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 →
Brent Mayeaux did many wine stages (apprenticeships) from conventional to the natural, including Philippe Bornard in the Jura and Yahou Fatal in the Auvergne. Working on his second vintage, he’s... read more →
Spain’s hot Alicante region is not known for its great wine for good reasons. They are far and few between. But La Zafra, making wine since 2016, is bottling sincere... read more →
Franz gives these grapes four hours on skin, then into barrels the wine goes. The end result is so precise with a great finish. It has a powdery touch not... read more →
I am so very sorry, I’m not sure there’s any of this left but it sure was pretty. There may be some on the left coast. Snoop around. It’s worth... read more →
The wines from La Clarine Farm are getting more daring, more wild, and this rosé is a bucking bronco of a wine. Vinified half in tank and half in older... read more →
Marie Rocher and I met in 2009 when she told her father, the late Jean Paul Rocher, that he needed to publish The Battle for Wine and Love in French.... read more →
The winery consists of a trio, the Herzán siblings, Zuzana and Jakob, and Jakob’s co-winemaking girlfriend Sandra. They took over the Herzán estate in 2012 and work on 4.3 hectares of... read more →
Your new favorite grape? Mandilaria. Almost as much fun to drink as it is to say! It’s blended with the white savatiano grape which makes it perfect for rosé lovers... 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 →