North American Press Suisun Valley Sparkling Catawba Pariah 2023 CACOFFER no dosage or added sulfur

no dosage or added sulfur

The brut variety of this cider is sparkling and stands out for its fresh

Their 2022 "Jus Rond" blends Pinot Noir

layering dark fruit with floral

the 2022 shows rich

North American Press Suisun Valley Sparkling Catawba Pariah 2023 CACOFFER no dosage or added sulfurIn the 1850s, the most celebrated wine in America was sparkling Catawba. Longfellow liked it enough to write a poem about it. Then vine disease, Prohibition and fashion buried the grape, and Catawba became a punchline, which is exactly why Matt Niess named this bottling Pariah. He hand harvested a single row of dry farmed Catawba in Suisun Valley's alluvial soils and gave it the full traditional method treatment: second fermentation in the bottle,