Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano EARHARDT and Aux Ormes

and Aux Ormes

floral pear notes provide a soft entrance into a whiskey that is adorned with hints of spice and arid citrus derived from the Amaro casks (and also the toasty bourbon itself)

His work in Cornas has put him at the center of the new generation rewriting what Northern Rhône Syrah can be

the one growers historically stuck in the spots where Chardonnay wouldn't pay

supple style with the gravelly Graves signature

Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano EARHARDT and Aux OrmesBefore quinine ended up in tonic water, it went into wine. Quina is that older tradition: a Jerez wine base, fortified and steeped with cinchona bark and a cast of botanicals until it turns bittersweet and pleasantly medicinal. Valdespino's version comes from one of the oldest houses in Jerez and it tastes like it, with real sherry character underneath the bitterness, all dried fruit and nutty depth, and a quinine edge that snaps the whole thing back