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Fresh, fruit-driven Malbec? Yes please! 😋 . . .

Fresh, fruit-driven Malbec? Yes please! 😋
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The Salvo Malbec is a juicy, refreshing wine that is wonderfully easy to drink. A firm favourite among the Indigo staff, it’s a fantastic introduction to the new fresher styles of Malbec coming out of Argentina
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This bright, perfumed Malbec comes from high up in the Uco Valley. A part of Indigo’s Triangle Wines project, Salvo came to live through in partnership with Gerardo Michelini. We were inspired by his lighter approach, elegant and refreshing; completely different to other Argentine Malbecs we’d tasted before. The grapes come from four vineyards with altitudes ranging from 1,100, to 1,400 metres above sea level. Vinified in concrete with around 25% whole-bunch. Unfiltered, unfined with just a smidge of sulphur.
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Shout out to our Liverpudlian friends - get your hands on some Salvo at @randhfinewines who are still operating in Tier-3. Legends! 🙌

Xinomavro: a delicious remedy for rain 🌧 🍷 .

Xinomavro: a delicious remedy for rain 🌧 🍷
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This #WineWednesday we’re dreaming of Greece and the sunny slopes of Náoussa 🌞 This region in the country’s north is home to the indigenous Xinomavro grape, which thrives in the area’s diverse landscape, dotted with forests and creeks.
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Though known for its dark colour, bright acidity, and big tannins this variety also has the remarkable ability to reflect the land on which it is grown; a quality that Artisans Vignerons de Naoussa express beautifully in their bold varietal wines. The collective of growers came together with a shared passion for cultivating this variety in the scattered hillside vineyards that they farm. These soul-warming wines are brimming with texture and fruit character, and have the Mediterranean earthiness, refreshing acidity and fine well-structured tannins that makes them fantastically food friendly 😋

Do you know where the name Mingsha Shan comes from

Do you know where the name Mingsha Shan comes from?
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Fun Fact: all the Dune wines are named after famous dunes. You can find Mingsha Shan, The Singing Sand Dunes, in the Kumtag Desert in Dunhuang, China. They get their name from the singing or drumming sound they produce when the wind blows 🌬
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Peter and Duncan Lloyd describe the Mingsha Shan as “the lighter side of McLaren Vale Shiraz”, with their winemaking putting an emphasis on freshness and perfume. In addition to a keeping high percentage of whole berries during ferment, the Shiraz is co-fermented with a small amount of Fiano for extra vibrancy on the nose and palate. Fun, flavoursome and incredibly moreish, this wine has all the hallmarks classic Aussie Shiraz character with lightness and finesse 😉🍷

🚨 Adalia wines are back in stock! 🚨 . . . .

🚨 Adalia wines are back in stock! 🚨
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Adalia’s wines are a prime example of innovative, authentic winemaking in direct contact with nature. These vineyards are situated in one of the most traditional and severe wine growing areas on the Italian landscape.
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Based in Val di Mezzane sub-zone, Azienda Adalia is the second property of Marinella Camerani who also owns the nearby Corte Sant’Alda. Their vineyards are farmed organically, with a focus on biodiversity - olive and cherry trees are planted around their vineyards to provide habitats for wildlife that helps fight off pests and diseases. Adalia is a reference to Adalia Bipunctuata, a two dotted ladybird very common in their vineyards that helps keep aphids at bay. Their food friendly wines – an unoaked Soave, a Valpolicella and a Ripasso – are all made using natural yeast ferments and mostly ageing in stainless steel and emphasise elegance over power 💃🏻

Nebbiolo lovers! Have you tried the Coste della Se

Nebbiolo lovers! Have you tried the Coste della Sesia from Colombera & Garella?
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If not, don’t waste any time adding it to your Nebbiolo hitlist. This wine sits at that magical intersection of complex, fresh, and dangerously drinkable 🍷
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The vineyards Colombera & Garella have a complex terroir shaped by a volcanic eruption that occurred around 300 million years ago. These unique soils are well suited to growing Nebbiolo with distinct lightness and minerality. These qualities sing through in this wine; along with the rich dark cherry, liquorice, and roses you expect from Nebbiolo, but a splash of Vespolina and Croatina softens its characteristically firm tannins.
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You can find a bottle at @highburyvintners – and if you do try it, let us know what you think!

