by admin | Nov 8, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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? What makes a gamay from Beaujolais such an excellent, less expensive alternative to ultra-pricey...
by admin | Oct 31, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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 finally turned here in France, l’été indien giving way to the grisaille parisienne – the silvery gray sky that once enraptured Pissarro...
by admin | Oct 17, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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 every year and the closest supermarket is hours away… where the men...
by admin | Oct 10, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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 unmatched diversity of terroirs… if these forces act as expected. So...
by admin | Sep 25, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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, a four-day bacchanalia that takes over the old “Belle Epoque” streets of Paris’ 18th...
by admin | Sep 19, 2019 | The Wine Explorers Letter
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, that we’re already trying to secure a few extra cases of our upcoming French shipment (which will include a...
