Multi-talented (the La Dive diva, journalist, writer, vigneronne) Sylvie Augereau has made wine from a tiny 1.4ha parcel of old vines in Anjou since 2014. Her soils are a mélange... read more →
At the helm of La Dive Bouteille, Sylvie is also a writer, journalist and vigneronne. Her vines are old—this bottling comes from gnarled chenin that’s over 100 years old. Simple... read more →
On one of those nights when we went through three other bottles dismissing them as too young, too whatever, too carbo, too method – this one shined. In a flash... read more →
Nika Carlson is based in Brooklyn and grows apples and makes cider in Hudson, New York. I was impressed by many of her ciders but this one was truly attention-getting.... read more →
Soif da Vsvam is a joint project from Thierry Puzelat and John Wurdeman of Pheasant’s Tears. Vinified at Pheasant’s Tears in Tibaani, this is from grapes the friends planted 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 →
Over a decade ago I visited Stéphane Bannwarth as his stern mother looked on. He seemed a bit of a mad scientist as he experimented with his above-ground qvevri. Since... read more →
Fabio Gea doesn’t get any more sane as the years go by, but the wines I believe get better and better. My first sip of this was a complete wow.... read more →
The Deiss family inspired Alsace to great things, believing in the place more than the grapes. That's why they say, to hell with mono-variety. Here's one case of that using... read more →
Years ago, I was introduced to Michel Gahier’s fabulous wines at lunch in Arbois with Pierre Overnoy. Seeing it on the list he grabbed a savagnin and claimed Gahier one... read more →