Organic/Bio Just a really good, all-purpose, house red here with an easy-access screwtop closure and easy on the wallet savings price. The quality here is unsurprising, because the Jaume family consistently puts their name on... Read More
Organic/Bio Anne Pichon crafts this lovely, gutsy, 100% Grenache from certified organic vines growing at the base of Mt Ventoux, right next door to the region’s flagship winery, Pesquie. The fruit is picked at night to preserve... Read More
Lower ABV Named after a castle in the Languedoc region, Château d'Oupia has quite the unique story. André Iché inherited an 13th century castle and a large estate and began to grown grapes and sold all... Read More
Organic/Bio Once again, simply the best rosé we’ll offer this year. Actually, perhaps the best Provençal rosé we’ve offered ever! Because the 2022 edition of this pink classic is simply sublime.... Read More
Lower ABV From 35 year-old Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Cinsault vines at 400 meters elevation in the extreme northeast of the appellation, this is just lovely, easygoing, dry, Provençal rosé at a very... Read More
Organic/Bio Well, now. This is a whole lot of wine for the money. It's about 45% each Grenache and Syrah plus 10% Carignan, all grown on slopes along the Agly Valley. The gneiss and schist soils are very free draining, forcing... Read More
A terrific old-vines Cotes du Rhone from this Chateauneuf du Pape traditionalist. It's 65% Grenache plus Syrah and Mourvedre and dashes of Cinsault and Carignan, aged 75% in cement and 25% in used oak. Deep is the word we... Read More
Organic/Bio Géraldine Laval is up to something special in the Languedoc, applying her experience at Olivier Leflaive and Jean-Louis Chave to craft deeply authentic and stunningly fresh wines from her small estate in Les... Read More
After leading the Rhone co-op of Estezargues to prominence, in 2017 Denis Deschamps struck out on his own with this small project on the western edge of the southern Rhone Valley. These vines grow on typical Rhone soils with a... Read More
Organic/Bio Since he inherited his grandfather’s vines and launched his winery in 2009, Adrien Roustan has tended his vines with organic farming and loads of care and made wines in a straight-ahead way intended to let his... Read More
Organic/Bio As Robert Parker said, “If you haven't discovered it, Mordorée continues to make some of the finest dry Rosés available anywhere in the world.” The magic starts with 40 year-old plantings... Read More
Just a terrific value Cotes du Rhone from this small producer in Sablet. It’s a field blend with Grenache dominant and then Mourvèdre, Cinsault and Carignan. Organic farming brings ripeness without excess and a gentle... Read More
What a delicious old school red, one that harks back to the days when Gigondas was all about purity, minerality and - especially - deliciousness. Loads of fresh fruit, garrigue, and stony minerality here. Compelling now and for... Read More
Organic/Bio Kermit Lynch helped Bandol become famous when he introduced Tempier to the US market, but his other Bandol partners make wines just as delicious and even better priced. Very much a baby Bandol, this is 80% Mourvèdre,... Read More
Frank Faugier is number 1 on my, Winemakers I wish I could get into the shop for you to meet list. He's a little charismatic, definitely funny, and not terribly serious about anything other than making truly terrific Syrah... Read More
Lower ABV Since the 2001 vintage first appeared in the store years ago, Dragon Rosé has been a consistent customer and staff favorite year after year. The Lienard family tends about 50 acres of vines in Provence and makes... Read More
Organic/Bio From a terrific Rhone vineyard unjustly left out of the Chateauneuf du Pape AOC, this is a wine Robert Parker has called a baby Chateauneuf du Pape, a poor person's Chateauneuf, and a serious effort that could... Read More
Organic/Bio From vines averaging 70 years of age, this wine is now so good that Julian is putting his own name on the label. This is the second time Julian has performed no green harvest in his vineyards – in part because... Read More
Organic/Bio One of the best values in high-end Cotes du Rhone we've tasted in a while comes from the tiny (10HA of vines) village of Saint-Maurice in the northwest of the Southern Rhone. The pre-Alpine slopes here are cool... Read More
At its traditional best, wines from Gigondas deliver the robust red fruit and body of a fine Chateauneuf du Pape with greater minerality and even more of the classic scents of the southern Rhone: wild rosemary and thyme, savory... Read More
Organic/Bio La Ligiere is a winery in Beaunes de Venise that has most of its vines in Vacqueyras and makes this wine from grapes grown in Vaucluse. Whew! What you really need to know is that this is delicious Cotes du Rhone-styled... Read More
A strikingly fresh and drinkable Cotes du Rhone from this old Gigondas estate built on 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah and splashes of Clairette Rose and Cinsault. There’s a remarkable freshness to the classic Cotes du Rhone flavors... Read More
Organic/Bio If you just looked at the vineyard this wine grows in, you'd think you were in Chateauneuf. Although further south, the land is nearly covered in the small and large (think half a foot in diameter) gallet that... Read More
Organic/Bio What kind of wine does a top NYC sommelier create from old vines and one of the Southern Rhone’s most exciting hillside terroirs? If you’re Victor Taylor, former sommelier at The Quilted Giraffe and director... Read More
911 bottles made, 360 imported. “Quasi Centenaria” roughly translates to “about 100 years old,” a reference to this gnarly old Carignan vineyard planted right around 1919. The vines grow on two steep, rock-covered,... Read More
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