2019 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore “Capovolto”La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche
$27
Producers
Bèrto
Italy | Piedmont
Highly aromatic, slightly sweet, and pleasantly bitter on the finish—perfect in a spritz.
Bèrto
Italy | Piedmont
Highly aromatic, slightly sweet, and pleasantly bitter on the finish—perfect in a spritz.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Vouvray
Dry Champagne-method sparkler that delivers tremendous value.
Champalou
France | Loire | Vouvray
From clay and limestone vineyards, they are able to obtain remarkable complexity in their Brut, while the texture shows both a creamy richness and an austere minerality.
François Rousset-Martin France | Jura | Côtes du Jura
François Rousset-Martin France | Jura | Côtes du Jura
François Rousset-Martin France | Jura | Côtes du Jura
Bèrto
Italy | Piedmont
Let this aromatic Piemontese vermouth spice up your cocktail game, or sip it on the rocks with an orange peel garnish.
Bèrto Italy | Piedmont
Bèrto
Italy | Piedmont
You’re going to bring your martini game to a whole ’nother level with this dry Piedmontese Vermouth.
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
A blend of multiple grapes and multiple vintages crafted in a fresh, easy-drinking style.
The six wines featured are all handcrafted by enthusiastic proponents of biodynamic agriculture, and the results speak for themselves. Can you taste it?
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria
You won’t believe how useful and versatile they are in salads, on top of grilled or baked fish, or all on their own.
With summer officially starting later this month, I wanted to put together a sampler loaded with wines for some of my favorite summer wine pairings.
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
Dry, chalky, and just the right combination of fleshy and lean. Serious sparkling wine.
La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche
Sparkling Verdicchio like you've never tried before!
A 12-bottle sampler featuring two wines introduced during each decade since Kermit opened his shop in 1972.
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur
This sparkling wine has decadently rich, honeyed fruit and a nice dollop of buttery brioche.
Sommariva
Italy | Veneto
A spritzy rosato with scents of frutti di bosco and wildflowers.
It's time to take the ice bucket out of its winter hibernation and put a chill on some bright, juicy reds.
Didier Meuzard France | Burgundy | Ratafia de Bourgogne
Sommariva Italy | Veneto | Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore
Sommariva
Italy | Veneto | Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore
A Prosecco of total class and charm—no mimosas necessary.
I love this apron because it's burly and provides a lot of coverage. The pockets are handy, too.
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
Pure Pinot Noir made in the Champagne method: there are very few sparkling rosatos of this quality in Italia.
Riofavara
Italy | Sicily | Eloro
A citrusy and floral sparkler with a stony, bone-dry finish. Mamma mia!
Paul Bara France | Champagne | Bouzy
J. Lassalle France | Champagne | Chigny-Les-Roses
J. Lassalle France | Champagne | Chigny-Les-Roses
J. Lassalle France | Champagne | Chigny-Les-Roses
Veuve Fourny & Fils France | Champagne | Vertus
Veuve Fourny & Fils France | Champagne | Vertus
Paul Bara
France | Champagne | Bouzy
Try with tender and tangy curry marinated grilled chicken.
Veuve Fourny & Fils France | Champagne | Vertus
J. Lassalle France | Champagne | Chigny-Les-Roses
Veuve Fourny & Fils France | Champagne | Vertus
Veuve Fourny & Fils France | Champagne | Vertus
A. & G. Fantino
Italy | Piedmont | Barolo
A deliciously aromatized Barolo, fascinating and complex with a long, herbal finish.
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie
France | Loire
Made in the méthode traditionnelle with direct-press Cabernet Franc, it is a light, bright, and festive bubbly meant to be drunk cold and often.
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica
In between the spicier “Sauvage” and softer “Douce.”
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica
From a tiny mill in Corsica’s eastern mountains, Douce is soft and tender; Sauvage is wildly peppery and herbaceous.
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica
From a tiny mill in Corsica’s eastern mountains, Douce is soft and tender; Sauvage is wildly peppery and herbaceous.
Masseria del Pino Italy | Sicily
Vignai da Duline Italy | Friuli | Delle Venezie
This sampler embodies the impressive breadth of Joguet’s offerings and delivers quality, typicity, and sheer deliciousness in every bottle.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Crémant d’Alsace
This rich, gastronomic crémant with fine and elegant bubbles will have even the Champagne purist singing its praises.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Crémant de Savoie
With the taste of a fresh mountain spring gurgling through an alpine meadow, this sparkling Jacquère is the ultimate introduction to the stony, mountain-born Quenard style.
