This summer, I visited Andreas Kontozisis and his partner Aphrodite Tousia in Karditsa in the Thessaly region of central Greece. (If you go, stay in Kanalia, one of the prettiest... read more →
Pauline Broqua left her life as a sommelier in Toulouse in 2017 and started to make wine after apprenticing with two greats, Domaine Yoyo and Nicolas Carmarans. This wine is... read more →
Talk about a wine that knocked me out. I opened it up, I took a sip, stared at it for a couple of minutes, letting the juice sink into my... read more →
Ricardo Moreira works in the Vinho Verde region, northeast of Portugal, where he took back his grandfather’s vines. This lean and grippy wine has two days of skin contact and... read more →
Finally, we get to see what the wines from the volcanic island of Azores can look like if worked more naturally. Sustainable viticulture, some filtration but the winemaker Catia Laranjo... read more →
Dolores Carbrera has a long history of working on Tenerife. At 20 she worked at the nearby Bodegas Monje in charge of the vines. “It wasn’t easy,” she said about... read more →
This starts in stainless steel and then goes into foudres. “One of the best ways to bring wines back to reality,” Théo told me. From loess soil, the grapes are... read more →
I am usually bored by pinot blanc but this is one to change my mind. Direct press with some whole bunches added which probably adds to that enlivening touch of... read more →
On a recent visit to Tissot, I was treated to a magnificent tasting, including a lineup of Stéphane’s chardonnays from different terroirs. Five in total. This, his only one without... read more →
I’m not sure I knew zibibbo before I tasted this from Barraco. Floral. Intense. Orange blossom and steroidal. No shy flower.