The holidays are virtually synonymous with Champagne. And if you are on the lookout for terrifically mineral-driven Champagnes that don’t lack for pretty fruit and charming perfume, Etienne Calsac might just be your guy.
Posted on November 29, 2023
Valerie Pimpinelli
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It's the biggest sitewide sale of the year at Flatiron Wines by a country mile 15% every wine. And as if that weren't enough, we're offering a mind-boggling 20% off a selection of our favorite wines!
Posted on November 20, 2023
Joshua Cohen
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Tucked in the tiny Left Bank appellation of Moulis-en-Médoc, Poujeaux makes supple but classically-styled wines that are as good or better than many cru classés. Give a bottle of Poujeaux the proper aging, and it will develop that beautiful mature Bordeaux perfume: leather, tobacco, soft cheese, and sweet dark red fruits.
Posted on November 16, 2023
JR Thomason
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Corsica is home to immensely talented vignerons, incomparable terroir, and distinctive, delicious wines. So why aren’t we all drinking more Corsican wine?
Posted on November 12, 2023
Valerie Pimpinelli
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There are plenty of Muscadets around to drink without contemplation, with or without the classic oysters. But more serious Muscadets are great wines of terroir, wines that, with age, will show more and more of their sense of place. And the best of these wines are still totally reasonably priced.
Posted on November 08, 2023
Joshua Cohen
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For many of us, a bottle of Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py was one of the first “aha” wines: a wine so transportive and delicious that it stops you in your tracks and forces you to examine your life priorities. It’s the kind of wine that gets people into the wine business itself.
Posted on November 05, 2023
Dan Weber
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Guillaume Michaut’s grandfather championed, and helped define, the AOC of Chablis; Guillaume himself is working in radically different ways to preserve the appellation’s treasures for generations to come.
Posted on November 01, 2023
Valerie Pimpinelli
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Today’s story involves a skin-contact wine from the talented Jasz Laci (pronounced ‘Yass Lotsi”) made from the grape Olaszrizling. We were blown away by how complete the wine felt — it showed a perfect balance between fruit and minerality, freshness and concentration, fine but evident tannins and silkiness on the palate.
Posted on October 25, 2023
Valerie Pimpinelli
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“Holy smokes, this is good White Burgundy!” That was the consensus when we tasted the Bret Brothers' ‘21 Mâcon-Chardonnay 'Crays' last week – it’s simply a ‘Wow’ wine.
Posted on October 19, 2023
Joshua Cohen
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