ITALIAN STALLIONS 🐎

What’s up winos,

Back and reporting for duty after what felt like years stuck in bed wasting away like some kind of Victorian orphan. Anyone else get that thing going around? It’s gnarly. Wash your hands, I’m telling you. You do not want to catch it. A week in bed also meant a week away from booze, and while I’m sure that made my liver happy, my head and heart not so much. Happy to be back in the warehouse and back on the sauce.

So many mint arrivals have been rocking up in the last few weeks that I’ve barely had a chance to tell y’all about that massive Italian delivery we had a little while ago. Now I’ve finally got my breath back (although I still can’t breathe in too deeply or I’ll cough up a lung, hehe), I’m free to tell you all about Tiberi.

You might recognise these guys - we used to stock them a few years ago before their importer sadly went out of business. But before they did, they were kind enough to pass on their little black book of contacts, and thus: Tiberi is back on our shores and on our shelves. Fantastico, as the Italians say.

Tiberi is a fourth-gen winery based in Umbria, with four hectares and a focus on local varieties: Gamay del Trasimeno, Ciliegiolo, Grechetto, Trebbiano and San Colombana. Most of those were new to me, idk about u. They stopped the additives game in 2015, and also expanded their reach beyond their own neighbourhood, who used to be the only people who got to enjoy these wines. What I really love about Tiberi is their way of combining the old and the new - the wines are modern and fun, but still maintain an edge of classic rusticity that make them so distinctly Umbrian. Know what else I like about them? Their price tag <3

Their two pet nats are the ideal way to kick off an evening, or even to drink of an afternoon in the sun, which is increasingly something that’s possible now we amble drunkenly towards spring. The Tribulato is crisp and refreshing, while the Musticco is a red-berried juice bomb. The summery l’Bianco is full of juicy tropical fruit, with a smattering of herbs and a lipsmacking salty finish, while the Torre Bianco is beautifully textured thanks to two days’ skin contact. The Pistarello is a lovely easy-drinking skin contact that’s full of intrigue - mango fruit and orange blossom florals combine with a herbal edge that’ll keep you guessing all the way to the end of the bottle. If chilled reds are your bag, try the l’Rosso - lithe, light and fresh, with juicy cherries and a cooling hit of menthol. Rounding things out is the Torre Rosso - the most traditionally Umbrian of the lot, with ripe red fruit and a lovely herbaceous note keeping everything fresh and lean.

Enjoy winos!!

xoxo

Megan