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Last week I got a text from our friend Eva at Bonhomie Wine Imports about a bottle of finely aged Riesling that she had in her bag. We don't typically do impromptu tastings at the shop, but my curiosity got the best of me, plus it was just one wine! About an hour later we had a little taste of the Später-Veit 2005 Riesling...

The authentic natural wines of Thierry Navarre in the Languedoc have just arrived! We're proud to be working with the affable Thierry Navarre, one of the first producers of natural wines in the Languedoc. Based in the town of Roquebrun in Saint-Chinian, Thierry became the third generation to take over the domaine's high-altitude vineyards in 1988 and continued his grandfather's legacy of preserving ancient varieties....

We recently acquired a small collection from across the Americas. >>> View Wines Here <<<

The Weiser-Ku(e)nstler project began in 2005, born of the passionate vision of husband and wife team Konstantin Weiser and Alexandra Kuenstler to give voice and protection to the Mosel’s great, unheralded, endangered steep slate sites.

Alain Coudert's "Clos de la Roilette" Fleurie and Fleurie "Cuvée Tardive" have been great favorites of ours since the late 1980's when we purchased from Alain's jovial father Fernand. The 2023s have just arrived and yes, it was another hot, dry  summer in the Beaujolais, but with just enough rain in July and August to produce wines that are ripe, dense and full-bodied with...

Over the last few weeks, we've received some stellar, energetic, psychedelic wines from a slew of natural wine producers who farm vines and make wines in the vicinity of Barcelona. We've been tasting some of these wines year after year (with the exception of newcomers, La Rural), and the underlying theme for these wines is how "clean" they are. Joan-Ramon will admit himself that...

[Thanks to Fernando Beteta for the use of his beautiful map!] Since the 2014 vintage, we've been enjoying the rare and beautiful Cornas from Domaine Dumien Serrette - a superb but under-the-radar estate with about 2 hectares on the steep slope of "Patou" in the southern zone on granite soils. The vines date back to 1913, and to the 1920s, with a small percentage of...

We recently had the pleasure of acquiring a small collection of wines from Northern Rhone. From vintages ranging from 1989 and all the way up to 2020, there are quite a few recognizable names. Something is sure to catch your eye! >>> View Wines Here <<<

We recently had the pleasure of acquiring a small collection of wines from the Loire valley. From vintages ranging from the 1970s and all the way up to 2018, there are quite a few recognizable names. Something is sure to catch your eye! >>> View Wines Here <<<

[Image above from the 1955 film SISSI with Romy Schneider about Empress Elizabeth] Fresh off my trip to Austria and Vie Vinum in Vienna, I'm pleased to share our wines from the Greater Vienna Region. From within Austria's capital along the northern and southwestern borders we find vineyards up in the hills. Vines have traditionally been planted there since 1132 but some even as early...

It's that time again for our famous NARF (New Arrivals and Returning Favorites) email. Some German gems, Summer-appropriate Greek restocks, Hungarian Furmint, new Iruai wines from Methode Sauvage (CA), cult-favorite Turley Cinsault, an exclusive Sauvignon Blanc from Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme, a refreshing sparkling Rosé from Hervé Villemade. De Moor, Foillard, Matassa! It's a smorgasbord of tantalizing wines at a time when you'd least expect them!...

We are just too excited to wait for this spectacular lot of Produttori to arrive from one of our oldest and most reliable Italian collector friends, so it's offered here on a pre-arrival basis, with delivery in the fall. Buon Appetito! We’ve been lucky to taste most of the wines made by the Produttori del Barbaresco – back to the early 1960s. If there...

Plan ahead for fall dinners - we'll hold the wine here at 55-degrees until the weather moderates. We recently came across a small collection of vintage and newer red burgundy wines. Ranging from 1988 and all the way up to 2019, there are quite a few famous and well-know producers in this collection! >>> View Wines Here <<<

We recently came across a small collection of vintage and newer white burgundy wines. Ranging from 1985 and all the way up to 2018, there are quite a few famous and well-know producers in this collection! >>> View Wines Here <<<

It's Lauer time! Some 2023s have arrived and are hitting shelves around the city soon. We will kick the article off with remarks on Florian Lauer, from beloved former colleagues John Ritchie and Cari Bernard, both of whom are now integral parts of the dynamic Vom Boden team! We follow with some prose on the 2023 Lauers from our friend Stephen Bitterolf, of Vom...