Having worked with Domaine Mélaric and Domaine des Roches Neuves, Maïté Perrocheau & Warren Truchon started up in Anjou. They acquired land from Joël Ménard of the Domaine des Sablonettes... read more →
Cara Sur is a project of four friends, from a vineyard planted in 1950 on alluvial soils, 1500 meters up in the Andes. They tend to work with grapes that... read more →
This is Bruno’s young vine grolleau. Given a short maceration and raised for 6 months in vat, this is fresh and quite ripe at 13%. Yup, there’s a little skunk... read more →
While there are plenty of cartoonish labels out there that signal their naturalness, here’s one that refuses to fly the flag. Yet it's a wine worthy of any cab franc... read more →
Julien Rousselot works on nearly 3 hectares in the winemaking enclave of Rablay-sur-Layon. There he grows chenin, grolleau, grolleau gris, gamay, and the two cabernets. Part of the “En Joue... read more →
Blandine (more on the vinification) and Jérémie (more in the vineyard) are making promising wine, not far from the Puzelats. This côt gets a short maceration of a week before... read more →
Andreas Kontozisis' vineyards northwest of Athens are some of Greece’s first organic. From minimally irrigated soils, this limniona is fermented and raised in stainless. It’s kind of like a full-bodied... 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 →
Give this one a decent chill and taste the spectacular. The wine speaks of where, though maybe it's my imagination as I’ve never been to that part of deep Margaret... read more →
From the so-called Bartolo Mascarello of the Oltrepò Pavese, this is the wine you need to round out your knowledge of traditional farmer, natural Italian wine traditions. Lino Maga has... read more →