Fall Page Pairings

Guests will sample 4 wines from South Street & Vine perfectly paired with 4 books from the Portsmouth Book Nook. Ticket includes wine tasting, one book of choice from the pairing selection, and 10% off any additional purchases.

The Road to Tender Hearts × Brady Vineyard Zinfandel
Paso Robles, California

There’s something wonderfully untamed about Zinfandel - deeply American, sun-drenched and never too polished. Brady’s is all ripe brambly fruit, warmth and spice, with an easy generosity that keeps pulling you back in. A wine with a little dust on its shoes and plenty of heart.

Wild fruit, warm earth, open road.

Radium Girls × Domaine Testut Vieilles Vignes Chablis
Burgundy, France

Pale gold and almost crystalline in the glass, then cool citrus, chalk and stone. Testut’s old vines give this Chablis a quiet depth beneath all that brightness — precise and delicate at first, with a steely persistence that lingers long after.

Light against darkness. Chalk, steel, resilience.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue × Domaine des Nugues Fleurie
Beaujolais, France

Fleurie feels almost too perfect here. Violets, wildflowers and red berries; silk and perfume giving way to something darker and earthier underneath. Beautiful but never quite tangible, as though the wine might disappear if you stop paying attention.

Violets after dark. French romance. Something just out of reach.

The Odyssey × Zacharias Assyrtiko
Nemea, Greece

This is a wine of sun, stone and sea. Assyrtiko brings brilliant citrus and electric acidity, with a mineral, almost saline edge that feels carried in on Mediterranean air. Ancient in origin but startlingly alive in the glass — bright, restless and made for the journey.

Salt on your lips. White stone in the sun. The sea somewhere ahead.