Patrick Bottex
France | Savoie and Bugey | Bugey
This wine is as festive as they come! Pink, bubbly, and softly sweet.
Cantine Elvio Tintero
Italy | Piedmont
The unique blend of Favorita, Moscato, Arneis, and Chardonnay is dry but not tart, fruity but not cloying, and held together with a gentle effervescence.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Vin de France
Delicious and honest naturally sparkling Chenin, bottled with no dosage and no sulfur.
Domaine du Salvard
France | Loire | Val de Loire IGP
Lime blossoms delivered via a lightning bolt of minerally refreshment.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Val de Loire
Expect hints of pepper, tomato leaf, earth, and an explosion of juicy red fruit like raspberry and cherry.
Domaine Roger Neveu
France | Loire | Sancerre
Pale in color with a wonderful delicacy in the mouth, the lip-smacking acidity of this rosé of Pinot Noir is utterly refreshing.
Domaine de Reuilly
France | Loire | Reuilly
Consistently one of the Loire’s finest Sauvignon Blancs
Domaine de Reuilly
France | Loire | Reuilly
About one in every five bottles of Reuilly is pink: a pale, delicately colored dry rosé of Pinot Gris.
Cantine Elvio Tintero
Italy | Piedmont | Moscato d'Asti
It is just sweet enough, but not too sweet, while a razor-crisp acidity and tickling spritz cleanse and stimulate the taste buds with each gulp.
Cantine Elvio Tintero
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe
This delightful Arneis features a heady perfume of apricot and flowers, with a luscious texture balanced by crisp acidity and mineral notes.
Domaine de Fontsainte
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
This crisp and succulent vin gris is a guaranteed thirst-quencher.
Domaine de Fontsainte
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Its peachy-pink hue hints at what’s to come: orchard fruits and brambly wild berries, grapefruit and wet slate after a summer rain! Perfect with chips and a sandwich on-the-go, or an elaborate al fresco meal. A staple wine I can’t live without.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
One of the first rosés Kermit imported, this wine has been consistently delicious for four decades.
Domaine du Salvard
France | Loire | Cheverny
Sauvignon and a splash of Chardonnay: the epitome of minerally Loire refreshment
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgeuil
Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
A delicate, aromatic red in the “drink now!” vein.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
Brisk red-fruited twang, some herbaceous zest, and an absolutely mouthwatering zingy finish.
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie France | Loire | Bourgueil
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
A rosé the color of a red, with gentle tannins and bursting with young, juicy fruit.
Alex Foillard
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
This drinks like a Gamay infusion with lovely hints of potpourri, spice, and fresh grapes.
Château Thivin
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
Sourced from the pink granite terroir of Brouilly, this rosé is simply delicious, with good grip and notes of summery red berries.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Vézelay
It has all the best of Vézelay: a fresh, floral, citrusy attack, followed by warm and textured charm.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Vézelay
La Châtelaine highlights what may be the best terroir of Vézelay and why this little appellation is on the map in the first place.
Catherine & Pierre Breton France | Loire | Vouvray
Champalou
France | Loire | Vouvray
Gentle and refreshing on the palate, it boasts a delightful balance of stony minerality with luscious, almost honeyed fruit and flowery notes.
Tenuta La Pergola
Italy | Piedmont | Monferrato Rosso
The old-school, vino rosso of our dreams—serve it chilled, perhaps in a glass pitcher, for full trattoria effect.
Cantine Elvio Tintero
Italy | Piedmont
Finding a wine as tasty and versatile at this price is not an easy task.
Giovanni Montisci
Italy | Sardinia | Vino da Tavola
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops, 4 days on skins, fermented dry and aged in barrel—heavenly with sea urchin pasta
Selected by Kermit Lynch
France | Southern Rhône
The soft, juicy fruit and bright acidity lead to a long, dry finish with very supple tannin.
Famille Brunier
France | Southern Rhône | Vin de Pays de Vaucluse
The life of the party at any cookout, picnic, or potluck.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica
If you could taste a Corsican breeze, it might resemble this—herbaceous, gently floral, and pleasantly salty.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica | Vin de France
What is there to say about this wine that upon first opening you will be engulfed with aromas of maquis that grows wild all over Corsica. Not to mention the exuberant energy this wine has on the palate.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A beautiful example of Biancu Gentile, an heirloom white grape revived from near-extinction by Arena in the 1990s.
