Half a Dozen Rosés: ($189) In Spite of a Challenging 2024 Growing Season in the Centre-Loire, These Top Sancerre Producers Craft Wines with Remarkable Acidity and Elegance—While Keeping Alcohol Levels in Check. + ‘Amour’ By the Dozen ($89)

Join us for Saturday Sips: Cidre & Rosés There’s no rest for the weary, but if Mom is enjoying a respite on Mothers’ Day weekend, include a stop at Elie’s where, on Saturday, May 10, we will be pouring samples from…

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Posted on 2025.05.14 in Menetou-Salon, Cidre, Sancerre, Touraine, Rosé de Loire, Anjou, France, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  |  Read more...

 

A Portrait of the Wine as a Grape Pauline Lair Paints the Loire in Pure, Vibrant Varietal Wines, Exploring its Diversity and Originality From End to End.

1006 Vins le Loire Package I: Seven-Bottle Sampler $229 (4 Red, 2 White and 2 Sparkling) Domaine du Bouchot (Pouilly-Fumé) Package II: Five-Bottle All-White Sampler $199 Join Us for Saturday Sips: The Allure of the Loire There is no official word…

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Posted on 2025.05.01 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Muscadet, Sancerre, Savennières, Saumur-Champigny, Coteaux-du-Layon, Touraine, Quarts-de-Chaume, Rosé de Loire, Coteaux-du-Loir, Anjou, Cheverny, Coteaux-du-Loir, Pouilly-Fumé, Cour-Cheverny, Vouvray, Touraine Azay-le-Rideau, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Bourgueil, Chinon, Menetou-Salon, France, Saturday Sips Wines, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  |  Read more...

 

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR + Join Our Bimonthly (One Bottle Selection) Club ‘THE CHAMPAGNE SOCIETY’. Or Gift It for the Holidays (6- or 12-Month Membership)

Stéphane Riffault Le Métronome* *”Our 25 Signature Domaines of The Year.” Guides des Vins 2020, Bettane+Desseauve: “When you think of Sancerre, you absolutely have to mention Stéphane Riffault. Measure, attention and reflection forge high-flying and stylish cuvées; each reflecting the…

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Posted on 2024.12.12 in Rosé de Loire, Sancerre, France, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  |  Read more...

 

A Veritable Revolution in Sancerre: Stéphane Riffault is Creating Wines of Texture, That are Singular, and True to Themselves. (Seven-Bottle Pack $299: Two Red and Five White)

A communion with the soil is the most important relationship a winemaker will ever forge, and nowhere is this demonstrated more reliably than in Sancerre, where three distinct soil types produce a split-personality of wine characteristics. This may be something…

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Posted on 2024.07.20 in Sancerre, Rosé de Loire, France, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  |  Read more...

 

The French Climate Divide: 2023 Rosés Show The Difference Between Warm-Climate (Mediterranean) and Cool-Climate (Oceanic) Fruit. Ten Types, Spanning the Two, by Seventeen Producers. A Dozen Rosés $349 – A Holiday Sampler.

Two things that France and the United States share: A red, white and blue flag and a passion for rosé. So, while we’re celebrating both on the Fourth of July, we’ll take the opportunity to offer a springboard to this…

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Posted on 2024.07.05 in Côtes-du-Rhône, Rosé de Loire, Anjou, cassis, Bandol, Menetou-Salon, Santenay, Chinon, Sancerre, Côte-de-Provence, France, Beaujolais, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire, Southern Rhone  |  Read more...

 

Rosés Deserve To Live A Little: 2021 Rosés in Full Bloom, Show Character And Dimensions With Two Years of Maturity … 13-Bottle Pack $299 (Limited)

Any remaining stigma attached to rosé remains within the dark soul of the stigmatized; those of us on the right side of wine appreciation understand that rosé is enjoying the fruits—quite literally—of its historical labor. This is especially true in…

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Posted on 2024.03.22 in Luberon, Ventoux, Terrasses du Larzac, Gigondas, Côte-de-Provence, Rosé de Loire, Anjou, cassis, Bandol, France, Bordeaux, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Provence, Southern Rhone  |  Read more...

 

2021 Underscored the Challenges Southern Rhône & Provence Producers are Facing Amidst Climatic Extremes, Yet These 9 Makers Produced Easily Drinkable, Unexpectedly Complex Dry Rosé (10-Bottle Pack $264) + (3-Bottle Pack $72)

We can all agree that rosé is ideal for warm weather, and we can probably also agree that climate change is leading to a bit too much warm weather. And that does not necessary lead to more rosé, since the…

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Posted on 2022.06.24 in Sancerre, Gigondas, Tavel, Côte-de-Provence, Côtes-du-Rhône, Rosé de Loire, Anjou, France, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire, Provence, Southern Rhone  |  Read more...