f you need to pick a bottle for a group of friends, some of whom want a wine of terroir transparency, another who wants a natural wine, and a third who just wants something yummy that reminds them of Sancerre, well, this is your bottle! Honesty and character for anyone who is paying particular attention to the wine, and straight up deliciousness for anyone who just wants something tasty. All of that, and a great price too! Timeless wine for a price that feels like we're stepping back in time: What could be better?
Posted on October 20, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Itโs not just great value that draws us to the Edges of Burgundy. Itโs also because itโs in and around the Edges that vignerons feel that they can experiment. What wine producer wants to take a chance on a zero sulfur Clos de Beze? If it doesnโt work out, you are out a lot of revenue. Thatโs one reason that natural winemaking is so much more popular in Beaujolais or the Loire. Or on the Edges of Burgundy.
Posted on October 16, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Sonoe Hirabayashi group up in Nagano, Japan. Her family made sake, fermented soy sauce, and miso, and grew apples. She came to California to study wine, completed a number of internships at wineries around the world (Ted Lemon, Ostertag, etc.), and then settled down here to make Californian wine. She calls her winery โSix Clovesโ โ the name that her Japanese ancestors called their own business.
Posted on October 13, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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When Pauline and Gรฉraud Fromont founded their Domaine des Marnes Blanches deep in the south of the Jura, the region (Sud Revermont) wasn't on anyone's radar. It was 2006, the husband and wife were fresh out of wine school, and they were happy to be able to come home to the Jura and build something together. Since then, so much has changed. The Jura blew up. Ganevat (from the same region) became a star and then a superstar, Labet and Miroir (likewise neighbors) became culty and then cultier. The Natural Wines of Overnoy Puffeney became legendary and spearheaded the whole movement.
Posted on October 09, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Pascal Doquet owns some of the choicest parcels in Champagne, in premier and grand cru sites like Vertus and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger in the Cรดte de Blancs. His work is meticulous. His wines are fabulous. Why are they still so under the radar?
Posted on October 02, 2024
Francesca Maniace
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We are always on the lookout for new and exciting winemakers who express their unique perspective displayed through excellent winemaking chops. When we find a winemaker that fits this mold we will take a chance on them especially when the wines are as good as those made by Cary Quintana.
Posted on September 29, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Lots of regions around the world attempt to produce sparkling wines these days, but thereโs good reason to think that California is one of the most promising. Here, there is already a proven success growing the at least two of Champagneโs major grapes: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Here, too, you have an incredible diversity of climate and soils โ look hard enough, and surely you will find something perfect for sparklers.
Posted on September 25, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Ribera del Duero just might be the most unlikely place for a darling of the natural wine world to practice his art, and yet thatโs where we find Goyo Garcia, whoโs been crafting wines that toe the line between earthy and ethereal for nearly two decades.
Posted on September 22, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Ornellaia is about as big a name as you find in Italian wine. Launched by Ludovico Antinori in the early 1980s, just as Bolgheri, the Tuscan coastal region, was (re-)opening to viticulture, it has become a (if not the) benchmark Cabernet-based Super Tuscan.
Posted on September 18, 2024
Floribeth Kennedy
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The Tissot family has been making wine in the Jura for decades โ Stรฉphane's father Andrรฉ started the domaine in 1962, and Stรฉphane's first vintage was in 1989, at just 19. Almost immediately, Stรฉphane decided to move towards organic farming, achieving organic certification in 1999 and biodynamic certification in 2004. Today, Tissot is the start of the region, making soulful, vibrant, terroir-expressive wines.
Posted on September 15, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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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 producers from Lambrusco, and it turns out he was a world-class Muay Thai martial artist!
Posted on September 11, 2024
Floribeth Kennedy
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