COUNTRY :
United States
REGION :
California
PRODUCTION :
Cassidy Miller
After years of fostering a love for natural wine in the Bay Area, Cassidy Miller committed to the industry in 2020 and signed on to be a harvest intern for Vinca Minor. It was a destructive fire season in California and the winery was experimenting with apples to work around the intensely smoke tainted harvest. This inspired the creation of Buddy/Buddy, a project focusing on co-ferments of grapes, apples, and pears. Cassidy sources organic or biodynamically farmed fruit mostly from the Mendocino area. The project is spontaneously fermented, unfined, unfiltered, and uses minimal to no sulfur. While the first vintage was a collaboration with Vinca Minor, Buddy/Buddy continues to grow as an independent label. Cassidy still works out of the Vinca Minor space in Berkley.
Chenin Blanc & Apples & Pears
Region: Chenin Blanc – Clarksburg, CA // Mixed Varietal Apples – Sonoma County, CA
Grape: Chenin Blanc, Mixed Varietal Apples
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Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: One barrel of the ’21 Chenin Blanc (lightly foot tread before press) and one barrel of ’20 Heirloom apples, bottled with a touch of fermenting Newton Pippin juice for bubbles. Spontaneously fermented.
Aging:
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added Added S02: <2mg/L
Zapple Juice Apple Grape Wine
Region: Zinfandel – Mendocino, CA // Apples – Sonoma County, CA
Grape: Zinfandel, Gravenstein Apples
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Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: Spontaneously fermented separately, unfined, unfiltered. Blended before bottling.
Aging:
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added Added S02: low