A rich and compelling nose of blackberry, cassis, smoky leather and dried herbs is enhanced with layers of plum and cherry, cocoa and sandalwood. Notes of pencil lead and crushed rock mingle with subtle nuances of sage and menthol. Bold and full bodied, this wine is structured firmly around a solid core of boysenberry and cherry fruit. Supple, ripe tannins provide ample backbone for the layers of boysenberry, black cherry, licorice and dried herb flavors. Fleshy and weighty on the palate while retaining balance and finesse, it finishes long and clean with lingering notes of plum and blackberry.

Rubentis, the region’s first pink wine, was inspired by the historic claret style wines which were once produced in the area long before the current global craze made rosé famous. The backbone of the blend comes from an old hondarrabi beltza vineyard planted in 1840, preserved by the Ameztoi family for generations. Ameztoi Rubentis is an authentic original, a wine that is often imitated but never replicated.

Blend of the Tank’s flagship Saison, La Finca, with Odd Breed's flagship Saison, Past & Future. La Finca provides a more estery, dry Saison profile with classic Brett notes while their flagship, Saison, provides acidity and notes of citrus. Dry hopped with whole leaf Cahmere, which brings fresh notes of melon and tangerine peel.

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Coupage typically refers to a once common practice of blending old and young beers together to combine the best characteristics of each beer. They blended their farmhouse base with their some of their blended Spon, which itself is a blend of beer from 2014, 2015 & 2016. To say this rustic beer is complex is an understatement.

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Beer Advocate - 4.12

Tinged with an orange-pink hue, this dry medium-bodied Pinot Gris offers delicate red-apple and raspberry flavors accented by hints of toast and nut. It shares the same spicy edge and tannic fringe of the producer's single-vineyard bottling, but with a lighter, brisker touch.

Smoky, oaky aromas rest on top of basic berry scents, with hints of leather and animal as the wine breathes out. This feels tight and juicy in the mouth, with pulling tannins. Oaked-up black-fruit flavors end with spice notes and a hint of chocolate.

A wine of the “Rive” type and made using grapes from a single vineyard, Col Credas opens to a complex nose with impressive intensity and balance, and delicate fruit and floral notes, such as wisteria and acacia blossom, echoed and underpinned by elegance on the palate and a pronounced bone-dry finish (4 g/l).

Vivid ruby. Suave, highly perfumed scents of dark berry preserves, baking spices, cola and smoky minerals are complemented by a lively floral overtone. Appealingly sweet and broad on the palate, offering intense blueberry, cola and violet pastille flavors and an exotic touch of five-spice powder. The spice and floral notes repeat emphatically on an impressively very long finish.

The Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is intended to be approachable, consumed relatively young, and a versatile food companion. Hobo Wine Company is always after a more subtle, more restrained, almost lighter style of Cabernet Sauvignon then may be typical in California these days, but also something that is bright and characteristic of the variety.

Bouvet-Ladubay sources its fruit from more than 100 plots in the Loire Valley, obtaining the best quality at every harvest through its long-standing relationships with winegrowers. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel, then the wines are blended and the cuvée is bottled for the second fermentation, following the traditional method.

This blend of Spätburgunder, Cabernet Dorio, Dornfelder, Portugieser is surprisingly deep and intense, with spicy dark fruit, crunchy acidity and a decent whack of tannin in the finish. Yet given a year or two in bottle, and even a warm year starts to take on a lithe minerality – somehow, in Jochen’s hands, it turns out that even Dornfelder can show terroir. Who knew?