Rapa Giovanni Liquore di Noci Ratafia' di Andorno bis-hidden A wine from vines planted

A wine from vines planted before World War One by someone named Édouard—and it tastes like history with attitude

It is fresh

It's a field blend of Grenache plus rare native grapes—Grecanico

a granite-rooted expression from Rías Baixas

The palate reveals a tight

Rapa Giovanni Liquore di Noci Ratafia' di Andorno bis-hidden A wine from vines plantedThe walnuts go into the alcohol on the night of June 24th, still green, still wrapped in their husks. That's the tradition in Andorno Micca, a village in the Valle Cervo above Biella in Piedmont, where the nuns of the Monastero di Santa Maria della Sala were already making ratafi back in the 1600s. Giovanni Rapa founded his liquorificio in the village in 1880, and it has been turning out the same liqueur ever since. The green walnuts macerate for