Monovitis
@monovitis.com
Raw wine buff hunting for lost grape varieties, with a nose for archaeology and anthropology. Currently based in Tarragona, Catalunya.
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Fabulous day at the #Embutada in Tarragona, a yearly event set to celebrate the arrival of new wine. Some very promising stuff like Ancestral made from Malvasia de Sitges, orange wine made from Pedro Ximénez, some great Pinot and all the other classical Macabeu, crispy Xarel·los, and Garnatxas.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Fabulous day at the #Embutada in Tarragona, a yearly event set to celebrate the arrival of new wine. Some very promising stuff like Ancestral made from Malvasia de Sitges, orange wine made from Pedro Ximénez, some great Pinot and all the other classical Macabeu, crispy Xarel·los, and Garnatxas.
#Embutada last Thursday, tasting the wines of Celler Frisach and Celler Gemma Miró from the Terra Alta. Les Aguilles, served cold and made from organic Garnatxa with minimal intervention, stood out for is intriguing lightness and a fresh acidity that lifted the spirit. This with the music of Terrae.
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#Embutada last Thursday, tasting the wines of Celler Frisach and Celler Gemma Miró from the Terra Alta. Les Aguilles, served cold and made from organic Garnatxa with minimal intervention, stood out for is intriguing lightness and a fresh acidity that lifted the spirit. This with the music of Terrae.
📣 For all organic and natural wine geeks: If you happen to be in Tarragona tomorrow head straight to Plaça del Rei where from 12.00 onwards 25 vine makers will be showing off their new wine as part of the #Embutada 2025. 🍷🍇🍾🍇
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
📣 For all organic and natural wine geeks: If you happen to be in Tarragona tomorrow head straight to Plaça del Rei where from 12.00 onwards 25 vine makers will be showing off their new wine as part of the #Embutada 2025. 🍷🍇🍾🍇
Last Wednesday we tasted three wines from Maria Barrena and Josep Tort of Celler Celler Entre Vinyes. Oníric Sotaterra, made of Macabeu, macerated 3 months in clay pots buried in the vineyard, filled the palate with its earthy and smokey tertiary notes and was the joy or the night. #Embutada
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Last Wednesday we tasted three wines from Maria Barrena and Josep Tort of Celler Celler Entre Vinyes. Oníric Sotaterra, made of Macabeu, macerated 3 months in clay pots buried in the vineyard, filled the palate with its earthy and smokey tertiary notes and was the joy or the night. #Embutada
First evening of L'Embutada in Tarragona where we tasted the understated wines of David Baxias, a local winemaker and pioneer of biodynamic agriculture. The Syrah was unforgettably sumptuous and, on a synesthetic level, akin to a walk through a forest on a warm summer night under a full moon. 🍷🍷🍷
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
First evening of L'Embutada in Tarragona where we tasted the understated wines of David Baxias, a local winemaker and pioneer of biodynamic agriculture. The Syrah was unforgettably sumptuous and, on a synesthetic level, akin to a walk through a forest on a warm summer night under a full moon. 🍷🍷🍷
Min intervention wines with 10% ABV, striking labeling + packaging. A crisp and clean Parellada presented in a beer bottle + one anarchic Macabeo & Trepat blend that felt like falling into a volcanic crater filled with candies. Rene Barbier Jr. is having a midlife crisis and has come up with this.
July 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Min intervention wines with 10% ABV, striking labeling + packaging. A crisp and clean Parellada presented in a beer bottle + one anarchic Macabeo & Trepat blend that felt like falling into a volcanic crater filled with candies. Rene Barbier Jr. is having a midlife crisis and has come up with this.
Close encounter with a bottle of Godello produced from Vinos al Margen from the Zamora region. Made with minimal intervention from old vines at 900 metres altitude, it became extremely addictive and complex after we left the bottle open for 20min.
#NaturalWines
#NaturalWines
April 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Close encounter with a bottle of Godello produced from Vinos al Margen from the Zamora region. Made with minimal intervention from old vines at 900 metres altitude, it became extremely addictive and complex after we left the bottle open for 20min.
