NV Valle Unite Bianchini Vino Bianco

Region: Gavi < Piemonte < ItalyGrapes: CorteseVineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified Organic farming; sandy clay soils; field blend, co-fermented, direct press, aged in stainless steel; no filtering or clarification; minimal added So2 added at bottling; 11.5% ABV; 300 casesWinemaker: Alessandro Poretti  FUSO is a collaboration project between natural wine importer Portofino with organic grower/vignerons in different Italian regions to produce "Italy’s natural and characterful daily drinkers from farmers and producers who are our long time friends and colleagues".  Here they partner with Alessandro Poretti of Valli Unite, one of Italy’s only natural wine cooperatives (and definitely the only one in fancy-pants Piemonte).  Here, at a real working farm that looks like a hippie commune, growers live on property tending vineyards that lie amid beehives, farm animals, orchards, and truffle filled woodlands. Producing everything from honey to homemade salumi, grains and wine, 30 members live