Stagiare Wines, It's Your Birthday (And all Your Enemies are Dead!), NV 062626OFFER and a touch of forest

and a touch of forest floor add layers of depth

but still perfectly in balance

Larmandier-Bernier’s Champagne Rosé de Saignée Extra Brut 1er Cru NV

and the 2008 has been developing slowly into something remarkable

Lessona is one of Alto Piemonte's most ancient appellations — a tiny zone north of the Langhe where Nebbiolo grows on sandy

Stagiare Wines, It's Your Birthday (And all Your Enemies are Dead!), NV 062626OFFER and a touch of forestBrent Mayeaux named his winery Stagiaire, French for the intern who does the grunt work, after apprenticing in cellars from Australia to the Jura, and this bottle is his idea of a party. Despite the celebratory name it's not a sparkler but a still, chillable light red, a zero zero co ferment of red and white grapes made with nothing added and nothing taken away. He built the project as a negociant, buying from organically farmed Northern California