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Tonight's Pairing

The Wishing Game

Meg Shaffer
Whimsicalhopefulpuzzle-box romance
The Pour
1
Chablis William Fèvre
Crisp white🇫🇷 Burgundy, France · Unoaked Chardonnay

Steely, lemon-bright, and precise, this Chablis has a clean oyster-shell minerality. It suits the contest's riddles, where Lucy has to reason her way to exact answers to win a manuscript that could change Christopher's future.

2
Albariño Martín Códax
Crisp white🇪🇸 Rías Baixas, Spain · Albariño

Bright and briny, this Albariño has peach fruit and a sea-spray finish. It belongs on Clock Island, the windswept Maine island Lucy has dreamed of since Jack Masterson's books rescued her lonely childhood.

The Mood

Lucy Hart, a teacher's aide hoping to adopt the foster boy she loves, enters a riddle contest on Clock Island, where reclusive children's author Jack Masterson will give the only copy of his new book to the winner. Warm and whimsical, it is a story about grief, found family, and the books that save us as children.

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