Yes, you can actually spend this little and have an incredible vintage and ageable bubble. This wine is a blend from two vineyards planted in 2008: “Mataró” for Monastrell and... read more →
It was Tomoko from Chanterêves who said tipped me off to go taste with her friends Rié & Hirofumi Shoji at the Angers tasting, Les Anonymes. With Pascaline our reaction... read more →
Barbara and Giuseppe Pusceddu started their estate in 2000 and began to work more naturally in 2006. This is a tiny estate, all of 1.5 hectares and what a damned... read more →
The wine comes from young, bush trained vines. Here it’s all selection massale not clones. The wine is made with 50% whole cluster and the result is 100% delicious, resulting... read more →
Lovers of 4Monos rejoice, this is Javier Garcia Alonso’s other project. It’s in Valdeorras (Nacho Gonzalez of La Perdida has some good company). Albarello is a rare grape in this... read more →
Andrew Nielson is part of the growing Aussie ex-pat clique in Burgundy and he’s making great wine through his negoçe project. A smart guy, he has two aligotés. This one... read more →
Gilles Ballorin is based in Morey-Saint-Denis but his best plots may be in the Marsannay, including the Le Hardi vineyard in Chenôve. 2015 was a powerhouse solar year and some... read more →
The tiny Champagne village of Romery is on the right bank of the Marne River, barely north of Epernay. It is there that Aurélien Lurquin reclaimed his family’s vines from... read more →
What a beaut. Made without any pumping over or punching down, the wine is fermented in both open vats and clay amphoras with a month of skin contact. It stayed... read more →
Oriol lives and works in vineyards a mere 15km from Barcelona where vines are competing with real estate. He’s hopping about, picking up fascinating terroirs in the almost forgotten DO... read more →