Pinot Noir, Adelaide Hills, Australia 

Get you this aromatic & unadulterated pinot noir that can do it all! Fun! Sophisticated! Romantic! All in equal measure! Organic winemakers Rainbo and Gareth Belton previously worked in academia as marine biologists studying phycology but were slowly drawn toward their love of wine, food & growing things. It makes a whole lotta sense that they gravitated to cool alpine altitudes in Adelaide Hills – where ancient marine life makes up the soils and winters see plenty of rain – to make utterly delish, zero-zero wines of place. Grapes for this light-bright & earthy pinot come from over eight different sites, giving a David Hockney-style photographic collage of Aussie pinot territory. Inhale swatches of the tickling raspberries, Barefoot Contessa plum tart, over bloomed peonies, GOOD amaro, the kind of soil farmer’s call black gold, sappy tree branches & the smell of September when every day is a toss up between t-shirts & strawberries or light jackets & squash. This is a PEAK food-friendly wine! You really cannot go wrong, but if we had our druthers we’d have you drink it with crispy hen of the woods mushrooms & buttery wild rice.