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4/29/23 - We debated using this incredible drawing for our header, only because we didn't have any Vin Jaune in stock, but we actually found a few bottles of Vin Jaune! While inquiring about Vin Jaune with several importers in the city, we ended up deciding to offer a sampling of what's available in the city at the moment. Not exhaustive at all -...

4/20/23 - Starting on February 1st of 2023, massive wildfires burned farms, vines, homes, wineries and livelihoods across more than 1,000,000 acres of southern and central Chile. This Saturday, we will be raising money to support small farmers in getting back on their feet, cleaning and replanting land, and finding stability in an area of widespread poverty. Regardless of your ability to donate, if...

4/19/23 - While having the opportunity to taste amazing wines from all over the world is certainly one of the allures of working in the wine business, perhaps the most fun and personally enriching part is meeting and forming relationships with the people making those wines - especially when they're working right under our noses in New York just a few hours northwest of...

3/20/23 - Though I would consider myself a relative novice of Italian white wines, I've heard that Verdicchio can produce some of the finest white wines of Italy, and can attest to trying some impressive examples over the years. Of the ones I've tried, the wines of La Marca di San Michele have always been standouts. A couple of years ago, we sent out...

3/11/23 -   Like Manna from Heaven, the siren song of our importer telling me the new Clemens Buschs were landing in March brought tears of joy to my eyes. In addition, Chambers is proud to announce a surprise tasting with him and another winemaker to be announced soon at our sister restaurant at the end of the month...more manna from heaven! In honor...

3/9/23 - Tomorrow (now today!) we will be hosting an impromptu wine tasting with our good friend and esteemed author, Wink Lorch! For anyone who shares our passion for Jura and Savoie wines, Wink's is a household name, as her books remain THE reference for the histories and biographies of the region's best estates. We are big fans and are very happy to host...

2/28/23 - It's Coutelou time! Jean-Francois "Jeff" Coutelou has been producing some of the most delicious and vibrant natural wines coming from the Languedoc and we couldn't be happier about the 2021 wines that have just arrived in New York. The estate has been in the family for four generations, organic since 1987, and selling to the local co-op until 1996, when the Mas...

1/27/23 - Berri is the green area on the left; Rocche dell'Annuziata and Toriglione are at the top right. Fruit from all 3 vineyards was used to make the fabulous 2018 Barolo del Commune di La Morra. The following won’t come as a big surprise since I haven’t exactly hidden my deep enthusiasm for Trediberri. Over the past few years every tasting of Trediberri...

1/25/23 - I was reading the fabulous profile of Ulli Stein on the Vom Boden website, and was concerned by the idea that the Mosel was in crisis as a wine region, with many of the vines (and the more than 2000 years of tradition) disappearing as estates close and winemaking families desert the incredibly steep and difficult-to-farm vineyards on the slopes. But surely,...

1/24/23 - While doing some Rhône Valley homework last week we noticed an interesting change in the 2020 Clusel-Roch Vin de France "Serine" - formerly from purchased and estate CDR fruit, the 2020 was made entirely with young vines of Serine, massale selection from their Cote-Rotie vines, in a very interesting vineyard named "Le Plomb" which is approximately on the back, more western facing...

1/23/23 - Though it's always a wonderful moment when we receive new wines from La Perdida - an estate run by the passionate and humble Nacho Gonzalez in Galicia, Spain - this particular moment is worthy of word 'perfect,' as we are able to offer several wines from the 2021 vintage as well as his never-before-released parcel wines from 2019 and 2020! What could only be called...

1/17/23 -   Since the 2005 vintage we have been happily offering the delicious Burgundies of Vincent Rapet, now joined by his son Robin. Based in Pernand-Vergelesses, Rapet Pere et Fils produces wines in Pernand-Vergelesses, Savigny-les-Beaune, Corton and Chorey-les-Beaune. While the grand crus here are superb - a 1985 Corton tasted in 2011 was in perfect condition, a gloriously complex and profound wine in...

1/9/23 - Evan Lewandowski (www.zrswines.com) We are very happy to have some new wines from Ruth Lewandowski, made by our longtime friend and advocate for organic, low-intervention winemaking, Evan Lewandowski. Evan works with fruit from a number of vineyards across Mendocino County, one of California's northernmost winegrowing regions known for its diverse microclimates and high percentage of organically grown grapes. His wines always exhibit...

12/1/22 - We interrupt our regular scheduled programming for a Chablis alert. The 2020 vintage is here from the estimable Romain and Damien Bouchard at Domaine de l'Enclos. We always look forward to the arrival of these wines, which have rapidly become some of the most exciting in the appellation. Based on what we have tasted so far, we think you will look forward...

11/7/22 - I remember exactly where I was when I tasted a Kelley Fox wine for the first time. It was more or less exactly ten years ago and I was hunched over my laptop, trying in vain to catch up on administrative duties between lunch and dinner services, when my friend Owen (at the time an excellent wine rep since relocated to Seattle)...