Vincent Charlot farms about 11 acres in Mareuil, just west of Epernay. This gorgeous cuvée comes from about a half-acre of vines planted in 1955. There is a razor’s edge... read more →
Every year, Martin Texier who makes wine on the unspoiled soils of Saint-Julien-Saint-Alban, the border of the north and south of the Rhône, is pleased with the 2022s and he... read more →
Rocco works in the Costa Toscana area (Coastal Tuscany). He works mostly with French grapes, because that’s what they do there. There’s cabernet franc and petit manseng, in addition to... read more →
Kokkineli means light red and this one drinks like pure strawberry juice. Vasilis Vaimakis is a genius. The wines he makes have a delicious purity and speak to a respect... read more →
This summer, I visited Andreas Kontozisis and his partner Aphrodite Tousia in Karditsa in the Thessaly region of central Greece. (If you go, stay in Kanalia, one of the prettiest... read more →
Cati’s wines are immensely popular for good reason: they’re lovely. And this one is a strong coup de foudre, a love at first sight. Its back story is that in... read more →
Valentin Valles spent seven years working in Tavel with Eric Pfifferling and now works about a half hour away in the Gard section of the Rhône on clay, limestone soils... read more →
Pauline Broqua left her life as a sommelier in Toulouse in 2017 and started to make wine after apprenticing with two greats, Domaine Yoyo and Nicolas Carmarans. This wine is... read more →
Cyril is a farming guru based in Cornas. He has rebuilt terraces and rehabbed old plots on mostly granitic sand, planting to a variety of massale, clones and rootstocks, some... read more →
I saw Ludovic in a conventional fair and did a double take. What was he doing there? I went over to taste and as he was pouring and I was... read more →