Tasting Notes, Summer Refreshment; June 13, 2026

                    Summer Refreshment 2024 Luneau Papin Le VergerOn Sale for $22 Muscadet Sèvre et Maine / Loire Valley / France100% Melon de BourgogneThe vines for the Le Verger cuvee were planted in 1988 in particularly schist rich soils. This is a salty, stony white intended for matching with shellfish. The wine was aged for 5-6 months[…]

Tasting notes, June 6, 2026; wines from Spain

                    Spain 2025 Txomin Etxaniz Blanco On Sale for $20 Getariako / Txakolina / SpainHondarrabi ZuriLightly spritzy and full of salty, seaside notes, the Txomin Etxaniz Blanco adds a touch of green apple to the proceedings. The soils here consist of sand and chalk and the vines vary in age up to 100 years old.  2024[…]

Tasting notes, May 30, 2026; Burgundy

                    Burgundy 2023 Louis Michel ChablisOn Sale for $30 Chablis / France100% ChardonnayDomaine Louis Michel possesses eight different plots within the Chablis Villages appellation located on both sides of the Serein river, the defining waterway of the zone. These vineyards, near those of the Premier Crus Forêts, Vaillons, and Montée de Tonnerre, are employed to create[…]

Tasting notes, May 23. 2026; Rhone Wines

                    Southern Rhône Valley 2024 Saint Damien Clos du CordierOn Sale for $18 Côtes-du-Rhône / Southern Rhône Valley / France50% Clairette, 50% BourboulencSourced from a newly acquired vineyard nearby the village of Vinosobres, Clos du Cordier is aged in a combination of concrete and neutral barrel. A very elegant take on Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc. 2024 Raymond Usseglio[…]

Tasting notes, May 6, 2026; Loire Valley Wines

                    Loire Valley 2024 Thomas-Labaille Monts Damnes‘On Sale for $40 Sancerre / Loire Valley / France100% Sauvignon BlancThomas-Labaille farms 2.5 acres of the steepest slope in Sancerre known as Monts Damnes. The vines here are 30 years-old and the wine is fermented and aged in a combination of concrete eggs and stainless steel. NV Breton La[…]

Tasting notes, May 2, 2026; New Arrivals

                    New Arrivals 2024 Revalo Casamaro Tres OlmosOn Sale for $19.99 Rueda / Castilla y Leon / Spain100% VerdejoSourced from 130 year-old vines planted in sandy soils, the Tres Olmos spends 6 months on the fine lees prior to bottling. Fermentation occurs spontaneously with native yeasts.  2023 Louis Michel ChablisOn Sale for $29.99 Chablis / France100%[…]

Tasting notes, April 25, 2026; Italian Values

                    Italians Values NV Sommariva ProseccoOn Sale for $22 Veneto / Italy100% GleraSourced from 25 year-old vines planted in rocky clay, Sommariva’s Prosecco is a classically styled Prosecco with white fruit and soft bubbles. The property is located in the famed Conegliano area of the Veneto.  2024 PalazzoneTerre VineateOn Sale for $20 Orvieto / Umbria /[…]

Tasting notes, April 18, 2026; Wines from USA

                    United States Wine 2022 Ravines Limestone SpringsOn Sale for $26 Finger Lakes / New York / US100% RieslingStarted in 2001, the Ravines Winery is one of the first wineries in the Finger Lakes helmed by a winemaker with formal European training. This dry Riesling showcases the floral characteristics of the varietal and the grape’s naturally[…]

Tasting notes, April 11, 2026; Wines of Burgundy

                    Burgundy 2023 Francois Carillon AligoteOn Sale for $22 Bourgogne / Côte de Beaune / France100% AligoteBurgundy’s second most important white varietal, Aligote, can vary in style from crisp and racy to rich and lush. Carillon’s example falls somewhere between – generous and forward while remaining steely and fresh. 2023 Normand Bourgogne BlancOn Sale for $22[…]