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4/16/2025 New collections from Burgundy, Rhone Loire and More >>> View Wines Here <<<

4/15/2025 Commune del Barolo - Photo by Ranggino All wines included in this offer are 20% off, discounted at checkout. For a limited time only! >>> View Wines Here <<<

4/14/2025 Sylvie (Photo: Louis Dressner Selections) 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 has been offering her wines up for over a decade. This humble estate has 7.8 hectares of vines, half of which are owned. The other half consist of...

4/12/2025 We're not sure why the French term for organic is "biologique," but whatever you call it, recent data suggests that the percentage of organic certified vineyards in France is somewhere between 15 and 22 percent, depending on who you believe. In the "satellite" regions around Bordeaux, consisting of mostly small family-owned vineyards, the percentage is quite high and even the famous appellations of...

4/11/2025 We'll keep things brief today: We have enough new Jura wines that have trickled in to warrant a little offering. It's grey and rainy today here in New York City, but Spring should finally arrive. To be fair, rain or shine, Jura wines are a fantastic fit for the Spring, with vibrant reds that help us transition from our hankering for bigger and...

4/10/2025 Sven Enderle (Photo: Bryan Garcia) Historically speaking Spätburgunder, the German name for Pinot Noir, has been grown in Germany for hundreds of years, however it wasn't until the last 10-15 that there has been a much larger prominence of German Pinots on the shelves at stores and on wine lists. Traditionally, you could find most of the Pinot Noir grown in Baden but...

4/9/2025 It's Spring time (even though it does not feel like it) which means it is time for us to clean out our overcrowded cellar. All wines listed today are 20% off. >>> View Wines Here <<<

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4/7/2025 [Simon Colin (Photo: Bertrand's Wines)] As many know by now, I often love to write a full profile on a winemaker, but this week small allocations from three winemakers all arrived around the same time and instead of picking one I figured why not showcase them all! All three of these winemakers are making terroir driven White Burgundies (with a few reds) ranging...

4/5/2025 [Stefan Meyer (Photo: Bonhomie Wine Imports)] Stefan Meyer was in New York just last week and it was a true pleasure to taste through his lineup of wines. His farming philosophy since he took over his family vines in 2011 has evolved beautifully, starting immediately with strictly organic viticulture with certification in 2019, and as of the 2023 vintage is certified biodynamic. Stefan...

4/4/2025 With winter shifting into spring, and then back into winter again, I can’t think of a better way to warm our cold and weary souls than to welcome some new arrivals from the great state of California! Of particular note are the outstanding 2023 Heritage wines from Bedrock. 2023 was by many accounts a monumental vintage in Sonoma and the surrounding areas, described...

4/3/2025 We will not be addressing the recent news on tariffs today. Surely our sifu, David Lillie will have some humorous and wise remarks to share in the near future. Instead, we will proceed with our previously planned itinerary, a voyage to Provence and an offer of some classic estates that are known for their terroir-driven, age-worthy wines, and not for pale, one-dimensional rosé!...

4/2/2025 Hervé in the vineyard (Photo: Rosenthal Wine Merchant) I'm going to Italy! So while I'm gone for the next couple of weeks I can't let you all go without some wine! Nestled under the Alps is the obscure winemaking region of the Aosta Valley, officially known as the Vallée D'Aoste. Throughout the entire valley there are various growers here that cultivate high altitude...

4/1/2025 With new release Oliver Horiot wines! >>> View Wines Here <<<

3/31/2025 David Duband (Photo: Polaner Selections) Small Negociant projects seem to pop up left and right these days especially in Burgundy. However, it is fairly less common to see someone with the experience like David Duband start a new project when his domaine has already had so much success. Beginning in 2018, David set out to work with new appellations as well as experiment...