Oceanstate Wine & Spirits welcomed new brands to Rhode Island: a Sauvignon Blanc from Ant Moore and several organic selections through Natural Merchants. Anthony “Ant” Moore wines are created in Marlborough, New Zealand, where the carefully crafted selections are made in appreciation for the art of Old World winemaking. Ant Moore Wines combine this knowledge and appreciation with the latest techniques and technologies. Also new are wines from Biokult Österreich, a group of organic vintners with the shared goal of producing organic wines of the highest quality that embody regional identity and craft. New are its Biokult Rosé Secco and Biokult Zweigelt Rosé. La Cantina Pizzolato, located in the Veneto region, produces Italy’s No. 1 selling organic wines, with offerings Broletto Lambrusco and Pizzolato Hoopa Piwi Pet Nat Frizzante. Located in the flourishing countryside north of Treviso, the organic vineyards are situated on the plains and hillsides in the DOC area.
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- Ant Moore Sauvignon Blanc is well-rounded, displaying intense lemon flavors with hints of lime, a subtle nose with a great richness, palate length and weight that provides huge flavor intensity on the finish for a drier, classic Ant Moore style.
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- Biokult Rosé Secco offers a subdued nose, which leads onto a fresh, crisp, easy-drinking body that features fruit very loosely. The body is light and easy with big bubbles that create a lively, refreshing sparkle finishing on a strawberry note.
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- Biokult Zweigelt Rosé offers ripe strawberry, lemon and pepper on the nose. The light-bodied palate emphasizes the citrus freshness, as well as the spicy berry roundness, with a fresh, dry finish.
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- La Cantina Pizzolato Broletto Lambrusco is scented with wild strawberry, ripe rhubarb, blueberries, black currants and hibiscus, along with herbal notes of oregano, thyme and anisette. The wine is bright with balanced acidity and just a hint of flinty minerality.
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- La Cantina Pizzolato Hoopa Piwi Pet Nat Frizzante is made from 100% organic Johanniter Piwi grapes. With floral notes of wisteria and citrus hints and distinctive tropical notes, the bubbles are persistent, harmonious and smooth in this 11% ABV white Pet Nat.