Ferruccio Carlotto
Italy | Alto Adige | Vigneti delle Dolomiti
An ethereal red with a little spice.
Deperu Holler
Italy | Sardinia | Vermentino di Gallura
A fleshy and savory unfiltered Vermentino from northern Sardinia.
Colleleva
Italy | Le Marche | Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
This low-alcohol, youthful bianco has a subtle, chalky texture you might find in much pricier French Chablis.
Famille Brunier
France | Southern Rhône | Ventoux
Fragrant aromas of lavender and garrigue, notes of perfectly ripe black cherries, hints of black olive and stones.
Vignai da Duline
Italy | Friuli | Friuli Colli Orientali
Expect bright, crunchy forest berries, elegance, freshness, and sneaky structure.
Davide Vignato Italy | Veneto
I Pàstini
Italy | Puglia | Valle d’Itria IGP
Minutolo preserves lip-smacking acidity and low alcohol despite the baking-hot Puglian summers, flaunting a gorgeous perfume of blossoming flowers, lemon verbena, and wild sage.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta Torrette
True to the region, it has exuberant, piquant fruit, both peppery and floral throughout.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
Sipping this perfumed mountain white evokes the euphoria of running through a field of Alpine wildflowers.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d’Aosta
Fumin truly is, as Feuillet’s vigneron Maurizio Fiorano puts it, “an age-old pearl of local enology.”
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
This rare red variety has a straightforward freshness and light herbal spiciness.
Vigneti Vecchio
Italy | Sicily | Carricante Sicilia
Lean, energetic, and textured—full of salt and volcanic grit
Riofavara Italy | Sicily
Gaël Petit
France | Southern Rhône | Tavel
This bears a rich bouquet of wild strawberry, flowers, garrigue, and sweet spices, culminating in a long, stony finale.
Manni Nössing Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige – Valle Isarco
Manni Nössing Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige – Valle Isarco
Manni Nössing Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige – Valle Isarco
Manni Nössing
Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige – Valle Isarco
No lack of minerality in this perfumed white from the Italy-Austria border.
Manni Nössing
Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige – Valle Isarco
A vibrant, crisp, taut, white grown at over 600 meters in granite soil in the very northern part of Italy.
A. & M. Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie
You’ve just found a new everyday white—at only 11% alcohol—well within your budget.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Vin de Savoie
This medium-bodied white evokes peaches, honey, and pine resin. Perfect for winter nights and dishes like hearty, Savoie-inspired fish chowder.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie
It has often been likened to a cross between Pinot Noir and Syrah: bright, elegant, and floral, with suggestions of wild fruit, blood, and minerals.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie
This red conveys loads of juicy, brambly berries with floral and gamey nuances.
Château d’Épiré France | Loire | Savennières
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Germain’s reds are grand examples of the heights biodynamic wines can achieve.
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
January ’21 Club Rouge Selection
Daniel Chotard
France | Loire | Sancerre
An intense exotic nose lures you in before the minerality channels the lightning energy of this pure Sauvignon Blanc.
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie
France | Loire | Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Cabernet Franc on sandy, gravelly soils—juicy, crunchy, and highly chillable.
Jean-Paul & Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Régnié
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Régnié
Savor it while you can, because your glass will be empty before you know it, leaving you only with the spicy, mineral-laden aftertaste of a bottle that went down way too easily.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Riviera Ligure di Ponente
All the care, attentiveness, and backbreaking labor required to farm this site result in one of the most joyful and lighthearted reds you will encounter.
Giovanni Montisci
Italy | Sardinia
Only 900 bottles produced, you’ll value it down to the last drop.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Riviera Ligure di Ponente
A delightfully crisp seaside quaffer that transports us to the Mediterranean coast with bright, lemony freshness and sea-breeze salinity.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
Meyer’s Riesling Réserve is a mélange of different terroirs around his domaine in Katzenthal, and is a precise, dry, minerally Riesling loaded with character.
Domaine de Reuilly
France | Loire | Reuilly
Gently perfumed and full of fresh berries with the bright, stony finish typical of wines from Reuilly
Régis Minet
France | Loire | Pouilly Fumé
This polished white will shine with fresh ceviche.
