Wine to go NMT

Vending Machine Wines “Pet Gnat” (Chenin Blanc) Napa CA ‘19 $40

Local Winemakers Neil and Monica of Vending Machine buzz in with their pun wine “Pet-Gnat”. This funky-fresh spritzy white wine is a great intro into the world of “Petillant naturel” Wines. Using Chenin Blanc, the juice is bottled earlier on in the winery where it finishes fermentation in the bottle. This process traps cO2 and live yeasts giving the wine a home brew beerlike quality. Think key-lime, candied orange peel, and ginger tea.

Poderi Cellario “É Orange” (Nascetta, Arneis, Incrocio Manzoni) Langhe, Italy ‘19 $35

Fausto and Cinzia Cellario are 3rd generation winemakers in the village of Carru` on the western outskirts of the Langhe. The family believes in only working with local, indigenous Piemontese grape varieties and fiercely defends local winemaking traditions both in the vineyard work and the cellar practices. Classic “Orange wine” treatment with 5 days grape skin maceration. Aged in clay amphora for 6 to 8 months. Your favorite tart summer creamsicle.

Catherine & Pierre Breton, La Rouge (Grolleau) Loire Valley ‘18 -$55

If you remember Catherine & Pierre Breton’s rosé back from the Jazzfest menu, then you know they boogie down. Lively, fruit-driven always capture the spirit of these friendly vignerons, but here is a relatively new bottling that, dare I say, boosts that “boogie” factor completely through the roof. This wine is a pure old-vine Grolleau from soils of clay and silex. The result of a carbonic maceration in wooden vats, and shows its best with a slight chill. Expect hints of pepper, sundries tomato, earth, and an explosion of juicy red fruit like raspberry and black cherry.