Natural Wine
Have you been bit with the natural wine bug? Fantastic, you have come to the right spot. But are you also thoroughly confused by what natural wine means? Are your social media accounts infiltrated by Silicon Valley natural wine start ups which claim miraculous health benefits such as no hangovers, headaches, or relationship issues; or completely absurd and irrelevant claims like KETO FRIENDLY, PALO FRIENDLY, VEGAN FRIENDLY; will make you lose weight, acne, baldness and annoying people in your life? Okay, we made the last ones up, but reading the likes of some of these natural wine clubs, these claims aren't so far fetched.
The truth is, natural wine is awesome but will not give you eternal life. A lesser hangover perhaps and definitely fewer side affects if wine causes you health issues to begin with.
Natural wine has many definitions, but in short, we like to refer to them as wines with nothing added, coming from healthy grapes or as natural wine icon Franck Cornelissen says" grapes transformed without any corrections." These are living wines with the specific science of non-interventionism directly correlated to the terroir. These are wines that make you live, breathe, think and feel the place where they are from and hopefully transcend your sense of time and space.
Not all natural wines taste like kombucha or smell like post Phish concert kimchi grilled cheese but some of them can be quite out there with loads of funky goodness floating inside. Yet, we find most of them are nowhere this stereotype and even though the unfilteredness is present in all of them, this can vary from massive flotation to somewhat opaque. Equally, natural wine can range from super easy going to incredibly weird and diverse. Point being: try a bunch and see which ones are your speed!
At Some Good Wine, we strive to have one of the largest and most diverse selection of natural wines out there. Our first criteria is awesomeness! We look for producers we know and love and work with distributors whose methods and philosophy we respect. Every one of our natural wines we have tried and selected by hand. Our descriptions show that and if you need more information, feel free to call or email with questions.
2020 Martha Stoumen Wines Post Flirtation White Blend
Zev Rovine40% Roussanne, 23% Colombard, 17% Marsanne, 15% Muscat blanc. Very interesting blend inspired on south Rhone blends, although this wine has just mo...
View full details2021 Methode Sauvage Iruai Giallo
Zev Rovine'Giallo' refers to the hyper-stylized, pulpy, horror films that came out of Italy in the 60's, 70's, and 80. A blend of Teroldego, Ne...
View full details2020 Martha Stoumen Wines Patatino Nouveau Red
Zev RovineNero d’Avola and Zinfandel, Valdiguie Vineyard Size is 20 hectares from sandy soils and loam. Age of Vines: 46 years. Organic! and Hand-Harvest. Wi...
View full details2023 Jolie Laide Trousseau Gris
VerityThese rare, near extinct vines produce unique yet fascinating fruit. In turn, the wines made from them are equally beguiling. Some skin contact len...
View full details2019 Hobo Wine Co. Folk Machine Chenin Blanc
RegalGood old American Chenin. Medium bodied with good tropical notes of apricot and lemon zest. Moist and juicy with firm acid.
2021 Ruth Lewandowski Boaz
Zev RovineA blend of 81% Carignan, 11% Grenache and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, whole cluster co-fermented. ZERO sulphur added, rendering the bouquet of violets, ...
View full details2021 Swick City Pop Pet Nat
Jenny & FrancoisPinot Noir, Verdelho, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, and Roussanne fermented separately. The whites saw 14 days of skin maceration, with the ferments g...
View full details2022 Swick Only Zuul
Jenny & Francois(500ml) 2019 Scribe Skin Fermented Chardonnay
VeritySkin Fermented Chardonnay started as an experiment. When 809 clone grapes weren’t cooperating with the others in the winemaking process, we isolat...
View full details2020 Ruth Lewandowski White Chilion
Zev Rovine100% Fox Hill Vineyard Cortese macerated on its skins for 6 months (WHAT?!). Held back a year in bottle to show the true potential of this beauty. ...
View full details2019 Jolie Laide Trousseau Noir
Verity2019 Martha Stoumen Mendocino Benchlands
Zev Rovine40% Petite Sirah, 37% Zinfandel, 23% Nero d’Avola. Martha began her love for Natural Wine while studying microbiology at UC David. She worked in ma...
View full details2021 Ruth Lewandowski Stock Pot
Zev RovineAnother newish wine… 100% Grüner Veltliner. Whole cluster skin maceration during fermentation (7-10 days)
2018 Martha Stoumen Honeymoon
Zev Rovine75% Colombard, 25% Chardonnay. Martha began her love for Natural Wine while studying microbiology at UC David. She worked in many wineries around t...
View full details2022 Ruth Lewandowski Obed
Zev RovineA new wine from Lost Hills Ranch. 50% Riesling 40% Kerner 10% Schiava. The Riesling portion is 50% skin fermented, the remaining components were d...
View full details2019 Ruth Lewandowski Sparkling Tasteful in Nature
Zev RovineThe first sparkling from Lewandowski! 100% skin-contact Muscat, from Lost Hills Ranch in the Yorkville Highlands, California. Aging for 1 year in o...
View full details2022 Ruth Lewandowski Mahlon
Zev Rovine100% Arneis coming from the older vineyards at Fox Hill. A couple of hours of maceration.