{"title":"Wavy Wines","description":"\u003cp\u003eWavy Wines began as a birthday epiphany. While tasting natural wines around the world, Eliot Kessel and Jude Zasadzki decided Los Angeles needed its own version: easy, low-stakes bottles made for warm afternoons rather than cellars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKessel and Zasadzki founded Wavy Wines in 2019. They built the project in Los Angeles, basing themselves in the Silver Lake neighborhood, and aimed squarely at the casual end of the natural wine spectrum from day one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/wavy-wines-piquette-and-easy-drinking-from-los-angeles\"\u003eWavy Wines producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"california-piquette-wine-cooler-wavy-wines-natural-wine","title":"Wavy Wines California Piquette 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003ePiquette is made from grape pomace — the skins, seeds, and pulp left after pressing — rehydrated with water and allowed to ferment a second time. Wavy Wines' California Wine Cooler is built on the pomace from their LS GRIS skin-contact wine, an 80\/20 blend of Pinot Gris and Chardonnay sourced from organic vineyards in California. After the free-run juice was drained from the tanks, the pomace was rehydrated with water, steeped for two days, then drained and gently pressed. Still-fermenting Chardonnay juice was added before bottling under crown cap, and fermentation finished in the bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is lightly sparkling, tangy, and low in alcohol — closer to a sour beer or kombucha in weight than a conventional white wine. Bottled in January 2023, it spent time aging in stainless steel before release. No fining, no filtration, no added sulfites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is a deliberate nod to the low-ABV, sessionable bottled coolers of the 1980s — the concept here is the same, the execution is natural. This is a zero-waste wine: pomace that would otherwise be composted is given a second life as a genuinely drinkable, effervescent product.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wavy Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34898317607064,"sku":"wavy-coolerorange-1018","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/wavy-wines-california-wine-cooler-piquette-natural-wine-primal-wine-natural-wine-primal-wine-copyright.png?v=1781848758"},{"product_id":"ls-gris-wavy-wines-pinot-gris-chardonnay-california-natural-wine","title":"Wavy Wines Ls Gris Pinot Gris 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eWavy Wines Ls Gris Pinot Gris 2024 is a dry skin-contact orange wine made by Los Angeles-based natural wine project Wavy Wines, founded in 2019 by Jude Zasadzki and Eliot Kessel. A co-ferment of Pinot Gris and Chardonnay sourced from organically farmed vineyards across Northern California, the fruit macerates on skins in stainless steel for two to three weeks with native yeasts before being drained as free-run juice only. Wavy Wines Ls Gris Pinot Gris 2024 is aged in stainless steel and neutral oak, then bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without added sulfites at 12% ABV.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wavy Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34900768981144,"sku":"WAVY-PINOTGRIS","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/ls-gris-wavy-wines-pinot-gris-chardonnay-california-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583024"},{"product_id":"california-piquette-red-wavy-wines-natural-wine","title":"Wavy Wines California Piquette Red 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003ePiquette is an ancient technique: after free-run juice is drained from fermented grape skins, water is added back to the pomace and fermentation continues. For this 2021 red, Wavy Wines drained the tanks of their \"Super Californian\" co-fermentation — a blend of Barbera, Freisa, Merlot, Mourvedre, Sagrantino, Cabernet Franc, and Grenache sourced from San Benito County — then rehydrated the solids and let fermentation run a few more days before pressing. The result comes in at 8.52% ABV with a total acidity of 4.95 g\/L and a pH of 3.67.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSan Benito County sits within California's Central Coast AVA. The region's climate is moderated by Pacific Ocean breezes that flow through gaps in the Gabilan Mountains, and vineyards range from around 1,000 to over 2,200 feet in elevation. Soils shift from granite to limestone across short distances due to seismic activity along the San Andreas Fault. The grapes for this wine come from practicing organic vineyards in the county.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered, under crown cap, with 20ppm added SO2. Fermentation used only native ambient yeast. The extended pomace contact during re-fermentation pulls additional tannin and acid from the skins, keeping the wine lively despite its low alcohol. It's a genuinely low-waste approach: the same grapes pull double duty across two wines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wavy Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38144008454343,"sku":"1047","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/wavy-wines-california-cooler-red-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186464"},{"product_id":"super-californian-wavy-wines-natural-wine","title":"Wavy Wines Super Californian 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eWavy Wines Super Californian 2024 is a dry red blend sourced entirely from Siletto Family Vineyards in San Benito County, California, combining Merlot, Barbera, Freisa, Mourvèdre, Sagrantino, Cabernet Franc, and Grenache — all organically farmed on gravelly alluvial loam soils at 500 to 720 feet elevation. Wavy Wines co-ferments whole-cluster and destemmed portions of Merlot, Barbera, and Freisa together in open-top stainless steel fermenters with native yeasts, then direct-presses and macerates the remaining varieties to dryness before blending. Wavy Wines Super Californian 2024 is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with no added sulfites. 13% ABV. California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wavy Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38144069304519,"sku":"WAVY-SUPERCALIFORNIAN","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/super-californian-wavy-wines-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583444"},{"product_id":"wavy-awesome-foursome-natural-wine","title":"Wavy Awesome Foursome","description":"\u003cp\u003eWavy Wines Awesome Foursome, Wavy Wines' 2021 releases all in one pack! Get this and save some dough on these great wines and piquettes. 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The wine is then racked, and still-fermenting Chardonnay juice is added before bottling in October 2022. Fermentation finishes in the bottle, creating natural effervescence. The wine is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with no added sulfites, adhering to natural winemaking principles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wavy Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43380669546712,"sku":"wavy-NRG","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/nrg-orange-pet-nat-wavy-wines-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784584569"},{"product_id":"cloud-hidden-orange-wavy-wines-natural-wine","title":"Wavy Wines Cloud Hidden Orange Amphora Vermentino 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWavy Wines Cloud Hidden is a natural orange wine from California, crafted by winemakers Jude Zasadzki and Eliot Kessel. This cuvée is a blend of 75% Vermentino and 25% Greco, sourced from organic vineyards. 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Wavy Wines bottles the wine unfined, unfiltered, and without any added sulfites, following a strict zero-zero approach. The result is an aromatic, textured orange wine with a saline coastal freshness and amber hue. Wavy Wines Sunshine Orange Wine 2024 is 13% ABV.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wavy Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43759894102232,"sku":"WAVY-SUNSHINE","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/sunshine-chardonnay-wavy-wines-deslop.png?v=1784584796"},{"product_id":"wavy-wines-stampede-red","title":"Wavy Wines Stampede Red 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eWavy Wines Sunshine Orange Wine showcases the innovative spirit of Los Angeles-based winemakers Jude Zasadzki and Eliot Kessel, who founded their natural wine project in 2019. 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