Beaujolais is the perfect wine for us -- or the perfect wineS, since really, Beaujolais means a so many different things--from the festive Beaujolais Nouveau and Beaujolais wines we like to crush with friends, to the beautifully expressive Beaujolais Villages, right on up to the exceptional, terroir-specific Crus.
Posted on September 11, 2020
Maggie Scudder
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The Wachau Valley is the epicenter of Austria’s greatest wines. In fact, to many wine consumers, the wines of the Wachau are the wines of Austria.
Posted on August 20, 2020
Maggie Scudder
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Chateau Yvonne is not just an elite producer of Saumur-Champigny, it is one of the best in the entire Loire region.
Posted on August 13, 2020
Lee Madueno
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Monforte shines through its sheer diversity. So, while Monforte is often lumped in with Serralunga at the “powerful, structured” end of the spectrum, this is a mistake.
Posted on August 12, 2020
Jeff Patten
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It’s an exciting time to discover the wines of Austria. The dynamic styles produced by the technically proficient graduates of the Klosterneuburg juxtapose the experimental natural winemakers breaking the mold in every region.
Posted on August 06, 2020
Maggie Scudder
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WATCH our tasting with star-winemaker and fabulous person, Jasmine Hirsch!
Posted on July 31, 2020
Beau Rapier
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Here, you have wines that have intense structure and aromas – of course, as this is Barolo! – but also poise. Maybe it doesn’t quite strike you as strongly on that first sip, as do wines from some other villages. But elegance is like that. Get to the end of the first glass and you will be thoroughly persuaded to pour yourself a second.
Posted on July 28, 2020
Jeff Patten
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Jean-Paul makes a younger, fresher wine that is released earlier and meant for immediate consumption. Formerly it was just bottled as straight Sancerre, but for the past few vintages, it is labeled as the cuvée “l’Authentique”.
Posted on July 27, 2020
Beau Rapier
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These vineyards only make up about 10% of the DOC Barolo, but they make a far larger percentage of the best known wine, and 100% of the village is entitled to produce Nebbiolo called Barolo. The swathe of Crus that contain the name “Cannubi” produce some of the world’s greatest Nebbiolo. This is a bit like all those Crus in Vosne that contain the word “Romanee”. But at like one fifth of the price.
Posted on July 02, 2020
Jeff Patten
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La Morra is a very important village! And not just because it’s charming to visit and has a number of top producers and vineyard sites.
Posted on June 19, 2020
Jeff Patten
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