A brilliant, stunning chenin blanc from Béatrice & Pascal Lambert’s clay and limestone soils. This fleshy but sparky wine goes through malolactic fermentation, unusual in that terroir. As a result,... read more →
In 1979 the Arndorfers planted a small vineyard of the rare, pink-skinned Roter Veltliner on rocky top of the Gaisberg, one of the most important terroirs in the Kamptal. Martin... read more →
In case you were wondering the new vintage of the Creta is beautiful. From dry-farmed grapes, this is fermented and aged in clay vessels that the winemaker, potter Andrew Beckham, created... read more →
Even though Hank gets these grapes from a vineyard that does one Roundup treatment a year, this petit manseng always has something to say—a true lesson in what this grape... read more →
The wines of Kim Engle (along with his artist wife Debra Bermingham) have improved with each year. This four-year-old cabernet franc speaks to place bigly. Hello mellow Indian Summer by... read more →
Every once in a while you need to blow a lot of dough on a special bottle of champagne, and that’s when people go to Krug. Honestly, you have options.... read more →
From the land that I love up in the Alto Piemonte in the rarely seen DOC of Coste della Sesia, comes a wine that is so AF typical. It speaks... read more →
The prices are starting to creep up on the Envínate wines, so stock up while you can. The whites, as well as the special parcel bottlings, are going to be... read more →
The first time I had this vintage was in fast-talking Philippe Valette’s Mâcon-Chaintré’s cellar–okay, let’s call it his man cave. We sat near his barrels in a sectioned-off den-like area... read more →
North of Chaintré in Viré-Clessé, the vines are 65+ years of age. The wine is medium bodied with a distinct Valette-like density of fruit. While this wine is a little... read more →