Meyer-Fonné France | Alsace | Alsace
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
Félix Meyer’s old-vine Pinot Blanc from the slopes of Katzenthal, in Alsace, has long overdelivered in the role of the proverbial “crisp white” for which we long.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Riviera Ligure di Ponente
Supremely crisp and mineral, this is an ideal representation of this coastal region and perfect for seafood.
Château Fontanès
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint-Loup
Maybe it’s the biodynamic farming, but these wines always seem to have an extra gear when it comes to aromatics and sheer deliciousness.
Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint Loup
A remarkably graceful rouge from one of our favorite appellations in southern France.
Château La Roque
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint Loup
There is something timeless to La Roque’s Pic Saint Loup, its herbal bouquet and rich, fleshy texture, all free from any hint of modern trappings.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Colline Savonesi
This gently sparkling dry rosé is the stuff aperitivo dreams are made of.
Olivier Savary
France | Burgundy | Burgundy
Lemon zest, star fruit, wet stone, and white flowers all coat the palate in a bone-dry, vitalizing, and immensely enjoyable wine.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
With a delectable combination of fresh fruit and oyster-shell aromatics, this remains Lavantureux’s benchmark for value and typicity.
Mas Champart France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d'Oc
Château Fontanès
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d’Oc
Melony, snappy, bright, and clean, this is a delightful everyday white with a refreshingly different flavor profile.
Jean-Baptiste Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A full-throttle Niellucciu from a sun-soaked limestone vineyard in Patrimonio.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A thirst-quencher with uncommon pedigree.
Castagnoli Italy | Tuscany
Grottafumata
Italy | Sicily
One of Sicily’s most coveted oils, perfumed with bright citrus, dried fruit, and herbs
Henri Perrusset France | Burgundy | Mâcon-Villages
Henri Perrusset
France | Burgundy | Mâcon Farges
A refreshing white for salt, pepper, and vinegar marinated shrimp.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
Serve it to friends as an apéritif and listen for wows, because this wine’s perfume provokes wows.
Éric Chevalier
France | Loire | Muscadet Côtes de Grand Lieu
Crisp and mineral-driven, this slightly saline Muscadet will quench any parched palate.
Domaine Michel Brégeon France | Loire | Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Jean-Paul Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Gamay over 80 years old, partly planted in 1920
Mas Champart
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Monts de la Grage
These ancient hillside vines yield very little, giving an intensely concentrated juice with great acidity and a textured finish. Open it alongside seafood or as an apéritif.
Tenuta La Pergola
Italy | Piedmont | Monferrato Rosso
A quintessential house wine from Piemonte’s less-traveled side.
Steiger-Kalena
Italy | Molise
A toothsome red wine showing deep, wild fruit of alluring levity, “Passatella” comes in convivial one-liter bottles perfect for sharing.
Jean-Claude Regnaudot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Maranges
With its soaring aromas of red and black fruit, Les Loyères bears a chiseled frame, outstanding minerality, and pitch-perfect acidity that gives it notes of citrus, brightness, and lift.
Jean-Claude Regnaudot
France | Burgundy | Maranges
Dark and velvety, with beautiful notes of perfectly ripe raspberries and black cherries, balanced by impressive density and food-friendly acidity.
Jean-Claude Regnaudot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Maranges
From a stony, upper-slope parcel just above Les Clos Roussots, the delicious Fussière is black-fruited, flinty, and structured.
Jean-Claude Regnaudot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Maranges
Full of robust fruit, earthy notes, and a little spice, the village-level Maranges is an ideal introduction to the appellation.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Colline Savonesi
Pair this coastal fizzy white with spicy shrimp.
I Pàstini
Italy | Puglia
Zesty and cleansing, with just a spritz of orange blossom.
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc
There is a strangely beautiful harmony between earth, sun, and man.
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc
One of five or six most outstanding dry whites of the Mediterranean rim, vintage after vintage and worth every centime!
Château La Roque
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | A.O.C. Languedoc
Lately you may have noticed a rise in freshness, a burst in aromatics, and a softness of texture in La Roque’s wines.
Cantine Elvio Tintero
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe
There’s no mistaking this scrumptious red for anything other than Nebbiolo—perfectly ripe, dusty red fruit, gentle tannins, and the telltale scents of tar and roses.
