Natural wine in Iowa

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 Iowa.

Here 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). [Report infringement]

Bottlings selected in 2020

Pfälzer Landwein [Palatinate] - Daniel & Jonas Brand - Weingut Brand - pur - Pinot Noir

2018 - USD 28 - an enormous aromatic intensity, great purity, more complexity than Buronfosse Les Fontaines - morello cherry, undergrowth, mineral - no smoothness but silky, morello cherry, foxed, dry, no stiffness but firm

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

Deutschland [Pfalz] - Daniel & Jonas Brand - Weingut Brand - Wilder Satz

2018 - USD 24 - a huge aromatic intensity, high purity - very intense, grapefruit, bitter, nougat - no smoothness, very intense, grapefruit, bitter, not full but busy, fresh

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

Bottlings selected in 2019

Vin de France [Ardèche] - Géraldine et Méryl Croizier - La Vrille et le papillon - Chapeau melon - (merlot de cuve)

2018 - USD 15 - intense - yellow pepper, plum - yellow pepper, plum, dense, dries the mouth, easy, round

An online store with delivery in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming: Liner & Elsen Wine Merchants, website

Vin de France [Ardèche] - Géraldine et Méryl Croizier - La Vrille et le papillon - Impair… ! - (cabernet sauvignon, élevage 50% en barrique)

15-17 - USD 19 - served cool: a great aromatic intensity, a high purity - ripe varietal (so no pepper), blackcurrant pie, moka - pie crust, blackcurrant, present on the palate with a beautiful maturity of cabernet sauvignon (so no pepper), moka, full, bitter, dries the mouth, round

An online store with delivery in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming: Liner & Elsen Wine Merchants, website

Vin de France [Cheverny, Loire] - Hervé Villemade - Bovin Rouge (1 litre) - (gamay)

2018 - USD 19 - raspberry, foxy - raspberry, foxy, deep, juicy, firm

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

Vin de france [Ardèche] - Géraldine et Méryl Croizier - La Vrille et le papillon - Q blanc - Ugni blanc

2018 - USD 18 - a great aromatic intensity - nougat - smooth, nougat, white fruit, powerful but hollow, fresh

An online store with delivery in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming: Liner & Elsen Wine Merchants, website

Vin de France [Cheverny, Loire] - Hervé Villemade - Bovin Blanc (1 litre)

2018 - USD 18 - nice - vibrant, a little stiff, vivid

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

Wein aus Deutschland [Pfalz, Germany] - Weingut Brand - pur - Pinot Blanc

2017 - USD 31 - the aromatics are enormously intense - grapefruit zest, bitter, nougat - not onctuous, airy, grapefruit zest, bitter, nougat, gaz beads, fresh

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

Wein aus Deutschland [Pfalz, Germany] - Weingut Brand - Holy Chapel - Pinot Blanc

2016 - USD 32 - very pure and intense - zest, lemon pie, bitter - velvety, nougat, lemon pie, bitter, fresh

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

Bottlings selected in 2018

Cheverny [Loire] - Hervé Villemade - Domaine du Moulin - [70% sauvignon blanc, 30% chardonnay]

2017 - USD 24 - very aromatically intense, very pure - passion fruit, nougat, peach, apricot - passion fruit, peach, apricot, no stiffness, fresh

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

Bottlings selected in 2017

Cheverny [Loire] - Hervé Villemade - Domaine du Moulin - [70% sauvignon blanc, 30% chardonnay]

2016 - USD 23 -

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

Bottlings selected in 2016

Vin de France - Géraldine et Méryl Croizier - La Vrille et le papillon - Idée reçue - (cabernet sauvignon)

2013 - USD 19 - intense - on the nose: roastbeef, blackcurrant, leadpencil - blackcurrant, full and dense, dries the mouth, supple

An online store with delivery in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming: Liner & Elsen Wine Merchants, website

Vin de pays [Cheverny - Loire] - Hervé Villemade - Domaine du Moulin

sauvignon blanc - USD 18 - true to the variety, intense - freshly cut hay, pear - freshly cut hay, flower, mellow, fresh

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

Cheverny [Loire] - Hervé Villemade - Domaine du Moulin

2015 - USD 19 -

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

Côtes du jura - Domaine Labet - Les Champs Rouges - Chardonnay 'nature'

2014 - USD 37 - intense, yellow fruit, passion fruit, toffee - oily but very precise, passion fruit, toffee, red currant, fresh

An online store with delivery in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin: Leon & Son, website

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

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