Tissot Cremant de Jura: Sparkling, Mineral-Driven Pleasure
Chez Tissot, the goal is to illustrate the region's unique terroir, and to that end, they vinify as many as 28 different cuvées, determined parcel by parcel according to the soil.
Envinate’s Albahra: A Gem from Spain’s Hottest Producer
Envínate's story sounds like something out of a movie — four friends meet at university and band together to create gorgeous wines, respecting the local grapes and traditions of their respective hometowns, in hugely varied corners of Spain. It sounds like a lark, but these four friends are making some of the most iconic wines of the New Spain movement.
Boutanche Gamay: The Ultimate in Drinkability
The Boutanche is a Beaujolais that is very self-consciously Drinkable. The image of the pig on the label draining his glass perhaps gives it away.
Francophones might also have guessed, as “Boutanche” is another French word for “glou glou” – that is, a wine that may be happily guzzled.
Francophones might also have guessed, as “Boutanche” is another French word for “glou glou” – that is, a wine that may be happily guzzled.
Jacquesson: Non-Vintage Greatness
The Grower Champagne movement isn't the only revolution that has shaken the region -- for the better -- in the last few decades. There is also Jacquesson.
Chateau Massereau: Great Bordeaux, But Nor for Parker
When we first met Jean-François Chaigneau we were quite pleased when he told us that he “hated” Robert Parker and that the last thing that he wanted in his wine was a “gob” or an “explosion”. His words were particularly poignant because Jean-Francois Chaigneau comes from Bordeaux, the area that fell under Parker’s sway more than any other.
Maitre de Chai: Golden-Age Style Californian Wines
Marty Winters and Alex Pitts were both chefs. Very good chefs, having worked in some of California’s top kitchens including Cyrus, Quince, and the French Laundry. Since 2012, they’ve been applying their talents to wine, at Maitre de Chai.
Alessandria: Get Super Local with Pelaverga
In Italy, things have a way of getting very specific very fast. Leave the main hubs of the wine region – Alba, or the Commune of Barolo – and you might find that people are drinking something else entirely. Go to the village of Verduno, and they’re drinking a grape called Pelaverga.
Flaneur Pinot Noir: Doing Everything Right to Make you Happy
Flaneur is a team of passionate wine lovers who have a vision of wine that is incredibly consistent with our own, and with so many of you. They’re focus is on drinkability. They want us to enjoy their wines without effort, and probably with a meal.
Martha Stoumen's Fall Release
As a first-generation and self-funded winemaker, Martha set out to explore the evolving identity of California wine through the lens of Mediterranean grapes grown in the warmer pockets of Mendocino County.
Guiborat: It’s All About Chalk
Some Champagne deliver luxury. Some make, essentially, Grand Cru Burgundy with bubbles. We love both styles when done right. But today we want to focus on a producer, Guiborat, that delivers one thing above all else: the chalky goodness of Chardonnay grown in the Cotes des Blancs.
Domaine La Manarine - Chateauneuf-du-Pape How It Is Meant To Be
This is Chateauneuf-du-Pape how it is meant to be – a wine that is deep, complex and immersive, filling the senses, but not overwhelming them. It is a wine that instantly impresses, not by branding a sledgehammer, but rather by weaving an intricate rainbow of aromatics and flavors.
Santa Duc Gigondas: Way More than Poor Man’s Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Today, we offer to you a producer that is widely considered one of the best, and often the very best, of Gigondas: Santa Duc. They are a very old name in the region and they have many of the best sites.