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Tonight's Pairing

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Diaz
Manictendertragicomic
The Pour
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Marqués de Cáceres Rioja Crianza
Medium-bodied red🇪🇸 Rioja, Spain · Tempranillo

Warm, spiced and full of dark fruit, this Spanish Tempranillo carries the heat and intensity of Oscar's world. A sturdy red for a family story haunted by fukú and the long shadow of colonial history.

The Mood

A nerdy Dominican-American kid's doomed romances collide with his family's generational curse, narrated with dazzling, footnoted energy.

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