Origen Raíz 'Chacaleño' Durango Gifts

Origen Raíz 'Chacaleño' Durango GiftsNative to Northern Mexico, this Maguey Chacaleo is distilled in El Platanar de Sianori, a community nestled in the Las Quebradas region of Topia Durango. Produced by Asis Corts and Bildo Saravia the latter a sixth generation distiller it is made enitely from Chacaleo, the local name for espadin, though this mezcal varies significantly from its Oaxacan cousins. Bold and earthy, it boasts notes of cracked pepper, charred sage and cedarwood. A unique,

It's given about a year's worth of aging in those barrels

This vintage Cava is an example of serious winemaking in the Penedès region near Barcelona: organically farmed

This is a great bottle to introduce you to one of the charming underdog varieties of the Loire Valley

and the Roussillon

A trusty companion for the slow and thoughtful home and the inner utilitarian in us all

'Berbere' is made from a base white wine of a perpetual solera from a natural wine producer friend of EB's

dry finish with hints of pepper

in which a pure spirit is added during fermentation to stop conversion of sugar into alcohol

Tinta Negra and Jaen

based in the Hudson Valley

which are rare in the Alsace

This cuvée gets its ravishing color from Sullivan County wild-foraged elderberries