Standish Wine Company The Relic 2017Shiraz with a small percentage of Viognier from Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia; full bodied and dry, dark and deep with notes of meat and smoke, leather, stewed black fruits, and cocoa, with hints of pepper, violets, and herbs, with firm dry tannins, oaky undertones, balanced acidity, and a long, smooth, full finish. Organic and biodynamic. Truly dynamite.

and the longest finish ever

Garganega from Soave

with tart blackberry and smooth oaky tannins on the finish

A classic dry vermouth from the Piedmont region of northern Italy

who was living in the northern Italian city of Torino (Turin) at the foot of the Alps

and the psychology and neurobiology that make us want it

medium plus to full bodied and dry with balanced earth and fruit

as part of Mika Bulmash’s Wine for the World initiative

and a crisp

100% Albariño that spend 15-20 days on its skins from Rías Baixas

but the second time was more pineapple

aged cheese (7 months on lees