So where is this wine from exactly? It’s complicated. In 2013 Bruno wasn’t happy with the quality of the chardonnay and pinot gris from the vines in southern Beaujolais that... read more →
Poor Dario didn’t want to make something that could be considered less serious than his other wines, but he did it anyway. Lucky for us. The rosso and bianco are... read more →
In Burgundy last month working on a story, I visited Pierre Fenals and mea culpa, how had I not known? I arrived at his domaine, expecting nothing and ended up... read more →
Past chef, now distiller, Colin started this grappa journey years back and was foiled by Hurricane Sandy. But now almost three years later, his newest example of Brooklyn-made (Long Island... read more →
When I visited with Gilles this summer he said to me, will you taste this? Seems like Regal couldn’t sell it with those wispy clouds floating inside the bottle. That’s... read more →
Former sommelier Jacques Février has made his first vintage from schist and gneiss soil in the Coteaux d’Ancenis. Where is that? Between Nantes and Angers. I kept on returning to... read more →
While researching Naked Wine, I wandered into the Ardeche and spent the night carousing with the band of winemakers up there. Among them, Andre Calek, Sylvain Bock, Gerald Oustric and... read more →
Sylvain is from the Gérald Oustric (Le Mazel) school of winemaking, we’re talking full clusters of grapes fermented under a veil of carbon dioxide. That means carbo (carbonic marceration) and... read more →
Why are we still on the 2011 vintage? I have no idea, but it sure is pretty and the fruit has deepened into tangy iron. It has lost fat, becoming... read more →
I find immense pleasure from Corbières. This one comes from a combination of soils: limestone, clay and grave. Hand-destemmed, foot- crushed and then it is stainless-raised. The best maintain this... read more →