Having worked at both Prieuré Roch and Domaine de Chassorney gives a fair idea of the lineage Nicolas Testard comes from. He’s got 11 hectares in Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne, about a 17-minute... read more →
I’ve been waiting for the U Stiliccionu wines to be available in the States for two years because of its taste of place and sense of life. This is a... read more →
The Caslot siblings are gifts to the wine world, as are their wines. The value for the quality of the work over the amount of land they have (quite a... read more →
This is a star in the making. Little Clémence came back home from wine school and is leading her adorable family into the land of biodynamic, low sulfur champagne and... read more →
Pablo is a thinker. He thought to blend four parcels and treat them differently. First there’s partial saignée from the 1er cru and village plots. Then another portion goes through... read more →
This is the second wine I’ve written about from Pierre Michelland, and just in time for rosé season. This one gets the cement treatment which turns into my kind of... read more →
Let’s hear it for fine and thoughtful vignerons who always make wine for the people. This is their bone-dry, stellar sparkling: 100% chenin, vintage 2004. It stays on the lees... read more →
From old vines, 80-years or so, this is a beaut from a great vintage. Barrel- aged, for about a year. Limpid and complex with a very long finish. It’s incredibly... read more →
At 80,000 bottles this domaine isn’t so tiny, but it isn’t so huge either. What it definitely is, however, is new to me. Riesling lovers rejoice. A riesling full of... read more →
Perhaps you’ve heard: there’s a muscadet shortage. This is probably due to Eric Asimov’s wine school over at the Times, but whatever the reason, we’re in trouble. To the rescue... read more →