Kermit Lynch Is on a Vermentino Kick
Over on Serious Drinks, wine importer Kermit Lynch talks about his weakness for aged white Burgundies, being surprised by older Beaujolais, and how bigger does not always mean better. [Serious Drinks]
View ArticleThings You Need to Know About Beaujolais Nouveau
Today is Beaujolais Nouveau Day. The Telegraph breaks down the Beaujolais Nouveau tradition with a list of important historical facts (and a photo of Japanese people swimming in a pool filled with...
View ArticleAll of the Thanksgiving Wines
After at least a decade’s worth of Thanksgiving roundups dedicated to curing the anxiety associated with trying to pair wine with a veritable shitstorm of different flavors, they persist. In an effort...
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Behold a Calendar of Nude French Wine Harvesters
Behind the bar at Le Bist’roch in Nuits are two curious items—things you don’t expect to see at a hardscrabble Burgundian natural wine bar owned by Domaine Prieuré Roch. One is a tiny version of the...
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Is Wine Developing Its Own Version of Normcore?
This fall marked the second season of fashion week coverage dominated by slideshows of cargo pants and Birkenstocks, with writers trumpeting the rise of “normcore,” a trend in which the fashion world...
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American “Nouveau” Wines Have Arrived
It’s a habit among wine writers to “discover” or “reclaim” regions that already existed for quite a long time. For better or worse, it makes for a good story. One such story, which over recent years...
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Six Awesome Sparkling Wines Under $25
Sparkling wine isn’t exactly associated with the bargain bin. Part of this is because, for many, sparkling wine simply means Champagne. And Champagne, bless its soul, is not so good at the value game....
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Beyond Carbonic: A New Era for Beaujolais
The general manager of the movie theater where I worked as a teenager loved XTC, particularly the album Skylarking. A year of sweeping up popcorn and tearing tickets was scored by the rich, sonic...
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Who Will Decide the Future of Beaujolais?
I’m standing at the edge of the town of Villié-Morgon, in a place called Douby. It’s a perfect spot to take in the heart of the Beaujolais. To the north, it borders the well-known commune of Fleurie....
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The American Nouveau Wines to Drink Now
The third Thursday of every November inaugurates “Beaujolais Nouveau Day,” when drinkers across the country rush to the nearest retail shelf to partake in one of the wine world’s most successful...
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A Wine with the Rhythm of Beaujolais and the Soul of Burgundy
Could there be any wine more ideal than one with the pedigree of red Burgundy and the no-cover-charge approachability of Beaujolais? In fact, this dream match has existed for centuries—but has rarely...
View ArticleAll of the Thanksgiving Wines
After at least a decade’s worth of Thanksgiving roundups dedicated to curing the anxiety associated with trying to pair wine with a veritable shitstorm of different flavors, they persist. In an effort...
View ArticleFrojolais
Channeling—or amplifying, rather—the easygoing fruitiness of village-level Beaujolais, this red-wine based answer to frosé combines red wine, raspberry gomme syrup from Small Hand Foods, bitter Campari...
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Behold a Calendar of Nude French Wine Harvesters
Behind the bar at Le Bist’roch in Nuits are two curious items—things you don’t expect to see at a hardscrabble Burgundian natural wine bar owned by Domaine Prieuré Roch. One is a tiny version of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is Wine Developing Its Own Version of Normcore?
This fall marked the second season of fashion week coverage dominated by slideshows of cargo pants and Birkenstocks, with writers trumpeting the rise of “normcore,” a trend in which the fashion world...
View ArticleClik here to view.
American Nouveau Wines Have Arrived
It’s a habit among wine writers to “discover” or “reclaim” regions that already existed for quite a long time. For better or worse, it makes for a good story. One such story, which over recent years...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Six Awesome Sparkling Wines Under $25
Sparkling wine isn’t exactly associated with the bargain bin. Part of this is because, for many, sparkling wine simply means Champagne. And Champagne, bless its soul, is not so good at the value game....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beyond Carbonic: A New Era for Beaujolais
The general manager of the movie theater where I worked as a teenager loved XTC, particularly the album Skylarking. A year of sweeping up popcorn and tearing tickets was scored by the rich, sonic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who Will Decide the Future of Beaujolais?
I’m standing at the edge of the town of Villié-Morgon, in a place called Douby. It’s a perfect spot to take in the heart of the Beaujolais. To the north, it borders the well-known commune of Fleurie....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The American Nouveau Wines to Drink Now
The third Thursday of every November inaugurates “Beaujolais Nouveau Day,” when drinkers across the country rush to the nearest retail shelf to partake in one of the wine world’s most successful...
View Article