Rapa Giovanni Liquore di Noci Ratafia' di Andorno bis-hidden Arroyo del Tortolas comes from

Arroyo del Tortolas comes from a single north-facing parcel of 65-plus-year-old vines around 800 meters up

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

Initial bursts of baked bread

with a focus on low-intervention winemaking

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

Rapa Giovanni Liquore di Noci Ratafia' di Andorno bis-hidden Arroyo del Tortolas comes fromThe 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