Journal

Hot on the heels of our exciting news that we’ll now be importing the iconic wines of Loire legend Olivier Cousin, today we’re happy to share that we have also started to work with our first growers in Alsace - Hubert & Heidi Hausherr.

In a region renowned for its diverse terroirs, the vines are dotted around in a number of small parcels over contrasting calcareous marl and gréseux, the local compacted sandstone. These are beautiful vineyards with some of the vines planted by Hubert’s father back in the 1960s.

As per tradition, many of these plantings are mixed, with varietals such as Gewürztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Auxerrois, Sylvaner and more all jumbled together, leading to many of the wines being harvested and vinified as field blends – multiple varietals expressing a single location.

Hubert & Heidi are strong advocates for organic and biodynamic farming and are certified for both, as well as being part of the S.A.I.N.S. association for wine without additives. The soils are ploughed only by horse, and there are no inputs or manipulations in the cellar of any kind. They firmly believe this is the only way.

We were so taken with the clarity of the couple’s vision, their dedication to this small piece of land and their unwillingness to compromise. The wines dazzle in their fantastically pure expression, with sumptuous concentration, soaring aromatics and pitch-perfect balance. They are everything we look for in quality Alsatian wine.

We have three wines which are available now. Find them all here or on the shelves of our Leeds shop.

All of the wines we ship exclusively as Wayward Imports we also wholesale to the trade. Get in touch to discuss supply.