Charming Provence. Between olive groves and pine forests the rocky landscape is wild with the fragrant garrigue that marks its wines. This picturesque southern French region on the Côte d’Azur is famous for its rosé, but with a little bit…
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Posted on 2021.03.03 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Provence  | Read more...
Châteauneuf-du-Pape is quite often the gateway region that introduces curious wine drinkers to the essence of terroir. An almost perfect union of soils, climate, and grape varieties combine to create one of the world’s great red wines that tends to…
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Posted on 2021.02.17 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
The Rhône River stretches from the Alps to the Mediterranean through an incredibly diverse expanse. At its southern end, between the cities of Vienne and Avignon, rolling hills meet plateaus of varying elevation under the toasty Mediterranean sun. Long, warm…
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Posted on 2021.01.20 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
Domaine Pierre Usseglio has risen to such prominence over the past two decades, it must be considered as not only one of the top addresses in Chateauneuf-du-Pape but in all of France. The name Usseglio is…
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Posted on 2020.11.11 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
If you like biodynamic wines, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and lauded producers, you’ll find them all at this Saturday’s tasting, One of France’s most influential vignerons, Jean-Paul Daumen is the fifth-generation owner and winemaker of Domaine de la Vieille…
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Posted on 2020.10.21 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
At long last, we invite you to join us for the return of Saturday Sips! Of course we will be applying in-store tasting protocols to ensure everyone stays safe. We will limit the number of people tasting at any given…
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Posted on 2020.09.23 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Wine-Aid Packages, Southern Rhone, Northern Rhone  | Read more...
Our latest Wine-Aid box features new vintage wines from biodynamic pioneer, Didier Barral. Didier’s vines grow beneath the scrub-covered ridges and windswept stone outcrops of Faugères. The appellation is known for its dry and crunchy metamorphic schist that…
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Posted on 2020.08.20 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
Our latest Wine Aid box celebrates both the wild and remote subzone of Fitou and two happy-loving couples that produce wine there. One of the very first granted appellation in the southern French region of Languedoc, Fitou consists of two…
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Posted on 2020.08.12 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
Back in 1976, Isabelle Champart, a Parisian with a degree in Geography, and her husband Mathieu, from a family of farmers in Champagne, began cultivating vines on a humble 20 acre farmstead. For close to twelve years they sold their…
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Posted on 2020.07.14 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
All of our holiday weekend plans probably look a little different this year. In lieu of large gatherings most of us are likely planning to stay at home, perhaps tidy up our outdoor spaces, maybe throw a more intimate party…
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Posted on 2020.06.30 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, Southern Rhone  | Read more...