No. 40: January 2018
The Wine Recommendations

Fable Farm Fermentory
2015 Koan
Where | Barnard, Vermont, United States |
Grape | Wild grapes, currants, apples |
Ag | Organic, Permaculture |
SO2 | None added |
Price | $20 |
Brothers from planet Vermont, Jonny and Christopher Piana are fascinating guys with brains on fire, and so is their cider. This year’s are worthy. Head out and quench your thirsts with whichever ones you can find, but the Koan spoke to my love of the sour. It’s an apple, wild grape blend. Aged in old barrel for eighteen months. I tasted when it was nubile, in one of those barrels a year ago. I remember a funk factory. Now, the finished cider is bone dry, with plenty of fruit on nose and tongue, barely a bubble and plenty complex. Also of note; the Asturian-esque Vinous Vinous. Sniff around for the Pronoia, which is a positive kind of paranoia. Give it a shot. In Canada, Les Vins Dame-Jeanne. In the United States, Zev Rovine Selections.