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Frank Cornelissen is a Belgian born winemaker who owns and runs a winery in Mount Etna, Sicily. There are a lot of parallels between his work and those of the lambic brewers in Belgium. His wines are spontaneously fermented by placing the pressed grape juice (must) outside in plastic containers or in amphora pots that are buried to their necks in volcanic ash.

~~These wines are 100% natural~~, with the ~~vines planted on their own roots~~, ~~no chemicals or sulfur added~~, and ~~using only wild yeasts~~. ~~As Mr~~. ~~Cornelissen puts it~~, "I'~~m trying to make wines with nothing added - only grapes~~.~~" <ref~~ name="~~Cornelissen1~~"~~> The Wines of Frank Cornelissen~~, ~~Tom Cannavan, http://www.wine-pages.com/organise/frank-cornelissen.htm</ref><ref name=~~"~~Cornelissen2~~"~~> Day 22: 2007 Frank Cornelissen Munjebel Bianco 4~~, ~~Cory Cartwright, http://saignee~~.~~wordpress.com/2009/07/12/day-22-2007-frank~~-~~cornelissen-munjebel-bianco-4/</ref><ref name="Cornelissen3"> Revisiting the natural wines~~ of ~~Frank Cornelisson from Sicily's Mount Etna, Jamie Goode, http://www~~.~~wineanorak.com/frank_cornelissen.htm</ref>~~

For Selectie C, a member of the Lambic.Info Facebook group adds the following from his conversation with Frank in 2016:

"Frank was initially dismissive of beer and beer culture but once he realized I was speaking specifically about geuze & lambic he opened up a little. In the late 1990s, shortly before moving to Sicily to become a fantastic winemaker, Frank had been working as a wine (but also some spirits and beer) broker in London and had been expanding his territory to Japan where his wife was from. He had a colleague in Japan who was interested in distributing an exclusive blend of geuze and he recommended approaching Armand at 3 Fonteinen to construct a blend.

Once at 3F, Frank was particularly interested in some half or partially filled barrels of 1997, '98 & '99 lambic that contained quite a bit of rich dregs and sediment for the blend. Once the blending was done, he chose the name "Selectie C", the "C" standing for Cloesjke (or "kloesjke", Flemish slang for remainders or dregs).

Almost all of the bottles were distributed to Japan in mid-2000 where they pretty much dried up off of shelves around 2011."

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 Frank Cornelissen is a Belgian born winemaker who owns and runs a winery in Mount Etna, Sicily. There are a lot of parallels between his work and those of the lambic brewers in Belgium. His wines are spontaneously fermented by placing the pressed grape juice (must) outside in plastic containers or in amphora pots that are buried to their necks in volcanic ash.
-These wines are 100% natural, with the vines planted on their own roots, no chemicals or sulfur added, and using only wild yeasts.   As Mr. Cornelissen puts it, "I'm trying to make wines with nothing added - only grapes." <ref name="Cornelissen1"> The Wines of Frank Cornelissen, Tom Cannavan, http://www.wine-pages.com/organise/frank-cornelissen.htm</ref><ref name="Cornelissen2"> Day 22: 2007 Frank Cornelissen Munjebel Bianco 4, Cory Cartwright, http://saignee.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/day-22-2007-frank-cornelissen-munjebel-bianco-4/</ref><ref name="Cornelissen3"> Revisiting the natural wines of Frank Cornelisson from Sicily's Mount Etna, Jamie Goode, http://www.wineanorak.com/frank_cornelissen.htm</ref>
+For Selectie C, a member of the Lambic.Info Facebook group adds the following from his conversation with Frank in 2016:
+"Frank was initially dismissive of beer and beer culture but once he realized I was speaking specifically about geuze & lambic he opened up a little. In the late 1990s, shortly before moving to Sicily to become a fantastic winemaker, Frank had been working as a wine (but also some spirits and beer) broker in London and had been expanding his territory to Japan where his wife was from. He had a colleague in Japan who was interested in distributing an exclusive blend of geuze and he recommended approaching Armand at 3 Fonteinen to construct a blend.
+Once at 3F, Frank was particularly interested in some half or partially filled barrels of 1997, '98 & '99 lambic that contained quite a bit of rich dregs and sediment for the blend. Once the blending was done, he chose the name "Selectie C", the "C" standing for Cloesjke (or "kloesjke", Flemish slang for remainders or dregs).
+Almost all of the bottles were distributed to Japan in mid-2000 where they pretty much dried up off of shelves around 2011."
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