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 Clara Dalzell
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...
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By Clara Dalzell
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...
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
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!
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By Maggie Scudder
We will keep shouting it from rooftops: 2016 Brunello is where it's at! We mentioned this in our blog about 2020's Wine Trends, but here is a tangible, buyable, absolutely radiant,...
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By Joshua Cohen
Willi Schaefer is one of the great producers of Germany’s Mosel Valley and this year, we actually have enough wine to offer it!
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By JR Thomason
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...
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By Clara Dalzell
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...
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By JR Thomason
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.
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By Maggie Scudder
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...
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By Jeff Patten
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...
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By Maggie Scudder
No added sulfur on this gorgeous quaffer. Huckleberries, mint and jam drift on the nose. Blossoming with blueberries, a touch of black pepper, and smattering of fresh green herbs. The...
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By Maggie Scudder
No matter how you're spending Valentine's Day--with a date, with your spouse or roommates, with friends, or solo--there are fun and incredible recommendations for all.
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By Maggie Scudder
Each year, the folks at Krug put together a limited-edition cookbook to celebrate a single ingredient. The recipes, all developed by world-renowned chefs, are designed to pair with Krug's incomparable...
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