RAM Cellars 'Sparkle Pony' Red Blend
Columbia Valley > Washington
Syrah, Marsanne, Petit Verdot, 2022
One of our proudest accomplishments was introducing to Seattle - RAM Cellars, wines made with love by Viv Kennedy out of PDX sourcing fruit from OR and WA to make some very fun and friendly juice. With an ode to dry Lambrusco, Italy’s famed sparkling red wine, we get Sparkle Pony! A co-ferment of equal parts Syrah & Marsanne with 20% Petit Verdot this lighter-bodied, imminently chillable red is also effervescent due to finishing primary fermentation in bottle.
Vivianne is the only Trans producer we know of, and we’re so excited to support her entry into the Seattle market by bringing you some of her wines. A portion of the sales will be donated to Trans Lifeline, a grassroots hotline and microgrants non-profit offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.
Columbia Valley > Washington
Syrah, Marsanne, Petit Verdot, 2022
One of our proudest accomplishments was introducing to Seattle - RAM Cellars, wines made with love by Viv Kennedy out of PDX sourcing fruit from OR and WA to make some very fun and friendly juice. With an ode to dry Lambrusco, Italy’s famed sparkling red wine, we get Sparkle Pony! A co-ferment of equal parts Syrah & Marsanne with 20% Petit Verdot this lighter-bodied, imminently chillable red is also effervescent due to finishing primary fermentation in bottle.
Vivianne is the only Trans producer we know of, and we’re so excited to support her entry into the Seattle market by bringing you some of her wines. A portion of the sales will be donated to Trans Lifeline, a grassroots hotline and microgrants non-profit offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.
Columbia Valley > Washington
Syrah, Marsanne, Petit Verdot, 2022
One of our proudest accomplishments was introducing to Seattle - RAM Cellars, wines made with love by Viv Kennedy out of PDX sourcing fruit from OR and WA to make some very fun and friendly juice. With an ode to dry Lambrusco, Italy’s famed sparkling red wine, we get Sparkle Pony! A co-ferment of equal parts Syrah & Marsanne with 20% Petit Verdot this lighter-bodied, imminently chillable red is also effervescent due to finishing primary fermentation in bottle.
Vivianne is the only Trans producer we know of, and we’re so excited to support her entry into the Seattle market by bringing you some of her wines. A portion of the sales will be donated to Trans Lifeline, a grassroots hotline and microgrants non-profit offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.
Blend: A coferment of 40% Syrah, 40% Marsanne, and 20% Petit Verdot
ABV: 12%
The Story: The launch of RAM Cellars was the culmination of years of studies and work by winemaker Vivianne Kennedy, Maven of Mirth & Darling of Delight, who came out as Trans in 2018. An interest in wine turned into a love of wine, which turned into an intense curiosity about everything that goes into the production of premium wines. With great pleasure and honor, she brings bring hand crafted wines to you and yours. She makes small batch lots of wines that are reflective of both the season they were grown and the varietal characteristics of the grapes they contain. RAM is focused on native yeast ferments on all wines, zero fining or filtration, minimal sulfite levels, and meticulous treatment of our wines throughout their lifecycle in the cellar. She works with a small team of women and queerdos out of Hip Chicks do Wine in SE Portland, and recently opened a tasting room and all women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ producers called Community Wine Bar. How cool is that?
Personality: Sparkle Pony red blend greets the nose with aromas of fresh fig, raspberry fruit roll ups, grilled pineapple, and lavender while flavors of rhubarb, graham cracker, candied cherries, violets, cacao nibs, starfruit, and a limestone minerality await in glass!
Harmony: Wild boar taglioni, a unicorn ride across a rainbow bridge, or porch pound this with the ones you love most. Enjoy while vigorously defending trans-rights.