Orange Wine 101: Western Wonders
These wines show the spectrum of styles from light and fresh wine that are barely orange since they only spend a few hours or days on their skins and thus never take on a truly orange hue.
Stunning Natural Chablis - On Sale!
It's not very often we find a stunning example of natural Chablis. So, of course we jump at the chance when we meet a new wine maker, making delicious wine!
Orange Wine 101: Eastern Promises
A decade ago, when orange wines first started appearing on the shelves and lists of some more adventurous wine shops and restaurants. They have become the most talked about wines out there and often the most requested category in the shop.
Hervé Villemade’s 2019s: The Pure, Natural Energy of Cheverny
Hervé’s vines are in Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny, in the heart of the Loire Valley. He farms all of the local grapes, including Romorantin, Sauvignon Blanc, Gamay and Pinot Noir. At their best, and Herve’s are among the best, these are wines of joyous energy and freshness.
Ka Mancine: Delicious wine from a tiny hamlet
If you haven’t had Rossese in your life, now is the time to try it.
What Ryme's with Wine?
The husband and wife team that is Ryme Cellars, Ryan and Megan Glaab, make some of the freshest, most delicious and fascinating off-the-beaten path wines in California!
Did someone say Valentine's Day? Our Gift Guide is here!
We put our heads together and built a completely tailored gift guide--no quiz, no subscription, no worries. Just scroll through the guide and click on the collection that draws your eye.
A First Taste of 2019 Nebbiolo from Barbaresco
The good news? 2019 is looking like a return to the new classic, warm and sunny for sure, but much more balanced. It’s shaping up to be another fantastic year. Exhibit A is our wine today, the 2019 Langhe Nebbiolo from Silvio Giamello. It’s one of the first tastes of “Barbaresco”, and it portends a great vintage for the village.
Beautiful, Natural Grenache: Gramenon 2019S
The Laurents have an almost magic ability to extract the perfect balance of joyous fruit, savory minerality, and snappy acidity that only the very best Grenache can achieve.
Their secret is simple: they farm with passion (everything is sustainable and natural), and they allow the fruit from their mostly old vines to show pure, transparent terroir.
Giacometti: Elegant Wine from Corsica’s “Outback”
2018 was an uncommonly cool vintage with more precipitation than normal. This means that the soft, elegant style is highlighted by excellent structure, saline minerals and snappy acidity. All of that, and the Patrimonio Rouge is a steal, less than half the price of similar wines in this appellation!
Get Your Bottles, Now: The TOP FIVE wine trends of 2020
From domestic Chardonnay to the stellar 2016 Brunello, from first-looks at 2019 Burgundy to Hungarian adventure winnes--here's how to buy the top wine trends of 2020.
The Drew Family Pinot: The Apple of our Eye
While others saw a daunting project in this old forgotten orchard, Jason and Molly saw ancient oceanic soils, south facing slopes at 1250ft elevation, putting them just above the fogline and a true coastal climate, with the ocean a mere 3.3 miles away. With that leap, the Drew estate winery at Faîte De Mer Farm was born.