Wonderwerk Luv Yuzu Lite 2022
Wonderwerk Luv Yuzu Lite 2022
This (now sold out practically everywhere) bright and fresh bubbly is what we like to call "spring in a bottle". The color is as bright as a lemon. It's sugar free, low alcohol, and refreshing.
Country USA & Japan (Yuzu)
Region California
Farming Organic
Soil Alluvial Soil
Varieties Riesling, Muscat, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Montepulciano, Yuzu** Peel
Alcohol 8% (Low ABV)
Winemaking Hand-picked grapes, native yeast fermentation, unfined and unfiltered, vegan with no added sulfites. This wine is the first of its kind, its a sugar-free, low alcohol sparkling wine with the zest of Yuzu from Japan. Yuzu peel and Riesling were macerated and infused together for four days then blended with the piquette cuvee.
**Yuzu is a citrus fruit often associated with the food of Japan and known for flavor and aromatic flare
About the Producer
Known as the wizards of California's natural wine scene, Wonderwerk, is comprised of Andrew Lardy and Issamu Kamide. The two high school friends from Virginia made their way to California and started a wine label that they hope will morph into “The Wonderwerk House of Fermentation”. Andrew was originally working on a graduate degree in neuropsychology when he realized the science and experiments he was working on were too far removed and less tangible than he’d like – too clinical if you will. He’s always had a passion for culinary exploration and wine and would often find himself bootlegging cider or moonlighting as a bartender in college. Making wine felt like that perfect mix of science and art he was after so he up and moved to California and enrolled in the Fresno State Enology program. After Fresno State, he cut his teeth working in several different wineries on California’s Central Coast – around the same time that Issamu came back from a stint in Brazil to go back to school in Virginia for brand management (shoutout to VCU Brandcenter!) which led him to LA to work in CPG food & beverage.
The name “Wonderwerk” actually reflects on this experimental, avant-garde spirit as well – it originates from a cave in South Africa that is believed to have the earliest sign of human cooking – a million-year-old hearth – where humans manipulated nature for enjoyment as much as sustenance. Wonderwerk stands out also for their colorful, eye-catching labels.