The Padova family’s Spaccaforno is generous but not heavy, with suggestions of blackberry, licorice, and spice leading to a lively, chalky finish.

With a delectable combination of fresh fruit and oyster-shell aromatics, this remains Lavantureux’s benchmark for value and typicity.

Full of freshness and detailed elegance, with not a hint of rusticity.

A delicious aperitivo, it can seamlessly pair with anything you throw its way.

At thirteen years old, its brambly berry notes are but a memory of its youth. They have evolved and taken on a woodsier sophistication.

Lime blossoms delivered via a lightning bolt of minerally refreshment.

With notes of freshly crushed black cherries and cranberries filtered through stones, this rouge would be sublime alongside roasted chicken or turkey.

A longtime personal favorite for the weeknight go-to blanc, citrusy fresh with just the right hint of salted butter to round it out.

Today, the 2023 is a robust, tightly coiled rouge balanced by notes of dark fruit, plum, earth, and eucalyptus.

A terroir-driven rosé redolent of a Provençal summer with notes of thyme and white peach, and a mouthwateringly salty finish.

Perennially Campriano’s bottling with the most irresistible, terroir-reminiscent notes of earth and undergrowth.

Gentle and refreshing on the palate, it boasts a delightful balance of stony minerality with luscious, almost honeyed fruit and flowery notes.

A generous dash of plump, sun-ripened fruit enveloping a granite core.

Devouring a fresh crab and pairing it with this pure, elegant, chalky, earthy (wet stone), and stunning finish is the perfect combo.

This single-vineyard Pinot Noir is what drinking great Burgundy is all about.

Brimming with honeysuckle, lychee, and citrus, this Bordeaux blend is reliably harmonious with Eastern cuisine.

New to Alsatian wine? This is the perfect place to start.

Bursting with exuberant floral aromas and fragrant summer fruit, it boasts low alcohol and a zippy acidity.

Aromas of black pepper, briny black olive, and violets with the earthiness, herbs, and concentration of southern Rhône Grenache.

Made from nearly hundred-year-old vines, this a great initiation into the world of Thierry’s white wines.

This juicy, blueberry-and-leather-infused Syrah with a long finish is ready to drink tonight.

It is unique and delicious and showcases an interesting bit of Burgundy’s history.

If any Pinot Noir on these pages is built for the Parisian bistro or Lyonnais bouchon, it is this one.

This exquisite Muscadet is a perfect reflection of where it originates, as if it’s been sculpted by ocean winds and infused with sea salt.

February Club Gourmand ~ Showcasing notes of brambly fruit, violet, stone, and smoke, this classic bottling of Les Moriers offers so much to love.

Not only are the wildflowers soaring out of the glass, but with each sip, they are blossoming all around us.

This rosso translates the island’s eruptive nature with a vibrant energy, offering otherworldly red fruit seasoned with smoky, peppery nuances.

This ultralight rosso is best served slightly chilled to amplify its punchy cranberry notes, subtle kiss of black pepper, and tongue-tingling tannin.

Gentle and mouth-filling, this rosato is perked up by a touch of salinity imbued by the oceanic soil.

Its shimmering red fruit comes alive with a nice chill.

Tangy, thirst-quenching Gamay from a family that has been making Beaujolais for over 500 years.

While it has a crystalline edge, there is a surprising dollop of sun, heft, and deep, creamy notes of white flowers and citrus fruit.

Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops, 4 days on skins, fermented dry and aged in barrel—heavenly with sea urchin pasta

This is about as quaffable as the region’s rouges get.

That grapes can be cajoled and fashioned to make such a liquid is miraculous. This aroma is beyond belief.

A delicate, aromatic red in the “drink now!” vein.

A delightfully crisp seaside quaffer that transports us to the Mediterranean coast with bright, lemony freshness and sea-breeze salinity.

This racy wine is a perfect match for all types of crustaceans as well all by itself on a sunny afternoon.

Stony, faintly spicy, and elegant, it’s the kind of bottle you want to pop open again as soon as the first is drained.

Some wines deliver well beyond expectations—this is one of them.

If you want to experience classic flavors of northern Rhône Syrah, here is a textbook example.

The Rozeta features the exuberant, inviting perfume and velvety wild fruit we expect from a wine that underwent 100% whole-cluster fermentation.

A rosé made via ancient methods from ashy soils high on Mount Etna.

Grenache is joined by Syrah and a drop of Mourvèdre to create this delightful everyday red scented of herbes de Provence and ripe black cherry.

Delicate floral perfume, medium body, and velvety tannin.

