Skin Contact (Orange)
Skin Contact (Orange)
Jousset 2020 'KM 510' Vin de France
'KM 510' is a collaboration of six hands, including those of Lise and Bertrand Jousset and their friend and winemaker Sébastien Fezas from Gascogne. The name is a reference to the distance between the Jousset's home in Montlouis-sur-Loire and Sébastien's...
$39.99
2Naturkinder 2022 Silvaner Zweite Heimat
From a Single-plot in Rödelsee; old vines planted in 1989 on Keuper bedrock. 100% Silvaner that is destemmed and crushed, then left to macerate on skins for ten days where fermentation begins slowly. Wine is pressed and fermentation continues in...
$39.99
COZs 2022 VP Vital
100% Vital from the limestone-rich soils of the Vinha da Pena vineyard (planted 1982) in the Sierra de Montejunto, 15 km from the Atlantic. After 2 days of non-fermentative maceration on the skins in large casks, the wine is pressed...
$29.99
Erggelet Brothers 2022 Malvasia Bianca
Julian and Sebastian Erggelet grew up in southern Germany, but moved to California in 2014 to pursue a career making wine. They began to release their own wines under the Erggelet Brothers label in 2019, utilizing grapes grown across Contra...
$31.99
Henriquez, Roberto 2024 Semillon Fundo La Unión Itata Valley
From a plot of 150-year-old Semillon vines about 8 kilometers from the Pacific ocean, planted on the granitic soils of the Itata valley. This is Roberto Henriquez’s warmest plot of vines but it is blessed by sea breezes. Like the...
$28.99
Folias de Baco 2025 Uivo Curtido Branco
Note from the importer, GK Selections: Harvested from 40ish year old vineyards of Moscatel Galego on a combination of granite and schist soils at around 600 meters of elevation. Whole clusters are placed directly into cement tanks, where they are foot trodden....
$22.99
Ancarani 2023 Andataeritorno
40% Albana, 40% Famoso, 10% Pignoletto, 10% Trebbiano di Romagna, all grapes native to Romagna! A brief 24 hours of skin contact gives us a lovely baby orange wine with incredible texture, notes of ginger, apple, and peach. Tending the...
$28.99
Beck-Hartweg 2024 Alsace Bungertal
This is a blend of Gewurztraminer and Riesling grown on the volcanic sandstone soils of Bungertal, near the village of Nothalten. The grapes are macerated for 24-48 hours before a gentle pressing and natural fermentation in old oak, where it...
$33.99
Frick, Pierre 2022 Alsace Vorbourg Pinot Gris Maceration
Though it seems like a relatively new category, it turns out winemakers in Alsace have been making skin contact wines for some time. The first may have been Bannwarth, who experimented with qvevri (georgian clay anforae). Then, along with the...
$41.99
Lardot 2025 Pinot Gris
Pinot Gris from Zeller Domherrenberg, Piesporter Falkenberg and Wintrich. 20% whole cluster and 80% destemmed pressed after 14 days on the skins. Aged 8 months in barriques. Pink in color from skin contact, this is a really fun and tasty...
$34.99
Frick, Pierre 2023 Eichberg Gewurztraminer Maceration Pur Vin
This is 100% Gewurztraminer from limestone & marl soils, seeing a short (5-8 days) maceration with whole bunches and aged in large Alsatian foudre for ten months. It's textured and aromatic with bright acidity that keeps the lush, almost tropical...
$44.99
Paraschos 2021 Venezia Giulia Orange One
A traditional Gorizia blend of Ribolla Gialla, Malvasia, and Friuliano. Quite soft and approachable orange wine, not the intense bold tannic style that can come from long macerations. Here the Paraschos family is macerating for just a couple days, creating...
$36.99
COS 2024 Rami Terre Siciliane (Arrives 8/20)
50% Grillo and 50% Insolia. Rami sports a bright golden color and display an complex bouquet of rich ripe orchard and stone fruit. Spontaneous fermentation on the skins with indigenous yeast. 5-7 days of skin contact. Honestly if you didn't...
$34.99
