Flatiron Wines & Spirits SF

If you drive a few minutes west of Givry into the rolling hills of the Côte Chalonnaise, you’ll find yourself in the tiny, sleepy village of Jambles. This is the home of Domaine Danjean-Berthoux, a family estate now in its fourth generation that quietly produces some of the most over-performing white Burgundy in our cellars. While their neighbors in the Côte de Beaune are grappling with global fame and the soaring prices that come with it, Pascal Danjean and his son Charles-Antoine are still working their steep, limestone slopes with the focused, unhurried intensity of true artisans.

Josep Grau spent nearly twenty years in the high-frequency world of Barcelona finance before he realized he was looking for something that numbers couldn't provide. In 2003, he walked away from the spreadsheets to find a different kind of precision in the rugged hills of Montsant. If you met him today, you might still see the former accountant in his neatly pressed shirts, but his hands are now firmly in the dirt of his organic vineyards. He didn't come to the Langhe-like hills of Catalunya to make "big" wines; he came to find the silence and transparency he felt was missing from city life.

In the tightly knit world of Cornas, the name Verset carries a weight almost heavier than the granite soils themselves. For decades, Noël Verset was the benchmark, the genius who put this rugged appellation on the map. When he retired in 2006, it felt like the end of an era, but the vines—and the lineage—did not simply disappear. This brings us to A&E Verset, a domaine run by Emmanuelle Verset, the daughter of Alain and the grand-niece of the legendary Noël. While the name draws you in, it is the wine in the glass that keeps you there, proving that this is not just a case of resting on genealogical laurels.