Chanterêves now owns five hectares, but the negoçe business survives. They have access to some beautiful fruit, as evidenced through this Aloxe. For whole cluster freaks like me, this is... read more →
Pinot from Tuscany? Usually I would say no, but from Fabrizio Niccolaini and Patrizia Bartolini, the names behind Massa Vecchia? Count me in. This is from a tiny parcel at... read more →
Olivier Boulin is a negoçe based in Strasbourg, with a cellar in Dole. The wine is primarily pinot noir, from Pupillin with a little poulsard in the mix. It is... read more →
I hadn’t had a bottle of Fanny’s wine in ages so when this came around I pounced. And you should too. Fermented in stainless and then into old wooden barrels... read more →
The winery consists of a trio, the Herzán siblings, Zuzana and Jakob, and Jakob’s co-winemaking girlfriend Sandra. They took over the Herzán estate in 2012 and work on 4.3 hectares of... read more →
From vigneron Jarad Hadi’s neighbor’s vineyard at 1000 feet up, comes this gorgeously textured field blend. Cofermented outdoors, directly in the vineyard, for 30 days. We’re talking 100% whole cluster,... read more →
This is Milan’s let’s eat and drink perennial blend and the 2019 version is a big hit. All the grapes are destemmed, co-fermented using carbonic maceration, and then aged in... read more →
I finally got to drink a bottle of Charles’ wine instead of a cellar sampling. I was so impressed with him, his wines and what he’s doing—bringing sheep into Vosne,... read more →
Quentin made his mark by making wine in Burgundy, not far from the Champagne border. Notably his sparkling wines were gorgeous. Obviously he had bubbles in his veins as he... read more →
Ichiro Ueda planted and farmed the first certified organic vineyard in Hokkaido. His wines charm me with their sincerity. This is the combination of four barrels of pinot; three destemmed,... read more →