Washington, sitting at approximately 1,500 feet elevation in the foothills of Mt. Adams. The grapes are macerated on their skins for six to eight days, producing a copper-hued, textured wine in the classic Ramato style. Ramato refers to the coppery color Pinot Grigio takes on when its pink-grey skins spend time with the juice during fermentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a high-acid, savory wine with notes of herbs, black tea, and dried red fruit. Pinot Grigio is a color mutation of Pinot Noir, and its pigmented skins lend both color and gentle tannin structure to the wine. With six to eight days of skin contact, this sits at the lighter end of orange wine in terms of extraction, though it carries far more texture and complexity than a conventional white Pinot Grigio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Graham Markel operates Buona Notte out of the Columbia Gorge, making low-intervention, unfined, and unfiltered wines with Italian varietals. The winery was founded around 2016 when Graham started purchasing fruit from organically farmed vineyards in the Gorge. He trained under Maggie Harrison at Antica Terra and Master Sommelier Nate Ready at Hiyu Wine Farm before launching Buona Notte. Labels are printed on 50% post-consumer waste and 50% hemp paper; bottles are made from recycled glass sealed with beeswax from local hives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe lightly chilled, around 52-55F. This wine is built for food: the savory, umami-driven profile locks in with anything from oily fish to rich vegetable dishes. The winemaker recommends fresh sardines with tomato and onion salad, and the combination makes sense given the wine's acidity and herbal edge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buona Notte Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40850769543367,"sku":"BUONCHIA20C","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/buona-notte-chiassoso-pinot-grigio-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780185756"},{"product_id":"rosa-buona-notte-wines-oregon-natural-wine","title":"Buona Notte Wines Rosa 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eRosa is a dry rosé blend of Dolcetto sourced from Allegre Vineyard, a certified organic farm perched on Ehrck Hill in the middle of the Hood River Valley between Mount Hood and Mount Adams, along with Sangiovese and a small portion of Moscato. The Sangiovese component was produced by saignée from Buona Notte's Cento Per Cento, the winery's 100% Sangiovese red wine. The 2019 growing season in the Hood River Valley ran cooler than average, preserving acidity and encouraging the decision to redirect the fruit into rosé.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Graham Markel used three separate lots to build the final blend: grapes pressed immediately off the vine, grapes pressed after four days of skin contact, and the saignée Sangiovese. Blending these fractions allowed him to calibrate acidity and textural weight before the wine was finished in neutral French oak. The result is unfined and unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuona Notte operates out of Cascade Locks in the Columbia Gorge AVA, sourcing Italian varietals from vineyards on both the Oregon and Washington sides of the Columbia River. Markel trained for seven years under Maggie Harrison at Antica Terra and Master Sommelier Nate Ready at Hiyu Wine Farm before founding Buona Notte in 2016. The winery produces approximately 2,500 cases annually across roughly ten Italian varietals using entirely natural methods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buona Notte Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40851125174471,"sku":"BUONROSA19C","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/buona-notte-rosa-oregon-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780185753"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/buona-notte-wines.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}