Iconic Wines - Unbeatable Prices
Iconic Wines - Unbeatable Prices
I never turn down an opportunity to taste top-shelf Bordeaux, and for whatever reason those opportunities have been plentiful lately. After countless trade events and a masterclass or two, I’ve racked up such a mountain of notes on both sides…
If you’re feeling the effects of tariff whiplash from the news this week, you’re not alone. French wine, in particular, had a wild ride, with proposed tariff hikes ranging from 10% to 200%. While the immediate danger seems to have…
Last week we highlighted the top producers of white wine in the Loire Valley, one of France’s most underrated wine regions. The Loire’s red wines, from Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, and to a lesser extent Côt, Gamay, and Grolleau, are…
Ask a typical wine drinker what they know about the Loire Valley, and you’ll get a blank stare. But mention Sancerre, and their eyes will light up with recognition, while their mouths begin salivating like Pavlov’s dog. More serious wine…
Happy New Year! If you’re like me, certain dates tend to sneak up on you, leaving you in a last-minute panic to secure gifts or mementos to mark the occasion. Wine is, of course, the best gift of all, and…
In this, our last blog post of 2025, I wanted to share a few brief observations about what surprised me in 2025, and what to look for in 2026. But first, I’d like to say a big thanks to all…
Christmas is coming, and the goose is getting fat. I’m going to be all out of ha’pennies after this week’s cellar, the final in our three-part Small Cellar Series, and the priciest of the bunch. I’m always amazed at how…
The Middle Cellar, as I’ve come to calling it in recent years, is always my personal favorite. $15,000 for 150 bottles works out to a clean $100 per bottle, a price point where you can find exceptional wine in almost…
The first cellar is here, and it’s the one that has given me the most trouble in recent years. As it turns out, the prices of great wines keep going up (particularly with the lamentable tariff situation) but $5,000 stays…
As you are slowly coming out of your turkey-and-Grand-Cru-Burgundy-induced haze and fighting for your life under the weight of a hundred different Black Friday “sales”, we figured we’d do something a little different. We don’t really do sales at Grand…
Champagne has never let a little thing like accuracy get in the way of a good marketing campaign. Take Dom Pérignon, whose apocryphal quote is still repeated far and wide as the origin story of Champagne. Never mind that M.…
Thank God for fermentation, Fermentation for the wine. Thank wine for conversation With these relatives-in-law of mine. -Chris Thile, Elephant in the Room To the great chagrin of schoolchildren with construction-paper buckle hats (if only they were aware), there…