26
Mar
Today we honor a bad-ass winemaker, doing all the right things (organic and bioD viticulture, hand-harvesting, natural ferments) in virtual obscurity: Camille Migot. We also honor two of the raciest Gamays we’ve ever tasted: a sparkling Gamay rosé that speaks of its... View Post
07
Mar
Wine culture tends not to be uniform, homogenous, or propelled by easy logic, despite the messaging we are fed by all those interested in making things easy and, most importantly, easy to sell.* Thus we have the fact that while Germany... View Post
14
Feb
We all know this to be true: Rosé offers are the wine world’s own special version of consumerism gone mad. Like holiday displays at department stores, every year the shit comes earlier and earlier and there’s nothing we can do about it.... View Post
23
Aug
2017 Lauer: Grand Crus and rarities just order and get back to the beach 2017 is another one of those perplexing, confusing, the-story-depends-on-the-address type of vintage. Well here’s one fact about the vintage at chez Lauer: 2017 takes the finesse of 2016... View Post
01
Aug
burning the playbook 2017 ~Pur~ from the Brothers Brand The direct translation of “Pur” is the following: “pure, neat, sheer.” Every definition would apply perfectly to the 0-sulfur wines from brothers Daniel and Jonas Brand. Already well known for their... View Post
10
Jul
the advantages of time and space 2016 J.B. Becker Hans-Josef Becker (pictured above) works at his own damn pace. Becker’s wines come to the market nearly always a year (or more) behind everyone else’s wines. If this can sometimes be... View Post
pet-nat ultra-light volume 2 the brothers Brand the new vintage and the laws of anti-gravity The cool climate of the northern Pfalz, and the organic, bio-D, natural ferment hocus-pocus of the brothers Brand, all come together to craft one of... View Post
