La Guglia Garganega Veneto 2021 no-wrapin

La Guglia Garganega Veneto 2021 no-wrapinYoung winemaker Carlo de Liberato, along with his brother, has undertaken to restore some very special old vineyards of Garganega on a prime hilltop in the once famous, now maybe infamous, Venetian appellation of Soave. Here, the wines have largely turned industrial and insipid since the '90s, but young people like Carlo are taking special old parcels of vineyards and helping to turn them back around and into something special. This Garganega embodies

Faccia Brutto's homage in amaro to southern Italy

A classic London Dry-style gin that gets is name from the distillery in Newburgh’s historic East End

and not oaky

cane-pruned vines struggle in the vineyard site's harsh environment and low-nutrient soils

Alice Feiring is a special sort of wine writer--the kind who dares to disagree with wine "experts

It's a native red grape that often smells of brambly fruit

resulting in a medium-weight red with notes of strawberry fruit

Christine and Joel Menard have been farming naturally

This is his Parellada: light as a feather

organically farmed wines

with good acidity as well

clear representations of the fruit with which the winemakers work