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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Two Expressions of Kimmeridgian: Julien Prélat's Grower Champagne Vision
By Daniel Kihara
Among lovers of cutting-edge Grower Champagne, the Aube is on the map largely thanks to Cedric Bouchard, whose single-vineyard, single-varietal wines helped redefine what grower Champagne could be. But in the...
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Gauby: A little wine, a little etymology
By Daniel Kihara
If, like us, you are obsessed with limestone soils and their impact on wine, then your eyebrow surely gives a lift when it hears that there is a village in...
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Rodriguez’s Ribeiro Renaissance
By Daniel Kihara
Ribeiro is in the middle of a wine renaissance, and Luis Rodríguez is one of the reasons why. Old-vine terraces on granitic sands and streaks of schist, Atlantic breezes by...
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Bollinger’s PN TX20: Truly Great House Champagne
By Josh Shapiro
We sell a lot of grower Champagne in San Francisco. You know the names—Larmandier-Bernier, Suenen, Laherte, Laval, etc.. The wines are precise, site-driven, small-batch. They’re made by farmers who also...
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A Little Ocean Spray from Albamar
By Daniel Kihara
The ocean is beautiful to look at and it’s fun to swim in. In Rías Baixas, it also happens to be a key ingredient. At Bodegas Albamar, the vineyards sit...
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La Loba: A New Story from Ribera del Duero
By Josh Shapiro
Ribera del Duero is known for big names and big wines — plush, oak-driven Tempranillos built for cellars and collectors. La Loba is something entirely different. This is the personal...
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DuMOL: Restrained Russian River Valley
By Josh Shapiro
No new kid on the block, DuMOL can be considered one of the benchmarks for Russian River Valley wines. For decades, they refined a style that’s precise, vineyard-driven, and deeply...
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Vincent Paris: Simple, Satisfying Syrah
By Joshua Cohen
Vincent Paris has become one of the stars of Cornas. Trained by his uncle, the legendary Robert Michel, and farming side by side with Franck Balthazar, Paris has helped define...
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Hundred Suns: Originals from Oregon
By Daniel Kihara
Let’s introduce a new champion of minimal intervention wines from Oregon: Hundred Suns, founded by former Beaux Frères winemaker Grant Coulter. Coulter makes wines that feel alive, precise, and true...
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The Other Side of the Alps: Grosjean’s Rare Alpine Reds
By Josh Shapiro
We introduced Grosjean to many of you last year, and we’re thrilled to have three new bottlings just in time for summer drinking. These are wines for Alpine picnics, for...
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Provençal Paradise in a Glass: Bagnol's Cassis Rosé
By Josh Shapiro
Domaine du Bagnol, one of only 12 wineries in Cassis, farms (organically, bien sur!) Grenache, Mourvedre and Cinsault just 200 meters from the Med. Their ripe grapes are full of...
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Indy and Oregon from Love and Squalor
By Daniel Kihara
Oregon Pinot Noir used to be a scrappy, underdog affair. Independent producers carved out reputations with low-budget setups, idealism, and incredible wines. But over time, that spirit has faded a...
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Full-Spectrum Chablis: Gautheron’s Chiselled Kimmeridgian expressions, from Village to Grand Cru
By Josh Shapiro
The essence of Chablis – the thing that sets it apart from all other Burgundies – is its stony soul. The appellation is defined by the Kimmeridgian marls of clay...
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