In Europe, house wine means local, honest, and soulful. In the U.S., it often means engineered. This is a story about real wine and why we refuse to rush it.
What is “Dry Farming”?
***Before we start today, have you seen our resident wine expert Julien Miquel’s tasting videos...
American Clones
We’re busy shipping the American collection, including: a dry-farmed pinot (only 900 cases made)...
Taste Your USA Wine Collection with Julien Miquel
Dear Member, Our USA collection is on it's way to you. In your case you will discover a Pinot...
A (Brief) History of American Wine Part II
American wine was reborn in the basement of the Modesto Public Library in California. There,...
A (Brief) History of American Wine
By the 1960s, there were zero wineries in Virginia, zero in Oregon, only 15 in Washington state,...
“Grey” Wines of Languedoc
We got a treat this week; someone sent us two bottles of “gris de gris” from Languedoc’s Corbières...
Tacana 2018 on Its Way!
We’re wrapping up our last Australia/New Zealand shipments, so we’ll keep it short this week....
How to Drink (and enjoy) White Wine
Finally, the heat arrived here in Baltimore. Just in time to notice that our air conditioner is...
War in the Calchaquí!
On a cold night on the high plains… 12,000 feet above the world… a fire raged. The flames lit...
Last Week’s Q&A with Julien Miquel
Have you seen Julien Miquel’s Q&A video, yet? He tackles such subjects as “what do I drink...
Rattlesnake wine, plus Julien’s Q&A
“If disease comes for the vines, it will kill the roses first,” explained our host. Sipping a...
Forbidden Wine of the Atlas Mountains
In the foothills of the Atlas Mountains lies a ruined town. A colonnade traces the outline of the...