France

The 2020 Chinon Blanc “Champ-Chenin” from Domaine Raffault is really an outstanding bottle of young, bone dry Chenin Blanc. The bouquet wafts from ...

Alsatian and cold-fermented with native yeasts, the Blanck opens with the telltale gewürtz nose of white flowers and delivers in the palate with ex...

“La Coudée d’Or” is a combination of lesser-known white Rhône varieties such as Clairette, Bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Marsanne, Viogni...

Domaine du Bel Air, run by a father-and-son team, makes fine, age-worthy wines from organic cabernet franc. Jour de Soif is their entry-level bottl...

One of the best village Beaujolais I've had in a while. A bit of a jezebel perhaps, but all in a good way.  Super quenching with knock over the hea...

I hate to compare Beaujolais to Burgundy up north, unless the quality can deliver.  At first glance, this might fool one for a Savigny les Beaune, ...

The most oaked of the lot, but don't take that as a negative. The balance is cohesive with a fine interconnectivity between the acid and fruit. 

100% Jacquere from Savoie. Mirroring the famous clay and limestone that nurtures these grapes- this wine is a rough, crumbly, unpolished dagger hol...

This is a terrific warm-weather red, opening with bold aromas of Bing cherry, raspberry, crushed violets and a touch of granite dust. The big fru...

This luscious, sweet Chenin Blanc, made by two of our favorite wine producers, Christine and Joel Menard of Domaine Sablonnettes, has depth of flav...

This light, pretty wine, made from Gamay and Pinot Noir, has fruit and spice on the nose, with strawberry and cherry on the palate. Can be served w...

Only produced a few times a decade; tiny yields.  The wines are matured in barrels (228 and 400 litres) and varies from 18 to 24 months. Intense ru...

One of the great Loire producers with a good cult following. Substantial Cab Franc with loads of fruit and herbs. Incredibly layered and complex wi...

Blend of Syrah, Cab and Merlot. Tannic plummy character with loads of herbs and tangy black olives. Fat and lush with more earth than extraction.

This wine has a brilliant light golden colour, a very intense and complex nose of exotic fruits giving way to white peach and hazelnut. It is power...

Blend of Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir (!). Tropical, exotic and melodic without too much unctuous fruit and sappy expression. M...

An assemblage of the estate’s finest parcels, the single Cote-Rotie cuvée produced at the Gerard domaine is sourced principally from the Mollard l...