Description

Grapes: Cayuga (white-berried hybrid grape developed by Cornell University, thriving upstate New York)

Vineyard: Glendale Farm, one of the rare certified organic vineyards in the area

Making of: Hand-picked and whole-cluster pressed. Allowed to ferment with native yeast and finished in the bottle. Unfined, unfiltered, undisgorged.

Personality: loads of fresh zippy fruit (Granny Smith apples, lemon zest, pears) and white flowers + a touch of yeast and wet stones.

Barry Family Cellars was founded in 2011 by Ken and Ian Barry in Burdett, New York, near Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes Region. Ian worked at wineries in the Hudson Valley, Oregon and Washington, and makes the Barry Family wines with techniques he personally enjoys, eschewing intervention in favor of more minimalist techniques.

The Pet Gnat wines got their inspiration from Ians son Declan. He overheard his Dad discussing making a pet-nat with some winemaking friends, and thought they were getting a new pet gnat. They joked about how theyd have to have a leash for the new pet. Declans drawing, spruced up by Ians father Ken, a lifelong artist, is the art work featured on the label.