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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.1″] Baltimore, MD C. and I opened up our bottle of Moutard NV Brut last night… [/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://bonnerprivatewines.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Champagne-Moutard-INV.png” _builder_version=”3.25.1″ width=”80%”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.1″] Notes of tropical fruits cut by a sharp minerality and a tart bite…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Paris, France Why is pinot noir from Burgundy so much more subtle than pinot noir from California? What two main characteristics do the French look for in their wine?…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.3″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Paris, France Sipping a glass of St. Emilion up in the rafters of an old Haussmann building here on the Left Bank. The weather has…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.1″] It’s one of the strangest appellations in all of Europe, a sort of French “Brigadoon” located on a misty ridge covered in razor-sharp, blue-grey rock… where flash floods wash away the roads nearly…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.1″] Last week, we told you about how the vignerons of France toil at the intersection of three gigantic climatic forces: the Atlantic Ocean, the African continent, and Eurasia. The upside is an almost…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] This week, we hear from the front lines of the French vendange, the grape harvest that runs from August to October, culminating in the Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre,…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] First of all: Congratulations to all of you who were able to purchase Italian cases!  We sold out much faster than we expected. Demand was so high, in fact,…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22.3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”1780px” custom_margin=”-50px||” custom_padding=”0px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Baltimore, MD If you looked closely at the notes we included with your first shipment of small-batch, Argentine wines,…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Annapolis, MD “Hopefully she hasn’t read what we’ve written about that buttery Chardonnay,” we thought.  We were talking to Maggie Kruse, new head winemaker for Jordan Winery in California.…