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 →
Only 500 bottles of this were made and none of it landed in the USA. So look out for it on your travels. From the hands of Sylvie Augereau, the... read more →
Is it the next cult wine? Perhaps. Beautiful. Importers were fighting over these from Lise and Bertrand at the last Dive Bouteille, even though they were in plain sight for... read more →
Weisskopf is such a meticulous worker and the wines are always full of polish and life. I often recommend his wines but for some reason have not included the Négrette... read more →
Eric Nicolas, the pioneering vigneron in Coteaux du Loire and Jasnières is celebrated for his pineau d’aunis but his chenins are also spectacular. The vines for this are up to... read more →
According to Eric and Christine Nicolas, this is an attempt to make an affordable wine from their terroir. Okay, this is not inexpensive but it is damned classy and totally... read more →
From three parcels of schist and vines between 16–90 years old comes a broad, horizontal, delicious wine. After a touch of pot on the nose comes the orange and tangerine... read more →
If only it were kosher, my kosher wine readers would rejoice. But alas, the winemaker is not a religious Jew, so this is merely a good Israeli wine. The viticulture... read more →
There’s such good stuff going on those schist-based soils of Rablay/Layon, and this entry from Bruno Richard was stunning. There was plenty flesh and pithy skin firmness and tension. A... read more →
Stéphane Erissé makes subtle wines of elegance from 3 hectares of vines with an average age of 90 in Saint Georges-Sur-Layon. This chenin is subdued and extremely classy. You might... read more →