This is a tiny appellation in the Macon, not far from the TGV station, and there the wind can be fierce. It is also where Philippe Valette farms this parcel... 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 →
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 →
Hardy Wallace is making delicious wines that are beautiful, friendly, honest, smiling extensions of his own nature. And this one is what I think of as his rock-solid flagship. Whole cluster,... read more →
Macarena Del Río and Thomas Parayre are making some of the most talked about wines of Chile. They work multiple vineyards from Maule to Itata, but this one mesmerized me.... read more →
Given all the attention focused on their beautiful reds, the white wines of D&R are so often overlooked, which is kind of a tragedy. That’s why I’m grateful for Trevor... read more →
Conceived as the b-side to his Funky Drummer, the grapes for this wine come from volcanic soiled plots, around 3000 feet up. Young mourvèdre comes from near Camino. Mature syrah... read more →
INTENSE! Emilie and Alexis Porteret started to make wine in the Doubs area of the Jura in 2010 after Alexis’ experience working with Pascal Clairet of Domaine de la Tournelle... read more →
From the steep schist slopes in the Collines Rhodaniennes, across the river from the famous hill Côte-Rôtie, comes this wine from farmers Anne and Pierré-André Déplaude. This is a weird... read more →
In the un-chic part of western Champagne, halfway between Reims and Paris, in a town called Crouttes-sur-Marne, not far from where Francoise Bedel has her cuverie, works Jérôme Bourgeois-Diaz. He’s... read more →