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Bringing to the US small growers' wines; low intervention, natural, biodynamic, organic... Here are wines we drink, not only the ones we import.

As the snow starts to fall hard on NYC and impeach

As the snow starts to fall hard on NYC and impeachment vote is going on and ugly, we can’t help remembering where we were two weeks ago... drinking some delicious maceration of Sauvignon Blanc by GraWu watching a beautiful sunset on the Sian Ka’an jungle... wishing the best for the future, without tariffs, without jerks in office, without walls between here and there!

#grawu #amberrevolution #skincontact #winelover #winetravel #winetraveler
#sauvignonblanc #realwine #livingwine #naturalwine #artisanwine #vivelevinlibre #lowintervention #unfiltered #nofilter

Yes, please. #Repost @drinkokwines with @get_repo

Yes, please.

#Repost @drinkokwines with @get_repost
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We still have a voice!
We, the people, can demand to be heard!

please please tell all your friends and family to comment at the federal register in opposition to the tariffs being threatened. Call or email our senators. It is really important!! #notariff #notrump #resist

[what we drink] A very nice chignin-bergeron from

[what we drink]
A very nice chignin-bergeron from Savoie by Adrien Berlioz.
Rich, balanced and slightly opulent... 🍇: Roussanne (aka as Bergeron in Savoie)
🌍: Savoie, France
🏷: Chignin-Bergeron “Cuvée Grand Zeph”
👩🏻‍🌾: organic farming
🧙🏻‍♀️: Natural ferrmentation, no intrans, minimal SO2

#savoiewine #vinsdesavoie #grandvinsdesavoie #lowintervention #indigenousyeast #vinsvivants #vinsdevignerons #realwine #livingwine #chignin #chigninbergeron #roussanne #organic #organicwine #vindeterroir #terroirwines

[traveller tip]⁣ If you are visiting The Yucatan

[traveller tip]⁣
If you are visiting The Yucatan region of Mexico, and more precisely Quintana Roo and Tulum, you should go to Kaan. One of these few places we hesitate a lot before sharing, scared to loose them....⁣
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Tulum is surely not a place where you go for the wine (we went for the beach, and took wine with us...). But at Kaan, we had natural wine (even if super small selection, we really enjoyed that bottle from Bichi). We also had great cocktails. And more than that, we had an amazing experience that is all about the strong emotions and ideas that we find in artisan food and wine. ⁣
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Chef Hugo Duran has created a place here that celebrates nature and local terroirs in a beautiful way. ⁣
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Kaan is just a few miles south from the busy and somehow sad Tulum beach’strip that has now sold its soul to consumerism, money and many other vices. But when you get to Kaan, you forget all of that dark side. ⁣
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It is deep enough into the Sian Ka’an biosphere natural reserve, a natural protected environment where you feel totally remote; on a small strip of land and jungle between the ocean and the lagoon. The beach is absolutely wild and beautiful. The restaurant is setup as a camp ground and many of the staff are living there for the season, in tents.⁣
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Most importantly, Hugo Duran and his staff are cooking wonders. This food is solar, energetic, real, digging deep in the roots of the many cultures that have been around the area. And the service is just as good and real.⁣
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Let me stop here with words, hoping pictures speak for themselves!⁣ Can’t wait to go again.
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☀️🌔🌴🌝🌞🐠🐟🦀🔥☄️⁣
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#terroir #naturalwine #naturalfood #travellertip #winetravel #tulumfood #realfood #nomadefood #nomadchef #kaan #mexicanfood #mexicanwine #nomadlife #yucantan #realwine #livingwine #truefood #slowfood #truewine #nofilter #maize #yucutanfood #foody #foodlover #foodtravel #foodtraveller #foodwine #yumm #farmtotable #restaurantinthewild

[what we drink]⁣⁣
A yummy ufo in the tropics⁣⁣
LE SA VIENT D’OÙ?⁣⁣
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Another very special and unique wine from Anne and Jean-François Ganevat. Very pleasant and surprisingly balanced (considering the blend and vinification). Tastes white peach and citrus as well as nice honey notes. Definitely some body and can hold serious food. Pollo con molle? Yes please!⁣⁣
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🌍: Jura, France.⁣⁣
🍇: Clairette, Grenache blanc, Riesling, Picpoul, Savagnin, Viognier.⁣⁣
📅: actually blending several vintages.⁣⁣
🏷: Vin de France.⁣⁣
👩🏻‍🌾: Organic and biodynamic.⁣⁣
🧙🏻‍♀️: Natural fermentation, indigeneous yeast, partly macerated with the skin, partly aged sous voile, in oak barrels, bottled unfined and unfiltered, with no added SO2.⁣⁣
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#vinsvivants #realwine #livingwine #lowintervention #biodynamicwine #biodynamy #organicwine #jurawine #drinkdifferent #artisanwine #artisanalwine #orangewine #skincontact #zerozero #vinsdevignerons #vindujura #vinnature #naturalwine #nattywine #ganevat #amberrevolution

