2024 Low Life 2024 Rise

Region: Winnipeg < Manitoba < Canada

Grapes: Riesling + Vidal, Giesenheim (two non-vinifera grapes)

Vineyard/cellar Stats: Organic / Biodynamic farming (uncertified); Vidal was mostly direct pressed, but a small portion of it was skin fermented for 2 weeks. The Riesling was whole cluster pressed and aged in a brand new large American oak foudre; bottled unfined/unfiltered with 19ppm SO2; 10.5% ABV

• From a hybrid brewery/urban winery located in Winnipeg, Canada
• They focus on native North American varieties
• Organically farmed hybrid grape varieties have the least impact on the planet!
• Lightly skin-kissed and aromatic
• Pretty, peachy and low ABV

About Low Life Barrelhouse
Our focus is on Canadian hybrid varieties. We’ve partnered with grape farmers throughout Ontario to bring us the highest quality organic and biodynamic fruit. We work by hand, wines are fermented with natural yeast, have little to no sulfites and are unfiltered, unfined and without other additives. We want to bring the life and vibrancy of the beautiful vineyards we work with directly to bottle, with as little intervention as possible. We make a range of wines, but all of our wines are distinctively cool climate in style with fresh natural acidities, low alcohol levels and bright fruit.

We feel that hybrid grape varieties fit perfectly into our natural wine framework. While we work with the best organic fruit we can, it’s important to remember that even in organic viticulture, organic sprays are used to reduce disease and pest pressure on the vines. Many hybrid varieties require less spraying in general than typical wine grapes, even when farmed Conventionally. We believe that organically farmed hybrid grape varieties can have the least impact on the planet, and we love the wines they make too!