After Christian Chaussard died, his wife Nathalie Gaubicher continued on by herself. The transition showed the trauma. However, now the wines have found their happy equilibrium. The peppery, red-zingery pineau... read more →
Want an example of a completely off-the-charts volatile wine that is completely compelling? The story—as told to me—goes this way. Schueller had two cuvées of pinot blanc, one of them... read more →
The third vintage from Laura Lorenzo truly shows her skill, her determination and her personality. She works in the Ribeira Sacra and this fruit is a blend from the Amandi... read more →
This wine has been going back and forth to back and forth in its evolution. Right now it’s in an awesome spot, similar to when I fell for it at... read more →
This is actually 2015 carbonic gamay (from the Beaujolais) with some of the 2016 direct-press chardonnay (from the Savoie) which results in something poulsard-like in style and flavors. Citrusy, gentle... read more →
Pinot sure, but from where? This would be hard to nail down; a little like the Finger Lakes (the old Silver Thread comes to mind) but whatever it is, the... read more →
One of the granddaddies of the Brutal!!! concept, Laureano doesn’t know how to make wine any other way than from the heart. This was a wine that stirred emotions. Here... read more →
From the hot-as-hell vintage of 2017 comes a 13.5 ABV grignolino charmer. Usually this tannic grape gets disrespected with the soif treatment—a quick, fizzy ferment. But when you taste this... read more →
Joe Jefferies says that the only things that interest him are bicycles and making wine. The latter shows in every bottle of his I’ve had. (The bicycles, that’s another story.)... read more →
Caleb Leisure went out on his own in 2017 and lucky for him, his mentor Tony Coturri allowed him to plant all of his ten Georgian qvevri on the Coturri... read more →