Wanna make Thanksgiving wine easy? Choose Pinot Noir. If you start looking into typical Thanksgiving wine recommendations, you will...

JUST KIDDING! But how many emails have you received from merchants who will purportedly make Thanksgiving easy? Are they gonna show up,...

Psst… did you know we have been putting together a selection of crazy-good ciders and perries? They have quietly appeared on our shelves,...

"Vincent Couche is part of the upwelling of talent (and awakening to terroir) taking place in the extreme South of Champagne, and like a...

There's still time to sign up for our virtual Bordeaux tasting this coming Sunday, November 14, at 3pm. Rachel Hubert will join us to...

From the winery: “Fan de Lune” means ‘child of the moon’ in local patois and is used to express surprise. The wine was named in...

Long awaited baguettes return to Craft and Cru tomorrow. As before, we'll have Steel & Rye's superb baguettes in the house every...

Don't expect to find a lot of organic farming in Bordeaux, it's just not there. The region is dominated by big names and big commerce,...

You can always expect Malbec to be dark in color. You can also expect that most Malbec will be mass-produced and manipulated. Most of...

We always buy lots of Jean-Marc Burgaud. Year in and year out, his wines are not just some of the best in Beaujolais, but some of the...

The wine pictured above is raised in stainless steel, but it has a creamy and spicy character that one might often associate with oak....

We talk about Fratelli Alessandria often. They are quite simply one of the best wineries in Barolo, and we feel privileged to carry their...

We love Sangiovese, in particular Sangiovese from Chianti Classico. There's just nothing else like these wines, That being said, between...

Exciting news! A favorite Champagne has returned in the half bottle format. I know that I'm going to be taking a few home this weekend....

I Fabbri is located in Lamole, which has long been known for its high-altitude vineyards, and the vines that go into I Fabbri's Chianti...

I've been listening to Levi Dalton's fabulous podcast, I'll Drink to That, a lot lately. I started the episode with Mannie Berk, a truly...

The Val d'Aosta is a high valley in the Italian Alps, very close to the French border. It is the smallest and least populous region in...

We have at least 6 pink pet-nats in stock right now, and you should try one, or two, or maybe all 6? Pictured above are two of this...

Though a select group of wines have left indelible idealized marks on my memory, I don't think of them as "perfect". The idea that a wine...

We talk about Le Piane often. New arrivals from this winery are quite simply exciting, and a new vintage of their flagship Boca is a...