2019 Domaine François Chidaine "Le Bouchet Tendre", VdF, Loire Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE A blend of various plots surrounding the Clos Baudoin, including LEspagnole, Le Haut Lieu, La Chatterie, LHomme and La Reugnires. Average of 40 year vine age. Hand harvested and farmed biodynamically. Chidaine vinifies this dry, usually around 4 g l of residual sugar, in stainless steel using indiginous yeasts. Aging is done in a combination of tank and used demi muids. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Montlouis is an appellation of 400 hectares

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico The jewel of Zenato’s production

The winemaking process at Fable Mountain is a hands-on affair

and richly varied geology

Ramon calls this fascinating local strain of Malvasía

Clos des Briords is located on the hillsides of the river Maine

and harvest for the various Baroli occurs normally in mid-October

giving Romanée-Conti

Their family had been making wine since 1918

Based in the tiny hamlet of Polisot in the southern Cote des Bars region of Champagne

a noble Venetian family

you won’t make very good Champagne

Amabuki Brewery has been producing sake earnestly for over 325 years