The wine above comes from Mt. Etna, Sicily's famously active volcano. When I first got into the wine business, you could not find much...

I am known to deride Chateauneuf du Pape, not because the wines aren't good, but because they're expensive, and there are so many other...

Michael mentioned that he had a great bottle of 1997 Catherine & Pierre Breton Bourgueil 'Les Perrieres' over the weekend, and I was...

The Eyrie Vineyards are THE original Pinot pioneers in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Planting the region's first vineyards of Pinot Noir...

In scheming a diagram of the vast array of styles of which Sangiovese is capable, these two wines might not end up so far apart from each...

...the lush organic vineyards of Ronchi di Cialla, a singular haven for the storied Schioppettino cultivar... Most of you have never...

There were many important dates through the French Revolution, and there were notable events before July 14, 1798, but on this day a...

The name of the Domaine may be Alain Michelot, but for several vintages the person behind the label is Elodie Michelot, Alain's daughter....

A friend and esteemed colleague in the wine biz got a bottle of 2019 Philippe Jouan Coteaux Bourguignons from us last week, and his...

I probably wouldn't usually post twice in the same day, but there was a typo in today's earlier post. I probably wouldn't care about the...

I might want a powerful Barolo on a cool rainy day like today, but for most of June, July and August, I would be much more likely to...

Sometimes people ask if I have ideas about which wines will become far more valuable in the future. I do have those ideas, but the...

We offered Ca' la Bionda's superlative Amarone Ravazzol last week, a wine that I love, and hold in the highest esteem, but something that...

Still red wine is made in Champagne. You will not find a lot stateside, but they are here. Gerbais is one of our favorite growers in...

Straight to the point: this wine is one of the finest Italian wines we have ever offered. If you buy a 6-pack, we'll knock 15% off.......

If you're into Burgundy, you know that the world just can't get enough. Price and availability are going in opposite directions, and I...

Many of you will know the wine on the left. It is a popular sparkling wine chez C&C and we often tout it as a most versatile red wine. It...

We got a case of this wine a few months ago, and I thought I'd better not mention it, as there was no more to be had. Today I got...

You guys loved the 2019 Saladin Fan de Lune last year, but we sold out pretty quickly. It's back, and it somehow went down a buck......

"If the 2017 vintage in Burgundy has a defect, it's that the wines can be rather facile and immediate; but that is emphatically not the...