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Sparkling rosés, pet-nats from Lebanon, and the only red wine you should be drinking when the weather’s like this.
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We’re nearing the end of August, somehow. Which means we’re nearing the end of summer, somehow. But as we’re all well aware, the weather — especially ’round these parts — pays no heed to the Roman calendar, and in Philly, it’s summer until it stops being hot outside. So let’s keep it rolling. We a compiled a list of wine bottles that will keep summer going strong. Wines as refreshing as lemonade, as interesting as those in your rich uncle’s cellar, as easy-drinking as they oughtta be in times like these. These are, according to eight wine professionals in Philly, the wines of the summer.
Couvent Rouge LebNat Gold “I have drunk so much of this Lebanese pet-nat. It is really my go-to right now. Why? Most importantly, it is delicious. Perfect, long-lasting bubbles, great minerality, super refreshing, hint of a tropical fruit that I can’t place so I just keep drinking trying to figure it out. It is unfined and unfiltered, which adds a touch of heft. Also, importantly, it is from Lebanon, and wow, do they need our support right now. Finally, it has an awesome story: The Bekaa Valley — home to a wine-making tradition several millennia long — was home to criminally-organized cannabis production due the economic and social fallout from the Civil War of the ’70s and ’80s. The lands that these grapes are from were reclaimed from that illicit trade, and now support almost 300 grape growers in a cooperative.”
Denny Bini “Spuma” Lambrusco di Sorbara “If ever there was a ‘summer wine’ it might wanna be a rosé, and it might wanna have some bubbles. Spuma has both! And Denny Bini is a top champion of the modern, sustainable movement in the region. This wine is bottle re-fermented and has plenty of natural nuance, but really nails it as a refreshment in the same way sour cherries do. It’s so darn fresh and tart and light on its feet. Not to mention it comes from the land of picnic-able foods, Emilia-Romagna. This thing was built for cured meats like prosciutto di Parma, mortadella and also for hard, salty snacking cheeses like Parmigiano-Reggiano and Grana Padano. Crusty bread, some olives, a nice, safely distanced picnic with friends and you’re on your way to the best summer wine experience you can get in a pandemic.”
Edmunds St. John ‘Bone Jolly’ Gamay “Every year Edmunds St. John ‘Bone Jolly’ Gamay is my favorite summer wine. We carry both the red and rosé gamay options. These minimalist wines come from a favorite old-school winemaker in the Sierra Foothills, and can appease both natural wine palates and those who prefer a more classic profile alike. Light, bright and precise, all these wines need are a good chill and your favorite cheese.”
Mariotti Bianco Dell’emilia Smarazen I’m a lover of natural wines — especially sparkling. I was delighted when I found one of my go-to’s at Fountain Porter in South Philly (they have an amazing selection), the Mariotti Bianco Dell’emilia Smarazen. It’s a blend of Trebbiano and Malvasia, native grapes to the Emilia-Romagna region. It’s refreshing, herbaceous, citrusy with a delightful savory, salty finish. Transports you to the beach!”
“It’s a super high-toned, high-acid and mineral dry German white with a touch of dry herbs. It is great on its own or with simply prepared summer vegetables.”
Domaine Rimbert, Cousin Oscar “I love chill-able, punchy reds all summer long (and beyond, really) and this Cinsault from the Languedoc hits the spot every time. It’s singing like a cold cherry cola on a hot summer day in 1970 (‘Now and Then’ style) with notes of crunchy cranberries, tomato leaf and white pepper. Chill it. Crush it. You won’t be sorry.
“I have been reaching for reds more this summer, surprisingly. My favorite right now is 2019 La Agricola Cara Sur Criolla Chica Barreal. It’s from Argentina and 100 percent Criolla Chica aka País. This wine is bursting with tart raspberry and rhubarb flavors. Also, it has amazing violet and eucalyptus aromas. With a chill, this wine drinks like a more structured rosé that you can have as an aperitif or with food.”
Domaine Les Hautes Noëlles, Muscadet “This summer’s extreme and oppressive heat has been coupled with dining outside only. This is a brisk and mineral-y wine thats lean, yet flavorful. Fights back the humidity with its low alcohol and citrusy fruits. Great outdoors-y wine that goes great with seafood and vegetables.”
