Join us Thursday Oct. 21st. 5:30 PM - 8 PM - In - Store Tasting Greece, Austria & Hungary


All wine from DNS Wines 

Join us Thursday Oct. 21st. 5:30 PM - 8 PM 

Dépanneur Wines 

292 Livingston St.

Brooklyn, NY 11217

 

Sclavos Wines, Tsaousi 2019 

We love the Agean Sea and the Greeks and Romans who started wine culture Centuries ago.

The Sclavos family traces its roots back for centuries in Cephalonia, with a branch of the family immigrating in 1700 to the Black Sea port of Odessa in modern day Ukraine with contracts for the distribution of wheat using their privately-owned commercial boats. As early as 1860 records exist of Evriviadis Great-Great Grandfather owning a large winery and family estate in Odessa. In 1919, following the Russian revolution, Evriviadis Grandfather returned back to the island of Cephalonia to their property of 6 hectares in the Paliki peninsula where he planted his first vines of Mavrodaphne and Vostilidi, some of which are still in use today.

Today two generations later the domaine vineyards are assiduity cared for and have been cultivated for the past 20 years under a homeodynamic regiment. In addition to this Sclavos Wines also sources another 4 hectares from local farmers in the Robola Zone of the island and have recently planted their own domaine vines within that zone. All wines follow the same criteria: old-vine original rootstock bush vines are used irrespective of the cultivar, spontaneous yeast fermentation, unfined, unfiltered bottling and nominal sulphuring. The average yields in all of Sclavos wines rarely rise above 30 hl/ha with some going as low as 16 hl/ha. The vines are not irrigated and benefit from the unique limestone terroir of the Robola Zone in eastern Cephalonia under the slopes of Mt. Ainos and the limestone, clay, and sandstone soils of the Paliki peninsula. Collectively these processes make for some of the most natural wines that Greece produces. The main goal of the winery is to produce wines that are inexorably linked to the terroir of Cephalonia, with fauna, flora, soil, and micro-climate all adding to the diverse influences on the vine and cultivars.

Sclavos Wines, Tsaousi - Tsaoussi of Cephalonia Greek Wine. 2019

Ungrafted & Bio-D farmed Old Vines ( 60 yrs+) gives the wine strong acidity, supple unctuous weighty aromatic Cephalonia white wine, gooseberries on the nose, palpable minerality, lemon rind and pulp, Fantastic Agean Sea sun-soaked wine.

pairs well with Grilled Sea bream or classic Salt encrusted Branzino

- jfkcamire

 

Weninger, Rozsa Petsovits (2020)

Weninger ( winemaking without borders) Europaischer Wein, Rozsa Petsovits (2020) field blend, a perfect marriage of Hungarian Syrah with Austrian Zweigelt & Pinot Noir.

Prost-Ege’szse’ge’re!

Tasting notes: glou glou Rose’, dark rose’, rich dark cherries, mouth watering blood of the grape, touch of the barrel, hint of herbs and vanilla bean, energetic wein. -jfkcamire 

 

AND the red version is also WINNING!

Weninger, Ponzichter 2020

A blend of Pinot Noir and Zweigelt grown on biodynamic vineyards in Hungary and Austria (wine without borders!) Easy drinking, a great choice for the table!

 

All wine from DNS Wines 

Join us Thursday Oct. 21st. 5:30 PM - 8 PM 

Dépanneur Wines 

292 Livingston St.

Brooklyn, NY 11217