I’m always on the lookout for a good old-fashioned grenache, and I might have one here. The grapes have a short semi-carbonic maceration, then aged for nine months in concrete... read more →
If only California would wake up to the carignan truth for their region. They should worship the grape. This wine is one reason why. 25% stem inclusion, iron edge, freshness... read more →
This producer from the Tavel area of France is a terrific find from Chambers Street's David Lillie. Christian and Nadia Charmasson are the vignerons. They give this cuvée a long carbonic... read more →
The Bret brothers are more known for the negoçiant business of their last name, but Domaine La Soufrandière in the southern part of Burgundy, in the Macon, is their home... read more →
Years back I remember hearing about some nutcase in Ambonnay, one of the twelve Grand Cru villages of Champagne. Beaufort worked not in biodynamics or organics but aromatherapy. The wines... read more →
In the great grape hunt of 2016, Alice and Olivier found some from not too far away from home, in Auxerre. But the majority of fruit came from an organic... read more →
Valerie Gavaud works on one hectare with her husband Bill Moysan. So obviously there’s not a lot of wine to go around. Too bad! From village to 1er cru—these wines... read more →
You well might ask what a wine from mainly conventional vines (one of the vineyards is organic) and almost conventional organic levels of SO2 is doing in TFL? Simple. I’m... read more →
Let’s hear it for fine and thoughtful vignerons who always make wine for the people. This is their bone-dry, stellar sparkling: 100% chenin, vintage 2004. It stays on the lees... read more →
Like the man, Mark Angéli’s wines are a peaceful journey into sensibility. The La Lune, both the regular and the one raised in amphore is a blend from three vineyards... read more →