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Arroyo Grande Pinot and the Tail of the Talleys

We tend to think of European wines as being โ€œOldโ€ and Californian wines as being โ€œNewโ€. Occasionally, of course, we crash this stereotype by writing stories about old legends from Napa that produced brilliant Cabernets in the 1960s and 1970s that are still delicious today. Today, though, we want to poke at this stereotype from a different angle: central coast Pinot Noir.
Posted on April 17, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Minerals and More from Muscadet

Minerals and More from Muscadet

Upon the mineral-rich foundations of Muscadet โ€“ thick soils filled with granite and gneiss โ€“ lying at the far west of the Loire Valley you find the Domaine Les Trois Toits. Here, the domaine practices that mix of tradition and innovation that is producing some of todayโ€™s most exciting wines.
Posted on April 14, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Marie Courtin: Beauties with Bubbles

Marie Courtin: Beauties with Bubbles

Often, Champagne is used to celebrate events like weddings or New Year's Eve โ€” things that are far too scarce these days. But the Champagnes of Marie Courtin bursts with such joie de vivre that they provide a different sort of celebration: of the Champagnes themselves, and the special terroirs that produce it.
Posted on April 10, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Jean-Luc Jamet: Northern Rhones with Bottle Age

Jamet is a giant of a name in Cote Rotie. Itโ€™s one of a tiny handful of domaines that have been bottling wines consistently since the 1970s, sticking for the most part to a traditionalist regime. But in 2013 a big change occurred.
Posted on April 07, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Hervรฉ Villemade: Natural and Historic

In the history of natural wine, Hervรฉ Villemade plays a key role. It was by importing these wines to the United States that Joe Dressner helped pave the way for the natural wine movement that exploded across the country.
Posted on April 03, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Pernotโ€™s Bourgogne โ€œCote dโ€™Orโ€: The Worldโ€™s best Chardonnay value?

Pernod likes to make tense, pure Chardonnay. He uses little or no batonnage. There is little new oak, and none is used for the Bourgogne Blanc. The idea is to give you pure, unadulterated Puligny-esque pleasure. It does not show the intense power and structure of a Folatieres (Pernot makes a brilliant one), but it does show the great fruit quality that can emerge from these slopes.
Posted on March 31, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Arnot Roberts and Our Rose Secret

We love rosรฉs that have the power to go the distance and let us reap the rewards of time. This great example can be your perfect "first rosรฉ of the year" for less than $30.
Posted on March 27, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Chateau de Sales: New Quality from the Old School

Chateau de Sales: New Quality from the Old School

De Sales is a very very old estate. The same family has owned it since the 1400s! They make wines in an old-school fashion: not much new oak is used, and there is very little flash, but they do offer the elegance, the perfume, the sensuality, and the iron-like minerality that we have come to expect from great Pomerol.
Posted on March 25, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Natural from the Heart of Piedmont

Natural wines from Piedmont? Yes, they exist. They do not get the same focus as Barolos and Barbarescos from the recognized masters, but when you find a good example, do not hesitate to give them a try!

Posted on March 20, 2024
Floribeth Kennedy
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Roagna: The Barbera Equivalent of Barolo

Why is Luca Roagna releasing his 2018 Barbera now, 6 years later in 2024? For a simple reason: he treats his Barbara exactly as he does his incredibly prized old vines Barolos and Barbarescos.
Posted on March 17, 2024
Floribeth Kennedy
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Chilean Greatness from Longavi

With its long chain of mountains at a seemingly endless range of latitudes, it is inevitable that somewhere among them it is possible to make truly great wines in Chile. We think we have found them.
Posted on March 13, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Chartogne-Taillet Cuvรฉe Sainte Anne: โ€œOne of the bestโ€

Alexandre Chartogne has been one of the brightest stars of the Grower Champagne movement. From the small village of Merfy in a forgotten northern corner of the Montagne de Reims, he has spent his entire professional life unlocking the secrets of his home terroir.
Posted on March 10, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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