Jo Jefferies is a British guy who lives and makes wine in the Languedoc on volcanic soils. Friends with Remi Pujol, one of the Brutal originalists, he of course wanted... read more →
From the Beaujolais’ Philippe Jambon’s négoce project, comes his collaboration with the Ventoux’s Denis Tardieu. According to Josh Eubank, the wine’s importer, “The vinification is pretty simple. Mostly destemmed, relatively... read more →
Based on the 2015 vintage, the grapes for this come from the west-facing Biaunes. Planted in 2000, the cuttings came from Bertrand’s mentor Anselme Selosse and Vincent Dauvissat. Fermentation of... read more →
Biodynamic Bertrand Gautherot’s brother doesn’t share the same farming philosophy and that’s why Bertrand has taken over the farming of that plot for Textures. The wine gets a full nine... read more →
Not all champagnes get to be both fascinating and delicious. But this one from 6 parcels of land with an average vine age of 40 years, soils of chalk, limestone... read more →
Yes, you can actually spend this little and have an incredible vintage and ageable bubble. This wine is a blend from two vineyards planted in 2008: “Mataró” for Monastrell and... read more →
It was Tomoko from Chanterêves who said tipped me off to go taste with her friends Rié & Hirofumi Shoji at the Angers tasting, Les Anonymes. With Pascaline our reaction... read more →
From calcareous and silty soil, they call this a pet’nat but it is really a refermentation in the bottle with frozen must. It stays on the lees for 9 months.... read more →
Lovers of 4Monos rejoice, this is Javier Garcia Alonso’s other project. It’s in Valdeorras (Nacho Gonzalez of La Perdida has some good company). Albarello is a rare grape in this... read more →
Summerhill is an estate in Kelowna started by the charismatic Stephen Cipes, a New Yorker who fell in love with that part of British Columbia in 1986. Kind of a... read more →