Wines

special release

With the best time of day approaching, a break for lunch ensued; beef kabobs were flung from their skewers and slapped down upon freshly ground blue corn masa tortillas, with sweet red bell peppers and salsa macha; made with dried ancho, guajillo and arbol chiles, garlic, peanuts, seasame seeds, salt and oregano of course.

She dons a stunning, champagne-hued, floor-length silk gown, oohs and aahs echoing as she saunters, and the crowd lauds her delicate refinement. Nonchalantly scanning the room, her deep amber eyes glaze over the frowsty scene, heeding a new silhouette across the room.

Bing cherries adorn her ears, and chicha morada stains her full thirsting lips, ever yearning for just a hint of rose petal and sweet citrus sinensis, as she tipples back her Metaxa, neat. In due turn, hyacinth flowers fall softly to the ground, displaced from their precarious perch in her paprika pink peppercorn hair, when dainty glass hits bottom.

...adorned with a crown of rosewood, pomegranates, figs, blackberries, and raspberries, tucked amongst bluebell and lavender blooms. As with Hades’ first glimpse of Persephone, this first taste is both intoxicating and invigorating. You are speechless, and yet you know you must capture her essence to claim her fully and slake your thirst.

...As the cobalt haze lifts, and the impending threat recedes, citrus soaked alpaca carpaccio awaits, along with brioche toast, purple potatoes, and winter purslane, huitlachoche soup, elk medallions and luxardo cherry garnished Manhattans to top off the quickening night.

...as savory sausage in marinara sauce with fresh basil bubbles away on the stove, he safely secrets away the prized cashmere chili and Sichuan peppercorns in his cool cellar below. No longer one to travel far and wide, nor venture any great distance from home, he allows the outside world to come to him...

The wood stove, fat with crackling timber, takes the night chill from the air as a hot skillet comfortingly hisses when wild boar’s flesh meets purple potatoes softening in bacon fat, and the rich scent of freshly ground coffee wafts through the rosemary and thyme herb garden perched on the windowsill.