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4/1/24 - Over the years, the natural wine world has been developing a thirst for wines from the Auvergne, a rural region nestled in the center of France, with Clermont-Ferrand as its major city. The area is known to most French people as a great region for camping, and cheese. Indeed, the mountain ranges, and over 300 dormant Volcanos provide the setting for plenty...

3/31/24 - The pundits on the vintages, and I've added some notes: 1960: Ratti, Annata Non Buona; Wasserman 0. The decade starts with a fizzle. I remind you of the sentimental value of old wine for birth year and anniversary celebrations, alla my own year of 1956, which was decidedly Non Buono (for wine), but is nonetheless a pleasure to drink. I don’t recall...

3/18/24 - We introduce Schonhals, a new and exciting estate from the Rheinhessen! I had the pleasure of visiting them back in April of 2023 when I went to the VDP wine fair in Mainz and visited a couple of other nearby wineries in the Rhinehessen, Rheingau and Nahe. Eben (Lillie) had met them before at several organic/biodynamic wine fairs in France and we...

3/16/24 -   This weekend we feature new arrivals from two producers whose wines we haven't seen in a little while. Philippe Delmée is one of our favorite under-the-radar producers in the Loire Valley, humble and stoic, and a very skilled winemaker, he works with Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Grolleau, Pineau D'Aunis, and some other local varieties. His reds have always been vibrant, zingy,...

3/5/24 - We are very proud to feature a new selection of the extraordinary organic Champagnes of André Beaufort! Last fall's shipment sold-out almost immediately, so we're very happy to have a small additional allocation of vintage wines dating back to 1997, as well as the current non-vintage releases from Ambonnay (Grand Cru) and Polisy. This is a unique opportunity to obtain ten to...

1/28/24 - Nuria Renom is one of the most exciting and impassioned winemakers to recently emerge out of the dynamic natural wine scene in Catalunya, Spain. A whirlwind visit to the states last month left every single industry professional and wine enthusiast with a great impression of Nuria's capability to be an uplifting clown and a very serious and focused winemaker. She is engaged,...

1/26/24 - Many years ago, the first Dive Bouteille wine fair took place in 1999 in a cellar of Catherine and Pierre Breton. From what I can tell, there may have been two Americans there: our own David Lillie, and legendary wine importer, Joe Dressner. Jenny Lefcourt can't remember if she was at the first or second Dive, so there is a chance there...

1/19/24 - Domaine de Montille is an estate that we have come to count on for elegant and impeccably balanced Burgundies. Certified organic and practicing Biodynamic, their wines reflect their careful approach in the vineyards. New oak is used sparingly and always from barrels with light toast, slow lees aging is preferred over excessive lees stirring, and the wines always display suave structure and length....

12/15/23 - Mallorca, Majorca... However you spell it, the wines from this Balearic Island have started to attract attention outside of Spain, most recently from low-intervention producers like Eloi Cedo (of Chato Paquita fame), Can Majoral, 4 Kilos, and not-so-newcomer, Cati Ribot. Cati's wines are relatively new to the US market, but her family has been growing grapes for several generations in Mallorca, and...

12/13/23 - Initially this was meant to be just a tale of the Middle Mosel Masters newly arrived on the shelves here at Chambers Street Wines. But then I thought it would be interesting to stretch the definition of the Middle Mosel up into the green reaches of the Lower Mosel literally across the border in the town of Alf in order to be...

12/12/23 - We finally got around to tasting the 2022 Desvignes Morgon Javernieres "Aux Pierres"  which we offered a few weeks ago, based on tasting the 2021, and on the opinions of a few asture wine writers. Our assumption was correct, the wine is fabulous! "Aux Pierres" comes from a 0.57-hectare plot of 90-year-old vines on a steep, east-facing slope, with historic top quality...

12/9/23 - Over the course of the year, we have received more requests and inquiries for the still and sparkling wines from Olivier Horiot than I can ever remember. A producer who is a bit on the outskirts, geographically and in the echelon of sought-after names in Champagne, it's clear that the secret is out and the exquisitly balanced and complex wines from Horiot...

11/28/23 - Every year, we receive inquiries about Fabrice Dodane's wines from Domaine de Saint Pierre and the wines of Patrice Beguet, both winemakers who farm vines (against all odds) in the Jura region. As timing would have it, we recently received some wines from both of these producers after several years with nothing to offer. 2021 was extremely limited for the Jura harvest,...

11/9/23 - Bedrock represents a lot of what we love most about wine: dedication to farming and maintaining healthy biodiversity in the vineyards, and crafting wines that vividly express the unique characteristics of the place from which they come. In this case, the vineyards happen to be some of the oldest and most historic in California, many dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. There...

11/7/23 - It's always a pleasure to offer new arrivals from our friends at Domaine Baudry in Chinon - today we're very happy to offer the beautiful 2020 La Croix Boissée, and - drum roll please - a new wine from the Baudrys, the 2020 "les Mollieres," from terroir that Bernard particularly likes in the commune of Saint-Louans just west of the town of...