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Fable Farm
Barnard, Vermont
Perhaps it was because of the deluge of mostly young wines drenching and fatiguing my palate, but at Brumaire earlier this year, the ciders of Fable Farms’ Piana brothers provided a bit of a refuge for me, and in the context of *too much wine,* an easily understood concept that I’m guilty of plenty, something in the brothers’ chilled out vibe and refreshing fermented apple drinks sparked me in unexpected ways. Since then, I’ve made it a point to have some alternative to *natty wine* on the table at most sessions—a nice lambic beer, champagne, cider, juice, water, whatever. While I’ve been imbibing Fable’s wines for the past few years now, my interest in their tonics is currently at an all time high, and their hippy but serious Vermont vibe feels perfect for heading into the hedonistic holidays with a bottle of theirs on the table this end of year—liquid rays of frosty light reflected off of northeastern white, saps from orchard trees, fermented berries and hybrid grapes.
Betula 2022 (50 cl)
Birch, Honey, Sumac
$20
Leona 2022
White hybrids, apples
$32
Petite Pearl 2022
Hybrids pet nat
$33
Walden 2020
100 varietal apple blend, still
$29
Jalu 2020
Apples, hybrid grapes
$30
Fluxion 2015-2023 Solera
Apples
$25
Flagship cuvée from Fable’s Piana brothers; 23 is absolutely killer