Wines In The Collection
Riofavara Italy | Sicily
The Padova family’s Spaccaforno is generous but not heavy, with suggestions of blackberry, licorice, and spice leading to a lively, chalky finish.
Roland Lavantureux France | Burgundy
With a delectable combination of fresh fruit and oyster-shell aromatics, this remains Lavantureux’s benchmark for value and typicity.
Les Eminades France | Languedoc-Roussillon
** New Wine Added ** Full of freshness and detailed elegance, with not a hint of rusticity.
Domaine du Salvard France | Loire
Lime blossoms delivered via a lightning bolt of minerally refreshment.
Domaine Larue France | Burgundy
With notes of freshly crushed black cherries and cranberries filtered through stones, this rouge would be sublime alongside roasted chicken or turkey.
Henri Perrusset France | Burgundy
** New Wine Added ** A longtime personal favorite for the weeknight go-to blanc, citrusy fresh with just the right hint of salted butter to round it out.
Clos La Coutale France | Southwest
Today, the 2023 is a robust, tightly coiled rouge balanced by notes of dark fruit, plum, earth, and eucalyptus.
Domaine de Terrebrune France | Provence
A terroir-driven rosé redolent of a Provençal summer with notes of thyme and white peach, and a mouthwateringly salty finish.
Podere Campriano Italy | Tuscany
Fragrant notes of Tuscan herbs, forest floor, and brambles define this Sangiovese, possibly the perfect comfort wine for a homemade plate of pasta.
Champalou France | Loire
This is Vouvray sec of the cold mountain stream persuasion—bracing, with a clean finish.
Alex Foillard France | Beaujolais
** New Wine Added ** A generous dash of plump, sun-ripened fruit enveloping a granite core.
Henri Costal France | Burgundy
Devouring a fresh crab and pairing it with this pure, elegant, chalky, earthy (wet stone), and stunning finish is the perfect combo.
René Bouvier France | Burgundy
This single-vineyard Pinot Noir is what drinking great Burgundy is all about.
Château Graville-Lacoste France | Bordeaux
Brimming with honeysuckle, lychee, and citrus, this Bordeaux blend is reliably harmonious with Eastern cuisine.
Clos Sainte Magdeleine France | Provence
Bursting with exuberant floral aromas and fragrant summer fruit, it boasts low alcohol and a zippy acidity.
Domaine Gallety France | Northern Rhône
** New Wine Added ** Aromas of black pepper, briny black olive, and violets with the earthiness, herbs, and concentration of southern Rhône Grenache.
Thierry Germain France | Loire
Made from nearly hundred-year-old vines, this a great initiation into the world of Thierry’s white wines.
Barruol / Lynch France | Northern Rhône
This juicy, blueberry-and-leather-infused Syrah with a long finish is ready to drink tonight.
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils France | Burgundy
It is unique and delicious and showcases an interesting bit of Burgundy’s history.
A. & M. Quenard France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
If any Pinot Noir on these pages is built for the Parisian bistro or Lyonnais bouchon, it is this one.
Eric Chevalier France | Loire
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.
Corte Gardoni Italy | Veneto
This ultralight rosso is best served slightly chilled to amplify its punchy cranberry notes, subtle kiss of black pepper, and tongue-tingling tannin.
Domaine Dupeuble France | Beaujolais
Tangy, thirst-quenching Gamay from a family that has been making Beaujolais for over 500 years.
Domaine Les Hauts Lieux France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
While it has a crystalline edge, there is a surprising dollop of sun, heft, and deep, creamy notes of white flowers and citrus fruit.
Giovanni Montisci Italy | Sardinia
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops, 4 days on skins, fermented dry and aged in barrel—heavenly with sea urchin pasta
Punta Crena Italy | Liguria
A delightfully crisp seaside quaffer that transports us to the Mediterranean coast with bright, lemony freshness and sea-breeze salinity.
Nicole Chanrion France | Beaujolais
Stony, faintly spicy, and elegant, it’s the kind of bottle you want to pop open again as soon as the first is drained.
Lionel Faury France | Northern Rhône
If you want to experience classic flavors of northern Rhône Syrah, here is a textbook example.
Maxime Magnon France | Languedoc-Roussillon
The Rozeta features the exuberant, inviting perfume and velvety wild fruit we expect from a wine that underwent 100% whole-cluster fermentation.
Masseria del Pino Italy | Sicily
A rosé made via ancient methods from ashy soils high on Mount Etna.
Domaine de Durban France | Southern Rhône
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.
Domaine d’Aupilhac France | Languedoc-Roussillon
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.
Kuentz-Bas France | Alsace
Racy and pure, with a full arsenal of fruit and ample style, this is a complete Alsatian Riesling experience.
Domaine de la Tour du Bon France | Provence
Soulful and slightly wild, but beautifully balanced, this rouge has an irresistible notes of garrigue.
La Marca di San Michele Italy | Le Marche
Verdicchio’s greatest quality is perhaps how well it works at table, enhancing anything from linguine with clams to sliced prosciutto.
Selected by Kermit Lynch France | Southern Rhône
Brambly, rustic, savory, and joyous, this is as perfect a house red from the Rhône as you’ll find.
Domaine De Villaine France | Burgundy
Aligoté may actually be an even more precise conduit for Burgundian terroir than Chardonnay.
Barruol / Lynch France | Northern Rhône
Delicate and perfumed, it speaks softly, yet it has so much to say: lilies, bacon fat, spices... it could only be Côte Rôtie.
Les Eminades France | Languedoc-Roussillon
The Jurassic limestone soil and high elevation lieu-dit where the name “Montmajou” springs from lend this blanc a lean elegance.
Albert Boxler France | Alsace
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.
