Full disclosure, this isn’t total native yeast fermentation, but I still liked it a lot for drinkability and individuality. Let me be a little forgiving because their heart is in... read more →
Didier seems to have decided that this new Coteaux appellation is more inviting than the previous GVO (Grand Vin Ordinaire), but whatever it’s called, the grape is gamay and the... read more →
The boob thing is quite the trend in France to sell wines, but all must be tamed to come to the United States. Over there, lolois a kid’s word for... read more →
I gave this wine from granite and sand to a friend, a total heathen. A guy who peppers most wines, really. He takes a pepper grinder, twirls away and says,... read more →
Grégoire Perron’s vines are spread out between Cerdon and Bourg-En-Bresse. So for this wine think Bugey de Cerdon style, but made outside of the Bugey zone. That means a little... read more →
The 12 refers to the vineyard grown on flint and clay. This is a simple, straightforward wine, that is perhaps more simple than the price tag suggests but still, it... read more →
Tasted in his cellar, the Chaillot had been open for several days (I couldn’t bear to ask him to open up a new bottle for me). This was from the... read more →
Consider yourself warned, this wine from Jacques Broustet is a brett bomb, you know, that bacteria that can give wine overtones of a herd of sheep? So if you’re intolerant,... 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 →
There’s an enclave of winemakers clustered in the Ardeche who work with the kind of cold carbonic maceration used by the early natural winemakers. There, Manuel Cunin and Vincent Fargier... read more →