Wood-fired pizza. Malbec from Salta. A crunchy crust or a plush wine—both shaped by place. Here’s what terroir means, one slice at a time.
Lost Empires, Sex, and Wine in Sardinia’s “Blue Zone”
***Julien’s busy preparing the tasting video for our new collection of wines. So no new video this...
Wines from the Volcano
On an island in the Mediterranean, little green vines appear to erupt from black obsidian. As...
Lab Testing Our Wines
We’ll keep it short this week as we ship out the remaining Tacana 2018 and prepare for our...
And then, your car almost plummets off a cliff
*** In case you missed our earlier messages, we’ve just opened our cellar for this year’s Tacana...
The 3rd Highest Vineyard in the World
We began last week with the question of what differentiates “extreme altitude” from “high...
Is “extreme altitude” the same as “high altitude”?
We’ve got some exciting news coming from Argentina’s Calchaquí Valley. All will be revealed in a...
have you read the back label on your wine?
We’ve been working hard getting all the extra cases from our American Collection out to the door...
“Wild Yeast”
***First a note: We still have a few cases of wines from our American Collection available (see...
Lost for 500 Years… A Vine Rediscovered
*** First, a word that, like any respectable Frenchman, our resident wine expert, Julien Miquel,...
America’s Eastern Burgundy
Cedar shingles... old board and batten barns... deserted beaches scattered with oyster and clam...
Covid Ruined His Wife’s B-day, Julien Miquel Stepped In
Planning your wife’s birthday is always a venture fraught with failure. During the Covid-19...
Orange Wine (karvisperi ghvino)
Orange wine. Virtually unknown 30 years ago, in recent months the style has become so popular even...