How often did I dream about Bruno calling me on the phone saying: "Pinot Noir, Ine? Let's tango." But I guess it wasn't a dream after all.

A TRIBUTE TO BRUNO

We absolutely love our small family producers. We love our clients. We love wine. Natural wine of course. But the most of all we love the rebels, bucking the system, producing beautiful, lovely and interesting wines elevated to new heights. Wines that knock your socks off. Wines that only wine insiders might ever come across. But as you know we find them for you. We do our own company which is trying to bring in wines made with conscience and that we are not ashamed of and truly love to drink.

PURE EXPRESSION OF PLACE

Getting friends with these growers and winemakers is key to getting these hard-to-find special wines. It's an ongoing dialogue about what they're making we could bring in. We spend a lot of time in a country or region but sometimes it turns out the winemaker is someone we wouldn't want to do business. Or you can have a wine you love but love shrink and fades when you discover after years that the winemaker is not just the exactly on the same page on human values. That's an other topic though but still hurts. We seek out for winemakers crafting handmade wines on a very small scale, sometimes just a hundred of cases, to just under 4000 cases, versus the millions of cases pumped out by the big industrial wineries of the world.
Our winemakers practice organic or biodynamic farming in the vineyard using native yeasts and minimal additives in the winery. Their wines reflect the land they came from and the winemakers intend them to be a pure expression of place.

MYSTERY

The most chill guy on the planet I finally met after two years waiting is Bruno Schueller. He has this great Italian way about him. No wonder his charming wife Elena comes from Italy. Relax! Winemakers do not have to be such a mystery but Bruno for sure is. How often did I dream about Bruno calling me on the phone saying: "Pinot Noir, Ine? Let's tango." But I guess it wasn't a dream after all.

This is all real and...yes....patience brings sweet rewards!

LA BRUNO

We were delighted with the warm welcome we received and the relative ease with which we scored tasting so many lovely wines overlooking the very cool, even cold, old cellar. Bruno follows the biodynamic rules but he did'nt sign up for the formal membership and certification. He is very independant-minded and wants to stay free from strict frames keeping the focus on elaborating his wine. The wines are not always in line with what is seen as typical for varietal wines of Alsace and it's not uncommon that the wines of Bruno Schueller do not pass the sensory tests of INAO but this doesn't worry Bruno at all. You need an open mind for his wines. Bruno has become an icon and inspiration to those searching for less manipulated wines. When they are on, they are magical. They are the once-in-a-lifetime bottles that every sommelier dreams of drinking and bragging about before they die. I am so happy and so proud we finally work with Bruno. His wines are the love of my life. How could anybody not be impressed by his fabulous Pinot Noir (only one hectare). All the wines we tasted were wonderful but one stood out. His very first Pinot Noir 2004 without sulfur is probably one of the best in Alsace I have ever tasted and reminded me of....

La T. With a note here, let's call it La Bruno! 

SKIN-CONTACT IS ALIVE

By the way at Bruno Skin-Contact is also alive. The argument against skin contact is similar to the cold carbonic debate but I prefer skin contact wines. Try Bruno's unique carefully controled macerated delightful, light, funky and nearly tannin free white 'orange wines'. They're worth every penny. The problem for cold carbonic macerated wines (dry ice into ferment before the CO2 addition) is a growing "sameness" of strong aromatic flavors of cinnamon, curry and roses in most of the wines. Orange wine is a style of white wine that has been around for 8000 years or more aiming to make white wine without sulfur as the tannins in the skins act as something of an anti-oxidant as well as a way to add tension to wines that might lack acidity.

So if you're looking for this interesting, off the beaten path wines of this small homegrown producer, than we are the resource that could be just the right fit for you. Amongst all wines available when it comes to certain producers there are just never enough bottles to satify demand. So hurry up. 

your once-in-a-lifetime-deal

Bruno Schueller Pinot Blanc 2014

per fles € 16.00

Per 6-pack € 75.00

per 12-pack € 145.00

BRUNO SCHUELLER GEWURZTRAMINER CUVEE PARTICULIERE 2014

Per fles € 18.50

per 6-pack € 90.00

per 12-pack € 175.00

BRUNO SCHUELLER PINOT NOIR 2014

Per fles € 25.00

per 6-pack € 125.00

per 12-pack € 240.00

BRUNO SCHUELLER COMBI VAN 6

2 Pinot Blanc - 2 Gewurztraminer - 2 Pinot Noir

€ 95.00

BRUNO SCHUELLER COMBI VAN 12

4 Pinot Blanc - 4 Gewurztraminer - 4 Pinot Noir

€ 185.00

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Hartelijke groet,

Ine Goossens & Ries van der Vlugt

P.S. Bij Smaeck in Groningen treft u de meest pure wijnen uit onze assortiment. Puur! Het is iets waar Chef André Hayasaki voor wil staan.

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