Paris Wine Trip 2019: Now With More Sunshine!
We decided to make the 2019 Tour de France in May. No more frozen toes! Leaves on vines! Finished fermentation! Long days full of tasting!
We decided to make the 2019 Tour de France in May. No more frozen toes! Leaves on vines! Finished fermentation! Long days full of tasting!
Despite making some stellar wines that stand shoulder to shoulder with the best of the region, Julien and Nancy have always had an affinity for the delicious and humble Syrah and Gamay that they bottle each s...
As much as we love rosé from southern France, exploring other regions’ rosé production is one of the best ways to tap into all that French viticulture has to offer.
25-year-old Antoine de Roquefeuille has just taken over the vineyard work and winemaking
Les Revenants is a delicious and exceptional homage to Champagne’s forgotten grapes, and to Etienne’s parents and grandparents who built the foundation for his domaine. We’ll certainly be back for more.
On a late January afternoon (that was probably a little too cold to be wandering the frosty hills of the Jura) we paid a visit to Nicolas Jacob, who in December 2018, acquired an additional 4 hectares of vine...
While many Beaujolais trendsetters bottle their wines in the spring or early summer, Pierre Cotton has just bottled his two cuvées of Côte de Brouilly in December. He regularly bottles later than his neighbor...
On a foggy and cold November morning, we took the scenic drive from Paris to La-Chartre-sur-le-Loir to visit winemaker Ludovic Gigou. In a town known for car racing and crowds of summering English tourists, i...
Many trips to Burgundy over the years have been rather disappointing. Searching for a great unknown domaine to work with in Burgundy’s Cote d’Or is like looking for a needle in a crowded and historic haystack...
I’ve been wanting to take part in a harvest at Champagne Ruppert-Leroy in Essoyes for many years ever since we started working with the domaine. In 2018, the stars aligned and we were able join them for a sho...
Since his first vintage in 2014, Marc Soyard has managed to perfectly balance between the worlds of natural wine and “serious” Burgundy - a most impressive balancing act indeed. Perhaps because he is original...
“Vivre d’amour et d’eau fraîche”