Staff Picks

St Laurent + Zweigelt

Burgenland > Austria

Organic + Natural + Biodynamic

No added SO2

Crunchy minerality / stems / raspberries / prickly

Loureiro + Arinto + Trajadura

Vinho Verde > Portugal

Dry, mineral-driven, lemon + lime, kiwi, kumquat, crisp, slightly effervescent.

Pound for pound, the best white wine on the planet.

A wine store staple

100% Biodynamically farmed Syrah from the Northern Rhône Valley, aged 9 months in concrete tanks. Bright, floral style.

86% Baga, 14% Bica

Bieras, Portugal

Sparkling Rose, natural, biodynamic,

Primary fermentation in tank with wild yeast, secondary fermentation in bottle with 9 months sur-lie aging, no dosage

Filipa Pato is a winegrower in Bairrada. A graduate of the University of Coimbra as a chemical engineer, she refined her skills working harvests in Bordeaux, Mendoza, Margaret River, and right at home in Bairrada with her father, Luis Pato, the Baga Rebel. (In 2020 Filipa was elected Winemaker of the Year in Portugal by the Revista de Vinhos, the first Portugese woman to earn the title in 30 years.)

Williams Wouters is a chef sommelier/ restaurateur. Hailing from a restarateuring family from Antwerp, Belgium.

Together, they are Filipa Pato & William Wouters. Their philosophy is: to create authentic wines without makeup, wines that express the true nature of the vineyards from which they come. They focus on indigenous grapes only.