Wine “Pacific Rim” Dry Riesling, 2019

Wine label “Pacific Rim” Dry Riesling on the idea of the author displays capricious and changeable female character. These properties are known and famous Riesling grape, so the wine can be described as a very sophisticated and feminine. Randall Graham came up with an unusual type of bottles of Riesling during dinner at a Japanese restaurant. He borrowed a female images of the paintings on the walls and carved figurines of napkins. “The label their Riesling I wanted to see the girl, who had just put down the book she was reading. Most serious book, maybe about phenomenology. So she sits and dreams. We look through the bottle and see her dreams “- this is how he described his vision of the label and the image of this gentle wine.

Bonnie Doon Vineyards manufacturer Wynyard located in California, whose climate and soil resemble the Mediterranean coast than Bordeaux or Burgundy. Production owns Randall Graham, known for his unusual biography and non-trivial approach to winemaking. As a student, he started an apprenticeship Graham cleaning the wine warehouse, where he tried a variety of unique French wines. Obsessed with the idea to make the best American wine from Pinot Noir, it acquires land in the mountains of Santa Cruz, which local nicknamed “Bonnie Doon”. Although Graham’s dream was not to be realized, as all his attempts failed, he soon plants this site different varieties of grapes, from which later turned out the most unusual and eccentric wines.

Randall Graham – one of the founders and activists of the “Rhone Rangers” (The Rhone Rangers), created in the 70s. Graham advocated complete freedom from the California grape varieties Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. For their violent activities in this direction, he earned the nickname – “Mr. Rhone Heart” (“Mr. Rhonely-Heart”). It should be particularly noted that Graham prefers screw cap and defend their point of view on this issue. It is for this reason that the farm Bonny Doon wines for sealing do not use a traditional cork.