The grape kosmas was saved from extinction by Giorgos Balatsouras. Kokkineli, means light red. And this dancing weight is achieved through shortish (15 days) maceration while being vinified on and... read more →
Originally from Nantes, Marie Astrid and Nicolas Bourget moved to Paros. It’s one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean. Best known for its white marble, perhaps soon it might... 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 →
Everyone is talking about Horbach, one of the Jura’s new kids on the block. The one bottle I had was certainly promising. From Arbois, he took back the vines of... read more →
Ricardo Moreira works in the Vinho Verde region, northeast of Portugal, where he took back his grandfather’s vines. This lean and grippy wine has two days of skin contact and... read more →
Finally, we get to see what the wines from the volcanic island of Azores can look like if worked more naturally. Sustainable viticulture, some filtration but the winemaker Catia Laranjo... read more →
Samuel Cano’s wines were a revelation for me. Check them all out if you can, but this Cuvée Eva was particularly attention-getting. Its grapes come from a small east-facing limestone... read more →
The original still wine of Champagne, and this one is a beaut. The color and the depth of flavor. Whoa. Delicate beauty. Tough to find. You might try Uva in... read more →
Frank’s 2011s are terrific. This is the vintage to taste to find out why there’s so much fuss. Contadino, at a lesser price, will charm you, and this one from... read more →
Think pelaverga with complexity of nebbiolo. Stunning, tea, and flower power, aged in cherry and chestnut barrels, dusty dolcetto-like quality. Soils are clay, basalt and some limestone, and the wine... read more →