Picture, if you will, that iconic scene (meme?) of an extremely excited Pippin Brandybuck exclaiming “It comes in Pints?!” at the Prancing Pony when he learned humans drank from bigger mugs than hobbits. That is the sort of excitement we at Liner & Elsen feel when we discover that Vinho Verde “comes in red?!”. We're not here to question the marketing acumen of whoever decided to call their large, northern Portuguese region “Green Wine” under the assumption it was clear they were referring to the impossibly green countryside, rather than the sometimes green-tinted white wines the region generally produces. We're only here to talk about this wonderfully quaffable red made from the native Vinhão grape with an earthy nose of sandstone, cranberry, rhubarb, dried strawberry, freshly harvested hay and charcoal. We want to sing the praises of this wine so silky and crisp and fresh you might miss the delicious notes of earth and crunchy cherries, cranberries and oranges. This wine is fresh; it pairs with smoky charcuterie boards and barbecues on a hot day. A light chill would not be out of place.