Nikolaihof Hefeabzug Gruner VeltlinerAlthough I dont like to be outside, I once took a very short vacation to a farm in Illionis. A functioning farm, not a hobby farm pigs, chickens, buried septic tanks, trash hauling in a Ford F 350 Super Duty, bugs, manure, crowbars, and sweating on the farmhouse porch, penning epistles like I was E. B. White. And day after day, I had Nikolaihofs Hefeabzug Gruner Veltliner with me, like a devoted Border Collie making sure all remained steady. Hefeabzug

Tasting a pre-phylloxera bottle of Domaine Tempier Bandol (a wedding gift from his father-in-law) inspired Lucien to research the terroir of Bandol extensively

Based in the Eola-Amity Hills

senses and character

but with this beautiful summer weather

this is gonna get a little confusing but the final taste is worth it

and a saline snap that feels more Atlantic than Mediterranean

food-friendly Zweigelt that balances charm with structure

maybe an easy way to summarize this wine—-

000 bottles made

and it is all old vines

and a note of redcurrant leaf that keeps the fruit from ever feeling heavy

On the nose it sings of blue and black cherries