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South Africa's first Black female winemaker

it started out as treatment for a myriad of ailments

The result is a Saint-Aubin that pulls off the difficult trick of being both generous (south-facing power) and crisp (mineral restraint from the rocky soil)

Vina Gonzalez Bastias Pais Descabezado 2025 NO20231025 the biodynamic farming gives itJos Luis Bastas and his partner Daniela Lorenzo work old, ungrafted Pas vines in Chile's Maule Valley, and "Descabezado" literally "beheaded" refers to the traditional head pruned bush vine training that's kept these heritage vineyards alive for generations. Pas was Chile's workhorse grape for centuries before falling out of fashion; in the right hands and on the right soils, it makes light, juicy, soulful red. This one drinks like a Chilean cousin to