Marina paved the way for women winemakers in Georgia and in a patriarchal society the gravity of this step is to be applauded. What’s more, the wine is spectacular. Mtsvane... read more →
Another Pinon. Get the idea? This comes from his vineyard littered with glossy black silex. Is this the reason for the vibrations on this wine? The 1841 Farmer’s Monthly Visitor... read more →
Bruno Rochard returned to his family’s estate in 1998 and started to work his 6.5 hectares in 2002 under the guidance of neighbor Richard Leroy. In 2006, he started to... read more →
Filippo is a delightful madman who makes single vineyard Soaves from his mashup of high elevation hills. The soil base is basalt and variations on limestone. (“Limestone creates more alcohol,... read more →
Ischia, the volcanic island in the middle of the Bay of Naples, is now more famous for the beach scenes in Elena Ferrante’s novels than for wine. For good reason.... read more →
A gorgeous example of chenin from the noir side of Anjou, meaning it’s grown on the schist. It’s still a little young. By September it will be more adult, but... read more →
Have you seen the bottling called Muskadig? This is from the same vignerons, brothers Alain and Christian Couillaud. The estate is now half converted to organic, and this cuvée comes... read more →
Valentin has a degree in international law. In 2014 he asked himself, who needs that? He took an internship with Alsace’s Christian Binner, then turned his attention to dad’s vines.... read more →
Meet my new Jurassic heartthrob, Valentin. Thought it was the savagnin that would have knocked me out, turns out it was this of his three chardonnays. It needed a boost... read more →
This is from a collection of very old vineyards with God-knows-what growing on decomposed basalt in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Often reduced, this vintage is coming around and shedding... read more →