This perennial favorite of mine comes from the silica and clay soils of Les Hauts. The vinification is classic semi-carbonic and the result is gorgeous perfume and a joyous wine.... read more →
Where the hell is Bonnencontre? Where you never thought good wine came from in Burgundy. Forget the haute côtes this is the low côte, east of Nuits Saint-George by a... read more →
This is a beautiful wine in a difficult year. A nose of pear and grapefruit rolled in wet wool. Delicate and lovely, raised in tank. I found it was impossible... read more →
Proof positive that you don’t have to use carbonic to get carbonic gulpability (without the amylics). Australian Anna Martens (lives in London with her husband Eric) makes this at her... read more →
Istrian pet’nat for breakfast? Why not, that’s what the maker of this wine says he does. But after a taste, I get it. Strawberry aromatics dissolve into savory salty stony... read more →
Patrick’s vines are north of Binner’s by about twenty minutes and here too is serious pinot with depth and structure. I felt like this wine was so deep, I could... read more →
Solidarity! Drink Olivier Cousin this month. If you’ve not heard, the vigneron has been hauled to court for defying the AOC. You see, he makes wine outside of the appellation,... read more →
All of Texier’s hard work at Brézème has come together in 2012, so much so that he bottled without sulfur. It’s a beauty, and there’s plenty of finesse in this... read more →
I had this newcomer at the Renaissance in Angers and I thought, “Not bad!” This, their first vintage, comes from the schist soils of Anjou Noir (tune in next month... read more →
Milan left the Provence appellation a while back, opting to be a Vin de France, which is okay for us. The grapes for this beauty are grown on limestone, clay,... read more →