The juice ferments in 600-liter 5-year-old acacia barrels. Thirty percent of the skins are in contact with the juice for about 14 days. The wine spends 7 months under a... read more →
This is a tiny appellation in the Macon, not far from the TGV station, and there the wind can be fierce. It is also where Philippe Valette farms this parcel... read more →
I watched Marie Rocher (her dad was my French publisher) go from urban planner, to bread maker and finally, upon the death of her father, to finding her place in... read more →
I’ve been a believer in wines from Chanterêves since my first visit to their Savigny winery in 2014, the vintage of this wine. It was then I tasted this particular... read more →
Given all the attention focused on their beautiful reds, the white wines of D&R are so often overlooked, which is kind of a tragedy. That’s why I’m grateful for Trevor... read more →
This is a stunning drink from Alicia Basa & Mark Warner. It’s direct pressed into tank then into barrel and what comes out is a compellingly macerated wine. At first... read more →
Alessia and Stefano Bertaiola have ten hectares in the Lake Garda area where there’s barely anything natural to drink. So, this is terrific news, and so is this little frizzante... read more →
INTENSE! Emilie and Alexis Porteret started to make wine in the Doubs area of the Jura in 2010 after Alexis’ experience working with Pascal Clairet of Domaine de la Tournelle... read more →
In the un-chic part of western Champagne, halfway between Reims and Paris, in a town called Crouttes-sur-Marne, not far from where Francoise Bedel has her cuverie, works Jérôme Bourgeois-Diaz. He’s... read more →
I spent a few hours with the Ramiro Ibáñez, the creator of Cota 45, last year in the town of Sanlúcar. At a restaurant with white plastic chairs and fried... read more →