By Dan Weber
Lanzarote in the Canary Islands is a brutally hard place to farm even in the best years. A volcanic island off the coast of Morocco where farmers protect their vines...
By Joshua Cohen
Lapierre's Morgon set the wine world on fire. It sparked a revolution in Beaujolais, introduced American palates to lighter, fresher reds, and practically single-handedly birthed the natural wine movement. But...
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
Cabernet Franc, in our opinion, makes some of the very best rosés. It’s fruity, spicy, herbaceous and bright, and it deftly translates terroir. Of course, it helps when the terroir...
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
Chão de Sal — which translates to ground or earth of salt — is a wild, briny co-ferment, or palhete, of red and white varieties. Arinto and Verdelho are two...
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By Jeff Patten
We've told the story of Cantina del Pino before, including the tragic early death of Renato Vacca in 2020, and the taking over of the Cantina by his wife Franca...
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
Though comparing Rioja to Burgundy is like comparing apples to oranges, there's no arguing that clay and limestone soils impart something very special to a wine; Bosconia evokes the supple...
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By Joshua Cohen
Côte 50 is the Amirault family's entry-level Bourgueil, the kind of Cabernet Franc you might get, slightly chilled, at a nice bistro and enjoy with anything from moules frites to a burger....
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By Jeff Patten
Among the oceans of rosé that are now produced in every corner of the wine world, we admire most those producers who have been around since before the rosé craze...
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By Julia Burke
The Dunites wine project was established in 2015 by the husband-and-wife winemaking team of Tyler Eck and Rachel Goffinet Eck. They like, but do not overuse, whole-cluster inclusion, as well...
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By Dan Weber
Paul-Henri Thillardon is one of the finest wine-growers in Beaujolais, making wines with an irresistible balance of ripe fruit, crunchy acidity, and mineral verve. They are the embodiment of joy...
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By John Truax
Dry Tokaji may be obscure today, but we think it’s poised for a breakthrough. The best examples are simply too good, too interesting, and too age-worthy to be ignored much...
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By John Truax
Maybe you’ve never tried Deschamps wines, and want to know what they taste like. They are certainly not piercing or thin, qualities which Sauvignon Blanc can sometimes be guilty of....
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By Joshua Cohen
Wine has been made at Peyrassol for 800 years. That’s a lot of time in which to perfect your recipe. And they've got it down. As New York Times’ Eric...
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By Joshua Cohen
Flatiron Wines is teaming up with Decanter Magazine to offer all customers 20% off Grand Tasting tickets to this year's Fine Wine Encounter NYC at Manhatta on Saturday, June 8th....
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