I tasted Gilles Ballorin’s wines at the Marsannay tasting at Grands Jours de Bourgogne, the every-other-year event (what took me so long!) Turns out he’s a good friend of Sylvain... read more →
Almost everything Celine and Laurent produce out there in southern Burgundy gets the AF approval. Very structured, with zingy acid, long and lively all wrapped up in a medium-bodied package.
Alsace sparklers can be fantastic. Case in point, this number from Boesch. The still wine hangs out in foudres for two years and gets no dosage. But you knew that.... read more →
I’ve been singing the Rateau praises for some time and each year, Jean Claude shows his never-ceasing growth. If he’s not on your collecting list, correct that. Even for a... read more →
The TFL readers is no stranger to the wines of Michael Voëlker at 2Naturkinder in Franken. This is the man who escaped London to head back to his family’s vines... read more →
Another winner from the beautifully farmed land of M. Rateau. 2018 was a bit of a mixed bag and the sorting table was needed. From the taste here, the work... 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 →
Transdanubia is also referred to as Pannonia, the region about an hour southwest of Budapest. Attila Pálffy is definitely part of Hungary’s new wave, making wines I want to drink.... read more →
I tasted this quite a few times back in the Loire this past February and then guzzled it down in New York in March. It never failed me. Puzelat just... read more →
Épineuil just east of Chablis, not far from Tonnerre and just a 50 minute drive from the Côte des Bar in Champagne has a name that I can absolutely not... read more →