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 →
Another electric wine from Milan. Pressed directly, about 10% of the juice gets a few days of skin contact. The wine is raised in bigger old barrels from local oak... read more →
Ricardo Moreira works in the Vinho Verde region, northeast of Portugal, where he took back his grandfather’s vines. This lean and grippy wine has two days of skin contact and... read more →
Goyo is a bit of an intense maniac and he, like Francis Boulard in Champagne (what, you skipped that piece?), separated from his family to make natural wines. From high... read more →
The grape Estaladiña is missing from Jancis Robinson’s book but it is also so rare that it (oops) dropped off the list of permitted red varieties in Bierzo. From a... 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 →
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 →
The estate is a half-century old and is situated in the Jurassic, a bit southwest of Rotalier, home of some pretty important winemaking action. Michael Mazier took over from his... read more →
Trousseau is having an Oregon moment, and Chad Stock is on it for his Minimus. This is the first vintage from the young exuberant vines. It is nice and juicy... read more →
Loreline Laborde works in the Jura in a village near Poligny, southwest of Arbois. She makes more complex wine with every vintage. This trousseau, grown on blue grey marl, made... read more →