Is there a better pairing for kohlrabi? There is none. This cuvée just doesn’t get the love it deserves, so let’s correct that. For a pét’nat, or as the appellation... read more →
A gorgeous example of chenin from the noir side of Anjou, meaning it’s grown on the schist. It’s still a little young. By September it will be more adult, but... read more →
Have you seen the bottling called Muskadig? This is from the same vignerons, brothers Alain and Christian Couillaud. The estate is now half converted to organic, and this cuvée comes... read more →
Ben’s chenin have become far more famous than his red wines but they are not to be ignored. Why is it a Vin de France instead of what it should... read more →
Vince Marie is out of the biodynamic and slightly crazy (in a good way) school of Patrick Meyer and Gerard Schueller, Alsace campus. Which means this is not a man... read more →
A brilliant, stunning chenin blanc from Béatrice & Pascal Lambert’s clay and limestone soils. This fleshy but sparky wine goes through malolactic fermentation, unusual in that terroir. As a result,... read more →
Without a doubt Marc Olivier is one of the heartthrobs of The Feiring Line. He did it again in 2014. Love. Love. Love. Granite soils, vines over sixty years. The... read more →
Jérôme Bretaudeau is the vigneron—who wisely did some stages under Jo Landron and Guy Bossard before he started his estate in 2005. A little pet’nat of joy. Simple.
Jerome Lambert is part of the crowd working on the schist of Rablay-Sur-Layon. That village is rapidly becoming better known for its rebellious winemakers producing dry chenin rather than its... read more →
Without a doubt Pascal Potaire is the pet’nat master. He carried the gospel directly from the late, great vigneron who popularized the category, Christian Chaussard. Of his several cuvées, the... read more →