Piero Benevelli
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe Nebbiolo
Extremely pure, with smooth tannins, freshness, and a touch of austerity that hints of its serious terroir.
Fattoria Moretto
Italy | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna
Dry red Italian sparkling wine with dinner? You’ll love it.
Colleleva
Italy | Le Marche | Lacrima di Morro d’Alba
A highly aromatic rosso that is all about pleasure, especially in the hands of Colleleva’s Stefano Antonucci
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Juliénas
Gamay planted in 1946
Pascal Janvier
France | Loire | Jasnières
Racy, slightly honeyed, exotically perfumed, and loaded with minerality, this wine is an excellent representation of how Chenin reacts to the local conditions.
Domaine Arretxea
France | Southwest | Irouléguy
Any lover of whites from Chablis or the Loire should try this white made of Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, and Petit Courbu.
Maison Arretxea
France | Southwest | Irouléguy
Low alcohol and bright acidity balancing the earthy tannins and deep, dark color.
Château Graville-Lacoste
France | Bordeaux | Graves
June ’20 Adventures Club Selection
Domaine de Durban
France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
Durban does here what they do best, keeping the focus and precision of the terroir as well as loads of fruit and pleasure.
Vignai da Duline
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
A deliciously complex white wine that’s a far cry from other Malvasia produced in central Italy.
Vignai da Duline
Italy | Friuli | Friuli Colli Orientali
From the flowers on the nose to the fruit on the palate, and on through the succulent finish, it’s simply a joy to drink.
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Fleurie
This Fleurie beautifully combines high-toned finesse with a potent depth. Can a wine be delicately intense?
Vigneti Vecchio
Italy | Sicily | Etna
Pre-phylloxera vines in volcanic sand give this silky, smoky beauty.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
This “noble blend” combines the region’s principal grape varieties in one lip-smacking, liter-sized bottle of fun, perfectly capturing the magic of Alsace at bargain cost.
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto d’Alba
Prime placement in a great vineyard site provides exquisite balance, gentle tannin, and notes of brambly fruit.
Piero Benevelli
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto d’Alba
Loaded with aromas of violets and ripe berries, it is full-bodied yet soft and effortlessly downable
Il Palazzotto
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba
Real refreshment, plus a serious side and good concentration from old vines in chalky marl soils.
Il Palazzotto
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba
Supple, pretty notes of freshly crushed blackberries and raspberries—it will pair well with pretty much anything.
Domaine Gramenon
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes-du-Rhône
A masterpiece of old-vine Grenache - decant, or hold up to ten years in a cool place.
Domaine Gramenon France | Southern Rhône | Côtes-du-Rhône
Maxime-François Laurent
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Rhône
This thirst-quenching, bright, and plummy red is enhanced with a little bit of chill and perfect for your favorite summer grillables.
Selected by Kermit Lynch
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Rhône
A fresh, honest, and pure entry point to the Rhône’s great reds
Clos Saint-Joseph
France | Provence
This gorgeous blend of Vermentino, Ugni Blanc, Sémillon, and Clairette is both fleshy and mineral driven.
Nicole Chanrion France | Beaujolais | Côte-de-Brouilly
Domaine Gachot-Monot France | Burgundy | Côte de Nuits-Villages
Alex Foillard France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
October Club Rouge Selection
Château Thivin France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
Corte Gardoni
Italy | Veneto | Bianco di Custoza
A dry white with an intriguing aroma. You can drink it in good-sized swallows while floating on an inner tube.
Clos Canarelli
France | Corsica | Corse Figari
A biodynamic, orange-zesty, multifaceted masterpiece from the most ancient growing region on the island.
Domaine Maestracci
France | Corsica | Calvi
Fresh, salty, and citrusy all at once—an instant crowd pleaser, and one of Corsica’s top value whites.
Domaine de Fontsainte
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
One whiff of this Corbières takes you to a spice cabinet or a Mediterranean field full of aromatic herbs.
Maxime Magnon
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
Just different and obscure enough to deliver the thrill of introducing someone to a gorgeous wine that is familiar, but new.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Colline Savonesi
Lean, bracing, and tangy—just what you want when digging into a plate of fried calamari.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Colline Savonesi
A delightfully fresh, spicy, medium-bodied red scented of tart blackberries, wild mint, and other aromatic herbs.
