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4/30/26 -  I will give credit where credit is due, producers such as Hubert Lamy, Joseph Colin, and many more have brought acclaim to the white wines of Saint-Aubin. But today it seems like what was once looked at as a place to find incredible value White Burgundy is just as expensive as its neighbors in Puligny, Chassagne, and Meursault. Nowadays you can often...

4/28/26 -  This week we offered two distinct collections, one from Italy and the other focused on Alsace, with a few neighbors in the mix.  Piedmont Varietals Nebbiolo! Barbera! Gignolino! Dolcetto! Freisa! More from our Italian Collection with a few odds and ends thrown in. At Last, Wines from Alsace (and others) It has been a while since we had a formidable collection from...

4/27/26 -  Carema is a very special and small appellation on the Northern edge of Piemonte, bordering Valle d'Aosta. The landscape is gorgeous with handmade stone terraces carving through the steep landscape and Mont Blanc towering over the vines. The Ferrando estate is synonymous with this little gem on the edge of Italy, as they have been making wine here for over one hundred...

4/24/26 -  It’s rare that we get to offer wines from the old-vine gurus at Turley in any real quantity, simply because in most years there just isn’t much wine to go around. Today is a new day, however, with reluctant thanks to a small silver lining of the tariff debacle which has resulted in Canadian markets passing on their typical share. To be...

4/23/26 -  Lately, I have been tasting some excellent wines, but I was particularly charmed by two Brunello producers, Caprili and Castello Tricerchi. Both are historic estates representing the diversity of style found around Montalcino, Caprili to the South West and Tricerchi to the North. In addition to each grower's Brunello, I have their beautiful Rosso di Montalcino. These four wines remind me why...

4/22/26 -  Click on the image above to view the collection!

4/12/26 -  Chinato is an aromatized wine that has a long history of production in Piedmont. It is said to have originated in the late 19th century, first made by Giuseppe Cappellano, who was a pharmacist by trade. From there, it quickly grew in popularity as an after-dinner drink, with many other Barolo producers starting to create their own recipes. The drink takes its...

4/20/26 -  I featured some wines from Domaine Louis Boillot last fall but a few months ago Clément was in town and I got to taste with him. As impressive of a resume that he has, he was even more so in person. He is humble and filled with passion for his terroir and wines. That day we tasted a very comprehensive offering of...

4/18/26 - Two of our favorite women in wine have new releases (and a few re-ups) in the same week, how exciting! While Arianna Occhipinti and Elisabetta Foradori are on polar opposite ends of Italy, they have a lot in common. Both women are trailblazers of their regions, elevating their landscapes as well as the reputation of native grapes.  Arianna Occhipinti Arianna was very young...

4/17/26 -  While moonlighting at Freddy's Tribeca (a tiny, local wine bar across the street from Chambers St. Wines), I had someone very apprehensively ask if the wines I was serving were organic. I had to explain that "organic" only refers to how the grapes are farmed and has nothing to do with the way a wine tastes. I fell into a trap of...

4/16/26 - I wrote with incredible enthusiasm this past October when I was finally able to share the "entry level" wines from Bernhard Huber, and after months of anticipation, the 2023 Alte Reben (old vine) and Grosses Gewachs (GG/Grand Cru) bottlings have arrived! I can tell that many of you felt similar because I am constantly restocking the 2022 Briesgau and Malterdinger whites. If...

4/14/26 -  This week we compiled two offer across several private collections that we in-bounded of perfectly aged West Coast wines. "Buy me some Pinot.." is focused specifically on California Pinot Noir, and "Taxes Filed" covers a broader spectrum! Buy me some Pinot and Cracker Jack Taxes Filed? Go Wild! Click on either (or both!) of the links above to view the collections. 

4/13/26 -  No stranger to the newsletter and shelves at Chambers Street Wines is Sylvie Esmonin. Her eponymous estate was previously known as Domaine Michel Esmonin et Fille, and the team here at CSW has been offering her wines since our own David Lillie visited the estate with Denise Louis and Joe Dressner about 20 years ago! This humble estate has 7.8 hectares of...

4/12/26 -  There's no denying that the plight of the independent wine retailer is a challenging one. Here at Chambers Street Wines, we feel a shared struggle with friends in the industry all across the country who are doing what they can to survive. For us, walk-in business is not as boisterous now as it used to be in pre-Covid Tribeca, so we've relied...

4/9/26 -  During a recent trip to Champagne I saw the wines of Freres Mignons all over the shelves of some of the top wine shops in Reims. They truly are quite eye capturing labels, with thoughtful doodles and a splash of color. I was excited to learn that the wines had just arrived in New York and quickly set up time to taste...