Stony, bone dry and crunchy (a wine descriptor that’s been popular over the past two years, just go with it). It reminds me of a bony Casa Coste Piane prosecco,... read more →
This made it in last year, too; it’s a beauty, especially for the price. It is full- bodied, full of earthy, herbal licorice, it’s firm and a touch of faint... read more →
Did you see this retro price? For a biodynmic wine? Chambers Street has always championed the little people, and right now they have a cluster of truly beautiful wines at... read more →
Buzet is known for mostly cooperative wine, and it’s for this reason that Ludovic, one of the sweetest winemakers you can find, has a hard time busting out of expectations.... read more →
A perennial favorite, and the 2011 isn’t going to disappoint anyone except someone who expects Argentinian malbec, cause this is pure Cahors. As my friend said, “This is a nice little wine.”... read more →
Can you imagine if this was given to someone who asked for a malbec? They’d run while screaming, “Where is my fruit?” Gilles Bley’s wine comes from his younger vines... read more →
West of Toulouse and east of Bordeaux in Buzet, Magali Tissot and Ludovic Bonnelle do the old fashioned thing, work by hand, foot crush, deeply respect the soil, get silly-low... read more →
There are a few people working naturally in Cahors, and thank the gods because the place has the stuffing of greatness. Fabien Jouves is one of them. Here we have... read more →
Laurent Cazottes has been keeping all of us happy at the end of vin naturels fairs in Europe for years, and thanks to Nicolas Palazzi, we finally have him stateside.... read more →
This almost has a little nut, perhaps from a touch of flor, which just deepens my fascination with this salt-meets-honeysuckle wine. Barrel-fermented and then barrel-aged for another 9 to 11... read more →