Varieties: 40% Barbera, 40% Nero d’Avola, Molinara, Sangiovese
Location: California
Alcohol: 13%

A vaguely Italian inspired blend. Red-fruited, savory finish, highly drinkable.

Whole-cluster fermentation followed by a brief maceration on skins before being pressed to neutral barrels. No additions apart from minimally effective SO2.

This bottling was named after a story from John W. Campbell Jr. called “Who Goes There?” that was later made into John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece “The Thing,” about a group of scientists that settle into the long Antarctic winter with some pull-top beers, a bunch of whiskey and a strange dog that turned up at their camp chased by a helicopter that later crashed on the ice. Turns out the dog is a shape-shifting alien lifeform capable of consuming all of humanity should it escape Antarctica! Both of these adaptations reveal the anxiety and doubt that lurks just beneath the surface of nearly all human endeavors. This wine was made in the spirit of conquering anxiety and charging ahead into the darkness of the unknown.