Great interview of Christian Brault in this fall f

Great interview of Christian Brault in this fall french edition of LeRouge&leBlanc! Lot to learn about bottling, filtration, SO2... not sure if it will be translated in EN but much recommended to all french readers.
#vinsdevignerons #winemaking #realwine #artisanalwine #lowintervention #fuckcorporatewine #vinsvivants #livingwine #slowwine #artisanwine #winetechnique #lerougeetleblanc

We took Ambra to the tropics! Ambra is one of the

We took Ambra to the tropics! Ambra is one of the recent wines from GraWü. We were very excited to taste It when we visited Dominic and Leila, as we first tasted last spring from the tank and we were very intrigued and excited to wait for 2018 to be bottled and released.⁣
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Ambra is a white macerated wine (like all GraWü’s wines 🤪) from the Souvignier Gris grape variety. It carries GraWu’s touch, no doubt, and the filiation with Bianco is clear, yet the wine is very different, easier and lighter. Explosive yet elegant and subtle aromatics. Taste beautiful and easy to drink, with a nice acidity and a citrus flavor that gives a nice backbone all along. Ambra is not scared to pair with acidic or even slightly spicy food (like we had it with...). ⁣
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Beyond how good it is (yet the most important!), it’s interesting to know that Souvignier Gris is a fungus resistant grape (a PiWi) resulting from the crossing of Cabernet Sauvignon and Bronner, a german hybrid. No treatment are needed, which makes it very friendly to the environment (and the growers 😉, especially looking at the slope in GraWü’s vineyard). ⁣
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Leila and Dominic planted it in their vineyard early on and followed with other fungus-resistant varieties thinking this is a clear path to keep producing natural wine when climate changes is making it more and more challenging for traditional grapes. Does it really matter if it is not 100% vitis vinifera? Should we even speak about that? My palate in any case doesn’t mind and would not have tell.⁣
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Ambra is a long maceration (7 months), then aging 6 more months in large acacia tanks. It is of course unfiltered and unfined, like all GraWü wines and has minimal sulfite added (lab says in the end 12mg per liter in the wine).⁣
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#amberwine #amberrevolution #skincontact #orangewine #naturalwine #altoadigewine #souvigniergris #piwi #alpinewine #macerationwine #lowintervention #vinsvivants #vinsdevigneron #livingwine #realwine #grawu #organic #organicwine #winetravel #winelove #wineofinstagram #vinnature #grapevariety #hybridgrapes #vitisvinifera

Still recovering from ten very rainy days on and a

Still recovering from ten very rainy days on and around the italian and french alps meeting with plenty of amazing winemakers. One of the many highlights of the trip was spending some quality time with Julien Viana, from Cellier de la Baraterie in the Combe de Savoie.⁣
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Julien is one more example of how youth is shaking our wine landscape for its best. Julien cultivates 10 hectares in Savoie, 5 being dedicated to his wines. His farming is totally organic, eyeing towards biodynamic practices. He is also not only doing grapes but cultivating other vegetables and caring for bio-diversity (the sheeps on one of the pictures are his, about to do hard work in the vineyard...). His practice in the cellar is also extremely natural, it is all about fruit. Natural fermentation, no additives beyond a tiny bit of sulfites. This is purely wine 100% from fruit, nothing else. A very humble and down-to-earth attitude producing delightful fruit-forward wines from the traditional Savoie grapes and soon beyond!⁣
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Stay tuned and keep an eye on the lady bug, soon more of his wine arriving here! ⁣
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🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞⁣
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#savoie #savoiewine #vindesavoie #organicwine #vinsdevignerons #mondeuse #cellierdelabaraterie #vinsvivants #realwine #livingwine #jacquere #malvoisie #altesse #gamay #pinot #fruitforwardwine #glouglou #alpinewine

Lots of great things happening in @grawu.wine cell

Lots of great things happening in @grawu.wine cellar! These are some of the new bottles we’ve been tasting. Not all yet available but a great sneak peek! ⁣⁣
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Also spotted a nice tractor, an inspirational book and much more... Stay tuned, more to share on this visit later.⁣⁣
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#sauvignon #chardonnay #ambra #souvigniergris #gewurztraminer #latoscuro #skincontact #macerationwine #orangewine #amberwine #amberrevolution #themanyshadesoforange #lowintervention #lowinterventionwine #unfiltered #maceration #anotheraltoadige #altoadige #winetraveler #vinsvivants #vinsdevignerons

When the fake depth of field of the digital proces

When the fake depth of field of the digital processing of the iphone shows its limits... reminds tonight great discussions around the parallel of digital/analog music or picture and real wine / technologic wines...
In the background: GraWu GT.O. Fantastic.