#NaturalWines
#NaturalWines
That of moment of the evening when all there is left is a half bottle Revolta, a 2022 Catalan Xarello, made from grapes from an old vineyard and produced with the méthode Ancestrale. It got a lot more interesting after breathing for 24 hrs at room temperature. Like eating a lush stewed apple cake.
January 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
That of moment of the evening when all there is left is a half bottle Revolta, a 2022 Catalan Xarello, made from grapes from an old vineyard and produced with the méthode Ancestrale. It got a lot more interesting after breathing for 24 hrs at room temperature. Like eating a lush stewed apple cake.
Improvised winter afternoon with a great vermouth from the cooperative of Gandesa, Terra Alta (lots of local botanicals, twist of bitters), and a 2022 white Carignan wine made by Angulars from Empordà, like smokey brioche minus the sugars. Happiness on the wild side.
January 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Improvised winter afternoon with a great vermouth from the cooperative of Gandesa, Terra Alta (lots of local botanicals, twist of bitters), and a 2022 white Carignan wine made by Angulars from Empordà, like smokey brioche minus the sugars. Happiness on the wild side.
Opening a bottle of Ancestral with a bread knife is the new normal at Tamboret, Tarragona. @pilarcs7.bsky.social 🍷
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Opening a bottle of Ancestral with a bread knife is the new normal at Tamboret, Tarragona. @pilarcs7.bsky.social 🍷
The most fundamental contribution of a glass of wine is to give you joy and Soo!!!Free by Celler Carlania does just that. A natural Pet Nat made with a blend of local Parellada and Trepat, it lingers on the palate with a crescendo, like the memory of your first trip to the sea.
#winesky
#winesky
January 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The most fundamental contribution of a glass of wine is to give you joy and Soo!!!Free by Celler Carlania does just that. A natural Pet Nat made with a blend of local Parellada and Trepat, it lingers on the palate with a crescendo, like the memory of your first trip to the sea.
#winesky
#winesky
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #769,488!
September 17, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #769,488!
Bubble Dragon by Celler Sanromà has one of the most hideous labels I have ever seen but the content is fab: a blend of predominant red grenache, moscatel, xarello and macabeo made in to an Ancestral wine that hits the taste buds like a jump into the sea on a hot afternoon.
#catalunya #wine
#catalunya #wine
May 31, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Bubble Dragon by Celler Sanromà has one of the most hideous labels I have ever seen but the content is fab: a blend of predominant red grenache, moscatel, xarello and macabeo made in to an Ancestral wine that hits the taste buds like a jump into the sea on a hot afternoon.
#catalunya #wine
#catalunya #wine
So looking forward to finally uncork this orange Welschriesling brought back from the Vipava Valley in Slovenia. Made by micro wine maker David Bratoz, it's the result of 7 day skin maceration with native yeast +12 month in old oak barrels with battonage. 🍷
January 31, 2024 at 11:25 AM
So looking forward to finally uncork this orange Welschriesling brought back from the Vipava Valley in Slovenia. Made by micro wine maker David Bratoz, it's the result of 7 day skin maceration with native yeast +12 month in old oak barrels with battonage. 🍷
A fresh, and zingy Fins Ara, made from 100% Parellada, by Álvaro González Marcos in his small vineyard in Penedès. Álvaro is part of a growing number of small scale winemakers that produce wines with minimal intervention both in terms of agriculture and winemaking.
🍷🌍Tamboret, Tarragona.
🍷🌍Tamboret, Tarragona.
November 18, 2023 at 5:13 PM
A fresh, and zingy Fins Ara, made from 100% Parellada, by Álvaro González Marcos in his small vineyard in Penedès. Álvaro is part of a growing number of small scale winemakers that produce wines with minimal intervention both in terms of agriculture and winemaking.
🍷🌍Tamboret, Tarragona.
🍷🌍Tamboret, Tarragona.
Savouring this unfiltered Petit Clot by Baixas Lehnberg, made of 100% lightly pressed Macabeu grapes. There is no maceration involved, just fermented grape juice. The result is surprisingly complex in which the calcareous soil and the ancient sea bed of Catalunya's Alt Camp find themselves at home.
November 10, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Savouring this unfiltered Petit Clot by Baixas Lehnberg, made of 100% lightly pressed Macabeu grapes. There is no maceration involved, just fermented grape juice. The result is surprisingly complex in which the calcareous soil and the ancient sea bed of Catalunya's Alt Camp find themselves at home.
