Wines In The Collection
Domaine Chignard France | Beaujolais
December Adventures Club ~ This Fleurie beautifully combines high-toned finesse with a potent depth. Can a wine be delicately intense?
Lionel Faury France | Northern Rhône
December Club Rouge ~ The perfect lively, uncomplicated Syrah you’ll want to have over and over again.
Famille Savary France | Burgundy
December Club Selection ~ Sleek, crisp, light, and luminous, with a steely, saline finish.
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie France | Loire
December Club Gourmand ~ Pretty and elegant, with a taste of fresh peaches and nectarines, it is perfect for your summer table.
Sesti Italy | Tuscany
December Club Gourmand ~ Biodynamically farmed, Brunello-quality grapes with the thrill of early and festive drinkability.
Yves Leccia France | Corsica
December Club Gourmand ~ In this bottling from Yves Leccia, the French import Grenache—called Elegante in Corsica—takes center stage, offering fragrant notes of lavender spiced with balmy Mediterranean brush.
Château Belles-Graves France | Bordeaux
December Club Gourmand ~ A generous wine dominated by ripe black fruit with very supple, approachable tannins.
Sommariva Italy | Veneto
January Adventures Club ~ A spritzy rosato with scents of frutti di bosco and wildflowers.
Podere Campriano Italy | Tuscany
January Adventures Club ~ Just beginning to mature, the 2020 is in its sweet spot—pungently savory with herbaceous reminders of the Tuscan countryside.
Bernard Baudry France | Loire
January Club Rouge ~ A textbook Chinon like this merits simple, rustic cuisine such as roast game, baked potatoes, and sautéed porcini mushrooms.
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe France | Southern Rhône
January Club Chevalier ~ The majesty of the La Crau vineyard is encapsulated in this wine. I can't think of a grander expression of Southern Rhone terroir.
Albert Boxler France | Alsace
January Club Chevalier ~ Sweet spices conceal an edgy undercurrent, making this Pinot Gris both versatile and alluring.
Henri Perrusset France | Burgundy
January Club Chevalier ~ The tiny village of Farges-lès-Mâcon is a wonderful terroir for textbook, perfectly opulent, floral Mâconnais.
Villa Di Geggiano Italy | Tuscany
January Club Chevalier ~ Broad-shouldered, with hearty tannin and acidity and a dark, earthy quality to its fruit, it is a lumberjack wine that can cut through anything a Tuscan table can throw its way—wild game and aged cheeses are some of our favorites.
René Bouvier France | Burgundy
Classic Burgundian Pinot Noir aromas and flavors, and a deeply fruited and solid core.
Guido Porro Italy | Piedmont
January Club Chevalier ~ Prime placement in a great vineyard site provides exquisite balance, gentle tannin, and notes of brambly fruit.
Albert Boxler France | Alsace
January Club Bianco ~ Here is a Riesling that will have you contemplating texture and terroir above anything else.
Pierre Guillemot France | Burgundy
January Club Bianco ~ Full of that perky, palate-opening freshness and vigor that’s so essential in a blanc.
France | Beaujolais
December Adventures Club ~ This Fleurie beautifully combines high-toned finesse with a potent depth. Can a wine be delicately intense?
France | Northern Rhône
December Club Rouge ~ The perfect lively, uncomplicated Syrah you’ll want to have over and over again.
France | Burgundy
December Club Selection ~ Sleek, crisp, light, and luminous, with a steely, saline finish.
France | Loire
December Club Gourmand ~ Pretty and elegant, with a taste of fresh peaches and nectarines, it is perfect for your summer table.
Italy | Tuscany
If you want to taste the full, vibrant, and unleashed magic of young Sangiovese, don’t miss the Monteleccio. It combines the class of biodynamically farmed, Brunello-quality grapes with the thrill of early and festive drinkability.
France | Corsica
December Club Gourmand ~ In this bottling from Yves Leccia, the French import Grenache—called Elegante in Corsica—takes center stage, offering fragrant notes of lavender spiced with balmy Mediterranean brush.
France | Bordeaux
December Club Gourmand ~ A generous wine dominated by ripe black fruit with very supple, approachable tannins.
Italy | Veneto
January Adventures Club ~ A spritzy rosato with scents of frutti di bosco and wildflowers.
