According to Jolie Laide's website, this wine is reserved for club members... so I'm feeling a bit naughty promoting it, as apparently it...

Pictured above is the Rangen grand cru, in Alsace. It really looks grand cru somehow, no? Take a look at a picture of La Tache: no drama,...

Is it the best deal in dry Riesling right now? YES A dry and lively wine that would do a great job convincing Sauvignon devotees, it is...

Speculation is an area of personal interest*, not so much because I want to sell wine that I've cellared, more so because I want to be...

Gruner Veltliner, much like Chardonnay, makes a wide variety of dry white wine styles. Most wine drinkers probably know Gruner for...

Loire Valley Chenin Blanc makes it on the very short list of the world's greatest wine values every time. The situation is absurd (the...

I can't get enough of 2021 Chablis. Quite literally. The crop was tragically tiny, and there's just not much to go around. Fortunately...

That's the Brauneberger Juffer, pictured above, a historic vineyard by any measure, though back in the day it would have gone by more...

If you're reading this email, you've won. Seriously, even if you don't buy a bottle of Monlia Derthona, you're winning this wine game....

I love good white Chateauneuf du Pape, but goodness are they expensive. Unfortunately, there are not many alternatives, as less expensive...

We really love Envínate. Their wines are exciting, engaging, diverting... often quite unlike other wines, they are just extraordinary. I...

When we opened 5 years ago (wow, can't believe it's been 5 years!), we carried a gorgeous inexpensive Scheurebe for about a year. Since...

It's no secret, at this point, that Aligoté is responsible for some of the most exciting white wines in Burgundy. Chardonnay still hogs...

How do you say "Gueguen"? Try "geh-ghen". Hope that helps. This one's a no-brainer. Just buy a case (you'll get 12% off) and make sure...

Life is too short to drink Prosecco* Italy's answer to Champagne comes in many forms, but it is perhaps Franciacorta that should be...

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

I'll happily contend that Lauer's high-end bottlings are well worth the asking, but in every vintage I find myself gravitating to Senior,...

"Tim Fröhlich can surely lay claim to the world's most consistently overachieving generic Riesling bottlings of the past two decades." -...

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...

It's no secret, at this point, that Aligoté is responsible for some of the most exciting white wines in Burgundy. Chardonnay still hogs...