Barolo Breakdown: La Morra
La Morra is a very important village! And not just because it’s charming to visit and has a number of top producers and vineyard sites.
The Barolo Breakdown is Here
In the next few weeks, our blog will take you through Barolo. Today, we have an overview of the DOC. In coming weeks, we’ll travel village by village, to break down Barolo.
An Update on Our Shop and NYC's Flatiron District
Thank you for your concern and well wishes over the last few days. We wanted to post this short update to let you know what is going on in the Flatiron District.
Drink to Donate: Iberian Wines for Restruant Workers Community Foundation!
What if we told you that you could help out-of-work restaurant employees — the servers, bussers, cooks and more, who have lovingly taken care of you for decades — simply by drinking delicious and well-made wine?
The Union Square Market Proves Spring is "Ramp"-ing Up!
The Union Square Farmers Market is still open, just down the street from our Broadway shop, and today I saw the very first hints of spring and bought my first ramps of the year.
I love to cook!
Cooking is fun. This is a great activity while we are all at home sheltering during the Coronavirus crisis.
Here are some recipes and tales from my home kitchen.
Virtual Tasting on Instagram Live!
We know that so many of you have been asking about this, so we are happy to announce that we have finally worked out a virtual wine tasting with Tyson from Crowley Wines. There are some details below! Hope to see you on Instagram Monday, April 6 at 5pm EST, 2pm PST.
VIDEO: Blind Tasting CVNE's Traditional Stunner
A few weeks ago we got together and challenged ourselves to blind taste 3 wines in just 3 minutes. As always it was humbling and fun! This is just a small taste of us blind tasting CVNE's Monopole Classico because it inspired us to feature this wine in our Newsletter again. It is terrific!
FEATURED: Traditional Barbaresco from Versio
It’s still pretty rare, though, to find a producer who is completely band new. How many people out there could possibly be qualified to start a new domaine in Barolo or Barbaresco? Not many.
But Francesco Versio is eminently qualified.
FEATURED: Beaujolais' Rookie of the Year
In her first vintage, Passot nailed it. These are some of the freshest and prettiest 2018s we’ve tasted, every wine in the lineup showing impressive poise and terroir-determination.
We're In This Together
We hope you and yours are still feeling well and staying safe. Here's a brief update on our operations.
FEATURED: Bottled Elegance from Pépière
The Muscadets of Domaine de la Pépière are some of the greatest dry whites in the Loire. They are true vins-de-gardes of terroir expression—and they are great values, too. Pépière wines are subtle, complex and poised. In a word: gorgeous. And they age incredibly well, too. This is a perfect candidate for the Reasonable Cellar.