04 Apr “Scents of kelp, sea breeze and oyster shell hold your attention.” Thus begins the genius-scholar David Schildknecht’s review of Becker’s 2014 old-vine Kabinett Trocken, a profound porcelain sculpture of a dry Riesling and one of the most ruthlessly mineral and oceanic... View Post
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
03 Aug Please note all retail prices are estimates and may be higher/lower depending on your geography! more info on Floral Terranes CIDERS 2017 Floral Terranes Cider, “Outlands” ~$13 retail This is a collection of the moraine sites, running along the north... 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
