Llewelyn Wines 'Trouble and me' 2023 Gifts

Llewelyn Wines 'Trouble and me' 2023 GiftsHalf Syrah, half Carignan, both drawn from old vines in Mendocino county, cleverly fermented, aged, and blended by winemaker Pete Bloomberg of Llewelyn. Pete confesses, having fallen in love with Chardonnay (of all things), that 2023 was a turning point of sorts, for him: Before this harvest, Id more or less decided I wasnt going to make much red wine anymore. But recently, after opening a bottle of this on my own, I thought, dang, this is good; maybe

that of Tavel

lively expression of this important terroir in the Loire

or neighboring France and Switzerland

sourced from the special

sand & silex

an ancient wine region on the norther slopes of Mount Fruška Gora

Though Jérémy Arnaud usually makes only one wine per plot

and Clair Obscur’s is a lovely rendition: light

then pressed into stainless steel

Mexico is known as the land of Mezcal and Tequila but there are pockets of the country across its vastly diverse micro-climates where the conditions for top quality sugarcane are ideal

planted in the 1990s

higher corn (77%