2023 Welschriesling vom Opok Umbria It spreads

It spreads

The first sip hits my lips like the press of mouths against flushed skin

firm where it counts

Just when you think you’ve sunk too deep

balancing a peach on one hip and a white lily behind your ear

2023 Welschriesling vom Opok Umbria It spreadsHold still. I want to watch your hands shake while you pour. Yes like that. Keep your grip low on the stem I like seeing the glass tremble. Look at the colour: pale gold with a green flash, like sunlight through wet leaves. Good. Bring it to your lips, but dont drink yet. Smell it. Sharp green apple, lime zest grated in slow spirals, cucumber sliced so thin the blade sings. Now theres fennel frond, crushed coriander seed, wet stone after rain. Breathe