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The bottle of wine I ordered from Cameron Diaz tells me quite a few things—it’s made with organic grapes (kudos!); free from added sugar, artificial colors and concentrates (serious shade to some other wines); and vegan-friendly (more on that later). The label even tells me how to pronounce the name of this new Avaline brand the actress and her business partner Katherine Porter just launched, although it didn’t seem too necessary. For the record, it’s “/ah-vah-leene/.” Less helpful, I’m told that the beverage is “white wine” (what grapes and from where you have to dig around the website to find out) with a “dry with a crisp, fresh finish,” and that it pairs well with fresh-cut flowers and my favorite meal (any meal at all?).
Avaline is one of a handful of new brands styling themselves as “clean wines,” a newly minted marketing moniker unabashedly chasing the $52+ billion wellness market, a veritable lifestyle industrial complex that primarily targets Millennials. With the tagline “When wine comes clean” on its website, and claims that it’s “transparently produced, full of natural goodness and free of unnecessary extras,” Avaline aims to convince people that drinking booze is compatible with healthy living. Even less subtle is Good Clean Wine. It’s, um, called Good Clean Wine and says it “pairs with a healthy lifestyle.” Wonderful Wine Company, launched in May by Winc Wines, offers “wellness without deprivation.” And Scout & Cellar chimes in with “clean wine for better living.” There’s no shortage of sun-dappled Instagram pages, boozy bubble baths, poolside day drinking and millennial pink in the lifestyle these brands are pedaling.
Clean wine is the latest iteration—and possibly the least meaningful—of the hands-off trends in winemaking. Think “natural” or “minimalist,” both terms (like “clean”) that have no legal definition. Sure, there’s merit to the implied principles of “clean” winemaking—presumably minimal synthetic chemicals in the vineyard and few unnatural additions in the winery. After all, more than 70 additives and processing agents are allowed in U.S. winemaking, from the fairly innocuous (if terroir-busting) acid to punch up brightness and the grape concentrate Mega Purple to lend more color, flavor and richness (the “artificial colors and concentrates” disavowed on the Avaline label) to the more ominous-sounding fining agent protease, which is derived from pig or cow stomachs. Hence, abstaining from using those, which Avaline does, makes a wine vegan.
“Most consumers of clean wines assume the grapes are organically grown and fewer inputs are used in production,” says Libby Mills, a nutritionist at Villanova University College of Nursing. “But there is no way to know for sure.” So clean wine can mean whatever a company wants it to mean. Still, she gives the movement the benefit of the doubt as “a natural extension of consumer interest in organics and the desire to enjoy foods and wine that are both good for their bodies and the environment,” adding “one can assume that in a clean wine there won’t be a long list of ingredients that go into the production. And those on the list will be used only as needed—like yeast—or minimally.” But, she admits, “this is not very conclusive, nor does it rule out the use of Mega Purple, though the likelihood is low.”
With no clarity in the category, and the fact that producers aren’t required to reveal exactly what goes into their wine, Mills advocates educating oneself about—and trusting—the certifications that do have legal parameters, like USDA Organic (a rigorous protocol for the actual production of wine) and the USDA’s broader “Made with Organic Grapes” label certifying farming methods. And while Mills doesn’t believe wine should be eschewed altogether, she does point out, like a nutritionist would, that alcohol is a toxin.
Avaline’s founders enjoying their wares. Photo: courtesy Justin Coit
At her Oakland wine shop Bay Grape, Stevie Stacionis features winemakers who utilize sustainable farming methods, but she’s at a loss when it comes to clean wine. “What does it even mean?” she says. “It feels like suddenly wine is being marketed in the same way diet foods are.” To underscore the uselessness of the term to buyers, in her view, Stacionis points out that in the wine profession, “clean” is used to describe a wine that doesn’t have any official flaws, like Brettanomyces or volatile acidity. “This ‘clean’ term, though,” she says, “is somehow trying to imply that a wine has minimal intervention, but [in trade terms] it could be very ‘dirty’!”
