Bon Appetit – September 2019

44 – SEPTEMBER 2019

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PHOTOGRAPHS: ALEX LAU (VERM

OUTH BOTTLE); CHELSIE CRAIG (T-SHIRTS)

WHO Martin Otto Wörner
of Marto Wines

WHERE Seventeen acres
of vines in Flonheim, Germany

WHY Wörner bucks the
stereotype of sweet German
wines. Since he has no need
for heavy additions of sulfites
to preserve all that sugar, his
wines crunch with minerality
without losing any citrus notes
or floral aromatics.

TRY The “Weiss” is everyone’s
fave, but the Riesling is also
a game changer.

Yes, There Is Such a Thing

as Cult Wine Merch

More and more

winemakers around the

world—like Spain’s

Partida Creus (whose

“Muz” is pictured

at left) and California

distributor Amy

Atwood—are making

these fortified

wines spiced up with

botanicals. With

punchy acidity, savory

notes, and ABVs

generally between 15%

and 18%, a vermouth

spritz will get you

revved up for your

dinner rez without

knocking you out.

A Good Night

Starts with Vermouth

Adam Vourvoulis was a sommelier

at Petit Trois and Trois Mec in Los Angeles

before hanging up his pins to start

making wine-based memes and parody

T-shirts. In 2016 this might have sounded

like career suicide, but Vourvoulis’s mix

of expert wine knowledge and humor

has created a following for his Instagram

@natural_whine. Combine his biting

takes on wine culture with his love of

streetwear, and you get Vourvoulis’s Vin

de California shirts, which have become

a staple in the closets of wine nerds.

BIG

I S

BACK

No one’s calling it a comeback, but

bolder wines are about to hit your table

again. Chalk it up to juicy “glouglou”

wines going mainstream or to climate

change, but either way, expect more

wines with higher ABVs and riper

fruit. These may not be the best for day

drinking, but they are great

for hearty meals and for tricking your

dad into loving natural wine.

THE 25-YEAR-OLD WINEMAKER YOU

SHOULD REALLY GET TO KNOW

Away – Unfiltered

Find similarly

clever tees at

vdcwine.com.

3 PARTS VERMOUTH

+

1 PART SPARKLING

WATER OR TONIC

+

ICE

+

CITRUS WEDGE

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