For pasta night, it checks all the boxes: ripe berry fruit with cleansing acidity; richness contrasted by vivaciousness.

February Club Gourmand ~ A chillable red to accompany anything right off the grill, it is one of our most youthful and exuberant expressions of the Languedoc.

Racy and pure, with a full arsenal of fruit and ample style, this is a complete Alsatian Riesling experience.

Soulful and slightly wild, but beautifully balanced, this rouge has an irresistible notes of garrigue.

Verdicchio’s greatest quality is perhaps how well it works at table, enhancing anything from linguine with clams to sliced prosciutto.

Even in Burgundy you rarely find such an elegant balance.

Brambly, rustic, savory, and joyous, this is as perfect a house red from the Rhône as you’ll find.

Aligoté may actually be an even more precise conduit for Burgundian terroir than Chardonnay.

Delicate and perfumed, it speaks softly, yet it has so much to say: lilies, bacon fat, spices... it could only be Côte Rôtie.

The Jurassic limestone soil and high elevation lieu-dit where the name “Montmajou” springs from lend this blanc a lean elegance.

Earthy Pinot Gris as dramatic and flinty as this, with a hint of residual sugar, demands an assertive pairing; try it with smoked sausage and mustard.

A vibrant country red that mixes the trademark notes of the South with beguiling elegance and drinkability.

A bright, chalky personality full of energy and thirst-quenching savor.

A pure Syrah bottling offering wild flavors of the Provençal countryside gently wrapped in a thick coat of tooth-staining deep purple fruit.

From vines that are more than eighty years old comes this Marsanne with magnificent floral, pit fruit, and bitter notes.

Rochebonne offers Chardonnay fruit that’s both racy and sun-kissed

One of five or six most outstanding dry whites of the Mediterranean rim, vintage after vintage and worth every centime!

Planting Pinot Nero in limestone at high elevation yields a singular rosso that is anything but international in style.

A fleshy and savory unfiltered Vermentino from northern Sardinia.

A dry white with an intriguing aroma. You can drink it in good-sized swallows while floating on an inner tube.

Crisp and characterful, and loaded with Provençal complexity.

With floral aromas and fine-grained tannins, it already showcases its charms.

If Hermitage were grown in the Provençal Alps...

A thick, rustic, brooding red dripping with Sardinian sunshine, perfect for those inevitable nights when the fog rolls in.

This mineral blend has an ethereal perfume, reminiscent of blossoming flowers with a hint of fennel.

You’ll experience an elegant, soft-spoken side of Provence you never knew existed.

February Club Bianco ~ This vintage might fool you for an oyster wine. Let it!

A brooding, wild beast with hints of black fruit and Mediterranean herbs, this is a portal to Catalonia’s stunning seaside vineyards.

Clairette—a name which translated means clear and bright. The wine certainly is, and at the same time, lush and nervy.

The Follin family’s reds are some of the most delicious I have tasted, none more so than their incredibly vibrant and pure Aloxe-Corton.

Muriel Giudicelli’s Patrimonio rouge is elegant, deep, bursting with ripe black fruits, silky smooth, and offering great length.

This low-alcohol Etna white shows subtly smoky aroma complemented by notes of yellow fruit, herbs, and wild broom.

February Club Rouge ~ The flavors are mostly deep and dark—stones, licorice, black olive, and blackberry—but the frame is lithe.

This wine is full of fresh Grenache fruit, beautifully perfumed, with a refined and elegant finish.

Alex Foillard fashions a Côte-de-Brouilly that strikes a deeper register, saturating the senses with tooth-staining fruit.

The juice is black as can be, emanating a vivid aroma of wild berries that wakens the senses.

Another delectable wine from the Brunier family, with a complex mouth-feel that finishes with refreshing acidity.

This is textbook Morgon: bright, floral, and spicy, recalling juicy peach and sour cherry.

This red is 100% Pineau d’Aunis, an indigenous red grape we hold dear because of its mystifying aromatics and bright, juicy texture.

Searching for something a bit funky to enliven your jaded palate? Look no further and prepare for an experience like none other.

It beckons you to follow Maxime-François’s advice: “Drink it when you are very, very thirsty!”

Elegant, lithe, and versatile, this Barbera is full of young charm, fragrant fruit, and bright, mouthwatering acidity.

Arneis has enough luscious, peachy body to satisfy Chardonnay drinkers, along with the mouthwatering zip of a good Sauvignon Blanc.

Regal, opulent, and commanding—the finest perfumer in all of France couldn’t craft a more stunning scent.