2Naturkinder 'Fledermaus' Weiss 2021

2Naturkinder 'Fledermaus' Weiss 2021Press 4 Mix White May 2024 Direct Press Selection Do you like bats? Then this is the wine for you. 20 cents of each bottle goes to fund research on bats in Bavaria, where Micheal Voelker and Melanie Drese make the 2Naturkinder (two children of nature) wines. The bats, in return for this financial support, help fertilize the vineyards with their guano. "The bat on the label is the grey long eared bat which has become very rare in our area," says

The nose has just enough funk dancing playfully around the dark berry tones to feel unique without being polarizing

grapes were pressed 20% whole cluster

vivid clarity

As far as 'big' white wines go

white peach

It comes from the Marsala region in far western Sicily

We could probably devote an entire newsletter just on her project and her proteges but the basic facts are this: she and her husband Caleb Barber ran a farm-to-table restaraunt for 20 years in Woodstock

Their Pineau d'Aunis is like the Oregon Pinot Noir version of this variety: smooth and luxe

return to the basics

While I certainly get the crunchy

Great served slightly chilled

Laura's reds are always delightfully rustic and alive and Azos da Vila delivers on that promise -  it is buoyant