For any and all who love brightness and tension in their glass, Michael Downer’s 2023 releases hit the bullseye. Twenty-twenty-three was, of course, a cool, wet, late and nerve-wracking vintage...
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Where to start with Mayacamas Vineyards? How about with the words of Eric Asimov: “A legendary purveyor of classically structured, ageworthy Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.” Or perhaps Jamie Goode...
Whisper it: the Hunter's ‘once in a lifetime’ white-wine vintage of 2013 may have competition. That's Andrew Thomas's tentative assessment. Tentative, not because there is any doubt about the extraordinary quality of his Semillon from 2025...
When Gerald Ellis started planting vines on his sheep farm in 1976, conventional wisdom said you couldn’t grow grapes in the cold wilderness of southern Tasmania. Too wild, too unpredictable, too “at the edge of the world”, they said...
Would someone please give Barney Flanders a break? As if it’s not enough that the weather has played havoc with Garagiste’s yields, Barney and Cam’s new wine bar, Tonc, suffered serious fire damage on its...
Occasionally, we find ourselves ahead of the curve. That’s what it feels like here. Now under the thoughtful guidance of the passionate Pierguido Busso, this estate is speeding towards its region's pinnacle...
In the hands of the best growers—and there are not that many in this sparsely populated but fêted Loire village—a Sancerre from Chavignol can, to paraphrase the late, great Leonard Cohen, draw the hallelujah. In powerful vintages, you’ll find a wine of deep, rippling Chablis-like texture...
Just a single Pinot was made from this standout domaine in 2023, but as Jamie Goode says, it’s a really beautiful one. Why only one? Because the best wine grown at Place of Changing Winds...
Following last week’s Bernard Defaix offer, it should come as no surprise that Didier and Hélène Defaix have turned out an impressively refined and sculpted set of Burgundies from the charming 2023 vintage. As in Chablis...
There’s a lot of talk about the size of Chablis’ 2023 harvest, and it is safe to say that many growers chose to make hay while the sun was shining. Volumes were so generous that...
“Some of Burgundy’s most underrated terroirs are hiding in plain sight,” was Dan Keeling’s byline in his article called Bad to the Beaune. Keeling’s piece—to be found in his...
In a rare season of relative plenitude in Chablis, the entire Moreau-Naudet shipment to Australia was spoken for before it landed on these shores. It is both a testament to the quality and singularity...