It’s fair to say the California wine industry made its bones producing Cabernets, Pinots and Chardonnays to rival those of France. However, the story of California wine runs far deeper than the acclaim achieved through these three varieties.
Posted on March 09, 2021
Valerie Pimpinelli
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Only in a place like the Wachau could the wines of the region's finest producer be purchased freely, for less than huge sums of money. And Franz Hirtzberger, the subject of today's story, is without a doubt one of the top winemakers in all Austria.
Posted on March 05, 2021
Clara Dalzell
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Roussillon’s fortified wines, once the stuff of kings, are still prized here. But internationally, their star has waned, and so has the region’s reputation as a whole. But it is precisely this state of affairs that has it positioned to be the next “it” region of France.
Posted on March 01, 2021
Clara Dalzell
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Wine School: Grenache/Garnacha -- Asimov's latest New York Times piece is on three of our favorite Grenache/Garnacha wines... and we've got them for you!
Posted on February 27, 2021
Valerie Pimpinelli
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Willi Schaefer is one of the great producers of Germany’s Mosel Valley and this year, we actually have enough wine to offer it!
Posted on February 24, 2021
Joshua Cohen
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This is the wine that kicked off the whole sulfur free movement. The original 'natural wine'. Marcel Lapierre figured out how to do it first and, for our money, his kids still do it best.
Posted on February 22, 2021
JR Thomason
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There is a mystique surrounding skin contact white wine (aka orange wine) at odds with its prosaic origins. Appearing on today’s most sophisticated wine lists and in the cellars of collectors, in pre-war northeastern Italy, skin contact whites were the everyday beverage of hard working farmers.
Posted on February 17, 2021
Clara Dalzell
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Closerie des Moussis is a new producer making delicious Bordeaux in a very old school, natural way: organic and biodynamic farming, no manipulations, little oak influence.
Posted on February 09, 2021
JR Thomason
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These are, quite literally, the bottles we’re bringing home to celebrate this year! Whether it’s Champagne, or the perfect bit of pink wine, we’re looking to pop some bottles and enjoy the night!
Posted on February 08, 2021
Maggie Scudder
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Aurélien Chatagnier is one of our favorite discoveries from the Northern Rhone in recent memory and his St. Joseph is a wine we truly love. Why? Chatagnier's St. Joe strikes a poise in the perfect middle.
Posted on February 07, 2021
Jeff Patten
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