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We've been enjoying the wines of the Lafouge family in Auxey-Duresses for more than 25 years. It gives us great pleasure to offer the particularly beautiful 2022s! Very enjoyable current drinking is certainly possible but cellaring of 5 to 10 years is highly recommended for the village and 1er Crus. These are absolutely delicious traditional wines that will bring a smile to any lover...

These are among the most authentic and age-worthy wines of the Northern Rhone, imported by Neal Rosenthal. 2021 was a difficult vintage, generally producing wines with lower alcohol and higher acidity than the hot, dry years of 2018-2020. In the hands of these growers, however, the results were outstanding, offering superb terroir expression and the potential for long aging.   We're offering four wines...

From our archaic Point of Sale program (that we only stopped using 2 months ago!), it looks like the last time we sold Jean-Christophe Garnier's wines was in 2016. I always enjoyed his wines, and never fail to grab a bottle when I see one in France. Here at Chambers Street Wines, his name rarely comes up - the wines were in short supply...

We grew up in a Francophile world of wine; we had hardly ever tasted old Rioja before our introduction in 2001 to CVNE and Lopez-Heredia. Anyone who has been lucky enough to taste those wines will testify to their splendor in old age. Being Francophiles, the finesse and depth of the Rioja wines reminded us of fine vintages of Haut Brion and La Mission...

Domaine Andre et Mireille Tissot, begun in 1962, is in Montigny-les-Arsures, just a few kilometers from Arbois. Stéphane, their son, took over in 1990 and has slowly but surely established the Tissot name as an important one in the history of Jura wine. A tireless vigneron, Stéphane farms between 45 and 50 hectares biodynamically, travels to distant lands as a spokesperson for the Jura,...

No, we're not suggesting that you serve Vosne-Romanee "Les Suchots" with your hamburgers! But we love selling real Burgundies of terroir at reasonable prices, and today's email contains some of our favorites that will provide real Pinot Noir pleasure with anything off the grill - and without breaking the bank. We'd like to especially feature the wines of Domaine Celine Perrin in Ladoix, which display the lovely...

We just received a small collection of old Riojas from Spain. All of the bottles have at least several decades of age and are ready to drink now. Mature Rioja wines offer reliable pleasure through generous, shimmering Tempranillo fruit and textural depth, frequently at more affordable prices than other great European wines with comparable age. Traditional local winemaking in Rioja favored rustic young reds...

Château Peybonhomme-les-Tours and Château La Grolet: Back in Stock! Rachel Hubert Chambers Street customers need no introduction to these two over-achieving Bordeaux estates owned by the Hubert family, certified organic and Biodynamic since the 1990s. Jean-Luc is enjoying being a grandfather now, and Rachel, who was just beginning her career at the family estate in the 2000s, is now fully in charge and running...

There are several newsletters that I have been meaning to send over the past year. Moving up the street and rolling out the new website may have set back my plans, but I'm finally getting to it! Highlighting my favorite Verdejo producers was on the list, rounding up a compendium of unfortified Palominos is definitely on the list (stay tuned!). I have also been meaning to...

We love the wines from Nicole and John Bojanowski at the Clos des Gravillas in St. Jean de Minervois! The reds are distinctive and full-flavored but retain a fabulous purity and freshness that makes them absolutely delicious served cool, perfect with anything off the grill this season. We particularly love the whites, made from local and ancient grape varieties - they are crystalline, subtle and...

The white wine grape Verdejo is local to the Rueda DO, in the area around Castilla y Leon. Often industrially farmed, machine-harvested and over-manipulated, Verdejo is experiencing a quiet renaissance, led by three exceptional winemakers in the region. Manuel Cantalapiedra, Esmeralda Garcia, and Ismael Gozalo are producing what we consider to be the very best examples from the Verdejo grape. From organically farmed, hand-harvested...

5/23/2024 We're sorry that the 2022 "Le Domaine" didn't arrive in time for our last Baudry offer, but this delightful and delicious Chinon is worthy of it's own email! As Matthieu Baudry says "Due to its generous fruit and its juicy character, this vintage is outstanding. The 2022s will keep for years, particularly those from limestone soils. 2022 belongs to the truly great vintages, alongside 2010, 2018...

5/20/2024 "Even in France, the Marmandais region is quite obscure unless you are a rugby fan or a tomato aficionado. Upstream along the Garonne in the Lot-et-Garonne, barely 45 min drive from Sauternes, this softly rolling, peaceful area is historically a polycultural land of tobacco, grains, and tomatoes whose fame is due to early 19th century Italian immigration bringing with them seeds and agricultural know-how....

Vincent Careme is one of the finest producers in the Loire Valley - his 2022 Vouvray Sec beautifully captures the great terroir and this excellent vintage - and at a very modest price! The Chateau de Manissy Tavel "Tete de Cuvée" is always one of our favorite rosés of the year, and the just-released 2022 is quite astonishing, with fabulous complextiy and length -...

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