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 →
It doesn’t take much for a muscadet lover to love this wine from one of the two organic producers in the Basque. Its full of Altantic salinity and vibrates in... read more →
Alberto Nanclares is an iconoclast in Albariño country, Rias Baixas. He boots the conventional wines in the ass. There’s lots of stuff inside this wine which comes from one parcel.... read more →
Both José Pastor and Jenny & François work with Suriol, folks at the forefront of serious Cava. This particular cuvée for J&F is creamy, dry, nutty, and refreshingly gentle. This... read more →
Don’t forget Austria’s Meinklang. Sure, they’re not in the “natural wine club,” but they will be soon. If you can forget the (for now) somewhat conventional (for biodynamics) sulfur additions,... read more →
Out of a sensible cooperative in the southern Rhône comes a classic: full-bodied with good tannin and balance. The fruit is dark bing cherry balanced by spice, licorice, and a... read more →
You want to pronounce it correctly for the right props: that’s shomlo (as opposed to Shlomo), and it’s good. No, make that really good. From a high-elevation hill of volcanic... read more →
Alwin Jurtschitsch works in the town of Langenlois in the Kamptal where Heiligenstein, which for some reason is so much fun to pronounce, is arguably its most profound terroir. There... read more →
Tasted in his cellar, the Chaillot had been open for several days (I couldn’t bear to ask him to open up a new bottle for me). This was from the... read more →
I visited this property back in 2002, at that time it was one of the few organic properties in Barbaresco. The family is old-fashioned and that’s the way the wines... read more →