2020s
2020s
Tabordet 2023 Pouilly-Fumé
Domaine Tabordet has 13 hectares in Pouilly-Fumé in the communes of Villiers and Saint-Laurent-L'Abbaye on Kimmeridgiam marl, Caillottes and Silex soils. The estate is certified organic and Biodynamic (Demeter), vinifies with indigenous yeasts and uses minimal amounts of SO2. An...
$22.99
Perrin, Celine 2022 Bourgogne Aligoté
The Perrin Bourgogne Aligoté comes from vines that are over 80 years-old, thus a bit more dense and full-bodied than most Aligotés. This is an Aligoté that will reward patience and a decant. Tight and compact upon opening, this blossomed...
$18.99
Terres Dorees (Jean-Paul Brun) 2022 Beaujolais l'Ancien Vieilles Vignes
L'Ancien comes from Jean Paul Brun's home village of Charnay in the southern Beaujolais. The vines range in age from 40 to 60 years old and are planted on slopes sporting the area's signature sandy clay-limestone soils, featuring the particular...
$20.99
Barou 2022 Vin de Pays "Cuvee des Vernes" Syrah
From 40 year-old Syrah vines in Charnay, just outside the Saint-Joseph AOC, on living soils tended organically for forty years by Marie-Agnès and Emmanuel Barou. Plowing by tractor or weeding by hand on the steep slopes. Hand-harvested, wild-yeast fermentations, aging...
$13.99
Baudry, Bernard 2022 Chinon "Le Domaine"
The Baudry Chinon "Domaine" is always one of our favorite reds from the Loire Valley and it's a sensational value as well. All Cabernet Franc of course, a blend of 70% from a parcel in St. Louans near "Les...
$22.99
Laguerre 2022 Cotes Roussillon "Le Ciste" Blanc
Eric Laguerre's "Le Ciste," (named after a flowering bush in and around his vineyards) is certainly one of the most distinctive whites of the Roussillon. Grown in Eric's high-elevation vineyards on acidic soils of decomposed granite, the wine is made...
$19.99
Zahel 2022 Gemischter Satz Pet Nat
The "Ein Wildes Gläschen" series ( A Wild Glass) are natural wines with minimal intervention in their production. This Gemischter Satz Pét Nat (Vienna's traditional white field blend of Grüner Veltliner, Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and Traminer) comes...
$25.99
Grolet 2021 Cotes de Bourg "Origines"
Chateau La Grolet has been certified organic and Biodynamic since 2000. Double Guyot pruning, spontaneous winter grass cover. Soil tillage during the spring, every other row ploughed. Treatments combining small quantities of Bordeaux mixture with herbal teas such as horsetail...
$17.99
Rousset, Stephane 2022 Crozes-Hermitage Rouge
100% Syrah from 40 - 50 year-old vines on hillside vineyards in Erôme, Gervans and Crozes, on mostly granite hillsides and clay/limestone soils as well. A true wine of the granite terroirs, the 2022 Rousset is a bit closed when...
$22.99
Pépière 2023 Muscadet "Briords Vieilles Vignes"
First produced in 1988, this great Muscadet is made from a three hectare parcel of old massale-selection vines (all over 60 years old, with a high percentage much older) on a slope above the Maine. The bedrock is Granite de...
$23.99
Guion 2022 Bourgueil Rosé
50 years of organic farming and great traditional winemaking give this refreshing wine its perfect balance at 12% alcohol, with beautiful fruit and great earthy expression of the gravel and limestone/clay terroir. The wine shows subtle strawberry/raspberry aromas with citrus,...
$15.99
Lambert, Patrick 2022 Chinon Gourmandise
(Last 3 cases, forgotten in the cellar!) "Gourmandise" is a beautiful "drink young" cuvée from Patrick Lambert, made from Cabernet Franc vines grown on sandy gravel soils near the Vienne. The wine shows a bright black/red color with lush high-toned...
$13.99
Broadside 2022 Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon
Broadside is a project of very talented winemaker Chris Brockway. The Cabernet is fermented with wild yeasts and aged in barrels. The resultant wine is remarkably fresh and full bodied with an interesting spicy character and plenty of bright, tangy...
$18.99
Jobard, Claudie 2022 Bourgogne Rouge Cuvee Milliane
Domaine Gabriel Billard is now directed by Claudie Jobard. The four hectares of parcels in and around Beaune and Pommard have a very high percentage of old vines. Certified organic farming with only natural composts used, with minimal treatments in...
$31.99
Laguerre 2023 Cote Roussillon Eos Blanc
The 2023 Laguerre Eos Blanc is just a beautiful wine, from 60% Grenache Blanc, 30% Maccabeu and 10% Vermentino grown in Eric's high altitude organic vineyards on granitic soils. The aromas are elegant and distinctive with white flowers, pear, meyer...
$15.99
Creve Coeur 2023 Cotes du Rhone Rouge
This beautiful Cotes du Rhone from Pablo Hocht at Creve Coeur is made from 60 to 70 year-old vines of Grenache in Biodynamic farming, with an interesting mix of semi-carbonic and traditional fermentations with whole-cluster and de-stemmed grapes. The 2023...
$13.99
Barou 2022 Saint-Joseph Rouge "Un Autre Monde"
Domaine Barou has been organic since the 1970s and also produces cherries, apricots and peaches. The Saint-Joseph vines are in Limony, on thin soils of decomposed granite over the bedrock. Shallow plowing ("griffage") is done in the summer, with rye...
$22.99
Rateau, Jean-Claude 2023 Hautes Côtes de Beaune Blanc
Jean-Claude Rateau makes lovely Biodynamic wines in the Hautes-Côtes-de-Beaune in his east-facing vineyard of clay/limestone and marne soils. Quite racy and bright even in the ripe 2023 vintage, the wine shows lovely aromas of lemon, almond, stone, spiced pear and...
$28.99
Magnien, Stephane 2022 Coteaux Bourguignons Pur Pinot Noir
The 2022 "Pur Pinot Noir" is a beautiful Bourgogne Rouge produced by the talented Stephane Magnien at his small estate in Morey-Saint-Denis, from two small parcels in the lieu-dit "Gué" below the village, one planted in 1960 the other in...
$26.99
Turenne 2023 Cote Provence Rosé "Camille"
Domaine Turenne, northeast of Bandol in Provence, produces this lovely rosé from 40% Cinsault, 50% Grenache and 10% Syrah, certified organic. The terroir is a unique bed of limestone and sandstone debris with small stones called "Gavroches" which bring a...
$16.99
Champs de l'Abbaye 2021 Cremant de Bourgogne Brut Nature
The scintillating Champs de l'Abbaye Cremant de Bourgogne is 2/3 Pinot Noir and 1/3 Chardonnay, but nature - zero dosage, from organic grapes grown in the Côte Chalonnaise near Mercurey. This is an excellent Champagne-alternative and a great value. Aromas...
$26.99
Peybonhomme-les-Tours 2022 Bordeaux Le Blanc Bonhomme
This is the 14th vintage of the Hubert family's "Blanc Bonhomme" which seems to get better every year. The vines are now 20 years old, certified organic and Biodynamic. The grapes are hand-harvested in the early morning, pressed gently, fermented...
$21.99
