January's Featured Wine: Vermillion

Hospitality Restaurants featuring Vermillion Wine in January

 Cult winemaker Helen Keplinger, makes this wine from the vineyards to the bottle, working closely with grape growers from vineyard sites in Napa Valley, Sonoma County, and the Sierra Foothills. They’ve sought out sites with great dirt, farm them with care and thought, and use traditional winemaking to craft honest wine and make an artisanal red wine blend to match any occasion, any food, any time. The quality of wine is based on the quality of all its inputs – good vineyards, smart farming, pure and focused winemaking. Crazy delicious at the price, pretty much everything Helen does overdelivers in a massive way. Packed with bright juicy but refined black berries, spicecake, herbs and warm, fresh pie- wonderful balance, dangerously drinkable!

Keplinger Red Blend ‘Vermillion’
Plump and supple, with jammy black raspberry and pomegranate flavors that are laced with notes of licorice, smoky grilled herb and pepper. Glides on the finish toward fine-grained tannins. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah.

-Wine Spectator

Helen’s time in Priorat, Spain working with Grenache as Winemaker for Melis was the inspiration for Keplinger wines. In 2006, Helen founded Keplinger and the couple launched their first vintage in 2008 with a focus on small production, single vineyard Rhone varietal wines. All the vineyards are hillside or mountain sites, carefully farmed for small berries and concentrated flavors, in close collaboration with Helen. The wines are made in small lots, with careful attention paid to every detail. Keplinger constantly strives to make unique wines that are expressions of their vineyards and vintages.

Join us all month long (or as supplies last!) and enjoy this wonderful blend from an previous local native.