INTENSE! Emilie and Alexis Porteret started to make wine in the Doubs area of the Jura in 2010 after Alexis’ experience working with Pascal Clairet of Domaine de la Tournelle... read more →
On a recent visit to Tissot, I was treated to a magnificent tasting, including a lineup of Stéphane’s chardonnays from different terroirs. Five in total. This, his only one without... read more →
Everyone is talking about Horbach, one of the Jura’s new kids on the block. The one bottle I had was certainly promising. From Arbois, he took back the vines of... read more →
Farmed in the tiny village of Pupillin, the wine comes from a one-hectare parcel of savagnin planted in compact grey marl. Vinified in large, old oak barrels, it stays there... read more →
This producer was all over the wine bars of Vienna. I just had to try it… and fell in love on the spot. Sylvain works on 1.5 hectares and the... read more →
Olivier Boulin is a negoçe based in Strasbourg, with a cellar in Dole. The wine is primarily pinot noir, from Pupillin with a little poulsard in the mix. It is... read more →
Years ago, I was introduced to Michel Gahier’s fabulous wines at lunch in Arbois with Pierre Overnoy. Seeing it on the list he grabbed a savagnin and claimed Gahier one... read more →
It is with great sadness that I drank this bottle of beauty from the last complete vintage of Pascal Clairet. Vinified in stainless in full carbonic, it is then aged... read more →
Does chardonnay find its best self in the Jura? I think so. And in 2019, Alice Bouvot knocked me out with this: a multi-faceted expression of a grape that can... read more →
This year I decided to make my own kosher wine for Passover, and all I needed was a felt-tipped pen. For some reason I just don’t drink enough Tissot and... read more →