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Gris: Jolie Laide Sauvignon

According to Jolie Laide's website, this wine is reserved for club members... so I'm feeling a bit naughty promoting it, as apparently it...

Gloire de Loire: Domaine du Collier

Speculation is an area of personal interest*, not so much because I want to sell wine that I've cellared, more so because I want to be...

Gruner Lessons: Double Kamptal

Gruner Veltliner, much like Chardonnay, makes a wide variety of dry white wine styles. Most wine drinkers probably know Gruner for...

2021 Vision: Chablis 1er

I can't get enough of 2021 Chablis. Quite literally. The crop was tragically tiny, and there's just not much to go around. Fortunately...

The Won Percent: Derthona

If you're reading this email, you've won. Seriously, even if you don't buy a bottle of Monlia Derthona, you're winning this wine game....

Canary Islands: Envínate Palo Blanco

We really love Envínate. Their wines are exciting, engaging, diverting... often quite unlike other wines, they are just extraordinary. I...

Aligoté: More(y), Please

It's no secret, at this point, that Aligoté is responsible for some of the most exciting white wines in Burgundy. Chardonnay still hogs...

Chablis: Gueguen, Remember the Name

How do you say "Gueguen"? Try "geh-ghen". Hope that helps. This one's a no-brainer. Just buy a case (you'll get 12% off) and make sure...

Franciacorta: Saten and Blanc de Blancs

Life is too short to drink Prosecco* Italy's answer to Champagne comes in many forms, but it is perhaps Franciacorta that should be...

14 July, drink Burgundy?

There were many important dates through the French Revolution, and there were notable events before July 14, 1798, but on this day a...

Overachieving: "Generic" Trocken

"Tim Fröhlich can surely lay claim to the world's most consistently overachieving generic Riesling bottlings of the past two decades." -...

Aligoté: More(y) Please!

It's no secret, at this point, that Aligoté is responsible for some of the most exciting white wines in Burgundy. Chardonnay still hogs...

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