Los Chuchaquis Albariño 'Champelli' 2022 Spain

Los Chuchaquis Albariño 'Champelli' 2022 SpainFuzzy pia colada juice with pop rocks thrown in. Something like a white 'col fondo' rustic style of sparkling from Emilia Romagna, but do it California style. The guys at Los ChuchaquisRyan Stirm and Jehan Hakimianhave such a fun sense of what makes West Coast wine worth doing playfulness but still with a sense of high quality fruit from meaningful, kindly tended vineyards. This isn't Prosecco for aperitivothis is ultimate park hang foamy Albario joy.

are beautiful and unassuming: underrepresented grapes and places

Great in a highball

lest everyone abandon their Whispering Angel and Château Miraval and turn to this totally electric

' translating to 'lip-stinger' and hailing from southern/Mediterranean France by origin

but still bears the traditional stony slate imprint of the super-steep slopes in the Mosel where it's from

the Padovani sisters have seen it's a unique expression of Sangiovese

meant to be a crushable

) and malted barley

000 year-old lava field to bring the vodka down to 80 proof

red berry fruit and flinty earth

Amber Revolution is an essential reference work for any wine lover

especially in terroir like Touraine: fuller-weight