Unico Zelo

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Brendan and Laura Carter founded Unico Zelo in 2012 with a deliberately contrarian premise: that Australia should be making wines from the varieties of Sicily and southern Italy, not just the classic French grapes. The warm, dry Adelaide Hills and Riverland climates, they argued, were natural partners for Fiano, Nero d'Avola, Montepulciano and Sagrantino — varieties that thrived in similarly Mediterranean conditions in their European homelands. A decade on, the Carters have been vindicated many times over. Their wines are sought by the country's most progressive restaurants and wine bars, and their advocacy has inspired a new generation of South Australian producers to experiment with Italian and Iberian varieties. Made with natural wine sensibilities — wild ferment, minimal SO2, no fining or filtration — the wines are honest, expressive and remarkably good value. Unico Zelo is proof that Australian wine's most exciting chapter is still being written.