The estate is about 12 miles west of the Adriatic and about a three hour drive west of Rome. Got it? The wine has its short, five day maceration with... read more →
This is a gorgeous wine from Roberto’s newly purchased home vineyard. It has three hectares of vines, many of which are over 200 years old, planted on granitic soil. This... read more →
Beaujo blanc is one of the world’s most underrated examples of chardonnay. The variety comes by obscurity naturally as most of the region’s acreage is planted to gamay. However, chardonnay... read more →
Aurélien Petit (get it? Le Petit Domaine) is based in the Hérault outside of Montpeyroux. He has worked about 5 hectares of vines since 2012. Last summer, the three-year-old rosé... read more →
This is the latest from Pascaline Lepeltier and Nathan Kendall. The organic grapes come from the banks of the smallish Keuka Lake. Because of the difficulty of the vintage, Nathan... read more →
Who knew that Milan was a Woody Allen fan? This is a classic Nestarec acid trip. The juice ferments in 7-year-old 600-liter barrels for about 2 months, in contact with... read more →
I watched Marie Rocher (her dad was my French publisher) go from urban planner, to bread maker and finally, upon the death of her father, to finding her place in... read more →
Reynald comes out of the Claude Courtois lineage of winemaking. That means he doesn’t do carbonic. His wines are traditional, destemmed, crushed and raised in old wood. In the barely... read more →
The muscat and the torrontel ferment on the skins with a maceration that lasts 60 days; 20% of país juice is then added with the skins of their other white... read more →
Mike Bennie, the wine personality, wine writer, wine shop owner, motivational speaker (I’m sure) is also making wine with his friend Peter Dredge in southern Tasmania and Oregon. We don’t... read more →