By Jeff Patten
Why do legendary Barolo producers in the village of Verduno continue to devote time and precious vineyard space to Pelaverga? Well, it provides so much of the aromatic magic and...
By Daniel Kihara
The French don't have Burning Man. They have La Dive Bouteille. And for France’s nuttiest natural wine fans – and their international comrades in arms – that’s even better. But...
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By Daniel Kihara
Over the past decade, Cogno has joined the ranks of Piedmont's elite producers. No producer does that without making incredibly delicious wines – and Cogno’s wines are delicious. But no...
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By Josh Shapiro
Some bottles feel like time capsules. Barrat-Masson Brut Nature Millésime 2012 — in magnum — is one of them. It’s grower Champagne from the deep south of the region, the...
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By Josh Shapiro
What makes Krug GC so special? There's really no other NV like it. Krug has the deepest library of reserve wines -- made up of some of the greatest wines...
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By Daniel Kihara
One of the most exciting things about working in wine is being introduced to a new producer and then, in turn, introducing them to you — particularly when said new...
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By Daniel Kihara
We hate to throw around phrases like “vintage of the century”, but ask 100 wine professionals to pick one for Tuscany, and 99 of them will say 2016. Today, we...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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