A bottle of Venus Flytrap wine resting on vibrant green turf, glowing deep red in the sun with its bold screen-printed flytrap design facing up.

Venus Flytrap

Foraged Co-Fermented Pét-Nat

FEELS: Sparkly & Feral 

TASTES OF: Bright cherry (think jolly rancher), light raspberry zippiness, hint of wildflower honey

AFTERTASTE: A little bite, then nothing at all

Dry, red, and naturally sparkling. Venus Flytrap is a co-fermented blend of Montmorency cherries, red raspberries, Concord grapes, and wild blackberries — all foraged from the Urban Artifact campus and a family homestead in Indiana. Juicy and bright with a feral edge, it’s made with native yeast and bottled before fermentation finished for a soft, chaotic sparkle.

Pairs well with porch gossip, impulsive decisions, and the feeling you’re being watched.

I’m the winemaker and founder of FRUITBLOOD, and I make all the wines from scratch with fruit grown close to home. I like soft monsters, neighborhood gossip, and figuring it out as I go.

josh@fruitblood.com

Label Art by Josh Elliott

Songs to drink Venus Flytrap to

90s alt hits, indie shimmer, and a touch of blood in the water.
Curated to match the chaos of Venus Flytrap — sip something sharp and hit play.

Production Notes:

Venus Flytrap, 2025 vintage


This wine was made entirely from fruit foraged by hand — cherries, red raspberries, blackberries, and Concord grapes — harvested from two places that mean everything to us: the gardens and wild edges of the Urban Artifact campus, and a small family homestead in southeast Indiana.

Each fruit was picked at peak ripeness, processed within hours, and co-fermented with native yeast for a spontaneous sparkle. The result is dry, red, and deeply layered — a bright, grape-skin-forward wine with a soft cherry punch and subtle wild berry undertones.

After fermentation, the wine was bottled young to finish in glass. It was riddled over two months and rotated by hand, then each bottle was disgorged on site to remove sediment and immediately crown capped. Labels were screen printed directly onto the bottles using a single-color enamel ink. 55 cases produced

This wine received no sulfur additions.

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