Sinskey Abraxas

The nose is lively and inviting

when the air is still cool but the sun has (at last

A pure burst of dark red and blue fruits emerges from the glass

with savory red fruit wrapped in fine

Wine has been made here since 1142 as part of daily life and support for the surrounding community

the friends were about 20 years ahead of the curve – Red Mountain has no water

Michel Mailliard was more than a grower

It turns to tar and licorice at the finish

reminiscent of a Poire Williams distilled in the Voges Mountains just behind Alsace

The Mer Soleil Silver Chardonnay is the purest expression of that idea

Brunello is a grape -- “the little dark one

Olga Raffault’s Les Picasses has always been about quiet authority