Vegan Wine Producer|Antonio Gismondi | Wayward Wines

Producer – Antonio Gismondi

Most conventional wine makers will use animal products for fining their wine, such as egg white or casein. Fining being the process of removing the fine particulate matter after the fermentation process such as yeast cells and proteins, to make the wine crystal clear.

Natural wine makers on the other hand eschew intervention and strive for as little manipulation in the wine making process as possible. They will therefore avoid filtration and fining and with it the need for any animal products, resulting in vegan friendly wines.

Therefore you will often find natural wines have a noticeable amount of sediment in the bottle, or appear hazy or cloudy. Natural winemakers tend to use the process of racking as the sole method of removing as much of the sediment from fermentation as possible. The wine will be allowed to settle in its fermentation vessel so as much sediment as possible settles at the bottom. The resulting clearer wine is then pumped to a new vessel with the sediment left behind.

Antonio Gismondi
Cerreto 2024

A delicate, weightless wine that seems to evaporate on the palate. The extraction is gentle and restrained, leaving the wine a pale gold with lifted aromas of floral blossom and white grapefruit pith, with just a hint of smokiness creeping through from the volcanic bedrock. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£23.75

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Antonio Gismondi
Foresta 2024

A beautiful golden amber in the glass, aromatics mix pithy citrus with more savoury notes of woody spices and herbs. There are flavours of sage-flecked bitter orange marmalade and sweet clementine with an enlivening wire of acidity. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Trebbiano, Trebbiano Rosa & Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£23.75

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Antonio Gismondi
È Festa 2022

A fine-beaded frizzante that pours a hazy gold in the glass, this very much takes the fleshy, textural peachiness of the varietal and sets it against the saltiness of both the lees contact and the limestone rock of the vineyard soils. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Falanghina
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£29.50

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Antonio Gismondi
Crucella 2023

A balance of old-school rusticity with a dose of juicy, supple cherry fruit and gently lifted aromas of rose. It's a wine with no shortage of charm and is a world away from the more heavily tannic reds associated with this part of Italy. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Sangiovese, Merlot & Camaiola
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£27.50

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Antonio Gismondi
Chiaro 2024

A rosato with a good flash of colour that bursts with tart, salty, cherry and wild strawberry fruits. A field blend made from two mixed-planted vineyards where Sangiovese, Falanghina Malvasia and many more grow together. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Field blend
  • Vineyard Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
  • Cellar Biodynamic
£24

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Antonio Gismondi
Pietre 2024

A briny, sharp wine of refreshment that bursts with salty lemon citrus and a little peachy flesh. The vines in this particular parcel reach down to a layer of volcanic bedrock which binds the abundance of tropical fruit with an unmistakable aroma of smoke. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Malvasia di Candia & Falanghina
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£23.75

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Antonio Gismondi
Maturato 2024

A brand new Gismondi wine from 2024, based around a new parcel of Moscato Bianco he recently acquired. This aromatic varietal seems to fare well at the altitude Antonio works, here planted at 550 meters over rocky limestone and the vineyard where the 2024 harvest commenced, in late August. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Moscato & Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£28

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Antonio Gismondi
Fontana 2024

Sherbert-y lemon, Galia melon, a savoury, hay-like quality and a saline undertone, leading to green almond bitters in the finish. Following a more challenging 2023, it's great to see Fontana back on this broad, fleshy, well-balanced sort of form. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Falanghina
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25.50

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Antonio Gismondi
Cerreto 2024 MAGNUM

A delicate, weightless wine that seems to evaporate on the palate. The extraction is gentle and restrained, leaving the wine a pale gold with lifted aromas of floral blossom and white grapefruit pith, with just a hint of smokiness creeping through from the volcanic bedrock. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£50

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Antonio Gismondi
Foresta 2024 MAGNUM

A beautiful golden amber in the glass, aromatics mix pithy citrus with more savoury notes of woody spices and herbs. There are flavours of sage-flecked bitter orange marmalade and sweet clementine with an enlivening wire of acidity. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Trebbiano, Trebbiano Rosa & Malvasia di Candia
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£50

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Antonio Gismondi
Crucella 2023 MAGNUM

Magnum bottling. A balance of old-school rusticity with a dose of juicy, supple cherry fruit and gently lifted aromas of rose. It's a wine with no shortage of charm and is a world away from the more heavily tannic reds associated with this part of Italy. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Sangiovese, Merlot & Camaiola
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£58

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