Gregoletto
Italy | Veneto | Colli Trevigiani Verdiso
The Gregolettos are all in on Verdiso’s potential, dedicating some of their prime hillside land to this underrated grape. Exquisite at apéro hour, alongside oysters, or with a light first course of fish or risotto.
Gregoletto
Italy | Veneto | Colli Trevigiani
Crisp, clean, and aromatic, this is a delightfully refreshing white.
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Frédéric & Daniel Brunier
France | Southern Rhône | Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Clos La Roquète’s blanc is luscious, yet finishes nice and dry with striking acidity.
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Chiroubles
Floral and succulent, bursting with notes of little red berries, but it is also delicate and light on its feet.
Catherine & Pierre Breton France | Loire | Chinon
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire | Chinon
Baudry is among the Loire’s most reliable names for authentic, age-worthy reds produced via natural methods, and the same holds true for the domaine’s rare, precious blanc.
André et Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie Chignin-Bergeron
Beautifully refined, tenderly floral, and a succulently peachy wine, born from pure stone.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie Chignin
With notes of mixed black and red fruit and a spine of minerality, Quenard’s Gamay is crunchier, more aromatic, and more succulent than most bottles you’d find in Beaujolais.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie Chignin
Few things are more satisfying as an apéritif than a chilled glass of this Alpine elixir made from 70-year-old vines.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie
This Jacquère grown on Savoie’s limestone mountainsides may be the crispest beverage to ever grace your palate.
Éric Chevalier
France | Loire | Vin de Pays du Val de Loire
Some wines deliver well beyond expectations—this is one of them.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Like seashells drenched in the pulp of ripe orchard fruits, it offers richness along with trademark Chablisien zip.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Everything about this cuvée, from the delicately briny scent of slick oyster shells to the concentrated, pristinely focused sensation on the palate, is a demonstration of why this domaine has become one of Chablis’ very best.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Vauprin showcases Chardonnay’s ability to produce a wine that is simultaneously both round and taut in this mighty northern Burgundian terroir.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Chablis
This cuvée “gives another style of Chablis, conveying a more saline, iodized minerality that recalls the Chablisien geology and its little oyster shells
Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Insider tip: cellaring some grand cru Chablis from Lavantureux is about as wise a move as you can make in today’s volatile (wine) world.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Immediately accessible, with the type of ripe, unctuous nose you know and love with grand cru Chablis.
Henri Costal
France | Burgundy | Chablis
A stunning value from one of Chablis’ oldest premier cru vineyards.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
David describes it as “direct and pure, full of energy”—a perfectly steely Chablis for oysters-on-the-half-shell, certain to remain tightly coiled for many years to come.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Chablis
This wine always delivers an element of luscious, tender fruit that seems to coat the wine’s spinal chord of Kimmeridgian minerals
Henri Costal
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Top-notch, organically farmed premier cru Chablis.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
This stellar cuvée features generous flesh enveloping a wiry core, with a flinty edge that leads to a satisfyingly creamy finish.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Concentration, power, and plenty of flesh on its limestone bones.
Henri Costal
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Devouring a fresh crab and pairing it with this pure, elegant, chalky, earthy (wet stone), and stunning finish is the perfect combo.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
A crystal-clear translation of the Kimmeridgian limestone of Chablis—Chardonnay the way it can only taste from these soils.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Sleek, crisp, light, and luminous, with a steely, saline finish.
Vigne Rada Italy | Sardinia | Cannonau di Sardegna
Château Thivin
France | Beaujolais | Brouilly
Precision, soaring floral aromatics, finely etched tannins, a ripe core of dense fruit, and a granitic crunch on the back end.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgeuil
Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.
Catherine & Pierre Breton France | Loire | Bourgueil
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie
France | Loire | Bourgueil
Juicy fruit and gentle tannin make for an epicurean lunchtime wine that’s ideal for generous gulping.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne Epineuil
Ethereal and bright, with the notes of cherry and earth that get red-Burgundy lovers’ hearts racing.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux France | Burgundy | Bourgogne Epineuil
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A beautiful Cadette rouge with a bit more structure and plenty of pleasure.
Domaine Montanet-Thoden
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A sneakily serious Pinot Noir.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
This is young Pinot at its best: aromatic, expressive, and a true pleasure to drink.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A classic bistro red with great thirst-quenching versatility.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A thirst-quenching, spirit-lifting, and downright delicious white Burgundy.