After all this talk of certification and education, I take this “clean wine” market research to my own millennial focus group of two—my daughter and her boyfriend (Audrey and Joey), whose joint progress toward wine connoisseurship has been arrested by craft beer (still I have hope). What would they think a clean wine should be? “I’d think the workers in the vineyard would be treated well,” says Joey. “No shady deals under the table,” adds Audrey. Not what I expected! However, theirs is more of an appeal for fair trade, which isn’t the expressed aim of clean wine.
My bottle of Avaline white gives no clues about worker treatment or fruit procurement—which, I have to admit, would be nice to know when it comes to a large-production, private-label wine “made” in Spain. Its actual lack of transparency, in spite of professing such, suggests that its clean image and claims of boosting well-being may just be so many well-worn tropes dressed up for the latest lifestyle fad. Still, the wine is pretty tasty. I can confirm that “dry with a crisp, fresh finish” bit, and would go even further, with hints of jasmine and fresh, resiny herbs over puckery lemon-lime and white nectarine … It’s going down easy during a California heat wave.
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Jackson Family Wines (JFW) is expanding Down Under, inking a deal to acquire Giant Steps winery in Australia’s Yarra Valley in Victoria from founder Phil Sexton. The purchase includes the Sexton and Applejack vineyards, about 75 acres total. The winery and cellar door (Aussie for tasting room) are currently under sublease to JFW, while the winery's popular restaurant in Healesville, Victoria, is not part of the deal. Sexton, who is also the winery's general manager, and chief winemaker Steve Flamsteed will remain at Giant Steps, and long-term vineyard contracts will remain in place. The purchase price was not disclosed.
"Our family is excited to be a part of the Yarra Valley community and help build upon the incredible legacy of Phil Sexton and Steve Flamsteed," Chris Jackson, one of the second-generation proprietors of JFW, said in a statement.
"This partnership brings us the relationships and careful resources of a great wine family who are committed to vineyards, sustainability and faithful expression of site," Sexton told Wine Spectator.
The deal is a strategic move for JFW. It expands the company’s Australian portfolio and vineyard holdings in a way that doesn't compete with its other properties, adding an exciting brand in an emerging category in Aussie wine of fresh, cool-climate wines.
Sexton founded Giant Steps in 1997. He's both an Australian wine pioneer and an innovator, known for creating, building and then selling brands. Originally a brewer, Sexton co-founded Matilda Bay Brewing Company in 1983, selling it to Foster’s Group in 1990. He shifted to wine when he founded Devil's Lair in Western Australia's Margaret River wine region in 1985. He sold the company to what is now known as Treasury Wine Estates in 1996.
Anticipating what would become a new movement in Aussie wine, Sexton sought cool-climate wine expressions, moving to the Yarra Valley and creating Giant Steps. It's named for the famous album by jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. The brand, under Steve Flamsteed's winemaking, became known for exceptional single-vineyard and regional bottlings of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The wines have been on Wine Spectator's Top 100 list and featured at the New York Wine Experience. Current production is 30,000 cases annually, with plans to grow to 35,000.
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Sexton also founded Innocent Bystander in 2003, which focused on value-priced wines from the Yarra Valley. He sold that brand to Brown Brothers in 2016.
Giant Steps becomes the third Australian property in JFW's portfolio. The Sonoma-based family company acquired Yangarra Estate Vineyard in 2001 and Hickinbotham in 2012.
Sexton calls the move a new chapter for Giant Steps. "With JFW, we are hoping that we can increase the footprint of our wines available in the U.S. Cool-climate Pinot and Chardonnay from the southern parts of Australia are still new to many wine lovers in the U.S., and we believe that JFW's passion for these styles will help us take these wines to them," he said. "We feel that the future for Giant Steps is just beginning."
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26 West on the Navesink has been a busy scene with its outdoor dining venue, so check out their upcoming Oyster and Wine Pairing event on Tuesday, August 25, where you’ll be treated to an amazing tasting!
Join us for a tasting of expertly paired wine and oysters and learn about what makes each pairing work so well!
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We will be featuring 6 wines paired with 3 east coast oysters and 3 west coast oysters. Learn what makes each pairing work so well based on the different flavors and textures of each!
Tickets for 26 West on the Naveink’s Oyster and Wine Pairing are available for purchase through the link below at $35 per person. It’ll be held from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at its location on 26 West Front Street in Red Bank, NJ.
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