Made by Arkadi Robakidze in Gogita Makaridze’s winery in Terjola and dedicated to their friend Kirile who passed in 2018. And what a tribute this traditional western Georgian grape blend... read more →
Aurélien Petit (get it? Le Petit Domaine) is based in the Hérault outside of Montpeyroux. He has worked about 5 hectares of vines since 2012. Last summer, the three-year-old rosé... read more →
When it comes to hybrids, I find myself partial to marquette. It’s a relatively new hybrid that has eight different vitus in his history. While said to be a grandchild... read more →
This is the latest from Pascaline Lepeltier and Nathan Kendall. The organic grapes come from the banks of the smallish Keuka Lake. Because of the difficulty of the vintage, Nathan... read more →
The juice ferments in 600-liter 5-year-old acacia barrels. Thirty percent of the skins are in contact with the juice for about 14 days. The wine spends 7 months under a... 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 →
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 →
The muscat and the torrontel ferment on the skins with a maceration that lasts 60 days; 20% of país juice is then added with the skins of their other white... read more →