06/18/2026
Get a little wild.
A former tech professional leaves it all behind to farm volcanic slopes above Lake Balaton. The wine that comes from that decision? Bencze 'Aries' Riesling.
"It's very easy to accidentally finish the bottle" says Burdock Wine Director, Maisie Ryan, "It’s all about bright citrus, crisp stone fruit and a salty, smoky edge that keeps you going back for just one more sip about six times in a row."
Grown on the slopes of Szent György-hegy in Hungary's Badacsony region, this is natural Riesling as it should be: native yeast, minimal intervention, and a terroir — black basalt, lake air, living soils — that has no interest in being subtle.
We are featuring this bottle as our premium pairing for Berry Moon's 'Elderflower' — Lubina bass confit with butter-fermented elderflower-basted cabbage, elderflower sabayon & vinaigrette and eulachon, pictured with our add-on of Acadian Caviar.
The Aries meets this course point for point. Salt for salt. Citrus against richness. A thread of smoke behind two registers of elderflower.
🌷 ‘Flower Gazing under the Berry Moon’ will do the rounds through July.
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