#winelove #realwine #naturalwine #grawu #winetravel #winepicture #zalto #winestagram #gewurztraminer #livingwine #altoadige #altoadogewine #skincontact #orangewine #amberrevolution

Bye bye Veneto, hello Alto Adige! We had a blast i

Bye bye Veneto, hello Alto Adige!
We had a blast in the Vicenza, Breganze and Bassano del Grappa region. Great young winemakers caring for their work, reviving old grape varieties, pushing natural practices in the vineyard and in the cellar, and bringing beautiful wines to our tables (and beautiful food too!). #winetravel #livingwine #realwine #naturalwine #venetowine #breganzewines #nattywine #vinidivignaioli #vinsvivants #travelandwine

Great evening exploring another side of Piedmont’s wine world. Marco and Tomaso from Forti del Vento are making very interesting wines in the Ovada region. Some beautiful Dolcettos, but also some Nibiö, Cortese, Barbera and more. They are definitely going full throttle on the natural path: zero-zero. Their wines are classic, they need time. With it, they build great balance and are much more than what one can sometime expect from a zero-zero natural wine. Soon some should land in NYC 😍😍😍. #piedmontwine #naturalwine #vinnatur #nattywine #zerozero #realwine #livingwine #italianwine #dolcettodiovada #vinsvivants #vindevigneron #realwine #ovadadocg #ovadawine #italianwine #organicwine #organic

Soon leaving for italy, last 3 days were a lot of

Soon leaving for italy, last 3 days were a lot of fun, a lot of work too, met rockstars winemakers in the french alps and north rhone, passionate people at every place we stop, went trough Dauphiné where electricity got shut down and will come back not before two more days, where snow destroyed orchards - so sorry for the farmers, tasted a lot of grape varieties, the region has more grapes than anybody could imagine... and now heading to north italy. Thank you Savoie, Isère, Drôme and Ardèche!

#winetravel #travelwine #alpinewine #savoiewine #livingwine #realwines #vinsdevignerons #vinsvivants #frenchwine #vindefrance #vinsdesavoie #routedesvins

Kickstarting our one week roadtrip to visit winema

Kickstarting our one week roadtrip to visit winemakers in the french alps and northern italy.
#We might not see the sun too much but at least he showed his face yesterday!

#winetravel #savoie #alpinewine #wine #ontheroadagain #winetour #artisanwinemaker #granier #oldgrapes

Fantastic Grawu Bianco 2015.⁣⁣ This one had a

Fantastic Grawu Bianco 2015.⁣⁣
This one had a slight fizz and was showing extremely well today. Quite complex, nice minerality that I didn’t catch on the previous I tasted. ⁣⁣
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🍇: 70% sauvignon blanc, 15% gewurztraminer, 15% pinot grigio⁣⁣
🌍: italy, alto adige ⁣⁣
👨‍🍳: fermentation macerating the skins for two weeks for sauvignon and traminer, pinot being only must fermented.⁣⁣
💤: 16 months in neutral used oak barriques.⁣⁣
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#grawu #altoadige #skincontact #amberrevolution #orangewine #italianwine #livingwine #realwine #slowwine #vinsvivants #winelove #lowintervention #amberwine #alpinewine #vinovero #sauvignonblanc #gewurztraminer #pinotgrigio #wineofinstagram

The “Reine des liqueurs” moving in, 2018, prob

The “Reine des liqueurs” moving in, 2018, probably some of the last Voiron 😋... didn’t know anything about it... when should we taste?
Merci @arnaudpappini for scouting!

#chartreuse #reinedesliqueurs #liquors #chartreusequeen #digestif

Tasting new wines should be taken seriously. It’

Tasting new wines should be taken seriously. It’s a tough work. No joke. Right?

#livingwine #realwine #winetasting #themanyshadesofwhite #winelove #instawine #gabrielglas

[what we drink] Ok, it should probably wait way lo

[what we drink]
Ok, it should probably wait way longer... but so delicious. Chateau Chalon Domaine Macle. Paired with a great camembert, a little pepper... perfect pairing and a tiny wine shower, thanks @mercerie_mullot for the inspiration!

Walnuts, walnuts, walnuts... #winefood #winepairing #foodwinepairing #chateauchalon #macle #jura #foodandwine #bistronomie #realwine #vinsvivants #frenchfood #jurawine #livingwine #truetastehunters #bienmanger #bienboire #gourmand

[what we drink]⁣⁣
𝐋𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜, 𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫⁣⁣
Yummmm, dry, long, fruit, crisp. Very good. Vinotaur approved. ⁣⁣
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🍇: Terret blanc et gris⁣⁣
🌍: France, Languedoc, Saint Chinian⁣⁣
🏷: vin de France, no AOC 🙃⁣⁣
👩🏻‍🌾: Organic farming⁣⁣
👨‍🍳: Low intervention, natural fermentation, skin contact (how much?), apparently no sulfite added, curious about the aging process?⁣⁣
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#organicwine #lowintervention #vinsdevignerons #vinsvivants #livingwine #languedoc #skincontact #orange #amberwine #realwine #yannickpelletier #vinotaur

Tonight we are @adelinas_wine with @battista_belvi

Tonight we are @adelinas_wine with @battista_belvisi for btg tasting, don’t miss an amazing #rawwineweek event tonight!

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