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Stylized image of Granbazan Rias Baixas Albarino Etiqueta Verde 2023

(More) Real Albarino from Granbazan

One look at the labels of Granbazan and you know you’ve found something distinctive. Open a bottle, and you know you’ve found something authentic. The wine has lovely fruit, yes, but it's the crisp berries, apples, and pears of cool-climate white wine, not the tropical flavors of warmer climates. The wine is infused with the fresh minerality that you would expect from older vines planted in excellent terroir: rocks and minerals, precious jewels.
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Philipponnat: The Best of the Boutiques

Like Jacquesson, and several other producers, Philipponnat has enjoyed a quality revolution in the 21st century. In 1999 a new Philipponnat took over (this is still a family domaine), Charles Philipponnat, and he radically upped the winery’s game. He made little innovations here and there – using only the first press juice from his Chardonnay, and extended the aging of his wines in neutral barrels, for example. His wines became more intense and richer, but also fresher. No surprise, their non-vintage Champagnes are excellent – among the best in all of Champagne – and we particularly enjoy the Rosé.
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Stylized image of Bereche et Fils Champagne Brut Reserve ['21 Base] NV

Bérêche is Back

The great grower Champagnes that excite Champagne lovers these days tend to fall into a certain category, with low dosage, low sulfur, and a decidedly edgy vibe. We love them. But one grower has managed to gain fame and fortune—not to mention a cult-like obsession here in the U.S.—without going in that direction: Bérêche & Fils.
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Stylized image of Marine Layer Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Lyra 2022

Marine Layer: The Coolness of the Sonoma Coast

Marine Layer combines Pinot Noir grapes from several Sonoma Coast sites to create “Lyra”. It’s the name of the bright constellation that is visible in California from around the vine’s springtime re-awakening to the time of harvest – as if following the life of the grape. The natural elegance of these cool-climate grapes is emphasized in the wine-making, including by harvesting at night, preserving many whole berries, fermenting naturally, and using on 25% new wood.
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Stylized image of Domaine Georges Vernay Sainte-Agathe Syrah 2019

George Vernay's Cote Rotie-like Bargain

This is a super-star of a deal that combines two of our favorite tricks for finding hidden gems and super steals. One: find a star producer's baby bottle. Two: look for a wine just a little outside of the most famous (and expensive) terroirs.

George Vernay's Saint-Agathe Syrah does all that and more.
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Stylized image of Cascina Fontana Barolo del Comune di Castiglione Falletto 2019

Cascina Fontana Barolo: Come Una Volta

Mario Fontana describes his wines as “come una volta” — as in the past. His Cascina has only been around since 1995, but their wines are made like it’s still the 1960s or '70s. We love them.
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From lots of different grapes!

Like Bob Dylan’s music – covering folk music, the blues, rock and gospel – or Salvadore Dali’s paintings – from realism to surrealism – Andrew Jones of Field Recordings has range. He does single varietal, single vineyard wines that are extremely varietally correct, and he has blends that encompass more grapes than the average person can rattle off the top of their head. Today we have the latter for you, an orange wine that is a showcase of blending prowess.
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Stylized image of Conti Zecca Salento Primitivo Rifugio 2019

The Italian Wine Tour Continues

Last week on our tour of Italy we went to the often forgotten region of Calabria to discover the great Gaglioppo grapes of Ciro. That was at Italy’s toe. Today, we cross the Gulf of Taranto – formed thanks to the immense arch of the Italian boot – and arrive at its heel. We are in Apulia – or Puglia, the Italian name that is often used in English.
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Bright and Elegant from Oregon

Jackson Holstein's parents were literal pioneers, driving west from Kentucky to Oregon in a pickup truck. They bought ten hectares, and named it Holstein Vineyard. Jackson grew up among those vines. He learned a little vineyard management from his Dad, but he also went to school and he studied. He also traveled the world, worked at various wineries, and side hustled by producing a bit of wine in a garage – it turns out that tech companies are not the only start-ups that happen in American garages.
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Stylized image of Tetramythos Peloponnese Roditis Natur 2022

Mountain wine from... Greece?

f you need to pick a bottle for a group of friends, some of whom want a wine of terroir transparency, another who wants a natural wine, and a third who just wants something yummy that reminds them of Sancerre, well, this is your bottle! Honesty and character for anyone who is paying particular attention to the wine, and straight up deliciousness for anyone who just wants something tasty. All of that, and a great price too! Timeless wine for a price that feels like we're stepping back in time: What could be better?
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Edges Again, Red Wine Version

Edges Again, Red Wine Version

It’s not just great value that draws us to the Edges of Burgundy. It’s also because it’s in and around the Edges that vignerons feel that they can experiment. What wine producer wants to take a chance on a zero sulfur Clos de Beze? If it doesn’t work out, you are out a lot of revenue. That’s one reason that natural winemaking is so much more popular in Beaujolais or the Loire. Or on the Edges of Burgundy.
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On Migrants and Wines

Sonoe Hirabayashi group up in Nagano, Japan. Her family made sake, fermented soy sauce, and miso, and grew apples. She came to California to study wine, completed a number of internships at wineries around the world (Ted Lemon, Ostertag, etc.), and then settled down here to make Californian wine. She calls her winery “Six Cloves” – the name that her Japanese ancestors called their own business.
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