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2023 Thibaud Boudignon, Savennières “Clos de Frémine” Loire Valley, France.Racy bright, pale gold, mineral driven and electric in the glass, Thibaud Boudignon’s brilliant and rare Clos de Frémine Savennières really…

2025 Domaine Dupeuble Père et Fils, Beaujolais Nouveau, France.The latest Depeuble Nouveau is bright ruby and silky in the glass with fresh strawberry, tart plum, cherry and spiced raspberry fruits,…

2018 Kuntz-Bas, Pinot Blanc, Trois Châteaux Vieilles Vignes, Vin d’Alsace, France.Intriguingly this Old Vine Pinot Blanc is actually 100% Auxerrois, not true Pinot Blanc and sometimes maligned, but here it…

2015 Joseph Dorbon, Arbois “Cuvée des Moyne”, Jura, France.The bright golden hued 2015 Cuvée des Moyne Arbois Blanc is a 100% old school Jura style white, mainly Chardonnay, with a…

1970 Château Clerc Milon, Grand Cru Classe, Pauillac, Red Bordeaux, France.Château Clerc Milon, a Pauillac Classified Fifth Growth and owned by the Rothschild’s of Mouton fame, can and often is…

2023 Ridge Vineyards, Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains.The beautiful, dark fruited and youthfully firm Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon from Ridge Vineyards is a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15%…

n.v. Caillez Lemaire, Éclats, Extra Brut Champagne, Damery, France.The racy, minerally and crisply focused, at first, Caillez Lemaire Éclats is a blend of the three main Champagne grape varieties, (that)…

2022 Weingut Reinhold Haart, Riesling Kabinett, Goldtröpfchen, Mosel, Germany.The 2022 Haart Goldtröpfchen Kabinett is smoky reductive on the nose and still very youthfully tight on the palate, only revealing its…

2023 Pascal Jolivet, Sauvignon Blanc “Attitude” Vin de France, 100% Loire, France.Maker of all organic, excellent and studied Sancerre, Pascal Jolivet now has a fresh and value priced Attitude, all…

2024 Domaine Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet, Morgon, Vieilles Vignes, Cru Beaujolais, France.The 2024 Thévenet old vines Morgon is an absolutely gorgeous wine, one of the finest I’ve had from this…