From everyone’s favorite mustachioed vigneron comes Les Houx—the new name for Hermines d’Or. Tasted under the fluorescent lights of the Salon (oh, the glamour), this seemed Chablis-like. Salt on a... read more →
This is one of the most brilliant bargains on the planet. This wine is a ridiculously inexpensive air conditioner in the bottle. Stony, angular, and unlike anything else in this... read more →
When I tasted this with Marc last February, boy was it awkward, or maybe it was because I was rushing for a train. Over the year, the ugly duckling grew... read more →
Just because I always recommend Marc’s wine doesn’t mean I should stop. The Briords is from grapes planted in 1930 on deep clay/schist soil over granite. The 2013 is brilliant... read more →
Back before there was a craziness for natural wine there was the deeply dimpled, relatively unknown Jacques Carroget working quietly and naturally. This wine was crushed, with a kiss of... read more →
The regular cuvée of Marc Olivier is still only $13, but a few more dollars gets you spectacular bottlings. Like this one from fractured gneiss. It’s lush, saline, deep, refreshing.... read more →
From everyone’s favorite mustachioed vigneron comes Les Houx, previously known as Hermines d’Or. This is quintessential muscadet, and muscadet is a quintessential TFL wine. The vines are over 70-years- old... read more →
From gneiss soils, four whole years on the lees. So what does that mean? Plenty of complexity for a little simple wine that is far from simple with the depth... read more →
Without a doubt Marc Olivier is one of the heartthrobs of The Feiring Line. He did it again in 2014. Love. Love. Love. Granite soils, vines over sixty years. The... read more →
If a wine of innocence is what is needed, one to remind of us of life before the worries and angst set in, when we ran through fields and jumped... read more →