Clos Sainte Magdeleine
France | Provence | Bouches-du-Rhône
This sandstone amphora-aged rosé spotlights old-vine Grenache grown on limestone terraces with a view of the sparkling Mediterranean.
Clos Sainte Magdeleine France | Provence | I.G.P. Bouches-du-Rhône
Château Ducasse
France | Bordeaux | Bordeaux
Luscious and mouth-coating with generous passion fruit and lychee, yet racy at the same time.
Domaine de l’Alliance France | Bordeaux
Domaine de l’Alliance France | Bordeaux
Domaine de l’Alliance France | Bordeaux
Corte Gardoni
Italy | Veneto | Bianco di Custoza
A masterful blend of Garganega, Trebbiano, Trebbianello, and Riesling, this perfumed charmer punches far above its weight.
Domaine de Durban France | Southern Rhône | Beaumes-de-Venise
Château Thivin France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
Domaine Dupeuble
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
This Beaujolais offers the charm and drinkability of the most effusive Morgons with the class and frankness of a chiseled Moulin-à-Vent.
Corte Gardoni
Italy | Veneto | Bardolino
There is actually a depth of interest that can reflect man’s insignificance in the solar system. Take me to the terrace!
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Barbera d’Alba
These Barbera vines sit in a privileged Barolo site, so there is no shortage of pedigree.
Domaine du Gros ‘Noré
France | Provence | Bandol
This bottle is full of chiseled, vivid, southern charisma with a soupçon of wild strawberry.
Domaine de Terrebrune
France | Provence | Bandol
A distinctly mineral rosé, from the iron-rich, terra-cotta soils of Ollioules.
Domaine de l’Alliance
France | Bordeaux | IGP Atlantique
Artisanal white Bordeaux like you have never tasted before!
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace
A bargain introduction to Alsace features, vinified dry for versatile everyday pleasure.
Yves Leccia France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Vouvray
This wine is deep and textural, with serious presence on the palate and a dry, flinty finish.
Portelli
Italy | Sicily | Vittoria Frappato
The wine builds to a crescendo and leaves the palate stained and saturated with staying power. This is much more than quaffing Frappato. Irresistible.
Portelli
Italy | Sicily | Vittoria Calabrese
Not an inky, alcoholic bruiser, but rather a thing of ravishing delicacy, defined by mouthwatering black cherry fruit and lively acidity
Domaine Robert-Denogent
France | Burgundy | Viré-Clessé
Majority of Chardonnay planted circa 1920
Baldin
Italy | Piedmont
Exploring the potential of Alto Piemonte, Nebbiolo’s other terroir.
Baldin
Italy | Piedmont
Exploring the potential of Alto Piemonte, Nebbiolo’s other terroir.
Masseria del Pino
Italy | Sicily
An out-of-this-world, but wholly down-to-earth skin-contact white. You’ve never had anything like this before!
Giovanni Montisci
Italy | Sardinia | Vino da Tavola
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops, 4 days on skins, fermented dry and aged in barrel—heavenly with sea urchin pasta
Pascal Janvier
France | Loire
This bottling bears trademark notes of green apple, citrus, and flint.
Grange Saint-Sauveur France | Loire | Vin de France
François Rousset-Martin France | Jura | Bouzeron
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica | Ajaccio
A grandiose expression of Sciaccarellu worthy of grand cru status.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica
One of Corsica's finest reds, from a collection of heirloom grape varieties saved from extinction by Abbatucci's father.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
It’s like Corsican Chablis: pure Vermentinu planted in seashell-encrusted limestone.
Grange Saint-Sauveur France | Loire | Vin de France
Nicole Chanrion
France | Beaujolais
Notes of stones, pear, and citrus... Enjoy as a refreshing, mineral apéritif or alongside your favorite fresh seafood.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A nod to the island’s rich history of viticulture, the Général is simply a stunning bottle of white wine.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci
France | Corsica | Vin de France
Rich, exotic, and appealing—a monument to the grandeur of the forgotten Corsican varietals.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A beautiful example of Biancu Gentile, an heirloom white grape revived from near-extinction by Arena in the 1990s.
La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche | Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
This generous, but chiseled Verdicchio will be one of your favorite white-wine discoveries of the year.
