Stagiare Wines, It's Your Birthday (And all Your Enemies are Dead!), NV 062626OFFER and a touch of forest

and a touch of forest floor add layers of depth

with Merlot and Cabernet Franc rounding things out in perfect proportion

Larmandier-Bernier’s Champagne Rosé de Saignée Extra Brut 1er Cru NV

and let it open up in the glass

Stagiare Wines, It's Your Birthday (And all Your Enemies are Dead!), NV 062626OFFER and a touch of forestBrent Mayeaux named his winery Stagiaire, French for the intern who does the grunt work, after apprenticing in cellars from Australia to the Jura, and this bottle is his idea of a party. Despite the celebratory name it's not a sparkler but a still, chillable light red, a zero zero co ferment of red and white grapes made with nothing added and nothing taken away. He built the project as a negociant, buying from organically farmed Northern California