Xavier Goodridge
Australia
Jumping Juice is a project from Australia's Xavier Goodridge together with longtime friend Patrick Sullivan, both Victorian natural winemakers. While the pair manage their own individual smallholdings, with Jumping Juice they had free rein to source the best fruit from across the nation to create a selection of multi-regional, celebratory Australian wines.
The results of this project, including Pinot Noir and Sunset, are thirst-quenching, fun and most importantly immediately drinkable or "smashable". Their cult following is a sign of the market for unserious wine lovers enthralled by the vibrancy of modern winemaking and unfussed by ageing and vintage.