By Dan Weber
There are few growers in Champagne quite like Emmanuel Lassaigne. Working from the tiny village of Montgueux, Lassaigne has become one of the defining figures in contemporary grower Champagne. His...
By Joshua Cohen
The French love Vincent Gaudry. He’s on top wine lists and, as you can see above, the French press revere him too. Partly it’s his devotion to that nearly-lost tradition...
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
When the King of Rosé crafts another vintage of his stunning, watermelon-hued wine, we have no choice but to kiss the ring. This king is Tamás Dúzsi, a winemaker from...
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
Olga Raffault is best known for red Chinon from the Les Picasses vineyard, an incredibly long-lived, classic expression of limestone terroir through a Cabernet Franc lens. Their most undeniably joyous...
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By Joshua Cohen
The first time we encountered Thibaud Boudignon’s Savennières ‘Clos de la Hutte’ it clobbered us. We didn’t know anything about Boudignon or his wines, so we expected something typical of...
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By Dan Weber
Gérard Boulay is a quiet guy. He lets Chavignol do the talking. And with his family’s collection of prime terroirs, the message comes through loud and clear: the wines crackle with...
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By Joshua Cohen
Thomas-Labaille’s Monts Damnés Sancerre isn’t just any old Sancerre. It’s from, arguably, the best site in Sancerre, crazy-steep and full of Kimmeridgian limestone . And it's from inarguably one of...
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By Jeff Patten
We’ve got the new release of Moreau-Naudet’s baby Chablis. But “baby” doesn’t do the wines justice. These are great and complete wines, faithful expressions of their terroir. While there’s no...
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By Jeff Patten
As I said last year, if I were told that I could buy, cellar, and drink only one wine for the rest of my life for under $50/bottle, the Barbaresco...
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By Joshua Cohen
Everything has changed, and nothing has changed. The 2023s from Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon have just landed, and they’re exactly what we hoped for: already delicious, fresh, and totally...
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
Bermejos’ iconic rosé is back, and at least for now, we've snatched up enough to share with all of its devoted fans.
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By Jeff Patten
Trediberri, founded only in 2007, is one of the newest producers in the entire Barolo DOC. Yet their wines taste so utterly classical and traditional that you would never guess....
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
Domaine Michel Lafarge is one of Burgundy’s great names, a true superstar in the pantheon of the region’s best estates. They make very traditional Volnays that last a long, long...
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By Jeff Patten
The first time we tasted Pierre Girardin’s wines, we were floored. They had that rare mix of taut structure, subtle reduction, and soaring energy, all wrapped in a texture that...
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