Vin-Satori : Merlin & Elie's cellar - Selection of Natural Wine & Pu erh Tea

12 bottles (and tea) = FREE DELIVERY in Europe !*

Our selection of Natural Wine & Pu erh tea :

13,50€
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- So2No added sulphites
Fai Virar Rosé
Mas de l'Escarida

Vin de France Rosé 2020
"A naughty little pleasure easy to drink"

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15,90€
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Prémices
Rémi Dufaitre

AOC Beaujolais village Red 2018
"The perfect wine to share with friends"

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18,60€
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Ella m'a serré
Sylvain Bock

Vin de France Orange 2020
"A spring day with a cool breeze tickling our senses ..."

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25€
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J.C.
La Sorga

Vin de France Pet Nat 2019
"Original like a mullet cut"

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97€
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LTC Yo Ji Cha

Yong De Raw matured pu erh 2007
"Aromas of honey, cooked fruit, herbs, prunes, and camphor"

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154€
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Wang Bing Lao Shen Tai

Yiwu Sheng Pu erh (raw) 2014
"An excellent tea that connect directly to the soul"

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Living wine ?

Living wine ?

The Merlin & Elie‘s vision of living wine

A living wine…
is an energy
has a taste of terroir
carries the soul of the winemaker
is a controled wine
is linked to human beings for over 10 000 years
reveals the pureness of aromas
is a drink without inputs
connect matter to spirit…

The difference between organic, biodynamic & natural wine

	Conventional150-2OOmg/L authorized sulphites	Biological100-150mg/L authorized sulphites	Biodynamic60-90mg/L authorized sulphites	Natural^*30mg/L authorized sulphites
In the vineyard	Authorized synthetic chemicals	Synthetic chemicals free	Synthetic chemicals free	Synthetic chemicals free
During vinification	Authorized input(Citric acid, copper sulfate, ammonium sulphate, wine tannins)	Authorized input(Yeast bark, albumin, gelatin, gum arabic, tannins)	Some authorized input(Egg albumin, sulfur dioxide (SO²), Wine charcoal)	Sulfur Dioxide (SO²)

* Based on trust.

Note : Many winemakers are not labeled Organic or Biodynamic and don’t want to claim to be “natural wine” but work without chemicals or inputs.

Living wine remains an alcoholic drink, abusing it is dangerous for health.

Merlin & Elie
Merlin & Elie
Élie Eveno

Pu erh Tea Sommelier

Wine merchant in Taiwan

Asia explorer

And more…
Merlin Salerno

Son of a winemaker (without inputs for 20 years)

Wine merchant & sommelier in Marseille

Traveler & Poet

But not only…

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What is Vin-Satori ?

Vin-Satori is a wine and tea shop that passes through your home, with the promise of only offering straight natural wines with great energy. And to find some of the best teas in the world after having crossed the mountains of Yunnan in China.

Vin-Satori is the fusion of Merlin, son of a natural winegrower who became a sommelier-poet, & Elie, a Pu erh tea sommelier who lived in Asia for several years. Both claim to be able to observe the universe in a glass of wine or a cup of tea …

What is SATORI ?

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SATORI in wine & tea,

It means adopting a candid posture, in order to feel the essence of the drink,

It is both forgetting and being the context,

It means realizing that aromas are nothing without the energy of the living,

It is to drink with fun or to taste with all your attention,

It is to find drunkness in matter & spirit, light & root, all & nothing,

Then that’s mostly all you want …

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Alcohol abuse can harm your health. Wine only appreciated with moderation.
Pu erh tea

Pu erh Tea ?

The Pu erh, a special tea…

Finely selected in Yunnan, our teas are among the best in the world. Unlike most of the teas produced in industrial plantations, our Puerh come from ecological gardens, sometimes wild, or even centuries or millennia old Tea Trees. Happy is the one who knows how lucky is it to drink tea from such nature’s vestiges…

Where does the Pu erh come from ?

Pu erh tea mainly comes from Yunnan, a mountainous region in southwestern China with wide variety of terroirs.

Some producers have exported their knowledge to neighboring countries, like Myanmar and Thailand.

Sourcing Puerh is a lifetime’s work. To get to some tea villages, it can take a day of bus on mountain roads followed by several hours of tracks. On site, some gardens are very remote and accessible only by walk, requiring a few more hours. Without mentioning the many scams to avoid, all this makes the selection work extremely difficult. It’s why we are working with our good friend Olivier Schneider who has lived in Dai village and has spent his time roaming the mountains for over 15 years.

How to drink and appreciate Pu erh ?

Like wine, tea can be consumed in endless ways depending on the situation and the guests. Between conviviality and a meditative approach, the tea lover is free to choose the way he wants to drink it. Here are 3:

Notes:

-It is customary to rinse the leaves very quickly with boiling water.

-You can steep the same leaves multiple times all the day.

-Avoid infusing residual tea powder from your teabox (especially for sheng)

Large glass of water :

Put some leaves at the bottom of your glass then pouring over with hot water. That one of the best ways to appreciate the beauty of the leaves that settle to the bottom of the glass after a minute.

Note: Strong taste and possible bitterness. Sensitive refrain.

Classic family teapot :

Just like other classic tea, you can experiment different steeping time and the amount of tea leaves according to your taste.

Note: Better to do many short steeps rather than too long steeps (to control bitterness).

The traditional gong fu cha :

This is the traditional Chinese method of brewing tea. With a Yixing-type teapot or a gaïwan, successive and brief steeps are realized (from a few seconds to 1 minute over the passes). This is probably the best way to get the best from your tea leaves. For more details, click here

Differents kinds of Pu erh Tea :

Originally Pu erh was pressed in various forms to be transport on the long mountainous journeys to Tibet. Today Puerh teacake are the result of a fine and thoughtful blend which can be compared to the work of an oenologist. For more details about different Puerh click here.

Shou Pu erh (Ripe)

Pu erh Shou, with dark color are fermented during their production in view to imitate old Puerh sheng, and are therefore often not intended for aging.

Sheng Pu erh (Raw)

Sheng Puerh, with lighter liquor, are not fermented during their production. Some, called primeur, are consumed during the year, while others are aged for several years or even decades during which their aromas evolve.

Wild Pu erh tea

Fake wild Pu erh tea is commonly seen, since the wild tea trees can be difficult to access. Harvesting leaves from the tops of these towering trees requires hard work and good luck. Teas made from these trees are more racy, lemony with a particular energy.

For more information, you can check on the blog of Olivier Schneider, a great enthusiast and connoisseur (a little bit mad scientist) of Pu erh!

Vin-Satori 2021 Consume alcohol in abuse of alcohol can harm your health. Enjoy and savor this product with measurement.