The website claims that this was an ancient recipe from their grand- grandfather—who made wine in what is now Bulgaria. Skin contact for eight days and during fermentation the pine... read more →
When the sun was relentless on the Aegean island of Lemnos, sea this rosé of Manolis Garalis just was the thing to quench the thirst. Garalis farms 5 hectares of... read more →
From the 2020 vintage (shh) a controversial wine on the table, a touch reductive but mostly oxidative, nutty, mild deep. This is where fino meets retsina and I’m in love.... read more →
When in Valtellina in 2019 I met a man named Marco Ferrari at Ar.Pe.Pe. He had worked with Franck Balthazar in Cornas and was looking forward to making wine on... read more →
Iago is one of the founding fathers of modern Georgian natural wine and every year, his bottles show more finesse and precision. The 2021 is an excellent example of how... read more →
I was very taken by this wine. Lika Megreladze, is part of the new Gurian revival, and her first commercial production was in 2019. Here, she's working with the chkhaveri... read more →
I can’t remember if it was Deirdre or me who said this wine is like taking (the grape) Brianna out of her high heels and sliding her into Doc Martens,... read more →
The Collines Rhodaniennes is a downrent Northern Rhône appellation that can give us awfully good wine from its schist, limestone, and granitic soils. The region stretches from Lyon in the... read more →
You might remember this wine under the label Domaine de Montrieux. Lesné took it over from Emile Heredia in 2015, but the new name and label has only been here... read more →
Annamaria Torok and Attila Francisti’s Chaos is a different blend every vintage, but a pinot noir base is always constant. In 2022, the process was a ten-day co-ferment of whole-bunch... read more →