By Joshua Cohen
Spain’s Sierra de Gredos region has been hot for a while now. Here, Garnacha becomes something otherworldly, ethereal. The poor granite soils, the high elevation, the ancient vines — these...
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By Joshua Cohen
John Paul is a living legend of Oregon wine. His Cameron Winery is one of the original Willamette Valley pioneers. People often describe classic Oregon Pinot and Chardonnay as “Burgundian”...
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By Joshua Cohen
Provence is a summer vacation paradise of gorgeous beaches, beautiful herb-covered hills, blue skies, and sunshine. And provencal rosé is famous as exactly the wine we all need to beat...
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By Joshua Cohen
When Marcel Lapierre started down the path of reinventing Beaujolais, he set off with a few friends. Foillard is the most famous today. But Guy Breton and Jean-Paul Thevenet were...
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By Joshua Cohen
Champagne is great and all, but it's not the be-all and end-all of sparkling wine. Once again, we're thrilled to (re)introduce one of our favorite Crémant producers: Bruno Dangin.
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By Joshua Cohen
Louise Chereau, winemaker at Muscadet’s Chereau Carré, hates Muscadet and oysters. Not that she hates drinking Muscadet with oysters. In fact, if you push her, she’ll admit it's as great...
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By Joshua Cohen
Most Sancerre domaines are named after the person or family that makes the wine: Vatan, Pascal Cotat (and his cousin Francois Cotat), Bouland, Claude Riffault. But this Sancerre Domaine is...
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By Joshua Cohen
Caterina Dei is an artist, a singer. She studied music in Siena, performed on stage in Milan, and recorded albums. She still sings, but we know her through her work...
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By Joshua Cohen
Three of us visited Cathy Corison in Napa Valley this fall and had a spectacular tasting at a table set out among the vines. The back-vintage Napa Cabs (including mature Kronos!) were...
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By Joshua Cohen
Who's Peter Max? And why is his name on a South African Pinot Noir that enthralls anyone who tastes it? It's actually two guys: Peter and Max are the names...
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By Joshua Cohen
When Rebecca Gibb, MW, tasted Joguet’s single vineyard 2019 Chinons she couldn’t help but wax poetic. They’re the kind of wines that do that to even the most technically adept...
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By Joshua Cohen
Now, if you're new to these newsletters, you might not know what all the fuss is about. The TL;DR is that the Picq family is among Chablis' great producers --...
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By Joshua Cohen
Anthony Lynch (son of legendary importer Kermit Lynch) came to New York last week and brought a few special bottles from their Berkeley cellar to lunch, including 2007 Vacqueyras Le...
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