We are excited to release our first officially labeled Demeter certified wine! The 2024 Flower Day Riesling has the Demeter logo on it - which is the certifying body for Biodynamic Farming. In 2023, our HJW Estate Vineyard was officially certified by Demeter, and this is the first wine to find its way to you!
Flower Day Riesling is fresh and exuberant in nature and is dry with an almost playful effervescence. This wine highlights our commitment to ecosystem health and comprehensive viticulture practices. We adhere to unique farming methods that focus not solely on our vineyards but on the totality of our farm, promoting biodiversity in adjacent fields, forests, and meadows while utilizing cover crops, beneficials, and homeopathic teas and preparations. The biodynamic calendar has four kinds of days: root days, flower days, fruit days, and leaf days. Each of these days has specific tasks; fruit days are meant for harvesting, leaf days for watering, and root days for pruning. On flower days, the vineyard is left alone to rest - so we suggest resting and sipping this delicious Riesling, which pairs particularly well with books, bodies of water, and sunshine.
Tropical and lightly tingling with texture, Flower Day is a great aperitif alternative, well suited for the likes of a Kale Caesar Salad, or Grilled Fiddlehead Ferns with Feta, or even a Strawberry Galette.