I’ve been an unabashed fan of Nicolas since I first visited his tiny domaine in 2015. Ever since I pounce on his new vintages with eagerness. This gave pure pleasure.... read more →
This winemaker started in Beaujolais in 2008 on a tiny amount of land. Now she has branched out to negociant. I was quite taken with this velvety wine from a... read more →
Winemaker Mike Frank is a refugee from Cameron Winery and he’s a part of the new crop of Orgeon winemakers exploring a leaner style, looking to the Loire (in this... read more →
As always, a beautiful little wine, and in the difficult vintage of 2012, it still succeeds. Tart yet velvet with a touch of licorice. Load up on this by the... read more →
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 →
Julien lives right next to his Avenas winery and cellar, high above Morgon. He makes three cuvée: Régnie, Morgon and this Fleurie. All are handled the same way: semi-carbonic, whole... read more →
The grand duke of natural wine, Jules Chauvet’s family vineyards in La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, still bear fruit. Some of it goes right into the famille Joubert’s cuverie. Here we go with... read more →
This is Sandrine’s first vintage after taking over 3.3 ha of the Demeter-certified vines of TFL favorite, Roland Pignard when he retired. There's property in both Morgon and Régnié. The Régnié... read more →
This is from Yann Bertrand’s negoçe line of wines and it is just gorgeous—as really all his wines are. It's rare to find a Saint Amour — everyone’s favorite wine... read more →
I tasted this at 12:30 on a Friday afternoon and had to stop myself from drinking a full glass. Born of Loire-lover Don Heistuman’s brain with Steve Edmunds winemaker skill.... read more →