This year at Spit we're delighted to welcome four producers to the tasting, pouring alongside a wider lineup of wines from Italy, Slovenia and Lebanon.

 

We start in Veneto, Stefano Menti farms Garganega on the volcanic slopes of Gambellara, where his family has grown vines since the 19th century, working biodynamically since 2010 and certified organic since 2011. Alongside his own Menti label, he oversees two related projects sharing the same cellar and philosophy: Garganuda, made with his brother-in-law Andrea Fiorini Carbognin in nearby Soave and Valpolicella, and Marcobarba, the wilder, more experimental sister label.

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Moving south into the heartland of Barolo - to Monteforte d’ ALba where Ferdinando Principiano’s family have farmed since his grandfather planted the first vines in 1934. He turned from the powerful, new-oak style of the 90s towards pure, terroir-driven wines. Nicolò Abellonio will be with us to show the wines today.

 

South to Campania, Roberto Zeno's Enoz sits on the slopes of the extinct Roccamonfina volcano overlooking the Gulf of Gaeta. Third-generation, certified organic and biodynamic, producing vivid Fiano, Falanghina and Primitivo, aged in amphora within a cellar carved from tufa.

 

And from the heart of Sardinia, Pietro Uras of I Garagisti di Sorgono farms alongside two lifelong friends in the Mandrolisai appellation, tending 40-100 year old alberello vines of Cannonau, Monica and Bovale on poor granite soils at 480-700 metres. The wines carry the wild, mineral energy of the island's interior.

 

As ever, we are truly grateful for your continued support and appreciation for wines we bring into the country and we are delighted to get the opportunity to bring our growers to Ireland, and to have those all-important conversations with them and you.

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Buono degustazione!