Bodegas García de Verdevique is a small winery near Granada in southern Spain. García de Verdevique makes natural wines: from organic grapes, unfiltered, unfined and without additives. The grapes come from Europe's highest-altitude vineyards, at 1,150 to 1,400 meters. These are remarkably characterful wines. More about Bodegas García de Verdevique
Bott-Frigyes is a special winemaker. He makes wines from volcanic vineyards in the south of Slovakia, right on the border with Hungary - a region where Hungarian is spoken, since it was part of Hungary until the First World War. Bott-Frigyes upholds the old wine traditions here, making lovely wines from Hungarian and international grapes, with little intervention in the cellar but a great deal of character in the glass. More about Bott Frigyes
Casreli is a small wine farm from Kakheti in eastern Georgia. Casreli is a project by five doctor friends. It reads like an exciting boys' adventure story - they know each other from studying medicine in Tbilisi. In 2014 they started making wine together. In Kakheti that's a hobby practiced by thousands, but the men of Casreli were more serious about it. They started investing. A year later they planted their own vineyard, and a year after that they won gold and silver medals with their wines at the International Qvevri Wine Competition. More about Casreli Wines
Château Buera is a young winery in the Kakhetian appellation of Napareuli, on the left bank of the Alazani river at the foot of the Greater Caucasus. It belongs to the five-star Lopota Lake Resort & Spa and combines winegrowing with hospitality and wine tourism. The winery works on a small scale and organically, making both traditional qvevri wines and wines in stainless steel and French oak. The combination of Georgian and European techniques is characteristic of Château Buera. More about Château Buera
Domaine des Ronces is a small family business in the French Jura. They make all the types of wine the Jura is famous for, from oxidative white to sparkling and intensely sweet Vin de Paille. The business is run by Kevin Mazier and his father Michel. They farm entirely biodynamically, and since 2016 their wines have been Demeter certified. More about Domaine des Ronces
The DoReMi Wine Cellar is the project of two friends and winemakers: Giorgi Tsirghvava and Mamuka Tsiklauri. Since 2014 they have harvested organically grown grapes from vineyards in different parts of Georgia: Kakheti, Kartli and Imereti. All of DoReMi's wines are made in so-called qvevri, large earthenware jars buried in the cellar. DoReMi adds no additives, doesn't filter or fine, and uses an absolute minimum of sulfite. More about DoReMi
Ferdinando Principiano is a rising star among the winemakers of Piedmont. He runs a small family estate with barely more than 9 hectares of vineyards, following his own philosophy: nature must be allowed to do its work. So no pesticides and natural fermentation. His wines rank among the best of the Piedmont region. More about Ferdinando Principiano
Who would have thought a meeting on a Caribbean island would lead to special, natural Rieslings from the Moselle? Dirk Niepoort of the well-known Niepoort winery from the Douro met Philippe Kettern from the Moselle. He tasted the wines, and Dirk saw potential in the wines and in Philippe. Together with son Daniel Niepoort they decided on the Fio project: special Rieslings from the Moselle. Rieslings made with love and patience, light, pure and timeless. More about Fio Wein
Hegyem is a small organic wine estate in south-western Hungary with a striking Dutch background. Its owner and winemaker is Amsterdam-born Cisca Ansem, who has breathed new life into a neglected vineyard there since 2005. She makes certified organic red and white wines from grapes including Kékfrankos, Olaszrizling and Grüner Veltliner. More about Hegyem
Kapistoni Winery is a small, young wine business from the Georgian province of Kartli, close to the capital Tbilisi. Kapistoni is the life's work of Niko Chochishvili, who remigrated from the United States in 2010. Winemaking was initially a 'side job', but Niko is deeply passionate - winemaking is his calling. In 2017 he had a wine cellar built, and since then his passion has become his life's work. He makes natural wines in qvevri, clean and pure. He uses grape varieties that are rare even in Georgia. More about Kapistoni Winery
Krasna Hora is a small family business from southeastern Czechia, an hour's drive from Vienna. The Vybíral family has made wine here since the 1960s, for a long time in a biodynamic way. In recent years they have also started making natural wines. That's not always easy in this relatively cool area, which lies at the same latitude as Burgundy and Alsace. Their 'cool climate' wines are characterized by finesse and purity - low in alcohol and very refined. Krasna Hora is very successful, even supplying the house wines for Yotam Ottolenghi's restaurant in London. More about Krasna Hora
Papari Valley is a small winery run by the Kurdadze family from Georgia. They make natural wines according to the classic Georgian method: in the qvevri. The first wines were made in 2006, but it wasn't until 2015 that the Kurdadze family found their wines good enough to sell. Papari Valley's quality standards are high, but the effort pays off - Papari Valley's wines rank among the best natural wines of Georgia. More about Papari Valley
Tsiakkas Winery is a family business making wine in Cyprus. The winery is based in the mountain village of Pelendri, in the Pitsilia area. Its vineyards lie on the slopes of the Troodos Mountains at 700 to 1,440 metres above sea level. They have been farmed organically since 1995 and are among the highest vineyards in Europe. Tsiakkas is regarded as one of the most respected wine producers in Cyprus. Together with Zambartas Wineries, it plays a pioneering role in rediscovering forgotten indigenous grape varieties. More about Tsiakkas Winery
In 1880, Peter Stegovec bought a vineyard in the Vipava Valley in the west of Slovenia. Five generations later, his namesake Peter still makes wine from the same vineyard. He farms organically, but without certification - averse to trends but true to his family's traditions. White and orange from Pinela, Zelen and Rebula grapes, and red from Barbera and Merlot. Peter Stegovec's orange and red wines are spontaneously fermented and unfiltered. This winemaker's signature is purity and refinement. More about Vina Sveti Martin
Weingut Weixelbaum is the winery of Heinz and Gabi Weixelbaum from the village of Strass in Austria's Kamptal. It's a medium-sized, typically Austrian winery - a family business passed down from generation to generation. Everything is done by hand, and the cellar is full of the most modern equipment. Heinz Weixelbaum has very fine vineyards on soils of 'Urgestein' and 'loess'. And Heinz dares to prune hard in spring, so his wines are more powerful than most from the region. More about Weingut Weixelbaum
XXVI Talhas is the project of winemaker Ricardo Santos and his childhood friend Daniel Parreira. They grew up together in the village of Vila Alva in Alentejo, where once there were more talhas - the large earthenware jars used to make wine - than there were people living there. This ancient culture has almost entirely disappeared, but thanks in part to Ricardo and Daniel, not completely. Interest in this special way of making wine is greater than it has been in decades. More about XXVI Talhas
Zambartas Wineries is a family winery in the south of Cyprus that focuses on quality wines from indigenous Cypriot grape varieties. It was founded in 2006 by Akis Zambartas, who in the 1980s rediscovered a number of the island's forgotten grapes. Today the business is run by his son Marcos and Marcos's Dutch wife, Marleen. Zambartas is regarded as one of the leading producers in Cyprus and has played an important role in the modern revival of Cypriot winemaking. More about Zambartas Wineries
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