I found myself in a Parisian barbershop. Another test of instinct. The doubt crept in the moment I realized I had to explain how I wanted my hair cut beyond just saying, 'shorter.' I hesitated. A simple act. Yet stripped of my usual tools—language, familiarity, the...
A History of Spanish Wine
Spain. Most people don’t give it a second thought as a wine region. That’s a mistake. Spain has...
Is Wine Alive?
No essay today, as our Wine Explorer is on the road this week (finding some exciting and delicious...
What’s The Fuss About Champagne?
Note: If you haven’t had a chance to check out our fall sale, you should give it a look. We’ve put...
Monsieur Malbeck, revisited
Writing about gauchos these past two weeks has us thinking about malbec. But where does this...
Gauchito Gil: Cowboy Saint
On long, dusty roads in the Calchaquí Valley, one occasionally passes a solitary tree or rock heap...
How to Rescue an Opened Wine Bottle
First a note: We still have a limited number of cases from our Italian collection available (see...
The Ram’s Scrotum
This week, we continue our crash course on wine bottle shapes, from a bottle possibly named for a...
Our 4 Favorite Wine Books
The Tuscan wines from our Italian Collection reminded us of one of our favorite wine books, A...
Julien Tastes Our Italian Collection (chili?)
“When I smell this wine, I am transported to Tuscany – the warm cypress trees… the earth… the hot...
From Sunbaked Sicily to Breezy Tuscany (Our New Italian Collection)
Attention: Our new Italian Collection will be shipping mid-July! The last time we sourced a...
The Iron Baron Who Invented Chianti
Back in 2019, the Partnership imported its second-ever collection of foreign wine – the Italian...
Orange over Rosé
It’s rosé day today (according to whom, we aren’t exactly sure). So let’s talk about rosé’s cooler...