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A naked and in-depth look into some of the world's leading low-intervention winemakers from around the world. GLUG is shining a light on the world's most exciting wine regions, varieties and the personalities that bring them all together, written by some of the country's best wine journalists, importers, sommeliers and industry leaders.

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11-11-21

Rennersistas Superglitzer

Words by Liz Carey
Vivant Selections

The wine families in Gols have become known globally for pioneering community and the spirit it embodies, with the founding of the Pannobile group in 1994, Helmuth Renner being one of its founders. Together they share ideas, opinions and experiences as well as tasting collectively regularly. This progressive group leads the charge on organic and biodynamic farming, a testament to the power that community can bring to a region.

Their ambition is definite: characteristic wines that represent where they come from, or in a more basic sense, bloody good wine.

08-09-21

Chateau Acid

Here’s something I love about natural wine; its potential to connect you with modest, creative, kind natured folks like Simon Jones, and Charlie O’Brien. Earlier this year I was asked to help with the harvest at a tiny natural producer 300km west of Sydney named ‘Chateau Acid’. I jumped at the opportunity to work with the makers of this mysterious label, synonymous with the words ‘sold out’.

23-08-21

Weingut Thorsten Melsheimer

Day in and day out, the Mosel river reflects sunlight onto its steep slated slopes, moderating temperatures by absorbing warmth throughout the day and slowly returning it in the evening. If you take your shoes off, the slate will warm your toes, the Riesling will warm your nose, and the people in this creative and unique region will warm your heart.

23-07-21

Green Paradise on a Red Continent

Mount Gambier is a green paradise on the red continent. It's remote location, 5 hours from Melbourne & 4.5 hours from Adelaide, making it a peaceful regional town where forestry, beauty and a very decent 'schnitty' flourish. If you look closely to the landscape, yes you can spot a few pubs, but more importantly you will notice a few monticule on the horizon line. They are volcanoes.

24-06-21

Radiant Rosé - Alessandro Viola

An editor once urged me to avoid the word ‘mouthwatering’. And fair enough. It’s cheap and played out – the kind of language you expect from a Hungry Jack’s ad – and it doesn’t exactly paint a pretty picture. Yet every now and then, regardless of how hackneyed or off-putting it may sound, something comes along that really kicks your salivary glands into gear.

20-05-21

Andrea Calek - Blonde

Bad boys often have a reputation that is difficult to ignore and these days, what is more rebellious than making natural wine? If you’re thinking what I’m thinking, it would be fair to say a lot of things. Perhaps deserting the Czech army? Possibly going to jail? Fashioning a mohawk with a cigarette in hand? (Certainly in my mum’s eyes). Yet Andrea is a connoisseur in all of the above. The point is not to portray him as a rock star as his motive is not about breaking the rules, rather about asking the right questions.

28-04-21

Fuente Guijarro - Transcendent Ciders

Today, I don’t know of many agricultural products that have taken my breath away like Fuente Guijarro Sidra del Sur. The style is something so ethereal yet simultaneously deeply profound. Fuente Guijarro cider will be featured in our upcoming May box. Use this link to sign up today.

21-04-21

Navigating Nebbiolo - Architects of Wine

Nebbiolo - a varietal that has equally transfixed and mystified winemakers, growers, and consumers alike. David Caporaletti's passion for Italian varietals and specifically, Nebbiolo, has grown to him searching for better fruit across a range of organic sites within the Clare Valley and the Adelaide Hills to make precise, yet exciting wines under the Architects of Wine label.

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