Eduard Pié Palomar lives and works in Bonastre, the same village as those indie hits, Partida Creus, a mere hour outside of Barcelona. A bona fide oenologist who likes clean... read more →
Škrlet supposedly only grows in one particular spot in Croatia—in Moslavina, south of Zagreb, and as far as I can tell it’s a gift to them and to us. There... read more →
At the end of a long tasting this was just the refresher I needed. It’s red, dense fizz, full of diesel and herbal tannin. Lots of tannin. Not for the... read more →
In the difficult year of 2018, Yasuko and Guillaume Jacquemin only made one wine, this semillon. From 70-year-old vines, it took 14 months to ferment in concrete tanks where it... read more →
José Luís Bastías and Daniela Lorenzo’s 4ha winery is in dusty Maule, not far from Talca, first planted in the early 1800s. The grapes are co-fermented with their skins in... read more →
I’ve been waiting for the U Stiliccionu wines to be available in the States for two years because of its taste of place and sense of life. This is a... read more →
Found at the scruffy Vins Anonymes tasting. Didier is situated in the town of Saint-Lothian, about 8 miles south west of the fairy-town of Pupillin. His secrets are fierce agriculture... read more →
Winemaker and film producer (e.g. Mondovino) Catherine Hannoun studied at the feet of Pierre Overnoy. She does her mentor proud. I loved this dense, cinnamon touched savagnin but I super... read more →
Château-Chalon is a bowl-like terroir, the most famed in the Jura. Everything made there is Vin Jaune: savagnin raised under a voile (veil—aka flor) for six years and three months... read more →
Fabrice Dodane is doing particularly beautiful work on the whites; the terroir shines through. From the melon queue to the 2008 sous voile, these should be on your scan. I... read more →