Sure it’s got a hint of unfermented sugar fruit but there is something more, deeper and a touch more serious. Think Jane Austen: sophisticated characters + commercial appeal. Also comes... read more →
When my brother was a kid he viewed cherry soda as the elixir of life. He should have been drinking this instead. 7.5% ABV. Keep it in mind for its... read more →
Bruno Carciofi’s work at de La Pinte gets better and better—stay tuned for the brilliant 2011s. But meanwhile, this old fashioned, traditional red blend of Jura is ethereal, with a... read more →
Grégoire Perron’s vines are spread out between Cerdon and Bourg-En-Bresse. So for this wine think Bugey de Cerdon style, but made outside of the Bugey zone. That means a little... read more →
Didier’s 3.8-hectare estate produces a very pretty pinot, even in 2014, a year of rain and a volatility-producing fly they called the Suzuki. Yet, this is a burst of flowers,... read more →
Looking for Ludwig Bindernagel’s Les Chais du Vieux Bourg? Well, you’ll find his work under the Lulu Vigneron label now. The grapes are picked from three plots of up to... read more →
It is with great sadness that I drank this bottle of beauty from the last complete vintage of Pascal Clairet. Vinified in stainless in full carbonic, it is then aged... read more →
Everyone is talking about Horbach, one of the Jura’s new kids on the block. The one bottle I had was certainly promising. From Arbois, he took back the vines of... read more →
Denis Bogoevi Maruši pays homage to the Alex Podolinksy form of biodynamics and this wine, from dolomite limestone, directly seaside on ultra steep grades, is an attention-getter. A big boy... read more →
Combining Podolinsky biodynamics and his grandfather’s wisdom, Denis Bogoević Marušić has managed to nurse into a bottle a wine that fascinates and delights me. The wine was aged in large,... read more →