Motorcycle-Themed Wine from CorsaVino

What do motorcycle riding and drinking wine have in common? Nothing, if you consider that it’s strongly recommended not to drink alcohol when driving or riding, but that isn’t necessarily a reason not to enjoy a glass of wine when you are not planning to hit the roads.

Therefore, a range of Italian motorcycle-themed wine is now available for purchase from CorsaVino, a company founded by the General Manager of MotoCorsa, Arun Sharma.

CorsaVino now bottles wine from Pacific Northwest Rich Cushman’s acclaimed wine. Though Sharma is not quite a drinker, four bottles with different motorcycle theme were born, both from Cushman's and Sharma’s passion for motorcycles.

The Cabernet Sauvignon Il Mostro Rosso, in a limited production of 98 cases, rested 20 months in the barrel and, according to the manufacturer, the resulting deep oak spice backs rich cassis and blackberry fruit characters, sweet cigar and violets.

The Viognier, in a limited production of 54 cases, features a touch of Pinot Gris, with a seven months period of fermentation, entirely in the barrel, highlighting the papaya and flower characters.

Only 217 cases of Syrah were produced, now releasing toasty oak notes over deep blackberry and plum fruits, followed by coffee and tobacco tones, after the wine stayed for 30 months in the barrel.

The Cabernet Sauvignon DNW2007 Commemorative is produced in a limited edition of 300 bottles, each of them hand signed by winemaker Rich Cushman.

The wines are affordably priced at $25-30, and only available for shipment across the U.S. Unfortunately, from the two Columbia Valley Cabernets, Viognier and Syrah, all of them produced in extremely limited quantities, one of the cabernets (the DNW2007) already sold out. So you’d better hurry up if you still want to ‘Enjoy the fine things in life’, as it says on the CorsaVino website.