A pet-nat cider made using a blend of apple varieties from Smith Hayne’s unsprayed traditional orchard in Devon. The name says it all, ‘Sunbeams and Rainbows’ is hugely drinkable, zesty and bright. Find out more.
About the wine
The return of Loose Juice! One of the UKs first legal Piquettes. Vibrant and crunchy, this easy-going juice-bomb is primed for ultimate refreshment. At only 5%, this is a real glugger.
Made from Pinot noir and Pinot Meunier pomace from the 2023 vintage. Organically farmed by Ben Adams just outside Winchester in Hampshire. Following initial pressing the pomace was soaked with water and left to macerate for 5 days. The skins and stems were pressed again, and the resulting light must was left to spontaneously ferment to dryness. A small addition of local wildflower honey was added at bottling to spark a bottle fermentation. Bottled via gravity without any sulphite additions.
About Offbeat
Offbeat Wines was born in 2018 as a creative outlet for Daniel whilst he was heading up the winemaking at Langham Wine Estate in Dorset, but it has since grown into a full-time family operation. Since 2020, Daniel and his wife Nicola (both formally marine biologists) have been making wines in their own cellar, a converted barn at Botley’s Farm, just outside Salisbury.
Dan & Nicola have developed close relationships with responsible, passionate growers in the South West, and their wines for the foreseeable future will be focused on celebrating the quality of fruit from two farms in particular. They work with Duncan McNeill, who farms an organic vineyard in Crouch Valley and Lucie and Jules in Kent who are farming biodynamically.
Nicola and Daniel work as naturally as possible, ferments are wild, and production is tiny with only around 2,000 bottles of each cuvée made. The project is another shining example of showing the potential of English natural wines. The project going from strength to strength, we look forward to seeing what happens next.
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