Well, let’s just talk about the way prosecco now has its own DOC, which is ridiculous, considering most of it is just undrinkable swill. But those few who work well... read more →
The wines of Patrick Le Brun couldn’t be more different than from those of Selosse, his more famous Avize neighbor. The two are a study in terroir interpretation; the fat... read more →
Alberto Nanclares is an iconoclast in Albariño country, Rias Baixas. He boots the conventional wines in the ass. There’s lots of stuff inside this wine which comes from one parcel.... read more →
From everyone’s favorite mustachioed vigneron comes Les Houx, previously known as Hermines d’Or. This is quintessential muscadet, and muscadet is a quintessential TFL wine. The vines are over 70-years- old... read more →
Folks, our friend Hank did it again. In this vintage of “cedarville,” the foot- stomped grapes turn into rusted pomegranate flavors, but it is elegant and graceful, as if the... read more →
Stella Retica ages in large wood barrels for 24 months, 24 additional months of in-bottle aging and is only made in those vintages when the Rocce Rosse is not released,... read more →
It doesn’t take much for a muscadet lover to love this wine from one of the two organic producers in the Basque. Its full of Altantic salinity and vibrates in... read more →
When tasted from a magnum, this wine was a full package of goodies: vibrancy, tannin, and fruit, and just what the doctor ordered for a medium- bodied wine of elegance.... read more →
This gin from the Balearic Islands is one of two in the world that have a geographic location (the other is England’s Plymouth). Oh my. It’s a knockout of a... read more →
Château-Chalon is a bowl-like terroir, the most famed in the Jura. Everything made there is Vin Jaune: savagnin raised under a voile (veil—aka flor) for six years and three months... read more →