Galactic Wines "Sarava" Skin Contact 2024

Miguel Viseu is the fourth generation of winemakers in the Douro, and he grew up helping his father in the cellar. But instead of taking over the family operation he left to pursue a degree in agricultural engineering and then worked at wineries all over the world including Pousse d'Or in Burgundy and Paul Hobbs in Napa. When he returned to Portugal, his passion for biodynamic farming and natural winemaking made him a shoe-in to take over as head winemaker at Aphros in Vinho Verde, one of the earliest biodynamic producers in Portugal. That's still his main gig but he and his wife Leli started making their own wines with purchased fruit in 2018 in their garage that fall under the Galactic label. "We don’t plan to be big producers," he told importer Louis/Dressner in an interview. "We plan to create a lifestyle around the farming and the wine. We’ll touch each bottle, wax them by hand. We don’t want this to be about the money and the stress of running a business. I was born in this and it can get to a level where all the fun gets sucked out of it."