Carmelo Santana worked with Louis-Antoine Luyt in Chile and then continued to learn in various parts of Spain. Then he took that knowledge and headed back home to Gran Canaria,... read more →
Jérémie Illouz farms six hectares and is making some very spectacular wine in Cahors that he now just labels Vin de France. This one is a blend of 50% Malbec... read more →
Jean-Claude Chanudet (married to the daughter of Beaujo original, Joseph Chamonard) works traditionally: semi-carbonic, submerged cap, raised in old oak. This is a blend from three parcels of high density,... read more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Jae Chu is a talent who came to Burgundy from Seoul, Korea for love of the grape. She works out of a shared facility in Bligny and there her handful... 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 →
Think of La Rioja Alta and the best years of CVNE to put the Akutain wines in their proper place. That’s where Juan Peñagaricano Akutain worked before establishing his own... 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 →