2020 was another great year in Bordeaux with nice ripe Saint-Emilion like Haut-Segottes by 4th-generation winemaker Madame Danielle Meunier and her assistant Florent Caldier. The 22-acre estate has been in operation for 160 years,... Read More
Fronsac is a small AOC in the middle of Merlot country -- not too far from Pomerol and St. Emilion. Though the winery has been established for centuries, La Vieille Cure has changed hands a few times. Since 2018, it has been operated... Read More
Catherine de Loze crafts Peybrun at her family's 400-year-old, 37-acre Chateau with 72% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Franc. 2020 was a good year for ripe, juicy wine with plenty of blackcurrants, plums, and spice... Read More
The winery has been around since the 1990s, but it's undergone some significant changes since then: De Montcy was Demeter-certified for biodynamic farming in 2015, and in 2020, the Chevrier family took over the winery and... Read More
Closiers is a new domaine founded in 2018 by Anatole de la Brosse, with Michel Chevré of Clos L’Ecotard and Nady Foucault of Clos Rougeard acting as consultants. Their wines are made with organic fruit from 37 acres... Read More
Hauvette has a nondescript label offering virtually no information about this obscure Provençal wine. Let's start with the region. Indication Géographique Protégée Alpilles is located within Parc... Read More
La Pinede comes from one of the more enigmatic corners of France, French Catalonia, along the Mediterranean and the Pyrenees. If you're a Tour de France cyclist, Domaine La Tour Vieille in Collioure is a short bike ride through... Read More
Tradition Rouge is a blend of destemmed, separately-vinified Pinot Noir 60%, Trousseau 35%, and Poulsard grown at about 1000 feet at Jura's northern end within the Arbois and Montigny communes. The wine is fermented with indigenous... Read More
Lilian Duplessis is the 5th-generation winemaker at his family estate of 20 organic acres, where expression of terroir and purity of northern Burgundian Chardonnay are favored over new oak and butter fat. Duplessis makes several... Read More
