Martin and Anna Arndorfer 'Rosa Marie' 2024

Martin and Anna Arndorfer 'Rosa Marie' 2024Martin and Anna Arndorfer's Rosa Marie has been one of my all time favorites in the 'darker ros' category for four or five years now. It is Rotberger (fka Zweigelt) that is fermented on the skins of Grner Veltliner, a truly original approach that was a practical solution geared towards 'using everything in the kitchen' including unused skins from other wines, but is so dang delicious that they now make two other wines Anina Verde and Martha Rouge

This gang of 4 formed back in 2005 while studying enology at the University of Miguel Hernandez in Alicante

They are outside the sherry DO

Press 2 • April 2023 Direct Press Selection

clay and schist that are ideal for his prized Jaen (Mencía)

Bruyère & Houillon

The use of S02 is nonexistent

50% hand de-stemmed with zaranda

Winemaker Iria Otero Mazoy has a PhD in pharmacy and came to Ribiero after visiting the area’s natural springs to help treat her eczema

which was no small undertaking with their 80 hectares

From the importer: This brand is dedicated to whiskies distilled from low-starch

with aromas of blackberry

and the wine culture they started there is not just some of the earliest on record