To Rain
What a comfort to wake indoors to the noise of rain;
A balm - a billion sounds from all directions with velocity
Like the buzz of bees, or rustling leaves, or Rice Crispies.
Hushed and fluctuating, drops strike
Then join to drain from roof to street to bay,
Insistent taps on panes with shifting wind;
Falling pops in surging waves, while tires send
Soft, long thrums, whooshes from the road,
Dopplers hissing east to west and west to east.
Sun’s partner, a prism, the antidote to thirst,
Sputtering, swelling, streaming down ravines,
Smelling of petrichor - of sacred blood on stone -
The scent of growth and safety in this elemental land.
Brave the rain this evening - smell the rain, hear the rain, feel the rain !!! And come join us for Thursday Night Flights from 5 to 9pm tonight. There’s more precipitation in the forecast for this Wednesday the twelfth, but don’t let that stop you from coming out for an extra special Welcome Wednesday on 2/12 from 5 to 8pm with guest chef and importer Eric Danch of Danch & Granger. Eric will be serving up a delectable Eastern European cabbage soup (with optional meat) and pouring some fabulous Hungarian wines. And this Saturday looks to be clear skies for our Tuscan tasting flights this Saturday 2/8 from 2 to 6pm.
TONIGHT...THURSDAY NIGHT FLIGHTS: Garnatxa & Chardonnay - Three Genache-based reds from Spain and three Chardonnays from France, California & South Africa.
2022 Domaine Grivot-Goisot Côtes d'Auxerre Bourgogne Blanc
2022 Luuma Chardonnay
2023 Ntsiki Biyela Aslina Chardonnay
2022 4 Monos Vinos de Madrid G10 Garnacha
2023 Vendrell Sere Montsant
2018 Cal Grau Badaceli Priorat
Flights $15 from 5-9 and wines by the glass until 9pm
SATURDAY 2/8: Tuscan Wine Flights - Two reds and two whites from the land of olives, wine and cypress trees (with an average of thirty-five inches of annual rainfall.)
2022 Sagona Primi Passi Bianco Toscana
2022 Alessandro Tofanari SASSA Toscana Bianco
2022 Vegni e Medaglini Maremma Toscana Ciliegiolo
2022 Ampeleia Un Litro
Flights $20 from 2-6pm and wines by the glass until 9pm
Gratefully,
Max