Producers

Marijan and Miha Kelhar, Bizeljsko Slovenia   

Alessandro MartelliSuvereto, Tuscany, Italy Incontri is located in the municipality of Suvereto in Tuscany and was founded in 1967 by Martellino Martelli, the grandfather of the current winemaker Alessandro Martelli. The estate was converted into a winery by Alessandro's parents in the 1980s and in 2000 Alessandro took over the land from his parents. He planted new vineyards, restored olive groves and built the current cellar. The estate now consists of 12 hectares: 6 of which are vineyards, 2 olive groves, 3 hectares of fields and 1 of spontaneous uncultivated land. The name 'Incontri' means meeting, Alessandro himself says: “When you smell the earth and air, you smell the essence of the land, full of rosemary, chamomile and dandelions, this is the land of scents and this land is in my wine .” Alessandro Martelli is an ambitious winemaker, he looks at his country with sensitivity, openness and disillusionment. He works in a permaculture way and the farm has a zero carbon footprint. The soil is equal parts sand, clay and silt and therefore enriched with enormous growth potential. The grapes used in the Incontri wines are typical of this wine region: Sangiovese, Cabernet, Merlot, Vermentino and Trebbiano. The wines are certified organic, vegan and without added sulphites. Here is the wine from Incontri we currently have: Il Soffione but soon also La Pantera again!

Farid YahimiAmmerschwihr, Alsace, France Farid Yahimi has been working with natural wine for almost 20 years and is co-founder of the Association des Vins Naturels (2005). After years of experimenting with natural fermentation in his garage he started making his own wine in 2017.Yahimi's wines are a mix of wild and pure wines and he uses grapes from different wine regions. He produces his wines under the name Sons of Wine in an old wine cellar in Beblenheim, Alsace. From here he makes spectacular, authentic wines with grapes from this region, but also from Côtes de Toul in Lorraine where he owns vineyards and the Beaujolais. He also sources some grapes from Languedoc, Loire and Spain (from his friend Ismael Gozalo from Microbio wines). Unique and creative, Yahimi's wines have a large international following and respect from throughout the wine world. Here you will find the distinctive wines from Sons of Wine:PerceptionLe lecoqMake it funkyGamay DavidsonGWVin de mess

Ton Rimbau, Penedès Spain

Joachim RoqueBanyuls, Roussillon, France Winemaker Joachim Roque grew up in the hills around Collioure in Roussillon, one of the last villages along the coast before you reach Spain. The landscape is like a desert - barren, steep and dusty, with the deep blue Mediterranean sea in the distance. It is known as a place with vineyards that are difficult to cultivate and have low yields. Since 2014, Roque has been with Les 9 Caves, a cooperative of independent winemakers in Banyuls who exchange equipment and ideas with each other. For example, together with 3 other winemakers from the cooperative, he also makes the Tutti frutti Ananas wines that we also import. There is also a super cool restaurant at les 9 caves, run by Amsterdammers, so it's definitely worth a visit! Roque works organically and does everything by hand as much as possible on his 8.5 hectare estate. He works with great respect for the plants, their ecosystem and the difficult climate of his environment. Because that is certainly the case with intense heat waves and almost no rainfall, yet Roque creates wines with beautiful freshness and vibrancy. With great balance and character, the wines are an exciting expression of the Côte Vermeille. Below are the distinct and vibrant wines of Domaine Carterole:A tatatSeven summitEsperanza rougeEsta fete rouge

José Carvalho Moreiro, Banyuls France

Romain ChapuisPommard, Burgundy, France In Côte de Beaune, the heart of Pommard, brothers Romain and Jean-Guillaume Chapuis started their winery in 2009. In the previous years, Romain followed his passion for wine in Lebanon and Australia and learned a lot at various wine cellars. Following this, he worked for 3 years with Philippe Pacalet, Marcel Lapierre's cousin. Both with a passion for gastronomy, wine and terroir, they have combined their skills to create wines they have been dreaming about for years. They buy their grapes from various farmers in the area but also own some plots of vineyards and make critical selections: soil conditions, exposure, age, variety: everything is scrutinized!The wines are made with minimal intervention, so always fermented with their own yeasts, never filtered and only in a few are sulphites added when necessary. They have zero zero natural wines such as the Rose, Pet nat and Hautes cotes de Beaune, but also a nice more classic line with Chorey Les Beaune, Savigny and even Corton Charlemagne (available on request). Really worth tasting and certainly interesting for the non-funky natural wine lover!See the extensive and special list of Chapuis Frères here:Coteaux BourguignonsPetillant naturalRoséBouzeronChorey les BeauneMercurey Grand CruSavigny les Beaune rougeHaute cotes de Beaune rouge

Andrew and Emma, Beaune Bourgogne, France

Manuel, Jose, Joachim and Kiko: Tutti Frutti AnanasBanyuls, Roussillon, France Tutti Frutti Ananas is a collaboration between Manuel from Vinyer de la Ruca with Zé Tafé from La Cave des Nomades and Joachim from Domaine Carterole and Kiko to make the type of wine they like to drink on the Mediterranean in Banyuls-sur-Mer.They farm organically on a combination of sand, slate and quartz on vineyards close to the sea and on the mountains in the area. They make their wines together in Les 9 Caves, a cooperative cellar located in an old garage in the center of the city. The wine ferments and matures in large concrete barrels and is bottled young, full of energy and life. The lively and easy-drinking wines of Tutti Frutti AnanasMorangoMirtilloToranjaLlopitJujube