Croix de Carbonnieux: It's Hip to be Square
The white stuff, Bordeaux Blanc, is criminally underrated. Châteaux Carbonnieux’ 2017 La Croix de Carbonnieux Blanc has all the makings of an under-the-radar fave, including amazing value.
Should you age Beaujolais?
We built a collection of age-worthy Beaujolais! So peruse, and grab a six pack: some to drink, some to cellar and drink over the next few years.
We love the Women of Beaujolais!
Some of Beaujolais’ top names just happen to be women’s names! Camille Lapierre, Anne-Sophie Dubois, Mee Goddard, and countless others are taking over a family business or starting estates of their very own. This, unfortunately, is simply not the historical norm.
Jean Foillard's Beaujolais Village has Landed
It’s an astonishingly pure wine, and classic Foillard: smooth and seductive, with rose petals, red cherry, and the granite crunch from those amazing, stony hills.
LIVE Lapierre Virtual Wine Tasting -- TODAY!
Today at 2pm ET we're hosting Camille Lapierre LIVE on Instagram!
We've Updated our Guide to Cru Beaujolais! (And you get up to 17% off!)
Cru Beaujolais is getting so much attention these days. Now is the time to read our guide--right in time for Thanksgiving! Shop by Cru or peruse our favorites.
Taste the Future of Beaujolais
No wine region is more exciting right now than Beaujolais.
And the world of wine is richer for it.
Here are our top recommendations based on the trends we’ve seen in Beaujolais winemaking.
Lettie Teague’s Five Intimidating Wines – Flatiron Favorites!
We love it when writers with a bigger platform than ours take on a similar project. In her recent article on “intimidating wines,” Lettie Teague does Bacchus’ work, familiarizing readers with some of our favorite off-the-beaten-path wines.
Our New Beaujolais Guide: What is Natural Wine? And where did it come from?
20 years ago, “natural wine” was the freaky stuff drunk after-hours in Williamsburg and the East Village. Today, collectors around the world chase bottles of natural wine as passionately as DRC – and pay top dollar for some of them.
Where did natural wine come from, and how did it spread so far and so fast?
In a word: Beaujolais!
Leveling Up on Levels of Beaujolais -- Our New Post is Up!
We’ve got an entire blog post full of fun details, which will dive further into the nitty-gritty of these three levels of Beaujolais.
So, why don’t you kick back with a glass of wine (our suggestions are below) and read on!
NYT Wine School: The Northern Rhône
In his latest Wine School, Asimov encourages an in-depth study of three distinct Northern Rhône terroirs: Crozes Hermitage, St. Joseph and Cornas. He sheds light on how amazing it can be to see how even the slight differences in climates or soil type can drastically change the character of a wine made with a single grape variety.
Beaujolais Blog Bonanza! We can't get enough!
Beaujolais has been a hit at Flatiron wines since we opened.
It's 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.