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10/31/25 -  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...

10/30/25 -  The Marguet family has been in Champagne for a hundred years but it wasn't until Benoît took over in the early 2000's that they became the fantastic, thoughtful, contemporary grower they are today. Benoît's first experiment came when he was a teenager in charge of preparing the chemical sprays for the vineyard and he diluted the sprays to half strength to see...

10/29/25 - Featuring great Nebbiolo in Carema from Luigi Ferrando and Carema Produttori, as well as the consistently, high quality wines from Produttori del Barbaresco.  Click on the image above to view the collection

10/28/25 - Plenty of treats here, please feel free to take more than one. Click on the image above to view the collection!

10/27/25 -  One could say I sound like a broken record when it comes to talking about value in Burgundy, but there truly are wines for everyone in this famed region, you just have to dig a little deeper. Today I am proud to showcase a selection of White and Red Burgundies that are all below $35 and all worth a spot on your...

10/25/25 - Our weekend newsletter this week highlights New and Natural wines with a spotlight on the Auvergne, an obscure and peculiarly hip region in central France! Feel free to click on the image above to go directly to the collection, and if you care to read a disquisition on the subject of natural wines, and a biography of one of our featured wineries,...

10/24/25 -  Part Two of our 2023 allocation from Domaine Rateau is arriving soon, in time for fall/winter and holiday dining - or for your cellar. The wines are gorgeous, and of course they offer sensational value to the Burgundy lover. We're also including superb wines from Domaine Lafouge in Auxey-Duresses, Anne Bavard-Brooks in Puligny, and Sylvain Langoureau in Saint-Aubin. Jean-Claude Rateau (Photo: E....

10/21/25 -  Click on image above to view the wines!

10/20/25 -  Having spent two years of my career slinging bottles at a French/Austrian restaurant I can confidently say that people love Grüner Veltliner, but at the same time many haven't experienced the grape's range or potential! I think in the wine world it can often be overlooked by its flashy friend Riesling, but from the everyday drinker to the age worthy single-vineyard sites,...

10/18/25 -  Each year stories tend to lean the same direction, warmer days, shorter growing seasons, and riper wines. In Germany in 2024 that wasn't necessarily the case. Although the season started out warmer, there was early frost  in the end of April that lead to huge loss for many winemakers, especially in the Mosel. Following the frost things seemed to calm down a...

10/17/25 -  A change happens in all of us as soon as the temperatures start to dip and the first round of crisp brown leaves skitter across the sidewalks. We put on our favorite sweaters, find a few crumpled up bills that have been hibernating in our jacket pockets all summer, and suddenly we are craving a hearty meal and an even heartier wine...

10/16/25 -  Masanobu Fukuoka was a farming philosopher known for his concept of ‘do nothing’ farming, a system that trusts the equilibrium of nature. Marina Marcarino (pictured above) of Punset in Barbaresco is an adopter of these methods which include no plowing, no chemical fertilizers, and no weeding. She also embraces organic and biodynamic practices, believing in the energy and vibrancy of wines made...

10/14/25 -    Click on the image above to view the wines!

10/13/25 -  Today I have the opportunity to showcase some fantastic White Burgundy from an area that hasn't always gotten its due. There have been grapes growing in Pouilly-Fuissé since the Cistercian monks, but it wasn't until after phylloxera destroyed the vineyards of France that they moved towards growing Chardonnay instead of Gamay. However, the area was not protected under AOC laws until 1929,...

10/11/25 -  It's no secret that 2021 was a difficult vintage for winemakers in France, with lower temperatures (rain, frost, mildew, etc) and less sunshine than in 2018 - 2023. Many of the top estates made beautiful wines of course, with lower alcohol and firm acidity, with an accent on terroir rather than density of fruit. A good example might be the wines of...