Château le Puy’s biodynamic and unsulfured Barthelemy is now available in the US (and yes, it ages gorgeously), but this cuvée was new for me; accessible, gorgeous, angular, rich in... read more →
Ludovic’s new releases are absolutely vibrant. He’s a strict no-sulfur guy and a believer in only releasing wines when ready, hence a recent debut of a decade old wine. It’s... read more →
Consider yourself warned, this wine from Jacques Broustet is a brett bomb, you know, that bacteria that can give wine overtones of a herd of sheep? So if you’re intolerant,... read more →
Hervé Souhaut farms the vineyard of a neighbor, Michel Savel, and takes the grapes for this delightful cuvée. Like all of Hervé’s wines, it’s semi carbonic fermentation, done in steel... read more →
In a 12.5% alcohol package straight from the spookily beautiful Dolomites is a beauty of a Bordeaux blend, something that I don’t recommend too often. But this one sure did... read more →
Go and drink or go and get drunk, no matter which way you interpret these words, this wine will serve you well. Did merlot ever taste this good? Camille &... read more →
West of Toulouse and east of Bordeaux in Buzet, Magali Tissot and Ludovic Bonnelle do the old fashioned thing, work by hand, foot crush, deeply respect the soil, get silly-low... read more →
Recommend a Long Island wine? Well if it weren’t for Benford Lepley and Erik Longabardi’s effort, I'm not sure it would happen. They blended merlot and chardonnay to make Long... read more →
From the Gironde, this is solid, balanced and heads to the savory with linseed and forest. Its élévage was in concrete tanks for 18 months, its simple pleasure is undeniable,... read more →
I tasted this with Pascale Choime and Laurence Alias way back, when the Les Anonymes tasting in Angers was still edgy. I was impressed then, and still am. The grapes... read more →