One Foot in the Old World, One in Napa Joe and Alice Heitz moved into Napa Valley in 1961 and founded their eponymous winery. The rest is history. A touchstone Napa Cabernet since day one, a participant in the Judgement...
From Eight Generations of Earth, Smoke, and Cherry Skin If you’re familiar with the importer Louis/Dressner, you know their reputation: they seek out real wine from real people—growers who farm responsibly, work by hand, ferment with native yeasts, and bottle...
The Rosé That Collectors Actually Chase If you’ve been paying attention to the Loire in the last decade, then the name Guiberteau will already ring a few bells. Romain Guiberteau has taken his family's estate in Saumur from humble beginnings...
Chablis with a Conspiracy Theory—and Serious Cut Let me share a story I recently heard from someone I trust—a longtime industry pro who knows the inner workings of French wine better than most, and who just returned from a trip...
The Future of Marsannay Is Here For those of us who pay attention to the warming that Burgundy has seen in the last two decades and more, Marsannay has become impossible to ignore—the areas on the edges have become more...
The Sancerre That Sommeliers Whisper About When I was managing restaurants, I poured Célestin Blondeau’s Sancerre by the glass for years. Year after year, it was exactly what I needed it to be: a rock-solid, pitch-perfect Sancerre that hit all...
Timorasso Reimagined: The Debut of Derthona From two of Piedmont’s most iconic figures comes a white wine with deep roots and a vivid new voice. The 2023 Cascina Penna-Currado ‘Derthona’ Timorasso is a radiant debut from Elena Penna and Luca...
RossoNoah Is Back—and Almost Gone With the 2023 RossoNoah, Andrea Mosca distills the soul of Alto Piemonte into a wine that punches far above its weight. At under $25, this bottle is an astonishing value—supple, savory, mineral-laced, and bursting with...
Cape Cod In A Bottle There’s something fulfilling about a bottle of wine that checks every box—refreshing, versatile, and unbelievably affordable. Aragosta Vermentino is that wine, year in and year out, and we offer it every year for that reason....
The Return of a Summer Classic The 2024 Triennes Rosé has landed, and with it, one of the most dependable pleasures of summer returns. Founded in the 1980s by two icons of Burgundy—Jacques Seysses of Domaine Dujac and Aubert de...
Quiet Strength from the Hills of Lamole The story of I Fabbri is one of quiet revival, rooted deeply in the hills of Lamole. At the center is Susanna Grassi, who returned to her family’s estate in 2000 after years...
A New Chapter in Cool-Climate Winemaking Great wine stories often begin in Burgundy, and this one is no exception, even though it ends nearly 12,000 kilometers away, in one of the most remote, unspoiled wine regions on Earth: Chile’s Malleco...
A Cellar Gem with Decade-Long Potential We always overbuy Poujeaux en primeur. Why? Because we know how beautifully it evolves and how deeply our customers appreciate a Left Bank Bordeaux that drinks like a classed growth without the sticker shock....
Hot Day, Cold Bottle, No Notes Every year, our team at Gordon’s tastes through dozens—sometimes hundreds—of rosé to find the very best bottles to usher in summer. This year, our favorite value still rosé is the 2024 Weingut Bründlmayer Zweigelt...
