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11/4/23 -   It's been a while since we last sent out a big Savoie email blast, and something about the Fall weather, and the deep cuts that we happen to have in stock made us feel like it was finally time again! As our little caption suggests, this is actually a Bugey-Savoie-Isère affair, highlighting winemakers who are nestled throughout these three wine regions...

10/27/23 - Many of our longtime customers will remember the years before 2020, when a crew of winemakers would descend upon New York for the annual Real Wine Tasting and Fundraiser, otherwise known as the Real Wine Attack. The tasting always coincided with the industry portfolio tasting for LDM (Louis/Dressner/McKenna) Wines, and was unique in that it was open to the public (as opposed...

10/24/23 -   One of Austria, and Europe's, most influential winemakers, Roland Velich from Moric fame has wowed us with his interesting eastern Hidden Treasures from neighboring Hungary. A collaboration initially with Attila Homona from Tokaj, Hidden Treasures has expanded to other winemakers and regions in Hungary. The aim? So that more people might get to experience the rare, dry, elegant white wines these...

10/9/23 - Sometimes a new pair of eyes, or tastebuds, can suggest a few new discoveries or remind us of how good some of our favorite wines really are. Such is the case with John Gilman's "The View from the Cellar" especially his "Annual Loire Valey Report," which just arrived. Many of the wines we have offered over the past year receive enthusiastic reviews...

10/7/23 - La Clarine Farm has been producing wine high up in the Sierra Foothills since 2007, but in a way the vision dates back to when Hank Beckmeyer met Caroline Hoël while touring in Europe with art-punk band Half Japanese in the 80s. Loving Europe, Hank stayed and the two worked in the music business through the 90s while fostering a growing love...

9/19/23 - The Jura is a region full of unique characters, from Jean-Francois 'Fanfan' Ganevat, to country bumpkins and organic pioneers Gerard and Christine Villet, cult producer Alice Bouvot, the magnanimous Evelyne and Pascal Clairet from Domaine de la Tournelle (RIP Pascal)...the list goes on. I met a wild French couple in Barcelona in 2019 that made Chateau-Chalon, never exported, never added sulfites (maybe...

9/9/23 - Thanks to a tip from our friend Éric Texier, we have just received a shipment of sensational Poiré (pear cider) and Cidre (apple cider) from the talented Jérome Forget at the Ferme de L'Yonnière in Normandy. High-trained pear trees, some 200 years old "I am a peasant" says Jérome. "When I arrived at the Ferme de L'Yonnière in 1993, there were already...

9/2/23 - Chambers Street Wines is known for many things: old wine and rare collections, our well documented and historic love of the Loire Valley, championing lesser known producers and wine regions, and of course our dedication to organic and biodynamic agriculture and low-intervention winemaking. We're also known both locally and across the country for simply having an amazing selection of affordable organic/biodynamic wines that...

8/24/23 - The last day of my Germany trip in April was spent visiting the famed Rheingau wine region on the north side of the Rhine river where it breaks from it's South/ North flow to an East/West one. Historically, the Rheingau was always considered one of Germany's top appellations as it's southern facing vineyards were able to achieve greater ripeness than elsewhere. As...

8/14/23 - Chiara Vigo always knew that she would come back to her family home after her studies, to find a way to tell the story of her ancestors and honor her roots. Having written a doctoral thesis on the connections between art and wine, focused on the history of wine label artwork, it seems it may have been inevitable that she would end...

8/8/23 - This is one of our favorite times, when we get to introduce a new estate to our readers and share a story that has inspired us both through an agricultural model (and way of life), and through the glass. Today we take a moment to present Domaine de Lorient, a farm winery that is located on the highest spot of the Saint-Péray...

7/26/23 - In preparing to write this piece about the wines of the Douro Valley, I figured I'd brush up on the background, and quickly realized that the story of unfortified wines in the region is essentially a very recent one. Considering the fact that independent estates in the Douro valley were only able to make and bottle their own wines starting in the...

7/14/23 - Here at Chambers Street we end up tasting a lot of wine, with a seemingly constant stream of reps shuffling in and out with an endless supply of lovely liquids. It's not often that a tasting generates the type of buzz across the entire staff as when our friend and Polaner rep Hannah comes by with new Kelley Fox wines. Everyone stops...

7/6/23 -   We're very proud to be working with the witty and affable Jean-Francois Deu at Domaine du Traginer, and we have just received a new shipment of these delicious wines that belong on your table this season. "Banyuls and Banyuls Grand Cru are the appellations for France's finest and certainly most complex vin doux naturel" says says The Oxford Companion to Wine....

6/23/23 - My I am starting a series of articles based on the couple of wine regions I was able to visit in Germany after attending the annual VDP wine fair in Mainz this past April. I shall begin with a nearby region that doesn't get the spotlight like the Mosel, the Rheingau or the Pfalz do, but turns out to be an absolute...