The two grapes are blended together and age for over a year in stainless. There is always some reduction in Merli's wines, but in this case, it merely indicates their... read more →
From the hands and heads of Nathan Kendall and Pascaline Lepeltier, a still rosé. The juice is macerated for two weeks and vinified in old barrel. At first it stis... read more →
Keep is a Negoçe project from Jack Roberts, who worked at Matthiasson Wines and Johanna Jensen whom I met during her time at Scholium Project. The fruit for this bottling... read more →
La Garagista and Deirdre Heekin only do wines of beauty and I offer up this bottle as Exhibit 1. Usually this wine is all frontenac gris from the Vergennes vineyard,... read more →
Looking for an easy to love wine from Etna? Go for this almost-white, raised in stainless, from Anna Martens and Eric Nairoo. Mostly catarratto and grecanico dorato, with the balance... read more →
If you had earlier vintages of the Dagamó, you’ll see a dramatic evolution from that heavy extraction to this zippy soif. Here the fruit is vinified in 8 hl terracotta... read more →
In the difficult year of 2018, Yasuko and Guillaume Jacquemin only made one wine, this semillon. From 70-year-old vines, it took 14 months to ferment in concrete tanks where it... read more →
I find the wines from Moravia's Jaroslav Tesařík and his 1.5 hectares compelling and fresh. This is a field blend from a 30-year-old unpruned vineyard. This cloudy wine has two... read more →
Here is another gorgeous wine from Jaroslav Tesařík. For this one, grapes marinate on its skins for two weeks and then the wine matures in old oak barrels for eight... read more →
The latest version of this pet’nat is just delicious. Lemon and tart and glug-worthy. Count on it when it’s hot and humid, as well as cold and snowy. On your... read more →