Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling x Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 JULY4 These have become "baby unicorns

These have become "baby unicorns

mineral white that makes Gavi the go-to with seafood

Coming from Evanston

and farm marl soils with minimal intervention

Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling x Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 JULY4 These have become "baby unicornsRiesling x Sylvaner is the Swiss name for Muller Thurgau, a grape with a deservedly grim reputation earned during its long career as Germany's bulk workhorse. Then you drink one from old vines farmed biodynamically at 800 plus meters on a granite ledge in the Valais, and the reputation starts to look unfair. Domaine de Beudon sits above Fully on a mountainside so steep that the only ways up are a private cable car or a three hour hike along a rope