We were devastated to learn this morning that our

We were devastated to learn this morning that our good mate Taras Ochota has passed away.
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Taras was a true force of nature, whose energy and good humour filled the room and made everyone he met feel special. As a winemaker he created beautiful, exciting wines that challenged perceptions of Australian wine. But most of all, he was a loving husband, father, and a good friend.
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It has been an honour to work with him and represent him in the UK. Rest in peace Taras - you are already greatly missed.

Precedent (noun): something done or said that may

Precedent (noun): something done or said that may serve as an example, a person or thing that serves as a model.
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Nathan Kandler decided on Precedent as the name for his personal wine project in homage to the original Californian grapes. Small parcels of old vines dotted around California, some of which are pre-phylloxera, planted on their own roots, some are still manged by descendants of their original farmers. These viticultural treasures are giving rise to captivatingly complex, elegant and very drinkable wines.
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Grapes for Victors are sourced from a historic vineyard on the southern bank of the Mokelumne River. The site had been neglected for many years, the oldest vines are one hundred years old, it’s a painstaking process to nurse the vines back to health and balance. The east side of Lodi has long been known for spice driven Zinfandel that belies the heavy stereotype. Winemaker Nathan Kandler says: Victors highlights the savoury side of Zinfandel. There is no shortage of bright red fruit, but the brambly, pungent spice that first attracted me to the variety year ago asserts itself.

The North Coast Syrah from Pax Wines takes its ins

The North Coast Syrah from Pax Wines takes its inspiration from the great reds of the Northern Rhone. In homage to this classic style, this wine is blended across several vineyards and terroirs to create a balanced and powerful cuvée that is greater than the sum of its parts 🍷
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Place matters for Syrah in California. Pax and Pam Mahle work with sites they believe have the location, soil, exposition, dedicated growers and plant material to produce great wines. Grapes are sourced from organically farmed vineyards with low yields, crushed by foot, ferment is whole cluster using native yeasts, and wines are aged in mostly neutral French oak.
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Get your hands on a bottle at @thesalusburywinestorenw6 or enjoy with a meal at @restaurantmoorhall , @casamiabristol or @kerridgesbandg

This #winewednesday is all about Semillon! One of

This #winewednesday is all about Semillon! One of the unsung heroes of white wine production, this variety is vibrant and fresh in youth going on to gain depth and complexity with age. It’s no wonder Erin Pooley of @drink_littlefrances, is an avid advocate for this fascinating grape 🍇
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Produced in Lake County California, the Little Frances Semillon is a nervy yet textural varietal expression. The fruit is crushed by foot with half going straight to press. The other portion soaking on stalks and skins for 4-5 hours, yielding a layered mouthfeel and complex spice character. The juice ferments naturally in stainless steel before ageing on gross lees in tank and old oak. The wine is bottled and intentionally held back and released with maturity, giving those hallmark Semillon notes of gooseberry, beeswax, nuts, and hints of honey 🍯
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Erin grew up in Sydney and was inspired by the flavours and nuances you find in old Hunter Valley Semillon. Now based in California, she found a small block and set about making her own Cali Semillon. Erin has always had a particular fascination with the complexity and nuance that white wine acquires with bottle age: "I love the way Semillon builds texture and weight on the palate - despite no real oak influence, flavour extraction or manipulation. It's a refreshing mystery that has me hooked on this grape year in year out."

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The quirky characters of the Delinquente Wine Co.

