Over the last few months I have heard bits and pieces about a new/old form of winemaking. A hippy style of natural wine, unfiltered (winemakers sometimes use eggs or other chemicals to filter and fine the wine), with no added chemicals like sulphur or other preservatives. This eliminated unnecessary winemaking techniques giving the drinker wine in its rawest possible form.
The thing is that I do like the idea of winemaking, the alchemy, the process and the end result. But the idea of just drinking grape juice seemed shallow; hollow of its full potential. Call me elitist, but I didn’t think I would be excited by the natural movement. This was until I meet Tom Shobrooke.
Last week, this young South Australian strolled into Cavallero, with a lot of passion for this movement and a 23 litre demijohn of his drop, The Voice of the People. This large glass demijohn now sits atop our bar.

As a self-confessed Italophile Tom stipulated that the wine was only to be served from tumblers, so you won’t be seeing any fancy wine glasses around this drop.
At $7.50 a tumbler we think it’s a steal. Particularly for such an interesting wine.
He is quite a character and so is his wine, so we’ll let you know when Tom is next back in town and hopefully you can meet this Barosss Valley hillbilly.
In the meantime, swing past and give it a try - as you can see we’ve got a bit to get through.