Includes the following 4 bottles:

• Campellares Rioja Tempranillo ($12): This wine is sourced from vines averaging 40 years of age from vineyards surrounding the town. Traditional production methods are used; de-stemming and lightly crushing the fruit, followed by 3-5 days of pre-fermentation maceration. Fermented in stainless steel tanks at moderate rather than high temperatures looking for more finesse. After pressing malolactic fermentation takes place in stainless steel as well followed by aging in tanks for a few months prior to bottling.

• Vivir, Vivir Ribero del Duero ($12): This wine has a lovely ruby-red color and displays an elegant nose of blackberry, cherry and stone. This is a medium bodied wine that is a modern style with rich berry flavors that are pleasantly balanced with secondary flavors of mineral and herbs. Very smooth and fleshy in the mouth with moderate tannins and acidity and no harsh edges. This is a straight-forward Tempranillo that will pair well with any summer picnic.

• Gonzalez Byass Jerez Xeres Nectar Sherry ($20): Pedro Ximénez is a grape that is rarely used to produce a dry table wine, but is used to produce many of Spain's finest sweet Sherries. As a table wine it is high in acid and rather light but when the grapes are used to make Sherry, frequently referred to simply as PX, the wines gain incredible deep, rich flavors of figs, raisins, molasses, nuts and chocolate.

• Finca Constancia ($20):  Intense red cherry colour, with complex aromas combined with rich spices. The palate is elegant and well structured.  Serve with red meats, cured meats, cheeses and game.