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Altaluvia Riesling 2019
South American wine producer Santa Rita Estates launched a standalone Argentine brand at the end of last year. Called Altaluvia, the brand sources its grapes from the Alluvia vineyard, 1,350 metres above sea level in Gualtallary in the Uco Valley. The range comprises a Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Chardonnay and Riesling. The Riesling grapes were picked at the end of March, with a protective destemming and pressing process carried out. A total of 40% of the juice was fermented in second-use French oak barrels, while the remaining 60% was put into stainless steel tanks. The two wines were later blended, resulting in the finished product.
An international flavoured new product round-up features new brews created in tandem with beer makers in Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Finland as well as new distribution deals for an Israeli whisky and a Danish spirit maker.
Big Drop launches Nordic World Collab Series quartet
Alcohol-free beer maker Big Drop Brewing Co has joined forces with four Nordic breweries to launch a limited-edition range of 0.5% ABV collaboration pours – the second in its World Collab Series.
Available from mid-January, the range comprises; Big Drop and Einstök’s (Iceland) Arctic Beach Coconut Stout; Big Drop and Hop Notch’s (Sweden) Fläderlätt Elderflower IPA; Big Drop and Fat Lizard’s (Finland) Rye’d Said Fred Juniper Rye IPA; and Big Drop and Amundsen’s (Norway): Eush Rider Peach Melba Pastry Sour.
A BREWERY has launched its first own brand low-alcohol beer just in time for Dry January. Hepworth & Company Brewery, based in Pulborough, has created Spartan – a British style pale ale which uses speciality malts that limit the fermentation to 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV). The aim was to create a low-alcohol ale which would still have the rounded body normally expected in a full-strength beer. Head brewer and managing director Andy Hepworth said: “Low-alcohol beers have improved greatly over recent years. However many of the ales use big, brash American hops to make up for the lack of other characters in these beers.