Where Great Chianti Begins in Castelnuovo Berardenga In Castelnuovo Berardenga, the historic southern heart of Chianti Classico, Podere Lecci e Brocchi produces wines that embody the power, structure, and longevity that have made this subzone legendary among wine lovers. Castelnuovo...
Champagne’s Rising Star: Etienne Calsac 'L'Échappée Belle' Blanc de Blancs In 2010, at just 26 years old, Etienne Calsac made the bold decision to reclaim and farm his grandparents' three hectares of vineyards in and around Avize. For generations, these...
A Loire White Built for Today and the Next Decade Produced from 100% Chenin Blanc, this remarkable little Vouvray comes from one of the Loire Valley's most respected biodynamic estates. While the 2025 growing season was not particularly challenging the...
Rosato from the Ligurian Coast First I’d like to address the elephant in the room. Yes, this is a Rose, and yes, it is called Serasuolo because no, it is not a Cerasuolo. I did a double take when I...
Two Faces of Montepulciano, One Estate The Fanetti family helped revive Vino Nobile di Montepulciano in the early 20th century and remains one of the benchmark producers of the appellation today. The estate sits in the heart of Montepulciano, farming...
2024 Domaine Louis Michel et Fils Chablis, Purity in Wine The Michel family has been farming and making wine in Chablis since 1850, and somewhere along the way they made a radical decision: stop hiding great fruit behind oak barrels....
A Rosé We Count On Every Year: 2025 Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Rosé The release of a new vintage of Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Rosé has become one of those annual traditions I genuinely look forward to. Vintage...
OG Alsace, Before It Got Fancy; Weinbach’s Field Blend Before Alsace became obsessed with bottling every grape separately, there were field blends. Vineyards were planted the old way as a hedge against bad vintages where Riesling grew next to Pinot...
Sangiovese Grosso Without the Lecture; Caparzo Rosso di Montalcino I’ve worked with Caparzo wines in restaurants for nearly twenty years, and one thing has remained remarkably consistent: they have always delivered some of the best value in both Brunello and...
Pinotage that Tastes Good; Southern Right There are winery side projects, and then there’s Southern Right. This is the negoc arm of Hamilton Russell Vineyards that still feels tiny and slightly allergic to corporate behavior. Total production hovers around just...
Handpicked Selections Day 4: Cabernet Without the Country Club Attitude This beauty comes to us from the Languedoc in southern France. This has become a region that consistently overdelivers for people who enjoy drinking wine more than discussing it for...
Handpicked Selections Day 3: A Pinot Noir So Good It’s Almost Rude This bottle is an absolute stunner. When Jacques brought this bottle, we were tasting as a group, and a lot of eyebrows were raised and a chorus of...
Handpicked Selections, Day 2: Sauvignon Blanc Without Grass Clippings There are a lot of aggressively mediocre Sauvignon Blancs in the world. You know the type; shrieking grapefruit, a face full of freshly mowed lawn, and enough sharp acidity to sand...
A Perfect Reset After the Heat: 2025 Les Rocailles ‘Apremont’ One of the pleasures of this business is getting to work with importers whose portfolios feel deeply personal rather than assembled by committee. One of my favorites in that regard...
Louis/Dressner Day 5: Coudert Fleurie of course! I could not in good conscience represent Louis/Dressner this week without offering out this, our favorite of all Beaujolais offerings: the 2024 Clos de la Roilette, Fleurie. As comfortable as your favorite pair...
Louis/Dressner Day 4: The Eternal Child of the Languedoc For at least a decade now, this wine has basically lived on the shelves at Gordon’s. It’s one of those bottles almost everyone on staff buys regularly, and it constantly comes...
Louis/Dressner Day 3: Pfalz Pinot Noir by Koehler-Ruprecht For decades, the name Koehler-Ruprecht has been synonymous with some of Germany’s most soulful and uncompromising wines. Founded in the early 1700s in the Pfalz, the estate built its reputation on deeply...
Wine for Fun, Semplicemente This is exactly the kind of wine I need to drink right now: lively and refreshing. If my weather forecast is correct, this is the first 90 degree day of the year in the Boston area,...
Louis/Dressner Day 1: Chinon Rosé by Olga Raffault For years, we’ve looked to Louis/Dressner Selections as one of the most important importers in the world of authentic European wine. Their portfolio has always reflected a simple but increasingly rare philosophy:...
Vine Farmer Day 5: Human Scale Sangiovese There is something quietly convincing about wines made at a fully human scale. And again, our friends at Vine Farmer know that better than most; it’s what they bring to the table, so...
Vine Farmer Day 4: A Study in Grignolino A lot of the most interesting wines in Italy right now are coming from producers who stopped trying to imitate somewhere else. And as we have been seeing this week, those are...
