France

Blend of 60% Grenache, 35% Syrah and 5% Mourvedre, from 50-to-80-year-old vines, with the Grenache and Mourvedre aged all in concrete and the Syrah...

Eric Asimov says: "A “sunny wine,” as Julia Moskin put it, with flavors of tropical fruits, flowers and a kiss of honey"

80% Sciaccarellu, 20% Niellucciu from the limestone areas of Patrimonio. Winemaker describes it as his attempt at Pinot. Maybe? There is bright red...

35 year old Malbec grown on Moicène brown marls. Desteemed. 30 day ferment and 6 months of aging in concrete.

From Chateau Cardon in Pauillac. 85% Cab with remaining Merlot and Petit Verdot.  Fat and ripe with just enough vanilla notes to give it a drive an...

Grapes are handpicked from granite-rich soils, about half from a 97-year old parcel which Franck purchased from Noël Verset. In the cellar, the gr...

“35 Rangs” is produced from 35 rows of Pinot Noir planted by Philippe’s grandfather in the early 1960s in the iron-laced Kimmeridgian soils of the ...

“Hors-Série”—which translates roughly to “special-issue”—comes from a parcel of Pinot Noir planted in 1980 by Philippe’s father. Fermentation and a...

Textbook Muscadet. Racy with de-composed sea shells linger on the nostrils. Perky acid that is engaging and doesn't let one understand why it is so...

On the more supple side of Loire Gamay without the normal carbonic essence we normally see. Fresh and pungent with good spice driven tannins and lo...

Standard Loire Pinot with high acid, crushed violets, baking spice and hints of pepper. Pretty and floaty on the palate.

Trousseau reigns supreme in Montigny-les-Arsures, the home village of Michel Gahier and Jacques Puffeney, where it produces wines of power and stru...

Noveau gets a bad rap for good reason. Branding and mass marketing over the years has resulted in sub-par wines that mark the beginning of holiday ...

JS 96 Points: “Plenty of violet and iris aromas, but also ripe blackberry, with just a hint of bitter chocolate, which make this an immediately imp...

50% Carignan, 30% Syrah and 20% Grenache from old vines. Exotic layers of musk, sour cherries and herbs that flow into a bright and wild wine with ...

This beautiful Gerwurztraminer from Alsace is classically floral, and has great body. With notes of lychee, rose petal, and tropical fruit.

100% Chard, fermented in wood where the malolactic fermentation also occurs; the “elevage” is in “demi-muid” (500 – 600 liter barrels); spending a ...