{"product_id":"2020-gearhead-sauvignon-blanc-princess-petnat","title":"2020 Gearhead Sauvignon Blanc Princess Pet’Nat","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegion: Contra Costa \u0026lt; California\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrapes: Sauvignon Blanc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVineyard\/Cellar Stats: fermented carbonically for 14 days, no treading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eor adding of Co2; hand-disgorged and bottled under crown cap with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enothing added (zero-zero); 12% ABV; 70 cases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinemaker: Craig West\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur buddy Noel of Purity turned us on to his buddy, Craig West, who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emakes wine at Noel’s Richmond facility for his upstart natural wine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elabel, Gearhead.  Craig was a fisherman and a baker for Acme Bread,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebut when he met Noel and started helping him with production, he\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edecided that this was his calling and pivoted to wine.  Now he makes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etiny lots of wine from organic farming, all foot tread, many with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecarbonic maceration, and all sans added sulfur.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCraig is scrappy like most of the new natty crew in California, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esearches high and low for organic fruit to purchase.  For this wine,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehe found some pristine PG from a guy called Tom, who farms his small\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003evineyard organically, in Contra Costa county -- the same vineyard that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ealso gives us the Pinot Gris Craig uses in his pink Princess fizz.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout this wine Craig says, \"The SB was done carbo I was on vacation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhen it came in when I returned the fermentation was so vocal bubbling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand happy that I pressed it after 14 days. It went into bottle the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esame day -- that never happens -- so the stars aligned on this one!\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor the whimsical label art, he's sticking with the cute princess\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edrawing from his talented 10-year old daughter, who drove a hard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebargain and charged dad $50 for the rights to her work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe tasted this wine as it was being bottled, and of course we loved it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-- how could you not love a crazy carbonic, skin-macerated Sauv Blanc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efizz that tastes like a Greyhound cocktail and hard cider had a baby?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoftly fizzy and tart, with electric grapefruit and lemon peels, it's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esuper dry and chalky, not to mention refreshing and extremely\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edrinkable, any time of the day.   We're loving Craig's strong Pet'nat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egame in 2020\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Rock Juice Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67545965560026,"sku":"ffx1792015603493","price":15.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/2591\/2282\/files\/2020-gearhead-sauvignon-blanc-princess-petnat_1.jpg?v=1792015634","url":"https:\/\/deadstockfabricwear.shop\/products\/2020-gearhead-sauvignon-blanc-princess-petnat","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}