GERMANY & CZECH REPUBLIC

WEINGUT IMMICH-BATTERIEBERG
GERNOT KOLLMAN, MOSEL VALLEY, GERMANY
Situated around the town of Enkirch, Immich – Batterieberg is known as one of the oldest estates of the Middle Mosel. Sadly, this precious heritage was almost lost in the last decades of the 20th century, at the expense of the sweet, generic style of Riesling, market back then. The recovery has only begun in 2009, with the arrival of a young and passionate winemaker Gernot Kollman. Having trained at prestigious Mosel houses of Dr Loosen, Weingut van Volxem and Knebel, he was more than ready to begin his personal project. In the area where all vineyard work must be done manually, converting to organic viticulture, was the first brave step Gernot took. “It’s a hard fight, but I believe it’s necessary. If you care about the soil, it will shine through” – he comments. Gernot is searching for purity and terroir expression. Uncompromising and honest in his winemaking, he refuses to chaptalize and de-acidify. Prolonged time his wines spend on the lees, minimises the need to use sulphur, which is applied in small doses and only at the bottling stage.

C.A.I
White
Ref.: V0004116 Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Riesling

DETONATION
White
Ref.: V0004117 Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Riesling

ESCHEBURG
White
Ref.: V0001240 Vintage: 2016-18
Grape Varietals: Riesling

ESCHEBURG
White
Ref.: V0004118 Vintage: 2017
Grape Varietals: Riesling
Single Vineyards

STEFFENSBERG
White
Ref.: V0001241 Vintage: 2014
Grape Varietals: Riesling

STEFFENSBERG
White
Ref.: V0004119 Vintage: 2017
Grape Varietals: Riesling

ELLERGRUB
White
Ref.: V0004973 Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Riesling

MILAN NESTAREC, MORAVIA, CZECH REPUBLIC
We keep bringing small quantities of the “wild and wonderful” natural wines from Moravia, made by Milan Nestarec. This creative, young winemaker who started his project with 8 hectares of vines planted by his father in 2001, keeps evolving and fine tuning his range, while sticking to his principle of making soulful wines which reflect both: the place and the winemaker’s filosophy.
The core of the range consists of four wines which are bottled in 1L format (one glass is never enough!). Those are the wines with drinkability as their main feature, wines for “everyday nourishment”, made with the grapes commonly grown in Moravia.
We were also really impressed with both red and white Forks and Knives. The blends here have changed slightly, but in both cases the wines have the same thirst quenching profile with lively acidity and intriguing aromatics. Finally, you can always count on something new and exciting coming from “Château Nestarec” – as Milan likes to gradually release limited volumes of his most special bottlings…

FORKS AND KNIVES WHITE
White
Ref.: V0001194 Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Neuburger, Veltliner, Welschriesling

TRANSCENDENT
Blanc of white and red
Ref.: V0004576 Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Neuburg, Riesling, Regent

MELANCHOLIA
White
Ref.: v0004919 Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Neuburger

DANGER 380 VOLTS
White Sparkling
Ref.: V0004707 Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Neuburger, Moravian Muscat

NASE
White Pet Nat
Ref.: V0004975 Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Riesling, Welshriesling, Neuburger, Veltliner, P. Blanc

OKR ORANGE
Orange
Ref.: V0004938 Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Estate blend

NACH RED
Red
Ref.: V0004936 Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Pinot Noir, Zweigelt, St Laurent

RUZ ROSE
Rose
Ref.: V0004937 Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Zweigelt, St Laurent, Cab Sauvignon

FORKS AND KNIVES ROSE
Rose
Ref.: V0004705 Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals:

BUM BUM CHA
Rose
Ref.: V0004738 Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals:

ATYP
Rose
Ref.: V0004935 Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Red and whites blend from single vinyeard

FORKS AND KNIVES RED
Red
Ref.: V0001195 Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Blaufrankisch, St Laurent, Pinot Noir

BARVIRKA
Red
Ref.: V0004574 Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Dornfelder