{"id":2715,"date":"2016-09-01T10:50:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/?p=2715"},"modified":"2016-09-01T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T15:07:10","slug":"forlorn-hope-natural-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beveragewarehousevt.com\/home\/2016\/09\/01\/forlorn-hope-natural-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Forlorn Hope | Natural Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are delighted to introduce a new line of natural wine to the VT marketplace – Forlorn Hope.<\/h4>\n

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Forlorn Hope is a great addition to our ever expanding natural wine selection.<\/h4>\n

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We will begin diving in and reviewing these fantastic, responsibly crafted wines during September, here is a teaser about the wines from: forlornhopewines.com<\/a><\/h4>\n

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\nAll Forlorn Hope wines are produced from winegrapes. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

We believe very strongly that site and farming produce all that we should like to find in a bottle of wine, and we don\u2019t want to confuse or muddy the story that each wine can relate by adding water or yeast or acid or enzymes that had nothing at all to do with what the vines put into each of our clusters.<\/p>\n

Each of the Forlorn Hope wines may be put through very different fermentations en route to becoming one of our Rare Creatures \u2014 S\u00e8millon is destemmed and pressed, then fermented in old and neutral barrels; Gew\u00fcrztraminer is destemmed and fermented on the skins; Alvarelh\u00e3o is fermented whole-cluster with no destemming or initial breaking of the fruit \u2014 but throughout it all a common vein runs through the thought process in the cellar: listen to what the fermentation is saying as it transforms from fruit into wine. What does it want to become? In what direction does its nature want to lead it? In this manner we guide our ferments along, receiving suggestions and guidance from the wine and fermentative microbes themselves.<\/p>\n

No new barrels are ever used in the Forlorn Hope cellar. Currently, our oldest 60 gallon vessels are from the 1997 vintage.<\/p>\n

At Matthew Rorick Wines, we love the longshots. We love the outsiders, the lost causes, the people\/projects\/ideas abandoned as not having a chance in the world. We love the longshots because we\u2019re all about tenacity, we relish a challenge, and \u2013 we admit it \u2013 we love us a good tussle.<\/p>\n

Hans Brinker, the Dutch boy who stuck his finger in the dike? We\u2019re big fans of his. Penelope \u2013 weaving all day and ripping it out all night? She\u2019s with us. Henry V\u2019s speech at the Battle of Agincourt? Pretty much our theme song.<\/p>\n

Taken from the Dutch \u2018verloren hoop\u2019, meaning \u2018lost troop\u2019, Forlorn Hope was the name given to the band of soldiers who volunteered to lead the charge directly into enemy defenses. The chance of success for the Forlorn Hope was always slim, but the glory and rewards granted to survivors ensured no shortage of applicants.<\/p>\n

These bottles, the first produced by Matthew Rorick Wines, were our headlong rush into the breach. Rare creatures from appellations unknown and varieties uncommon, these wines are our brave advance party, our pride and joy \u2013 our Forlorn Hope.<\/p>\n

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