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8/26/19 - We eagerly await each year's release of Gonzalez Byass' Tio Pepe en Rama as it is one of our favorite fino sherries, and an exceptional value for the complexity it always offers. This year marks the tenth release of this wine, for which the head winemaker Antonio Flores selected 67 casks across 22 soleras. Richard Hemming MW (in jancisrobinson.com) describes the 2019...

8/26/19 - For many years now we've been working with the great father and son team of Guy and Thomas Jullien at La Ferme Saint-Martin in Beaumes-de-Venise, one of the first estates in the southern Rhône to practice organic farming and low-sulfur vinificatons. The high-altitude vineyards produce complex, powerful reds that retain freshness and balance, as well as full-bodied whites and a fresh and...

8/22/19 - We have anticipated the arrival of Wink Lorch's second book, Wines of the French Alps since the last in-depth profile on the Savoie was published 30 years ago by Madeleine Kamman. But you know what they say, "The Alps weren't formed in a day." And now that we have Wink's impressive companion piece to Jura Wine in our greedy paws, we understand...

8/20/19 - We’re excited to introduce a surprising newcomer to our short list of very fine Barolos. Surprising because if you’re not a member of a local clan – or very rich - it’s hard to imagine how you can get a start in Barolo; good vineyards are now going for about $2m / acre, or more. Surprising because making a very high quality,...

8/18/19 - I'm just going to put this out there, chillable red is the new rosé. Now, we're lovers of rosé as much as the next group of vinophiles, but sometimes you need a wine with a little more oomph. As summer starts to wind down, and you're dreaming of fall and crunchy leaves, consider switching to light-bodied or thin-skinned red grape varieties. We...

8/14/19 - Cyril Milochevitch, Domaine de la Sarbeche  While traveling with Pascaline Lepeltier, MS, of Racines NY last winter, we were fortunate to taste with the young Cyril Milochevitch of Domaine de la Sarbèche at a natural wine show near Montpellier. We tasted his 2017 Vin de Pays Syrah, from vines in Saint-Peray, the 2016 Saint-Peray from the lieu-dit "Fauterie" and the 2016 Saint-Joseph...

8/9/19 - Ismael Gozalo is renowned for his work with the Verdejo grape, native to his village of Nieva, in the province of Segovia in Castilla y Leon. This is the land of industrial Verdejo production, and Ismael's commitment to producing genuine and exciting wines with the traditional local grape makes him an outlier: while other vineyards have focused on intensive agriculture and mechanization,...

8/7/19 - We are proud to offer today the wines of Domaine Chantal Lescure, an important organic estate based in Nuits-Saint-Georges, proprietors of 18 hectares from Meursault in the Côte de Beaune to Chambolle-Musigny in the Côte de Nuits. Founded in 1975 by Chantal Lescure and Xavier Machard de Gramont, this family domain is now owned by their two sons Aymeric and Thibault and...

7/25/19 - This year at Vinitaly was the first time the Etna DOC had a separate designated space within the Sicily pavilion. We got to taste through such a variety of wines, from producers we know and love, as well as newcomers whom I have never heard of. That afternoon of tasting was most informative, and I guess I would say my biggest takeaway...

7/12/19 - Driving through the various towns and hamlets of the Langhe it is impossible to miss the fact: Barolo is big business. Almost every inch of workable land is planted to the Nebbiolo vine, and these vineyards stretch almost as far as the eye can see. Walking these vineyards, one gets a sense they are industrious, and profitable. Standing in Ferdinando Principiano's Ravera...

7/5/19 - Our good friend Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme, aka Pierre-O, will be passing through New York tomorrow, July 10th, and will be pouring his wines here at Chambers Street from 5 - 7 pm! We've been tasting with Pierre-O for years, and have been really impressed with the evolution of his wines since he began working on his own nearly 10 years ago, so we definitely recommend...

7/2/19 - Today we are excited to share some treasures from a wine region that may be known to long time Chambers Street Wines customers, but that remains quite unknown to the larger world. The Sierra de Gredos is a viticulturally, geographically, and geologically distinct region west and northwest of Madrid that grows mainly Garnacha (with some Chasselas and Albillo) on largely sandy granitic soils...

6/29/19 - Evelyne and Pascal Clairet of la Tournelle have a riverside restaurant right in the heart of Arbois. In fact, it's impossible to lean over the stone bridge in town without noticing their charming bistrot bustling with plats du jour and glasses of their fragrant yellow wine. From this lookout point, one can reflect on the prominent position the Clairets’ wines have in...

6/24/19 - From the diary of John Rankin: The orchards at Camut are planted to ancient, late-ripening apple varieties that larger producers find too fussy and difficult to work with. Although not certified, the Camut family manages the historic Domaine de Semainville organically partly aided by Limousin cows who eat diseased, early-falling apples and provide their own brand of fertilizer. During harvest season the...

6/20/19 - Today it is our pleasure to highlight four fascinating summer-friendly organic wines from Greece. Greece has a long, varied, and unique viticultural tradition, with grapes grown throughout the nation's mainland and its islands. Unique indigenous varieties, as well as more recent additions, produce wines that express a wide variety of terroirs and microclimates and continue a tradition that reaches back to antiquity....