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 →
I’ve forgotten to put this in for three newsletters. Bad me. Every time I drink/taste I remember that I kind of love the 2015 of this. Well made, it’s a... read more →
Gilles Azzoni has always made lovely wines; and while his son is taking over at Le Raisin et L’Ange, he’s been working on a little project from one hectare in... read more →
James Erskine’s wines are finally back on the east coast at slightly more gentle prices. This one is typical carbonic with plenty of the desired vin de soifness. Do not... read more →
It says NV but it’s the 2010 vintage. This is another fabulous entry from Bruno Ciofi’s négoce project. It’s a brilliant sparkler from the cellars of Xavier Cailleau’s Domaine Bois-Brinçom.... read more →
Valentina Passalacqua has a lot of hectares—something like 60—in Puglia but when she noticed that the wines from her limestone terroir showed a more pronounced salinity she decided to birth... 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 →
Blandine (more on the vinification) and Jérémie (more in the vineyard) are making promising wine, not far from the Puzelats. This côt gets a short maceration of a week before... read more →
Soif da Vsvam is a joint project from Thierry Puzelat and John Wurdeman of Pheasant’s Tears. Vinified at Pheasant’s Tears in Tibaani, this is from grapes the friends planted in... read more →
Franken on the rise! Andi Knauss worked with Michael of 2Naturkinder then took over his dad’s estate in 2015. This is a Muller-T to inspire. Lovely! The juice from old... read more →