Chateau Meylet’s Michel Favard was one of the first (if not the first) Bordelais in biodynamics (1989). A gentle soul who makes ethereal Bordeaux from limestone soils, the wines just... read more →
Can you imagine if this was given to someone who asked for a malbec? They’d run while screaming, “Where is my fruit?” Gilles Bley’s wine comes from his younger vines... read more →
I’m on a non-spoof rosé mission and this is a good one to show. It’s one of the no-brainers, drink down, don’t think, just gulp. Easy. Summer. Go.
When the vintage is stellar, we get the aforementioned cabernet franc, but in lesser years, Kim and Debra blend it with some gamay noir (which they believe is actually valdigue),... read more →
Antonio Vilchez Valenzuela makes this from the high mountains, 900m up on the north face of the Sierra Nevada in Andalusia. Michael Yarmack, the former owner of Thirst Wine Merchants... read more →
I gave this wine from granite and sand to a friend, a total heathen. A guy who peppers most wines, really. He takes a pepper grinder, twirls away and says,... read more →
This is the latest from Pascaline Lepeltier and Nathan Kendall. The organic grapes come from the banks of the smallish Keuka Lake. Because of the difficulty of the vintage, Nathan... read more →
Situated in Rablay-sur-Layon, Geneviève Delatte and Nicolas Bertin started out with their own small vineyard, a 1.5 ha lieu-dit named "L’Echalier" That was in 2008 and over time, they have... read more →
Is there a better pairing for kohlrabi? There is none. This cuvée just doesn’t get the love it deserves, so let’s correct that. For a pét’nat, or as the appellation... read more →
In 2013, the Los Pilares was a foot-stomped glory. If you remember the previous vintage you’ll get the difference; in part it’s due to vintage, part to different fruit sourcing... read more →