2021 Hello, Old Friend

Vineyard: Tranquil Heart, Hemet, CA, Riverside County. Fiano block.

Viticulture: no till, no herbicides, no synthetic pesticides, hand tended & picked, bee friendly

Ingredients added during winemaking: grapes, sulfites

Whole cluster pressed, indigenous fermentation, settled in neutral barrels for about 6 months before bottling. No fining, no filtration.

The first white wine made by Centralas has a label that features the earth greeting us as an old friend. There can be so much emphasis on the harm that humans have wreaked on the world that we lose sight of the truth that we are not adversaries.

The old idea of "Human versus Nature" is founded on a dichotomy that doesn't exist. We are nature too. For millennia we lived in harmony with the earth and her rhythms, as part of them, enhancing the health and vitality of the world. It has only been in the last 100-150 years or so - really a blip in time - that some of us seem to have lost that connection.

While we may have been estranged from our friend, she hasn't forgotten. She's reaching out with a reminder that what we share runs deeper than any temporary issues. She's our soil mate... our Ride or Die.