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The First Time - July 2025 - Mixed

Welcome to your tasting experience.

The First Time - July 2025 - Mixed
Pies Negros '21
Coquille de Mer Vermentino '24
Le Charme '24

Discover wine’s possibilities

‘Not all who wander are lost."’ –J.R.R. Tolkien

Thrill has a smell. Anticipation has a taste. A sweet salty tang of adrenaline and fear and something else, something indescribable, unmistakable and singular. Something found at the top of a slide looking down; something found in the woods both near and so, so far from home; something found skulking through the garden after curfew. A feeling we thrive off of in youth and chase in the minutia of the everyday for the rest of our more sensible lives. Adventure, dear ones. A word far too constrained for the width and breath of a feeling that touches all five senses. A glorious human experience we invite you to discover this month in every corner of life. We may no longer climb trees to their very thinnest, trembling limbs, daring ourselves to go higher still, but life still offers adventure in the most mundane. In the zenith of summer we bring you some excellent favourites and many exciting and unusual cuveés in honor of finding adventure in life's little moments.

Bodegas Artuke

Pies Negros '21

Founded by brothers Arturo and Kike de Miguel (Artu)(ke) in the village of Banos de Ebro in Rioja Alavesa, the estate has become a major player in Spain’s ‘New Wave’ wine scene.
Pies Negros '21

Serve with Spanish slow cooked lamb, tikka masala, or cheese and onion crisps.

Expect dark cherry, raspberry, violets and firm acidity.

Pies Negros '21 details

  • Year 2021
  • Bottle Size 750mL
  • Type Red
  • Winery Bodegas Artuke
  • Grapes Tempranillo
  • Country Spain
  • Region Rioja
  • Allergens Contains Sulfites
Marilyn Lasserre

Coquille de Mer Vermentino '24

Marilyn Lasserre is a renowned Languedoc winemaker who has played an important part in encouraging people to reappraise Languedoc as a region to make wine’s of character and not of volume.
Coquille de Mer Vermentino '24

Serve with a fresh watermelon cucumber and feta salad, risotto with asparagus and pesto, or your favourite seafood dish.

Expect ripe peach and tropical notes with balanced acidity.

Coquille de Mer Vermentino '24 details

  • Year 2024
  • Bottle Size 750mL
  • Type White
  • Winery Marilyn Lasserre
  • Grapes Vermentino
  • Country France
  • Region Languedoc-Roussillon
  • Allergens Contains Sulfites
Producteus Plaimont

Le Charme '24

Christine Cabri is a winemaker with Plaimont Producteurs, a cooperative in Southwest France.
Le Charme '24

Pair with herb-roasted chicken, grilled sea bass, or a citrus and fennel salad.

Expect peach, honeysuckle, and citrus.

Le Charme '24 details

  • Year 2024
  • Bottle Size 750mL
  • Type White
  • Winery Producteus Plaimont
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc
  • Country France
  • Region Gascony
  • Allergens Contains Sulfites