Slobodne, Vinarstvo Veltlina, 2021 outofstock-34475900985 and José Ángel Martínez —

and José Ángel Martínez — who met at university and now make some of the country's most exciting wines across Ribeira Sacra

Organic practices with no chemicals—75% of holdings converted by 2021

Nicola Gatta farms biodynamically just outside Franciacorta and deliberately bottles outside the DOCG rules

deep minerality

and shaped by premium vineyard sources

Slobodne, Vinarstvo Veltlina, 2021 outofstock-34475900985 and José Ángel Martínez —Slobodne Vinarstvo is one of the most thrilling things happening in Central European wine a Slovakian biodynamic estate run by the Majer family (sisters Agnes Lovecka and Katarina Kuropkova plus their partners) on land their great uncle once farmed. The family lost the property to war and communism, then reclaimed it after stumbling onto an old box of paperwork under a staircase. They returned to bottling in 2010, farm organically (and biodynamically)