Macabeo Verdejo Encierro, Lionel Osmin & Cie
Encierro is the latest creation of Les Passeurs de Vins (Lionel Osmin & Cie), a wine import house founded by the South-West wine maker Lionel Osmin and the bouncing Basque & ex-rugby player Imanol Harinordoquy. Their respective personal and family pasts have created strong connections with Spain and they constantly travel through the Iberian vineyard […]
Malbec, Mendoza Sierra de Plata Organic
Sierra de Plata is a 100% Malbec wine, a grape originally from Southwest France and Bordeaux. After a devastating frost in 1956 wiped out 75% of the Bordeaux crop, Malbec fell out of favor there but has since become the dominant grape in Argentina. Grown organically in the high-altitude Mendoza region, at the foot of […]
Tempranillo Organic, Encierro
Encierro, a unique collaboration between Lionel Osmin and former Basque rugby player Imanol Harinordoquy, honors the traditions of Euskal Herria, a Basque region spanning northern Spain and southwestern France. Made from organic Tempranillo grapes, known as Cencibel locally, this wine hails from La Mancha, a region south of Madrid with a landscape marked by vineyards, […]
