The Invite 2023 Red Blend

5 May, The Castle: Bram Stoker’s pen paints the scene of Dracula’s first encounter with Jonathan Harker, illuminated only by the eerie glow of an antique silver lamp flickering in the draught of the open door. Harker recounts his unsettling impression: a tall, moustached man with extraordinary pallor clad in black, a thin, high-bridged nose, pale, pointed ears, and a notably cruel-looking mouth with peculiarly sharp, white teeth that protruded over his lips. This…man – yet to be revealed as a vampire – invites Harker in with a cold smile, and goblets filled with blood-red wine swirling in the darkness.

Bright, dark, and alive, this is youth wrapped in silk. Notes of plum, cracked pepper, and forest floor drift together like smoke through the trees. The Merlot smooths, the Cabernet steadies, and the Fetească Neagră gives it a wild edge. It leaves a trace behind — ink on skin, a story not yet finished…