Folk Machine Parts & Labor 2023The 2023 Folk Machine Parts & Labor drinks like a love letter to Californias scruffier, sunlit corners a blend built from forgotten blocks and working class vineyards, stitched together with intention rather than polish. It opens with crushed red berries, wild strawberry, and tart cherry, edged by dried herbs, citrus peel, and a faint dusting of earth. The palate is light on its feet but not slight, carrying juicy acidity, a subtle savory twang, and

carrying the fruit with a savory

In Burgundy

There’s a faint herbal edge—something between fennel frond and seaside grass—that keeps the fruit brisk rather than pretty

lowly AOC St Emilion

sour cherry skin and a faint blush of red currant

Thrilling crème de cassis fruit

a touch of anise

Name a top Burgundy domaine and Roger’s been there planting vines

and very little ceremony

flickers of oak and a juicy acidity are tied together elegantly by the tannins and spice that come from whole-cluster fermentation

and it was cheap

I had grown up in the “back of the house” – cooking – and Le Bec-Fin was considered Valhalla: the place of dreams