UNSHACKLED SAUVIGNON BLANC
Sourced from California’s Central and North Coasts, and its Sauvignon Blanc is deliberately made in a richer, “un-New-Zealand” style. Small additions of Chenin Blanc and Roussanne (depending on vintage) add body, brightness, and texture, so instead of aggressive grass and grapefruit you get a fuller, softer wine — aromas of melon, tropical fruit, fresh lemon, […]
UNSHACKLED SPARKLING ROSE
Unshackled Sparkling Rosé is the bubbly from Unshackled, the more accessible sister label of Napa’s famous Prisoner Wine Company. It’s a brut-style California sparkler made primarily from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sourced across the state’s premier growing regions, and — unusually for its price point — aged around 36 months en tirage (on the lees […]
ROCCOLO GRASSI
Roccolo Grassi is a small, quality-obsessed family winery in Mezzane di Sotto in the Veneto, run by siblings Marco and Francesca Sartori and best known for serious Valpolicella and Amarone — a philosophy they apply equally to their single-vineyard Soave, “La Broia.” It’s 100% Garganega from a two-hectare southeast-facing plot on limestone-rich alluvial soils, fermented […]
CA DEI FRATI – ORGANIC
Ca’ dei Frati is the benchmark producer of Lugana, a family estate run by the Dal Cero family since 1939 on the southern shores of Lake Garda in Lombardy — and their flagship bottling, “I Frati,” is almost certainly the wine you mean. It’s 100% Turbiana (the local name for Lugana’s native grape, related to […]
MOET MINI
The “Moët Mini” is a 187ml single-serve bottle of Moët & Chandon’s flagship Impérial Brut Champagne — the same wine as the full-size bottle, just in a portable quarter-bottle format that pours about one and a half glasses. Moët & Chandon, founded in 1743 in Épernay, is the world’s largest Champagne house, and Impérial is […]
BARBERANI CASTAGNOLO – Organic
Discover the delightful BARBERANI CASTAGNOLO – ORGANIC from Umbria, Italy, at Simone on Sunset. This exquisite wine is a blend of local grapes, Grechetto and Trebbiano, opening with aromatic notes of green apple and almond. The round palate offers juicy flavors of white peach and ripe Bartlett pear, accented by hints of almond. Its moderate […]