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 Dan Weber
Maxime Magnon’s wines are love letters to the rugged, rocky, high-elevation slopes of Corbières, a tiny village in an obscure corner of the Languedoc. He has an enviable collection of...
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By Dan Weber
How does Thibault Boudignon, a master of Chenin Blanc, craft one of the Loire Valley's most coveted rosés? It might seem surprising. After all, pink wine and white wine look...
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By Jeff Patten
Should the great white wines of Campania be aged? Well, that depends on the grape variety. A top-quality Falanghina can use just a year or two in the cellar to...
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
López de Heredia was founded in 1877 by Don Rafael López de Heredia y Landeta, a Chilean immigrant of Basque origins, who came to Haro by way of France. After...
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
Not too far away from buzzy Ibiza, the Spanish island of Mallorca is home to one of Spain’s most dynamic young winemaker, Cati Ribot. Cati’s father planted international grapes like Chardonnay...
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By Joshua Cohen
Regions like Burgundy and the Mosel are by-words for terroir. Part of the thrill of discovering those regions is exploring the subtle shifts in a wine that tiny changes in...
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By Dan Weber
For the last 30 years, Montlouis-sur-Loire-based François Chidaine has been a pioneering voice in organic and biodynamic viticulture. He has also established himself as one of the world’s premier interpreters...
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By Dan Weber
Chorey-lès-Beaune is a classic insiders village. A bit overshadowed by the more famous terroirs in Aloxe-Corton and Savigny-lès-Beaune, the wines in Chorey just don’t get enough love. Which makes no sense!...
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By Joshua Cohen
Nozay, like any producer this focused on terroir, is fanatical about their farming (organic and biodynamic) and hands off in the winery (they ferment with native yeasts and without additives)....
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By Julia Burke Freytsis
Pierre Péters is one of Champagne’s most recognizable names, and one of its most famous Growers (Check out our handy guide to Grower Champagne). The estate is named after current...
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By Joshua Cohen
At its best, Chablis is about the most nakedly terroir-focused wine in France. And yet, mysteriously, it has remained the last reasonably-priced home of 1er and Grand Cru Burgundy. True,...
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By Valerie Pimpinelli
Luis Seabra has become a true superstar of Portuguese wine. His incredibly pure, elegant wines stand apart from the commercial products that dominate Portugal. But there is another, less discussed,...
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By Joshua Cohen
If you love Chianti Classico, you know Castell'in Villa. The estate is run by Coralia Ghertsos Pignatelli della Leonessa, known to the locals as "the principessa" — with perhaps a...
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