In this wine, Sandra wanted to pay homage to the people of Villabuena de Álava where she is originally from. The vineyards are located at 500m altitude within the valley of the Rivas de Tereso. A blend of Tempranillo and a small amount of Graciano the wine is fermented and aged in large foudres. No...

A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 2 years in oak casks. Several generations of the Lelouvier family have sought to identify farms producing fine Calvados in the Ferté Macé and Domfront regions. 

In 2015, chateau owner Bertrand Gourdou was searching through an old desk when he came across a label that his grandfather had made in the early 1970's; that wine was called "Le pot-de-vin" which, in French, translates to "the bribe", which for that era was an audacious play on words for a wine...

This wine takes its name from the vineyard from which the grapes are sourced. (The name of the vineyard comes from long ago, when to access the vineyard was through a big stone portal; the local people started to call it Viña El Portalón—literally, Big Door Vineyard—and the name stuck.) From sandy...

Villages-level 100% Pinot Noir from the limestone soils (or "lime fragments" as the name Kalkbruch implies) of the Kleine Kalmit nature reserve, which arose around 27 million years ago from the limestone and shell deposits of a prehistoric sea. A dusting of red sandstone covers the chalky mother...

60+g/l RS, 10-11g acid, 7.5% alc. Mostly a mix of old vines planted in 1967 in the south-facing Röderchen parcel of the vineyard, plus a parcel of centenarian vines planted in the 1920s. This is a masterpiece of precision and ripeness. Very small amounts are produced each year. Can be cellared for...

From a single parcel on the right side of the Danube with Ambrositsch’s oldest vines, planted in the 1950’s. It’s a mix of ancient varieties that are not known and twelve that are familiar, some of them rare. Brenna Quigley, a renowned geologist, explained in a recent AWMB seminar that these marl...

Ampelopsis is only made in the best years and is a barrel selection that comes from four different terroirs. Like the other wines, it's fermented and aged in neutral barrels. The wine is aged a full year longer than the other Pouilly-Fuisse, for a total of 20-22 months.

Domaine de la Pirolette makes two single-vineyard wines, each showcasing a different terroir found within Saint-Amour. The "Poulette" comes from pink granite and is vinified entirely in cement eggs. The shape allows the lees to be contantly moving. The "Poulette" has a great attack, with gorgeous,...

VARIETY 100% Ugni-Blanc Cru FINS BOIS PARCELLE : ”Le Fief” ALC :40% vol. AGEING : 25% of the lot in new wood. Fine-grained French oak barrels. Long toasting. TASTING ADVICE  To be served on the rocks or in a cocktail, it's easy without being simple, pleasant without being too overpowering. No...