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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It's time! Black Friday at Flatiron -- Up to 20% off!!
By Joshua Cohen
It's the biggest sale of the year at Flatiron Wines by a country mile, and we're doing it again! No exceptions. No exclusions. Every single bottle of wine online will...
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Boutanche Gamay: The Ultimate in Drinkability
By Lee Madueno
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...
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Jacquesson: Non-Vintage Greatness
By Josh Shapiro
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.
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Chateau Massereau: Great Bordeaux, But Nor for Parker
By Josh Shapiro
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...
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Maitre de Chai: Golden-Age Style Californian Wines
By Lee Madueno
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...
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Alessandria: Get Super Local with Pelaverga
By Floribeth Kennedy
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...
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Flaneur Pinot Noir: Doing Everything Right to Make you Happy
By Lee Madueno
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...
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Martha Stoumen's Fall Release
By Linden McGreevy
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...
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Guiborat: It’s All About Chalk
By Jeff Patten
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...
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Domaine La Manarine - Chateauneuf-du-Pape How It Is Meant To Be
By Jeff Patten
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...
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You're Invited: Flatiron's 1st Annual California Harvest Tasting
By Andrew Chen
Flatiron Wines invites you to our 1st Annual California Harvest Tasting. This will be a walk-around tasting from 6p - 8p on Thursday October 26th and feature 30+ wines from some...
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Santa Duc Gigondas: Way More than Poor Man’s Chateauneuf-du-Pape
By Lee Madueno
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...
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Time for a Road Trip: Vinos Pijoan of Guadalupe
By Lee Madueno
As most of you know by now, we believe that wine offers adventure. Every time you open a bottle of wine, it’s like you are traveling to another place (a...
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