Bernard Defaix: A tour of Chablis’ Left Bank
By Josh Shapiro
The hierarchy of Chablis is beautifully logical. When a producer gets it right, you can literally taste your way up the ladder, feeling the terroir shift and the intensity build...
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Jurassic Bubbles from Tissot
By Josh Shapiro
The Tissot family has been making wine in the Jura for decades — Stéphane's father André started the domaine in 1962, and Stéphane's first vintage was in 1989, at just...
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Lambrusco Passion Project from a Thai Boxer
By Floribeth Kennedy
What is it with Italian athletes and wine? One of our favorite new producers in Piedmont is Olek Bondonia, former champion snowboarder. Today, we offer one of our favorite new...
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A Family Fave from Burlotto's Garden
By Floribeth Kennedy
Burlotto's most famous wine -- and most expensive -- is their point-crushing Monvigliero Barolo. A great wine for sure, like all their Barolos. But if you ever go to visit the...
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From Austrian Tradition to US Wine Stores
By Josh Shapiro
One of our obsessions at Flatiron Wines is the every-day wines that you find in wine regions across the world – the wines that the locals actually drink, as opposed...
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Portuguese Authenticity, with Help from Luis Seabra
By Josh Shapiro
Textura is a small winery in Portugal’s Dão region — quite possibly our favorite Portuguese region for fresh, crisp, lightly aromatic whites and juicy, complex reds with a dash of...
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The Essence of Grower Champagne
By Francesca Maniace
Tarlant has been making Grower Champagne since all the way back in the 1920s, when Louis Tarlant helped the Champagne AOC to gain international fame. Ever since then, the family...
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The Spectrum of Artistic Expression: Wine Edition
By Josh Shapiro
The 2023 SKINS is a crisp, fresh orange wine that pairs well with duck sausage, roasted peach and ricotta, or just hanging out and enjoying the summer heat. The fruit...
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Burgundian superstars find freedom in the Santa Rita Hills
By Josh Shapiro
French winemakers have been falling in love with California wine country since, well, before it was wine country. Because even winemakers with some of the best terroir in France are...
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Winning Sauvignon Blanc from an Unlikely Place
By Paul Olson
Von Winning is one of Germany's best producers. Every wine in their extensive lineup is a treat, and their age-worthy Grosses Gewachs are masterpieces of the Pfalz. They also happen...
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A Jewel of Abruzzo (and a Pal of Valentini): Trebbiano and Montepulciano from Amorotti
By Floribeth Kennedy
One of the most exciting things about working in wine is being introduced to a new producer and then, in turn, introducing them to you — particularly when said new...
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Natural Gem that's ready to drink!
By Floribeth Kennedy
Corrado Dottori has been a star of the Natural Wine Movement(tm) since Jonathan Nossiter featured him in his film, Natural Resistance. But that's not why we love him. We love...
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Fichet… Sought After White Burgundy
By Josh Shapiro
Hard as it is for his long-time fans, it’s obviously fair: Fichet is as big a talent as they come and he's been a favorite of critics (including, notably, Burghound)...
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Poise and Precision from the Anderson Valley
By Josh Shapiro
Baxter Winery has been producing some of California's most aromatic and ethereal Pinot Noirs for almost 20 years, yet somehow they still remain fairly under the radar. Phillip Baxter Jr....
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