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9/17/24 - What do you get when you cross Pinot Noir with Gouais Blanc? Only everyone’s second favorite white wine grape in Burgundy, none other than Aligoté. For far too long it has been looked down upon as a lesser grape, however some of the top winemakers on the scene have been taking the time (and vineyard space) to create magnificent representations of this...

9/16/24 - (Photo: Marc Olivier) The Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet "Les Gras Moutons" is one of the most versatile and crowd-pleasing of all Muscadet! While 2023 was a difficult vintage in much of the Loire Valley, in Muscadet on the west and in Sancerre and the upper Loire in the east, excellent wines were produced combining lovely fruit with firm acidities. It's the best...

9/14/24 - (Photo - Plowing at Domaine Claudie Jobard) Our recent private cellar offerings have included some rare and beautiful wines from the most prestigious vineyards in Burgundy. And while it's a great thrill to open a Bonnes Mares or Charmes-Chambertin on a special occasion, Chambers Street is also a superb source of outstanding Burgundies for those of us who like to enjoy these...

9/9/2024 [Guillaume and Tomoko (Photo: Grand Cru Selections)] Since our esteemed colleague Sam Ehrlich moved on from Chambers Street Wines in late 2022, we have not had a dedicated Burgundy buyer at the shop. We did our best to keep up with the allocations, the unique opportunities to offer vintage wines, and of course the new and exciting producers and winemaking projects that the...

9/7/2024 It has been my intention to write an email about unfortified Palomino from the Sherry region for several years. I can't explain why it hasn't happened until now, but I'm glad that I "waited" (or just never got around to it), as the timing could not be better. There are only a handful of producers focused on making unfortified, and in most cases,...

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9/5/2024 It's always a special day when we get to write about wines made by someone truly close to us, in this case, a dear friend who enriched our lives while she was in New York City, and who went on to champion real wine at Restaurant Candide in Montreal before winding up in Austria and settling down in Germany, where she now makes...

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9/3/2024 Although the map above doesn’t show all the regions in France where Pinot Noir is grown (the Jura & Loire to name a few), the idea is more to show how much is grown in Germany for well over 1000 years, being the third largest producer worldwide after the USA and France. We’ll be looking at Pinots from different regions in Germany, where...

8/29/2024 We'll keep today's email brief, as many of you may be gearing up for travel or at least preparing to "disconnect" over the holiday weekend while connecting with friends and family. Henri & Gilles Buisson is an estate in Burgundy that we are big fans of. They are in Saint-Romain, not in the shadows but rather casting shadows on Meursault and Montrachet from...

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8/24/2024 There will still be tiny allocations from grower Champagne houses that should arrive in time for December and the New Year, but we did just receive shipments from Bérèche, Marie-Courtin, and Agrapart that may not be replenished (if at all) until the very end of the year. These are all estates that Chambers Street Wines has been championing since the beginning, and we're...

8/23/2024 If you've had wines from Marc Angeli (Ferme de la Sansonniere), Stephane Bernaudeau or Richard Leroy, you might be familiar with the magical combination of Chenin Blanc grown on the schist soils of Anjou Noir. Named for the dark black or blue schist that populates the western part of Anjou, the region was more known for sweet wines up until the past 30...

8/22/2024 A potpourri of wines from France, Italy and Spain. Cheers!! >>> View Wines Here <<<

8/21/2024 On the heels of our offer of a superb private collection of Vouvray from Domaine Huet, we are happy to offer the just released 2023 vintage wines from this great estate, along with a few older wines and the delicious 2019 Petillant! 2023 was a difficult vintage for vignerons throughout France with alternating bouts of heat and rain, but conditions were especially difficult...