The Grammar of Grapes: Jean-François Mérieau’s Wines Embody Touraine’s Diversity While Celebrating Each Grape’s Identity: Accessible Yet Layered, Local Yet Distinct. * Five Bottles, $99 (Three Reds, One White, One Sparkling)

Finding new ways to express old vines is the Eldorado of modern winemaking, and with multiple generations tending the family vineyards, where many of the vines are over one hundred years old, Jean–François Mérieau has had a jump start. A…

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Posted on 2025.07.09 in Touraine, 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 Pouilly-Fumé, Cour-Cheverny, Vouvray, Touraine Azay-le-Rideau, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Bourgueil, Chinon, Menetou-Salon, 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, France, Saturday Sips Wines, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  |  Read more...

 

Enthroned at The Summit of Larzac: Domaine de Montcalmès, a Languedoc Stand-out, Drinks Well in Its Youth and Shows No Weakness with Age. + Four Top Terrasses du Larzac Producers. 6-Bottle Package, All Producers Sampler $268 + Recent Arrival Larzac’s Rising Star: Le Clos du Serres 6-Bottle Sampler Package For $138

Join us for Saturday Sips: A Taste of Terrasses du Larzac Come as you are; come any time that’s convenient for you during our business hours to sample selection from this week’s selections. Our staff will be on hand to discuss nuances…

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Posted on 2025.03.14 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  |  Read more...

 

Loire Valley Powerhouse in The Making: Vanguard Producers Transform Saumur Wines into Soulfully Complex and Savory Reds and Whites, Expressive of Their Individual Terroir with Innate Freshness. 8-Bottle (5-Red & 3-White) Package $299

One of the most rewarding part of our wine journey at Elie’s is highlighting old names with new faces. Saumur, long a source for easy-drinking wines and uninterested in moving the complexity needle too far, has finally awoken to smell…

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Posted on 2024.11.07 in France, Wine-Aid Packages  |  Read more...

 

Re-imagining Touraine: Young and Talented Duo Jean-Baptiste Bonnigal and Stéphane Bodet Isolate Localities and Varieties to Create Loire Reds and Whites with Expression and Finesse. 6-Bottle (4 White & 2 Red) Sampler Pack $185

This week we feature a pair of remarkable vignerons, Jean-Baptiste Bonnigal and Stéphane Bodet. This talented duo have concentrated their skills on the best plots in Amboise, a six-hundred-acre Touraine appellation where the varietal focus is Côt (Malbec) and Chenin….

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Posted on 2024.10.17 in Touraine, France, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  |  Read more...

 

New Energy in the Less Familiar Territory of Touraine in The Heart of The Loire Valley; A Place Where Talented Artisanal Vignerons are Introducing Changes and Reinvention. Two Packs: Red Touraine 11-Bottle Pack ($369) & White Touraine 12-Bottle Pack ($369)

Touraine may not grab the vinous headlines of, say, Sancerre or Vouvray, but in ways it is the aesthetic paradigm for the region: Made of castles and gardens and vineyards lining the capricious and majestic Loire from Anjou in the…

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Posted on 2024.07.25 in Coteaux-du-Loir, Cheverny, Coteaux-du-Loir, Cour-Cheverny, Touraine Azay-le-Rideau, Touraine, France, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  |  Read more...

 

Enthroned At The Summit Of Larzac: Domaine de Montcalmès, A Languedoc Stand-out, Drinks Well In Its Youth And Shows No Weakness With Age + Recent Arrival Two Rising Stars From Larzac — Five-Bottle Package For $215

If you’re an aspiring domaine owner working with a tight budget, and have an eye to producing world-class French wine, you could do worse than Terrasses du Larzac, where an acre of vineyard land might set you back the equivalent…

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Posted on 2024.02.17 in France  |  Read more...

 

The Paradox of Chenin: Three Neo-vignerons Use The Variety To Explore Anjou Noir’s Microclimates And Soil Complexity With Unique Collection Of Grand Crus And Single-plots

Chenin shares some traits with Marilyn Monroe; it’s blonde, beautiful, rather dreamy and frisky… and, of course, it’s easily exploited. Chenin certainly has a tawdry side (the generic jugs—no pun—from Gallo, circa the 1970s), but when allowed to shine—as Monroe…

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Posted on 2024.01.26 in Coteaux-du-Layon, Quarts-de-Chaume, Savennières, France, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  |  Read more...

 

The Paradox of Chenin: Ten of Lower Loire’s Top Young Producers Showcase The Multifaceted Faces of The Grape in Three Distinct Regions (10-Bottle Sampler $399)

Join Us for Saturday Sips: The Paradox of Chenin Come as you are; come any time that’s convenient for you during our business hours to sample selection from this week’s selections. Our staff will be on hand to discuss nuances of…

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Posted on 2023.07.13 in Touraine, Anjou, Vouvray, Montlouis-sur-Loire, France, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  |  Read more...

 

Thanksgiving Feast Wine Matchup Pack: Nine Picks to Enhance the Food, Reawaken the Appetite and Renew Weary Taste Buds ($299) + New Arrival: Sparkling Burgundy From Young Puligny-Montrachet Vines

A true masterpiece is composed of many elements, and all the details must be in precise balance: The forearm musculature on Michelangelo’s ‘David’ for example—the intake of breath in the nostril of Sanmartino’s ‘Veiled Christ.’ This is as true for…

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Posted on 2022.11.11 in Beaujolais-Villages, Puligny-Montrachet, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Menetou-Salon, Crémant du Bourgogne, Savoie, Côte Chalonnaise, Givry, Moulin-à-Vent, France, Beaujolais, Spain DO, Penedes, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire, Sherry/Jerez, Cava, Alsace  |  Read more...

 

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