Niklas, Kerner, Südtirol, Alto Adige, Italy 2024 organic • The edge of the

• The edge of the Enclos

It’s not about smoke or sweetness

Ten months aging in wood

this tastes like a wonderful younger cousin of those wines

Niklas, Kerner, Südtirol, Alto Adige, Italy 2024 organic • The edge of the100% Kerner Dieter Slva is a young winemaker from the tiny village of St. Nikolaus in the Alto Adige, high up on the west side of a majestic valley that leads north through the Dolomites. Dieter is a graduate of the famous enology school at San Michele, as was his father before him. Kerner is a hybrid grape, bred in Germany from Trollinger (Schiava Grossa) and Riesling, and quite close to Riesling in flavor. Dieter's father, a well known viticultural