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Marc Ollivier at Domaine de la Pepiere makes subtle, delicious wines from the Melon de Bourgogne grape. He has old vines, mostly massale selection - chosen from existing vines in his plots, not modern clones. His yields are kept low by rigorous pruning, he harvests by hand and the grapes ferment with only wild yeasts. In short, natural winemaking at it's finest and a unique terroir of thin topsoils on granit and gneiss. The resulting wine has hints of herbal and citric flavors on a very dry, stony palette with lively acidity. A great complement to any shellfish or mildly flavored fish or chicken and an astounding value at $12.99! DL

The 2005 Clos des Briords was a tough act to follow, but in the difficult 06 vintage Marc Ollivier still turned out an excellent wine. There is more acidity than in 05, but there are also loads of citrus, herbal and stone flavors with good weight and length on the palate. It needs some time, but will turn out well...(More inventory is available at this low net price for the magnums...)

Not a new arrival, but a perennial house favorite. This wine's beginning to pose a bit of a challenge to our number one seller, Pepiere Muscadet; it offers many of the same pleasures, including amazing price:quality rapport.
Ischia is an island off Naples, near Capri. It may be the nostalgic-romantic in me, but this wine tastes like the sun by the sea; it's crisp and clean, dry and fresh, a little saline, a little melon-like but with good acidity. We have it at home all the time and dream of Campania. JW