Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano EARHARDT which leaves a faint prickle

which leaves a faint prickle of CO2 and a wine built on crunch rather than tannic architecture

and Aux Ormes

fresh and delicious

supple style with the gravelly Graves signature

Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano EARHARDT which leaves a faint prickleBefore quinine ended up in tonic water, it went into wine. Quina is that older tradition: a Jerez wine base, fortified and steeped with cinchona bark and a cast of botanicals until it turns bittersweet and pleasantly medicinal. Valdespino's version comes from one of the oldest houses in Jerez and it tastes like it, with real sherry character underneath the bitterness, all dried fruit and nutty depth, and a quinine edge that snaps the whole thing back