Some excellent wines at the Embutata in Tarragona this weekend. Especially striking are the white wines coming out from the Alt Camp area in the south if Catalonia, with a modern, fresh, crunchy profile, relatively low alcohol, complex acidity and great salinity. Perfect for a scorching summer.
November 6, 2023 at 8:11 AM
Some excellent wines at the Embutata in Tarragona this weekend. Especially striking are the white wines coming out from the Alt Camp area in the south if Catalonia, with a modern, fresh, crunchy profile, relatively low alcohol, complex acidity and great salinity. Perfect for a scorching summer.
The "Embutada", a two days festival that celebrates new local Catalan wine , takes place this Saturday at the Part Alta of Tarragona, Catalunya, with over 30 wine cellars taking part.
images: © Gabriella Nonino / @sandswimmer.xyz
images: © Gabriella Nonino / @sandswimmer.xyz
November 2, 2023 at 8:46 AM
The "Embutada", a two days festival that celebrates new local Catalan wine , takes place this Saturday at the Part Alta of Tarragona, Catalunya, with over 30 wine cellars taking part.
images: © Gabriella Nonino / @sandswimmer.xyz
images: © Gabriella Nonino / @sandswimmer.xyz
Watching the lunar eclipse with a spectacular Vi Ranci, made in clandestine batches from Maccabeo and Grenache grapes, somewhere at the Terra Alta, Catalunya.
October 28, 2023 at 8:11 PM
Watching the lunar eclipse with a spectacular Vi Ranci, made in clandestine batches from Maccabeo and Grenache grapes, somewhere at the Terra Alta, Catalunya.
La Rural, Parellada from the vall del Gaià, Catalunya.
25 days of maceration + spontaneous fermentation. An orange wine with earthy qualities and on the palates notes of grapefruit, bees wax and oranges. It leaves a zing on the tongue that wakes you up like jump in the sea.
#orangewine
25 days of maceration + spontaneous fermentation. An orange wine with earthy qualities and on the palates notes of grapefruit, bees wax and oranges. It leaves a zing on the tongue that wakes you up like jump in the sea.
#orangewine
October 13, 2023 at 7:10 PM
La Rural, Parellada from the vall del Gaià, Catalunya.
25 days of maceration + spontaneous fermentation. An orange wine with earthy qualities and on the palates notes of grapefruit, bees wax and oranges. It leaves a zing on the tongue that wakes you up like jump in the sea.
#orangewine
25 days of maceration + spontaneous fermentation. An orange wine with earthy qualities and on the palates notes of grapefruit, bees wax and oranges. It leaves a zing on the tongue that wakes you up like jump in the sea.
#orangewine
Bonjour Jane!
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October 13, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Bonjour Jane!
Quick bluesky tip: when you post a link click "add link card" before posting. The link will look a lot nicer as it will come with its main image! Once done you can even delete the link afterwards so you have more space to add text!😎
Quick bluesky tip: when you post a link click "add link card" before posting. The link will look a lot nicer as it will come with its main image! Once done you can even delete the link afterwards so you have more space to add text!😎
It's coming together. If you look at the feed I sent you (remember to like and pin it so it's easy to find) there are people there you already know. Also look at who I am following to find mutual contacts!
October 9, 2023 at 9:19 AM
It's coming together. If you look at the feed I sent you (remember to like and pin it so it's easy to find) there are people there you already know. Also look at who I am following to find mutual contacts!
Ribolla Gialla new wine, sweet, unfiltered, still in the process of fermentation, sold in plastic bottles at the food market in Gorizia, Italy. 🍷
September 23, 2023 at 3:38 PM
Ribolla Gialla new wine, sweet, unfiltered, still in the process of fermentation, sold in plastic bottles at the food market in Gorizia, Italy. 🍷
Vineria La Botte in Udine is a little wine bar with a good selection of wine made with minimal intervention. Definitely recommend.🍷
September 21, 2023 at 9:01 AM
Vineria La Botte in Udine is a little wine bar with a good selection of wine made with minimal intervention. Definitely recommend.🍷
French wine surplus meme.
September 20, 2023 at 8:18 PM
French wine surplus meme.