David Léclapart and local Cadizian architect turned winemaker Alejandro Muchada are behind this collaboration. Think of this as Champagne-meets-Andalucía-charmer. This bottling comes from 20 year-old vines planted into the famous... read more →
David Léclapart and local Cadizian architect turned winemaker Alejandro Muchada are behind this collaboration. Think of this as a Champagne meets Andalucía charmer of a still wine. This one comes... read more →
Multi-talented (the La Dive diva, journalist, writer, vigneronne) Sylvie Augereau has made wine from a tiny 1.4ha parcel of old vines in Anjou since 2014. Her soils are a mélange... read more →
At the helm of La Dive Bouteille, Sylvie is also a writer, journalist and vigneronne. Her vines are old—this bottling comes from gnarled chenin that’s over 100 years old. Simple... read more →
When a cousin told me her only wine memory of her beloved father was his penchant for Chateauneuf, I had the thought to give her a Proustian experience. The vehicle... read more →
Over a decade ago I visited Stéphane Bannwarth as his stern mother looked on. He seemed a bit of a mad scientist as he experimented with his above-ground qvevri. Since... read more →
Piero Macciocca’s wines are not about pleasing people but about being true to the land and vintage. This DOCG is the “entry” level of his single vineyard cesaneses, but there’s... read more →
The Deiss family inspired Alsace to great things, believing in the place more than the grapes. That's why they say, to hell with mono-variety. Here's one case of that using... read more →
The Raphaël wines from Maria Berucci are all keepers (bonus points if you can find her rosato). This rosso is a straightforward example of cesanese. It’s destemmed, concrete fermented, and then... read more →
What a terrific bottle of bubbles. From Deidre’s Vergennes vineyard comes a stunner that is simply full of joy. The wine is certainly aromatic. springlike and so refreshing, all spring... read more →