Italy | Tuscany
January Adventures Club ~ Just beginning to mature, the 2020 is in its sweet spot—pungently savory with herbaceous reminders of the Tuscan countryside.
France | Loire
January Club Rouge ~ A textbook Chinon like this merits simple, rustic cuisine such as roast game, baked potatoes, and sautéed porcini mushrooms.
France | Burgundy
January Club Rouge ~ A sneakily serious Pinot Noir.
France | Southern Rhône
January Club Chevalier ~ The majesty of the La Crau vineyard is encapsulated in this wine. I can't think of a grander expression of Southern Rhone terroir.
France | Alsace
January Club Chevalier ~ Sweet spices conceal an edgy undercurrent, making this Pinot Gris both versatile and alluring.
France | Burgundy
January Club Chevalier ~ The tiny village of Farges-lès-Mâcon is a wonderful terroir for textbook, perfectly opulent, floral Mâconnais.
Italy | Tuscany
January Club Chevalier ~ Broad-shouldered, with hearty tannin and acidity and a dark, earthy quality to its fruit, it is a lumberjack wine that can cut through anything a Tuscan table can throw its way—wild game and aged cheeses are some of our favorites.
France | Burgundy
Classic Burgundian Pinot Noir aromas and flavors, and a deeply fruited and solid core.
Italy | Piedmont
January Club Chevalier ~ Prime placement in a great vineyard site provides exquisite balance, gentle tannin, and notes of brambly fruit.
France | Alsace
January Club Bianco ~ Here is a Riesling that will have you contemplating texture and terroir above anything else.
France | Burgundy
January Club Bianco ~ Full of that perky, palate-opening freshness and vigor that’s so essential in a blanc.
More Collections
Trip to Corsica
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Corsica’s Most Storied Wine Family
Deep in the hills of Corsica, near the isolated village of Zicavo, lies a house unlike any I’ve ever known. Built and fortified six hundred years ago, handed down over seventeen generations through a single family of nobles, the house has survived Corsica’s darkest and most turbulent days...
A Rare Find in the Northern Rhône
Kermit was one of the first American buyers to recognize the potential in the appellation of Saint-Joseph, the series of rolling granite hills on the west side of the Rhône River between Ampuis (Côte-Rôtie) and Tournon-sur-Rhône (Hermitage) planted to Syrah.
A New Era for the Bouvier Family
There’s something so rare and refreshing when a Burgundy family, once divided into multiple domaines, reunites after many years. After a few decades of pursuing their own projects, brothers Régis and Bernard Bouvier recently merged their vineyards under the domaine named for their father, René, following Régis’s retirement...
In Case You Missed It: A Collection of Noteworthy Selections from 2024
The past few Decembers we’ve reviewed your year in wine, highlighting recurring favorites in categories such as pricepoint, color, style, and region. This year we’ve set aside the formal data in favor of the anecdotal to bring you a collection of wines—newcomers of sorts—that stood out for any number of reasons...
Domaine Tempier: the Wine, the Family, the Exuberance
Domaine Tempier is a wine—it is also a family; exuberance and finesse are the traits common to both,” wrote Richard Olney back in 1984. What’s remarkable about this simple yet spot on-observation is how true it rang then, how true it rang forty years prior to that, when Tempier had just released its first wine, and how true it still rings today, forty years later.
Provençal Gems from North of Nice
Today I had the Clos Saint-Joseph blanc. I imagine if François Raveneau had made wine there, his blanc would have tasted like Roch’s. What a pure expression of that fabulous terroir. Filtered by the stones. — Kermit Lynch
New Arrivals
Here is a collection of recent arrivals. Every week, we’ll be adding a dozen or more new arrivals, so check back often for your favorite classics or new discoveries!
The Carpe Vinum Collection
An ever-changing offering of wines that are just about to sell out; one last opportunity to seize a range of selections before they disappear from our shelves forever.
50th Anniversary Merchandise
When the esteemed French wine artist Michel Tolmer created beautiful artwork for our 50th anniversary, we knew right away that we had to feature it on a few select items of merch. After spending maybe a little too much time researching the options, we landed on a classy, leather-strap cap, a comfortable t-shirt made from 100% cotton, and a tote made with incredibly sturdy, fair-trade, and organic cotton by a certified B corp that invests in the livelihoods of women and farmers of India, featuring three wine sleeves and two other compartments for all of your other needs!