Wine Club | March 23: Wines from Scuola Di Vino

Wines from Scuola Di Vino

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Wines from Scuola Di Vino 〰️

 
 

Scuola di Vino & Importers in Natural Wine

We hope this finds you well as we face the another onslaught of atmospheric rivers, snow, and whatever else this strange winter has in store before the oncoming spring. This month we are diving into some wines focusing on one particular importer, Scuola di Vino. Committed to working with wines that are totally natural: nothing added, nothing taken away Scuola brings in some of the most coveted natural wines from across Italy. Checking the back label and finding their signature lute, is a seal of quality and a promise of good times to be had.

Little Pack

  • Selvadeg Bianco along with its cousin Rosè is the winery’s first ancestral method, studied and dreamed of for years, the 2021 vintage was chosen to begin this new challenge.Intense straw yellow in appearance, fragrant and pleasantly rustic on the palate, the nose takes you back to Sunday mornings in March under a new moon when grandparents were bottling.

  • Made from the first harvest of 100% Lambrusco Salamino grapes harvested by hand with careful selection of the bunch.

Prince Pack

  • Cantina Indigeno Vino Bianco is a natural white wine from Abruzzo, Central Italy, made from 100% Trebbiano grapes grown organically. Native yeasts, spontaneous fermentation, and low-sulfites. Organic

  • Red wine made with Sangiovese grapes, Violone and a very small percentage of Aleatico.

    Vines of approximately 30/35 years old located at 300mt slm.n7-day fiberglass maceration followed by 6 months refining.

  • Novaia Fa Pulito Valpolicella DOC 2021 is a red wine made from a blend of Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella grapes from 40-50-year-old vines; farming is organic, vinification in stainless steel with minimal added sulfites. This is a great medium to light red wine, with bright cherry on the nose, nice acidity, and lively palate that some call crunchy. I was born and raised in Valpo, this wine is home to me.

Monthly Musings

This month we’ve got five super natty, zero/zero wines for you from all over the land of grapes, Italy. When teaching folks just getting into natural wine how to find or locate a natural wine to buy, one of the first things I always end up telling people is: Turn the Bottle Around. The importer or distributor can tell you a lot about the wines that you’re buying and they keep their info on the back label. Identifying importers with integrity that set defined requirements for their wines is an excellent way to be able to find some glou-glou, wherever you may be.

Scuola di Vino is a San Francisco based importer of Italian natural wines who clearly define the parameters for the wines they work. There wines all fits these specifications:

  • Organically or biodynamically grown grapes only.

  • Dry-farmed, low-yielding vineyards.

  • Hand-picked.

  • No added sugars and no foreign yeast

  • No adjustments for acidity.

  • No additives for color, mouth-feel, minerality, etc.

  • No external flavor additives, including those derived from new oak barrels, staves, chips, or liquid extract.

  • Minimal or no fining or filtration (no filtration at all is ideal)

  • No manipulation

  • Little or no added sulphites (no sulphur at all is ideal)

  • We stay away from high alcohol wines and fruit bombs

  • We don’t follow any wine critics magazine

Scuola holds some of the most cherished Italian natural wines throughout the industry and we’ve got a great little sampling for you. Dope lambruscos, lipsmacking skin contact white wine and some laser-focused reds.

P.s. One last thing to note. On March 15th we will be closing for a remodel so please pick up your order by Tuesday, March 14th. In the event you can’t make it by then, please email shane@littleprince.la to coordinate an alternative pick-up date.

Au revoir!

Little Prince & Bottleshop

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