The quirky characters of the Delinquente Wine Co. crew have returned! Betty, Roxanne, Bullet Dodger and Tuff Nutt are back and serving up a new vintage of the fresh, #smashable Riverland wines we know and love – get amongst it! 🙌
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Amid a sea of Big Wine, Delinquente offers a different approach: to produce fun, approachable and terroir-driven wines that will challenge people’s perception of the Riverland. This year brings us another fantastic selection of DLQ wines, each bursting with pure, unadulterated flavour 💦
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However, the Aussie growing season and harvest were not without their challenges – as winemaker Con-Greg put it: “All in all, 2020 vintage was crazy.” To learn more about the Delinquente wines and the 2020 vintage, check out our latest blog – link in the bio ☝️

The Force Celeste Chenin is all about fruit purity

The Force Celeste Chenin is all about fruit purity and freshness. Grapes are sourced from a single vineyard with 32-year-old dry farmed bush vines in the heart of the Swartland. The winemaking is minimalist, relying on native yeast and forgoing filtration or fining, letting the fruit shine through. A beautifully made wine that pleases the palate and the hip pocket 🤤
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Johan says 2019 was a good vintage; Yields are recovering after several years with low rainfall, but he was pleased with the quality. He's always had a low intervention approach to winemaking, gradually reducing his SO2 additions, pH permitting. For this wine he only added 10ppm at bottling.
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To get your hands on a bottle, visit wonderful neighbourhood indies: @claptoncraft @yieldn16 and @salonwinestore

Oh to be lying in a sun-soaked vineyard with Cinzi

Oh to be lying in a sun-soaked vineyard with Cinzia and Eugenio Bocchino. Instead, their Rocabella Langhe Nebbiolo is our antidote to the grey autumnal vibes this #WineWednesday - throw in a comfy blanket and good book and you’re set! 🍁
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This wine comes from a single vineyard ‘Roccabella’, just outside the Barolo commune. We think of it as Baby Barolo; it has all the aromatics, elegance, and purity of its more famous big brother, but is more fruit-focused and approachable in its youth 🍷
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Cinzia and her husband Eugenio inherited her father’s estate in 1996. Their first vintage was minuscule – only 225 litres were produced – though it encouraged them to plant more vineyards and slowly grow to today’s humble 5.5 hectares. They have worked biodinamically since the start, also farming livestock and other crops to encourage biodiversity. In the winery they only use indigenous yeasts, no new oak and the wines are not filtered or fined. As a result, the wines are really quite open and approachable with beautifully managed tannins, emphasizing purity and elegance 🍇

🚨NEW PRODUCER ALERT🚨 Ezio Poggio are Timoras

🚨NEW PRODUCER ALERT🚨 Ezio Poggio are Timorasso evangelists! Making complex, mouth-watering wines up in the Apennines with this little known grape.
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Siblings Ezio, an oenologist, and Mary Poggio 👉 are the third generation of their family to farm in the Borbera Valley between Liguria, Emilia Romagna and Lombardy. In Roman times viticulture was a widespread here, but that changed after the Second World War when many farmers left to work in the cities. The zone is best known for Barbera, but more recently there has been a renaissance of the local white Timorasso grape. Ezio is part of a growing band who believe that this grape, from this place, makes wines to be reckoned with.

The Tasman Chardonnay from Abel is the only Nelson

The Tasman Chardonnay from Abel is the only Nelson Chardonnay that is fermented in French Oak cuves. But what is a cuve? 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Cuves are tanks made from oak. Abel source theirs from a cooperage in Brive, in the heart of France near the Massif Central. They are handmade and hold around 3000 litres. Each one is unique, just like the trees which they're made from 🌳
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Abel use cuves because they showcase the fruit and are perfect for making Chardonnay with structure, drive and purity! They keep the fruit in pristine condition and allow nice warm ferments that keep indigenous yeasts happy 😊
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You can learn more about Abel and their delicious Tasman Chardonnay in our latest blog – link in the bio ☝️

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