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Natural wine in Chesapeake Bay

(You may also order natural wines – that i have qualified – online for delivery across the USA.)

Herebelow are natural wines that I recommend and how to buy them in Chesapeake Bay:

Here below is my selection of natural wines: sulphur dioxide (SO2) often is not added during winemaking or bottling. Only a few bottles may contain sulfites – in very small quantities — around 10 mg per liter. The establishments must sell by the bottle (without asking you to purchase anything else, even if they are bistros). []

 

Bottlings selected in 2025

Terre Siciliane — Azienda agricola COSFrappato

USD 32 — 2023 — red fruit – red fruit, juicy, refreshing

An online store with delivery in Washington, DC and West Virginia: Finding.Wine, website

Alsace — Jean Pierre Rietsch – Domaine Rietsch — Tout Blanc (au litre)

USD 21 — 2024 — pure, intense – white fruit – not velvety, nougat, aromatic, astringent, a little stiff, lively

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

Pfälzer Landwein [Palatinate], Wein aus Deutschland wine labelPfälzer Landwein [Palatinate], Wein aus Deutschland — Daniel & Jonas Brand – Weingut Brand — Wilder Satz — [Müller Thurgau 38%]

USD 30 — 2024 —

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus – Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)

USD 29 — 2022 — pure, intense – yeast, fine bubbles, fresh

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] wine labelCrémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Domaine Rietsch — Extra Brut

USD 30 — 2021 — yeast, toasted bread – baked apple, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, dry but not stiff, fresh

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

 

Bottlings selected in 2024

Terre Siciliane — Azienda agricola COSFrappato

USD 31 — 2022 — red fruit – red fruit, juicy, refreshing

An online store with delivery in Washington, DC and West Virginia: Finding.Wine, website

Alsace — Jean Pierre Rietsch – Domaine Rietsch — Tout Blanc (au litre)

USD 21 — 2023 — pure, intense – white fruit – not velvety, nougat, aromatic, astringent, a little stiff, lively

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

Pfälzer Landwein [Palatinate], Wein aus Deutschland wine labelPfälzer Landwein [Palatinate], Wein aus Deutschland — Daniel & Jonas Brand – Weingut Brand — Wilder Satz — [Müller Thurgau 38%]

USD 29 — 2023 —

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus – Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)

USD 28 — 2021 — pure, intense – yeast, fine bubbles, fresh

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] wine labelCrémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Domaine Rietsch — Extra Brut

USD 29 — 2021 — yeast, toasted bread – baked apple, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, dry but not stiff, fresh

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

 

Bottlings selected in 2023

Terre Siciliane — Azienda agricola COSFrappato

USD 30 — 2021 — red fruit - red fruit, juicy, refreshing

An online store with delivery in Washington, DC and West Virginia: Finding.Wine, website

Alsace — Jean Pierre Rietsch - Domaine Rietsch — Tout Blanc (au litre)

USD 20 — 2022 — pure, intense - white fruit - not velvety, nougat, aromatic, a little stiff, lively

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

Pfälzer Landwein [Palatinate], Wein aus Deutschland wine labelPfälzer Landwein [Palatinate], Wein aus Deutschland — Daniel & Jonas Brand - Weingut Brand — Wilder Satz — [Müller Thurgau 38%]

USD 26 — 2022 — bonus for the 2022: it’s orange - super ’frisch’, thirst-quenching and invigorating

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus - Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)

USD 26 — 2020 — pure, intense - yeast, fine bubbles, fresh

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] wine labelCrémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Domaine Rietsch — Extra Brut

USD 27 — 2020 — yeast, toasted bread - baked apple, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, dry but not stiff, fresh

An online store with delivery in Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia: Wine Therapy, website


Price figures are only rough estimates of the US retail tags, at the date of the tasting. Wines are selected on personal criteria.


Same area

Other types of wine have been selected in the same area, merlot in Chesapeake Bay, chardonnay in Chesapeake Bay, sauvignon blanc in Chesapeake Bay, good red wines in Chesapeake Bay, champagne or sparkling in Chesapeake Bay.

Same wine type nearby or on delivery

You may also order natural wines – that i have qualified – online for delivery across the USA.

If the results above are too vague or the wine shops too distant from your area, then you may wish to explore a location more specific than Chesapeake Bay. The following places show recommended wines: Delaware, West Virginia, Washington metropolitan area,

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