We have had the pleasure of watching Megan’s growth as a winemaker. Fun and funky in the beginning there was always an impression that these were made by talented hands. Fast forward to now and Megan is making some of the state’s most terrier driven wines that are as poised and complex as they are a joy to drink.
Posted on September 03, 2023
Lee Madueno
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Andrea Occhipinti started his eponymous winery to focus on indigenous Lazio grape after falling in love with the area when he attended oenology school there. No, Andrea is not related to the more famous Occhipinti’s in Sicily. But he does share with Arianna an almost preternatural ability to convey terroir through gentle and thoughtful winemaking.
Posted on August 30, 2023
Floribeth Kennedy
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Pet nats are a fairly recent trend among winemakers. With the demand for sparkling wines only getting higher many producers have expanded their production to include a few pet nats. But what is a pet nat?
Posted on August 27, 2023
Lee Madueno
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Alsace lovers know that the region is divided between the granite terroirs and the limestone terroirs. Boxler is a granite specialist, and Brand boasts plenty of it – granite that is more and more decomposed as you go up slope. Brand is a Riesling that ages extremely well, and we are excited to be able to offer one today that has already spent more than 5 years in the cellar.
Posted on August 23, 2023
Jeff Patten
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We are always a bit skeptical when importers talk about new producers with lavish comparisons to the greats that are nearby. “This is the next Conterno” or “it tastes just like Raveneau” are the kinds of hyperbole we hear all the time. But sometimes, every once in a while, they are right on. This was the case when we were introduced to the beautiful wines of Amorotti.
Posted on August 20, 2023
Lee Madueno
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Soave also has its share of Foillards – a handful of producers who make great wines from top terroirs using traditional or enlightened methods, usually both. Pieropan may be the best of them. Among their lineup are two singe-vineyard bottlings from the heart of the Soave Classico zone, where old vines grow in volcanic soils at fairly high altitudes.
Posted on August 16, 2023
Jeff Patten
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Today's special place is to the north of the Loire Valley, on a tributary confusingly named the Loir (our spell check so badly wants to add the "e"). Here, those generations of experimenters discovered that it happens to be a perfect place to grow a grape they call Pineau de la Loire (this time you really do need the "e") but everyone else calls Chenin Blanc.
Posted on August 13, 2023
Jeff Patten
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When Andre Almaric purchased the Domaine de Marquiliani estate in 1954 he had his work cut out for him. Twenty years earlier the estate was mostly destroyed in a series of fires and it had been abandoned and in a state of disrepair ever since. In the ruins, he saw an opportunity to carve out a life and legacy for himself.
Posted on August 09, 2023
Jeff Patten
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Ciro Biondi is one of the key players in the renaissance that has made Mount Etna one of the greatest wine spots in Italy, and the world. Little known even 20 years ago, wine geeks worldwide now seek out these amazing wines made from ancient vines, indigenous grapes, high altitudes and terroir that is so exotically volcanic that you can still see lava flowing nearby.
Posted on August 06, 2023
Lee Madueno
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The name John Paul Cameron has become synonymous with the best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay made this side of France. He isn't a household name simply because very little of his wines leave his home state of Oregon, many destined for the best restaurants in Portland or the cellars Burgundy collectors, as John’s wine’s are well loved by even those who drink wines exclusively from the Cote d’Or.
Posted on August 02, 2023
Lee Madueno
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In recent years, the world of Rosé wine seems to have gone straight from sweet white Zinfandels to the palest, lightest pink wines imaginable, usually from Provence, but increasingly from every other corner of the wine world as well.
All of this, of course, misses a very important wine category, that we’ll just call “Serious Rosé”
Posted on July 31, 2023
Lee Madueno
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Trediberri is a couple, Stefania and NIcolas Oberto, making Barolo in La Morra, the village known for its elegance and pretty aromatics. A few years ago, our colleagues in New York “discovered” them, when they showed up at the New York shop and told us they were looking for a U.S. importer. After tasting their unbelievably good wines, we put them in touch with some good people and the rest is history. Trediberri has since become the latest Barolo sensation in America.
Posted on July 26, 2023
Jeff Patten
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