Why don’t the Coulaine wines get better representation on the shelves? The 2011 vintage was generous to Etienne and Pascale and this is a gorgeous expression of grapes grown in... read more →
Didier and Joëlle, two of the sweetest vignerons on the planet, slave up there in the heavy clay of their Haute-Côtes vineyards. With this Bourgogne, they really hit their mark;... read more →
I tasted Gilles Ballorin’s wines at the Marsannay tasting at Grands Jours de Bourgogne, the every-other-year event (what took me so long!) Turns out he’s a good friend of Sylvain... read more →
From a single namesake parcel of 50-year-old garnacha vines on decomposed granite soils in the town of Villena, Alicante. Fermented in steel, raised for 12 months in 2- to 4-year-old... read more →
Another I’ve been yammering about, and some will be coming to Wine Society folk. Rateau was probably the first biodynamic producer in Burgundy, and while almost everyone respects him and... read more →
Almost everything Celine and Laurent produce out there in southern Burgundy gets the AF approval. Very structured, with zingy acid, long and lively all wrapped up in a medium-bodied package.
This made it in last year, too; it’s a beauty, especially for the price. It is full- bodied, full of earthy, herbal licorice, it’s firm and a touch of faint... read more →
I visited Sepp’s Southern Austrian vines five years back. They’re lush and vibrant. On that afternoon, I was a happy little girl in the mountains, instead of a morose one... read more →
A crazy blend of red and white grapes with floral, bacon and tannin, savory and sandy from one of my favorite producers in Emilia-Romagna.
When Clos Roche Blanche (Catherine Roussel and Didier Barrouillet) retired, the world mourned the loss and that included losing one of the Loire’s most beautiful pineau d’aunis. Well, this was... read more →