Sunday School

WINE

Field Blend “Sollùchero,” Nevio Scala, ’21

Veneto, Italy

Yes, that Nevio Scala. The legendary Italian football coach who steered Parma to back-to-back UEFA Cup glory in the 1990s, won the Copa Italia, and somehow also found time to become one of the Veneto's most quietly interesting winemakers. When the final whistle blew on his coaching career, he came home to Lozzo Atestino at the foot of the volcanic Colli Euganei, revived his family's cellar, and started farming six hectares of organic vines on ancient volcanic and alluvial soils. No chemicals, no additives, no enological intervention. Just the land.

Sollùchero is his most fragrant wine and his most joyful, a blend of Moscato Giallo and Moscato Bianco fermented spontaneously in cement with a short skin maceration, then aged eight months before release. Aromatic and silky, with yellow peach, ripe citrus, and white flowers tumbling out of the glass. Soft and round but dry, with just enough texture from the skin contact to keep things interesting.

An unexpected wine from an unexpected winemaker. Turns out Nevio Scala had good taste all along.

$14 glass‍ ‍•  $10 glass

CHEESE

Valley Milkhouse Honey Bell

Oley, PA · Cow–P

What began as a hobby in Brooklyn became a full-fledged career. Cheesemaker Stefanie Angstadt launched her one-woman creamery just over a decade ago after she discovered a tiny derelict creamery on a historic property in Berks County. She raised the money to restore it, worked with her Mennonite neighbors to bring it up to code, and began making French-style cheeses inspired by her college study abroad experience in France. Today, she makes a handful of rustic cheeses, all of them named after native flowers that grow around the creamery.

Honey Bell is a bloomy style, lactic cheese rolled in dried chamomile blossoms bringing delicate herbal, floral, and a slightly sweet notes. It’s creamy, rich, and ever so gentle. Honey Bell acts as the perfect “dessert cheese” with a drizzle of honey or fresh berries—pure joy for your palate!

$9‍ ‍•  $6