Vignai da Duline Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
La Basia
Italy | Lombardy | Valtènesi DOC
Fresh fruit, a peppery crunch, bright acidity, and light, smooth tannins.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d’Aosta
Fumin truly is, as Feuillet’s vigneron Maurizio Fiorano puts it, “an age-old pearl of local enology.”
Éric Chevalier France | Loire | Vin de Pays du Val de Loire
Domaine Le Sang des Cailloux
France | Southern Rhône | Vacqueyras
A mixture of deep, dark color with a lightness of touch, rusticity with warmth, and minerality with delicious fresh fruit.
Domaine le Sang des Cailloux
France | Southern Rhône | Vacqueyras
This old-vines bottling is all about smoky garrigue, dense black fruit, taut leather, chewy tannins, and stones.
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Toscana IGT
Is it possible for a country quaffer to originate under a grand Renaissance villa? This Tuscan red certainly offers evidence in favor of that paradox.
Grottafumata
Italy | Sicily | IGT Terre Siciliane
Grottafumata means “smoky caves” and that's exactly what I think about when I swish this around. Grown in volcanic soils, it's a perfect balance between smoky tannins and Sicilian grapes.
Riofavara Italy | Sicily
Vigneti Vecchio Italy | Sicily | Terre Siciliane Rosso
Grottafumata
Italy | Sicily
This low-alcohol Etna white shows subtly smoky aroma complemented by notes of yellow fruit, herbs, and wild broom.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
Beautiful aroma, silky mouthfeel, fresh with old-vine weight, interesting, and downright delicious.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
With unrivaled versatility at table and guaranteed mouthwatering abilities, Sylvaner brings something new and fresh to the table
Domaine de l’Alliance France | Bordeaux | IGP Atlantique
Château Roûmieu-Lacoste
France | Bordeaux | Sauternes
It is a habit-forming apéritif with or without foie gras.
Château Roûmieu-Lacoste
France | Bordeaux | Sauternes
A ravishing beast, its decadent sweetness matched only by its refreshing acidity.
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur
Domaine Roger Neveu
France | Loire | Sancerre
The oak adds a grain and level of class and backbone that raises this cuvée a step above the domaine’s classic Sancerre bottling.
Château Tertre de la Mouleyre France | Bordeaux | St-Émilion Grand Cru
Mas Champart
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Saint-Chinian
Showcasing impressive texture and flavors of citrus, stone fruit, and spring flowers, this offers a great pairing for grilled fish or seared scallops.
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy | Saint-Aubin
No cherries to speak of, but you’ll find hints of other orchard fruit, like citrus and peach.
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy | Saint-Aubin
I refer to this bottling from Larue as their “gunsmoke” cuvée
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy | Saint-Aubin
From the most prized terroir of Saint-Aubin, this is a real thoroughbred that you should classify along with the great premiers crus of Chassagne, Puligny, and Meursault.
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy | Saint-Aubin
The 2018 Cortons flaunts expressive, nutty aromas, followed by a well-balanced combination of Saint-Aubin zing and a richness reminiscent of neighboring appellations.
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy | Saint-Aubin
You'll find charm and density on the palate and a Chablis-like finish: oyster-shell city!
Domaine Larue
France | Burgundy | Saint-Aubin
A gorgeous, noble nose, ample body, great grain and structure, erect and forthright
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Saint-Joseph
Made from vines planted between 1937 and 1976, this cuvée showcases impressive depth and soul.
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Saint-Joseph
This beauty is brimming and bursting with deep dark flavors of black olive, blackberry and a hint of white pepper.
Ferretti Italy | Tuscany | Rosso di Montalcino
A. & G. Fantino
Italy | Piedmont
Perfumed Nebbiolo fruit and tender tannins encourage pulling the cork just for the sake of quenching one’s thirst.
Giovanni Montisci
Italy | Sardinia | Cannonau di Sardegna
If you love serious rosé, do not miss this full-flavored Sardinian bottling, made of 100% Cannonau.
Tenuta Anfosso
Italy | Liguria
170-year-old own-rooted Rossese Bianco, four days on skins, raised in acacia barrels—a Ligurian heirloom!
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
This Riesling “Katz,” as we call it, is a beautifully linear and chiseled style of Riesling, fresh and pure.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
This zippy Riesling from Ostertag is bone dry and thirst quenching.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
The Fronholz vineyard is known for producing craggy, mineral-driven Rieslings with bracing acidity.