Organic Wines Uncorked: Verdad Wine Sale! Don't Miss

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Verdad Wine Sale! Don't Miss - 15-33% Off

Verdad Rose

Winemaker Louisa Sawyer Lindquist
might be the only biodynamic vintner
making Spanish wines in the US

Qupe and Verdad - the ever amazing husband-wife wineries - are having a significant sale! It lasts through the month of March.

The Albarino on sale won a Wine of the Week pick from the LA Times and a top 100 wine of the year pick from the SF Chronicle (for the previous vintage).

You can mix and match wines in the sale.

Single bottles are 15% off; 8 bottles are 25% off; cases are 33% off.

Choose from these organically or biodynamically grown wines in the sale:

2009 Tempranillo Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard

Buy it by the case and the price goes down from $35 a bottle to $23. It's aged for two years, 40% in new French oak. Eight percent grenache and 8 percent Syrah are added to the tempranillo.

2011 Albarino Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard

This is one of my favorite wines to bring out when I want to introduce people to a really good white wine. It never fails to impress. I've bought several cases (other vintages) in the past - and where are they now? All gone! It's goes fast.

The previous vintage made the Chronicle's Top 100 Wines of 2011 list.

Case price reduces the per bottle price from $22 to $15. A fantastic everyday wine.

2011 Rose of Grenache Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard

This $18 rose is only $12 when you buy it by the case during the sale. I think I might need to get a case myself. This another great everyday wine.

It won a gold in the Sunset International Wine competition in 2012.

Tasting

To taste any or all of these wines in the Bay Area, come to the March 23 annual Rhone Rangers event at Fort Mason. The public tasting is Saturday from 3-6 pm.

Visiting the Winery - Open House Sale

The winery's annual open house/sale (2 days a year only - in spring and fall on SBC Vintner festival weekends) will take place Sunday April 21 from 11-3 in Santa Maria. The winery is located near the incredible Bien Nacido Vineyard (not open to the public). The open house is $20 for the public (free to wine club members).

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Wines We Cover

We publish information about wines grown from certified organic or Biodynamic vineyards that are generally made with sulfites (which are usually added in small amounts to preserve the wine).

That includes these certification types:

ORGANIC WINE CERTIFICATIONS

• Made with Organic Grapes

Vineyards: certified organic

Vinification: less than 100 ppm of sulfites (i.e. a normal range)

Winery: certified organic facility

Labeling: front or back label

• Ingredients: Organic Grapes

Vineyards: certified organic

Vinification: up to 350 ppm of sulfites (same as for any non organic wine)

Labeling: back label only

BIODYNAMIC® CERTIFICATIONS

• Biodynamic Wine

Vineyards: certified biodynamic

Yeasts: native

Vinification: less than 100 ppm of sulfites; no additives of any kind

Winery: certified biodynamic facility

Labeling: front or back label; Demeter logo may appear

• Made with Biodynamic Grapes

Vineyards: certified biodynamic

Yeasts: native or organic

Vinification: less than 100 ppm of sulfites; limited number of additives permitted

Winery: certified biodynamic facility

Labeling: front or back

Note: unlike organically grown wines, for which there is a category called "Ingredients: Organic Grapes," wines sourced from biodynamic grapes may not make any biodynamic claim on the bottle label. Bottle labeling is reserved for Demeter certified wines only.

SULFITES IN CONTEXT

According to U.C. Davis, the average among all wines in the U.S. (as well as globally) is 80 ppm.

WHAT THE USDA CALLS ORGANIC WINES

Unlike any other nation, the U.S. oddly imposes a no sulfite restriction on wines in order for them to be called Organic Wine. These wines are also called NSA or NAS wines (which stands for "No Sulfites Added" or "No Added Sulfites.")

From the above description, one can see that there are in fact three types of organically grown wines:

1. Organic Wine (less than 15% of all organically grown wine)

2. Made with Organic Grapes

3. Ingredients: Organic Grapes

The vast majority of wines from organic grapes are labeled Made with Organic Grapes, Ingredients: Organic Grapes or are blended with nonorganic grapes and unlabeled.

Fine winemakers do not generally make wine without sulfites and a number of large wine retailers like BevMo do not sell wine in the category of "USDA Organic Wine."

With rare exceptions, this blog does not cover what the USDA calls "Organic Wine."

We are hopeful that the USDA will revise the categorization of organically grown wines and make NSA or NAS wines a category of their own.

This would put the U.S. in accord with the rest of the world, where "Organic Wine" means a wine from certified grapes made within limits on sulfites (generally under 100-150 ppm).

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