Occhipinti is helmed by genius winemaker/beautiful life hero Arianna Occhipinti, who is basically winemaking royalty: her uncle is Giusto Occhipinti, one of the founders of the legendary COS. Arianna has wine in her veins, & you can taste her intuitive connection to the practice of winemaking in her sweeping, elegant bottles, as whimsical as they are precise. Local Sicilian grapes are co-fermented in concrete with two weeks of maceration on skins; juice is then aged for another 8 months & bottled unfiltered. Firm yet aromatic, a big plate of juicy ripe peach chunks, blood orange soaked in honey, straw hat, binge-reading Elena Ferrante, Mediterranean daydream.

Like a haute couture Ricola ad, this lightly fizzy, perfectly fresh Sur Lie style crusher (pet-nat hybrid) from Cantina Furlani will refresh your senses and get the creative juices flowing. As one review noted, this wine slams! We completely agree. Cantina Furlani sits amongst the clouds at 700m altitude towering over the city of Trento, where fourth-generation winemaker Matteo Furlani oversees his organic and biodynamic production. The "Metodo Interrotto" or Interrupted Method is basically an unfinished champagne method, delivering some teeny tiny bubbles and a perfect spritz-y vibe. Like a 7-Up slushie and a sip of fresh mountain air the morning after a big party.

The colour of honey-tinted sunlight, and twice as tender. Mortellito is a two hectare piece of countryside where winemaker Dario Serrentino’s great-grandparents lived in the early twentieth century. Sicily is a revered hot spot for innovation and organic wine, and has been called, “the hip grandmother of the wine world” by some. FUN FACT! Dario used to sell his grapes to famed natural wine producers the likes of Frank Cornelissen and Lamoresca, talk about #GoodGrapes! A joining of the full and herbal grillo (90%), and bright catarratto (10%), harvested from chalky soils and clearly having left their mineral mark. White nectarine, darts of acidity, salty sea glass and seashells, bruised lime, green bean snap, whipping whipped cream, tall grasses & starfruit. Enjoy with dirty potatoes: roughly diced, fresh rosemary, Montreal steak spice, sizzling in a scalding pool of duck fat.