The Future of Burgundy Lies in Lesser-Known Areas: To Mitigate Climate Change, Boris Champy Is Convinced Higher Elevation and Vineyrad Orientation Hold Some of The Answers. (4-Bottle Pack $259)
“The best fertilizer is the winemaker’s shadow.” Nowhere does this aphorism hold truer than in Nantoux, Burgundy, where Boris Champy carries on an endless quest to reveal the soul of each vineyard plot, the spirit of each grape variety and…
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Posted on 2023.08.30 in Côte de Beaune, France, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages | Read more...
If It’s Still Champagne, Is It Still Champagne? Terroir-Focus, Climate Change and Rise of New-Wave Producers Ignite Excitement For Still Winemaking in Champagne. + Champagne Clandestin ‘Elegant Champagne With a Burgundian Accent.’
If it’s still Champagne, is it still Champagne? If the label says ‘Coteaux Champenois’, it most certainly is. This AOP, dedicated entirely to non-effervescent wine from Champagne, may be red, white or rosé, although the lion’s share is red—Bouzy rouge…
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Posted on 2023.08.19 in Coteaux Champenois, France, Champagne | Read more...
The Champagne Society August 2023 Selection: Champagne Pascal Lejeune
Champagne Pascal Lejeune’s Terroir Fundamentals Preserving a Place’s Details and a Vine’s Finger Print in a Single Premier Cru Village The Coteaux Sud d’Épernay Premier Cru Pierry In Two Bottles ($97) Champagne Pascal Lejeune ‘N°4 – OXYMORE’ Blanc de Noirs…
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Posted on 2023.08.01 in France, Saturday Sips Review Club, The Champagne Society, Champagne | Read more...
An Underappreciated Burgundy Wine Region Is Upward Bound: Santenay Reaches New Heights With Six Energetic Growers’ Work in Ten Different ‘Climats’ (6-Bottle Pack $299)
Join Us for Saturday Sips: The Wines of Santenay 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 2023.07.22 in Santenay, France, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages | Read more...
Champagne Pascal Lejeune’s Terroir Fundamentals: Preserving Place’s Details in Single Parcel, Single Village And Back to The Bigger Picture.
Join Us for Saturday Sips: Champagne Pascal Lejeune 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 the…
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Posted on 2023.07.06 in France, Saturday Sips Review Club, Champagne | Read more...
The Champagne Society June 2023 Selection: Champagne Laherte Frères
Champagne Laherte Frères The Talented Aurélien Laherte’s ‘Quest for The Perfect Alchemy’ Due to the limited quantities of each cuvée members will be assigned one of the following four cuvées: Champagne Laherte Frères ‘Les Longue Voyes’, 2018 Chamery Premier Cru…
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Posted on 2023.06.01 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, The Champagne Society, Champagne, Wine-Aid Packages | Read more...
When to Blend … or Not. The Talented Aurélien Laherte’s ‘Quest for The Perfect Alchemy’ in Champagne’s Coteaux Sud d’Épernay + Saturday Sips
Join Us for Saturday Sips: Beaujonomie By Beaujolais Beaujonomie is a portmanteau, a likely blend of ‘Beaujolais’ and ‘bonhomie’—or perhaps it’s ‘gastronomie’. Either way, it’s ironic, because in Beaujolais, blends are rare, and for the most part, Gamay is what you see…
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‘Mercurey’ Rising: Four Producers Soar in Another Côte Chalonnaise Hidden Gem With Red and White (5-Red & 3-White Sampler $399)
Join us for Saturday Sips 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 the wines, the…
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Posted on 2023.05.15 in Mercurey, Saturday Sips Wines, France, Wine-Aid Packages | Read more...
Burgundy With A Southern Accent: Four Producers Elevate Underestimated Côte Chalonnaise’s Givry to New Qualitative Heights
Join us for Saturday Sips It is a pleasure to announce that we intend to make ‘Saturday Sips’ a permanent fixture of our Saturdays for the foreseeable future. Come at any time during our regular business hours and sample a…
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Posted on 2023.05.06 in Givry, France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy | Read more...
Higher Grounds: Raül Bobet Transforms Practices and Traditions in a New Vineyard in The Catalan Pyrenees Mountains, Northern Spain (5-Bottle Pack $299) + Saturday Sips Returns
Join us for Saturday Sips ‘La Diada de Sant Jordi’ falls on April 23 in the Catalan holiday calendar, a day of books and roses, and it is a great reason to resume our all-day, in-store Saturday sips. Among the…
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Posted on 2023.04.14 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Spain DO, Wine-Aid Packages, Costers del Segre | Read more...
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