Usonia Change Your Mind or Change the Weather 2023

About the producer

Usonia is dedicated to exploring and proposing possible futures for New York wine. Our name comes from the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who used "Usonia" to refer to his vision of a fully democratic American landscape, free of Old World conventions. We focus on varieties we believe are appropriate to our cold climate. Winemaking is hands-off: the only addition any wine sees is a small amount of sulfur. We strive to make vibrant, honest wines true to the place they come from.

Notes from Coeur Wine Company

Sustainable. Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Grüner Veltliner, Friulano, Chancellor, and Verdelet. A freeze event in the Finger Lakes caused them to look beyond the region for fruit for the first time, as well as to experiment with more varieties. This wine is an encapsulation of the vintage, comprising fruit from every grower Usonia works with. The Merlot comes from Macari Vineyards in Long Island with the rest of the fruit coming from their Finger Lakes growers. All varieties were fermented separately, whites on the skins, the reds a combination of semi-carbonic and carbonic. Aged in a mix of stainless steel and neutral barrel. Sulfur added after fermentation and just before bottling. Wines were blended in March 2024 and bottled in mid April.