Stolpman Love You Bunches Red 2023

This frisky wine leans into brightness and lift: carbonic fermented, wildly juicy and unapologetically fun. Think crunchy red cherry, strawberry skin, pomegranate and rose petal with a flick of white pepper, all carried on Stolpman’s familiar freshness and limestone snap. It is light on its feet but not hollow, joyful without being silly and dangerously easy to drink — the kind of bottle that is gone before you realize it.

But Love You Bunches has always been about more than what is in the glass.

Long before “values-driven wine” became a phrase, the Stolpman family made a straightforward commitment: long term contracts and shared success with the vineyard workers who farm their Ballard Canyon estate. This wine exists because of that philosophy — fruit grown by people whose livelihoods are tied to the land year after year, not just season by season. That continuity shows in the balance and ease of the wine: nothing forced, nothing overworked, just clean, juicy fruit handled with restraint.

And then there is the label.

Yes, it is charming. Yes, it is instantly recognizable. But the detail that matters most is simple: you can write your loved one’s name directly on it. Suddenly it is not just a bottle; it is a note, a gesture, a Valentine’s gift that feels personal and meant to be opened together. Flowers fade. Chocolate disappears. This marks a specific moment.

Serve it with a chill. Put it next to roast chicken, pizza, pasta with red sauce, burgers, leftovers or absolutely nothing at all. Drink it because it is Tuesday, or because it is Valentine’s Day, or because you want a wine that treats joy as part of taking wine seriously, not the opposite of it.

Bright. Juicy. Human. Generous.

Love you bunches, indeed!