NEW RELEASE: "L" Lavender Sparkling Wine 375 mL. #metime btl, 13.5% abv
The long-awaited new vintage of FRFW's award-winning debut release now available in 375mL. #metime bottles!
*** 2 bottle minimum order with Discounted Flat-Rate Shipping (see dets below) ***
The latest bottling is close to a brut with its bright, crisp taste profile, gorgeous golden effervescence & unmistakable character that makes "L" a "gourmet-level gift!" (Michelin Guide)
"Full sensory experience with flowers... savory and herbal." (Wine Enthusiast)
"Surprisingly dry, with a pleasingly herbal bitterness, a hint of juniper, and bright acidity." (Edible East Bay)
"A vintage like no other!" (ABC7 News)
- Pick up your wine in the Livermore Valley Tasting Room and enjoy a Tasting Flight with Artisan Chocolate Pairings! Details here.
See below for more tasting notes and recommended pairings.
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Local Delivery
- COMPLIMENTARY Winery-paid LOCAL DELIVERY for orders of two or more bottles (750mL or equivalent) -- to Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley, Alameda & San Leandro
- Low Flat-rate Delivery -- only $9 -- for single bottle orders (750mL or equivalent)
Local Delivery Date
- Sundays, 9am - 1pm, for orders placed by midnight the Wednesday before
- We'll text or email your Sunday delivery ETA on Friday morning
- Photo ID (21+) & adult signature required
California Shipping
- COMPLIMENTARY Winery-paid SHIPPING for orders of 12 or more bottles (750mL or equivalent)
- Extra savings on discounted Flat-Rate Shipping with an order of three or more bottles (750mL or equivalent)
- Discounted Flat-rate Shipping: only $18.99 for fewer than three bottles (750mL or equivalent)
Shipping Date
- Fridays for orders placed by midnight the Wednesday before
- Shipments may arrive next day (but all shipping co's now make no guarantees)
- Be on the lookout for email updates from the shipper (GLS)
- Photo ID (21+) & adult signature required
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THE WINE: Handcrafted in small batches from locally sourced, organically farmed lavender flowers and lemons—not grapes.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: A gorgeous golden hue and an assertive floral nose with an implied sweetness.
TASTING NOTES: "Gourmet-level gift" (Michelin Guide) Crisp and dry with a bright mouth-feel, refreshing acidity, and an elegant clarity of expression with hints of citrus, juniper, and aniseed.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Our lavender wine pairs well with savory, salty, and sweet entrées. It’s a summer celebratory wine and a spirited apéritif, dessert, or brunch partner. "L" is also a dynamic ingredient in wine cocktails made with mezcal, tequila, rum, gin, vodka, absinthe, and various liqueurs. Here a few flower wine cocktail recipes specially curated by our Bay Area bartender friends. Serve chilled in a champagne flute. Feel free to open with a corkscrew, as the effervescence is light and "poppin' bottles" may be more challenging when the wine's colder than room temperature.
THE WINEMAKING PROCESS: Florification on lees in pressurized unitanks, without filtration. Florification (derived from flor-, the Latin root for flower) is a term for flower winemaking akin to vinification, which refers to the production of grape wine from fruit selection to fermentation to bottling. Lees are the yeast and other natural elements that settle at the bottom of the tank during the fermentation process. Florification on lees is an aging technique that allows the wine to mature on the lees, without racking, until bottling. This contributes to our flower wine's freshness and complexity.
Bottle & flute photo credits: Ben Kist.
Visual tasting notes by Renee Kirby.