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Another Tasty Visit to Alentejo

The Wine Knitter

WASP began with 96 members in 2015 and has grown to 396 members representing about 45% of Alentejo’s vineyard area. Alcohol: 14% SRP: $12 WASP Highlight: Casa Relvas uses sheep to control weeds during the vegetative rest period of the vineyard, reducing the need for hydrocarbon-dependent herbicides. Alcohol: 13.5% Alcohol: 14.5%

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The Tasting Menu at the End of the World

EATER

The first, the 2017 Tubbs Fire, had ripped through the region with a ferocity that made it, at the time, the most destructive wildfire in California history. The first, in 2017, was caused by one of the wettest winters in a century , which had followed the state’s historic five-year drought. Between the fires, there were the floods.

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