Herman Story Wines "Milk & Honey" Paso Robles Tempranillo 2022

Word around town is that the late-shift bartender at The Excelsior Lounge tells fortunes based on your order. So of course you’re there on a Tuesday night, tearing the menu a new one, just to see what she says. Bistecca fiorentina with a bleu cheese tower, porcini mushrooms in sage-infused motor oil, cacao-loaded dueling pistols, plum-jam-slathered Cartier watches, elderflower-encrusted crocodile, blackberry bourbon on repeat. She serves the plates one after another, and when she predicts you’ll want a dessert menu, you know she’s the real deal.