Elisabetta is really an incredible person.

We're very, very pleased to announce the arrival of wines from our dear friend, Elisabetta Montesissa. This October, I was tremendously lucky to see her farm in Emilia-Romagna for the first time. After a long day of travelling, we were welcomed in the cellar with a mountain of local salamis, hams, and lardo (made by her partner Masimilliano Croci's family), followed by Elisabetta's mother's pasta fagioli. Her wines were such an incredible accompaniment to the local fare, and immediately we had that spooky feeling we get in these remarkable places. Elisabetta is the kind of winemaker who is cultivating an environment on her farm, of which the wine is but one product. Biodynamics, for her, is really about cultivating nature to its most contented state. Her grapevines, the wheat fields, the grasses, the 4-million-old fossilized oyster shells... are all in a kind of harmony that I identify so strongly with her wines, and serve as proof of the concept of terroir in wine - even sparkling wine, which is of course her speciality and a typicality of the region. Elisabetta makes wine the very same way her grandfather and father have, because that's what fits best in this magnificent place. There's a joy and levity to these wines that seems to come from their lighthearted provenance. It's incredibly difficult work that Elisabetta does, but the result is clear in the happiness of her product. Not sure of a better way to put it, but you'll know when you taste. We consider ourselves very lucky to be bringing it to you.