Domaine François Lumpp France | Burgundy
A bright, chalky personality full of energy and thirst-quenching savor.
Domaine Gramenon France | Southern Rhône
A pure Syrah bottling offering wild flavors of the Provençal countryside gently wrapped in a thick coat of tooth-staining deep purple fruit.
Barruol / Lynch France | Northern Rhône
** New Wine Added ** From vines that are more than eighty years old comes this Marsanne with magnificent floral, pit fruit, and bitter notes.
Domaine d’Aupilhac France | Languedoc-Roussillon
One of five or six most outstanding dry whites of the Mediterranean rim, vintage after vintage and worth every centime!
Cuna Italy | Tuscany
Planting Pinot Nero in limestone at high elevation yields a singular rosso that is anything but international in style.
Deperu Holler Italy | Sardinia
** New Wine Added ** A fleshy and savory unfiltered Vermentino from northern Sardinia.
Domaine du Gros ’Noré France | Provence
Crisp and characterful, and loaded with Provençal complexity.
Charles Joguet France | Loire
With floral aromas and fine-grained tannins, it already showcases its charms.
Clos Saint-Joseph France | Provence
** New Wine Added ** If Hermitage were grown in the Provençal Alps...
Deperu Holler Italy | Sardinia
A thick, rustic, brooding red dripping with Sardinian sunshine, perfect for those inevitable nights when the fog rolls in.
Clos Saint-Joseph France | Provence
You’ll experience an elegant, soft-spoken side of Provence you never knew existed.
Domaine de Terrebrune France | Provence
This mineral blend has an ethereal perfume, reminiscent of blossoming flowers with a hint of fennel.
Domaine Ostertag France | Alsace
February Club Bianco ~ This vintage might fool you for an oyster wine. Let it!
Domaine Hauvette France | Provence
Clairette—a name which translated means clear and bright. The wine certainly is, and at the same time, lush and nervy.
Grottafumata Italy | Sicily
This low-alcohol Etna white shows subtly smoky aroma complemented by notes of yellow fruit, herbs, and wild broom.
Domaine La Tour Vieille France | Languedoc-Roussillon
A brooding, wild beast with hints of black fruit and Mediterranean herbs, this is a portal to Catalonia’s stunning seaside vineyards.
Domaine Le Sang des Cailloux France | Southern Rhône
February Club Rouge ~ The flavors are mostly deep and dark—stones, licorice, black olive, and blackberry—but the frame is lithe.
Domaine Follin-Arbelet France | Burgundy
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.
Ludovic Engelvin France | Languedoc-Roussillon
This wine is full of fresh Grenache fruit, beautifully perfumed, with a refined and elegant finish.
Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais
This is textbook Morgon: bright, floral, and spicy, recalling juicy peach and sour cherry.
A. & G. Fantino Italy | Piedmont
Elegant, lithe, and versatile, this Barbera is full of young charm, fragrant fruit, and bright, mouthwatering acidity.
Tenuta La Pergola Italy | Piedmont
Arneis has enough luscious, peachy body to satisfy Chardonnay drinkers, along with the mouthwatering zip of a good Sauvignon Blanc.
Domaine Leon Barral France | Languedoc-Roussillon
Searching for something a bit funky to enliven your jaded palate? Look no further and prepare for an experience like none other.
Maxime-François Laurent France | Southern Rhône
It beckons you to follow Maxime-François’s advice: “Drink it when you are very, very thirsty!”
Italy | Sicily
The Padova family’s Spaccaforno is generous but not heavy, with suggestions of blackberry, licorice, and spice leading to a lively, chalky finish.
France | Burgundy
With a delectable combination of fresh fruit and oyster-shell aromatics, this remains Lavantureux’s benchmark for value and typicity.
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
** New Wine Added ** Full of freshness and detailed elegance, with not a hint of rusticity.
France | Loire
Lime blossoms delivered via a lightning bolt of minerally refreshment.
France | Burgundy
With notes of freshly crushed black cherries and cranberries filtered through stones, this rouge would be sublime alongside roasted chicken or turkey.
France | Burgundy
** New Wine Added ** A longtime personal favorite for the weeknight go-to blanc, citrusy fresh with just the right hint of salted butter to round it out.
France | Southwest
Today, the 2023 is a robust, tightly coiled rouge balanced by notes of dark fruit, plum, earth, and eucalyptus.
France | Provence
A terroir-driven rosé redolent of a Provençal summer with notes of thyme and white peach, and a mouthwateringly salty finish.
Italy | Tuscany
Fragrant notes of Tuscan herbs, forest floor, and brambles define this Sangiovese, possibly the perfect comfort wine for a homemade plate of pasta.
France | Loire
This is Vouvray sec of the cold mountain stream persuasion—bracing, with a clean finish.
France | Beaujolais
** New Wine Added ** A generous dash of plump, sun-ripened fruit enveloping a granite core.
France | Burgundy
Devouring a fresh crab and pairing it with this pure, elegant, chalky, earthy (wet stone), and stunning finish is the perfect combo.
France | Burgundy
This single-vineyard Pinot Noir is what drinking great Burgundy is all about.
France | Bordeaux
Brimming with honeysuckle, lychee, and citrus, this Bordeaux blend is reliably harmonious with Eastern cuisine.
France | Alsace
New to Alsatian wine? This is the perfect place to start.
France | Provence
Bursting with exuberant floral aromas and fragrant summer fruit, it boasts low alcohol and a zippy acidity.
France | Northern Rhône
** New Wine Added ** Aromas of black pepper, briny black olive, and violets with the earthiness, herbs, and concentration of southern Rhône Grenache.
France | Loire
Made from nearly hundred-year-old vines, this a great initiation into the world of Thierry’s white wines.
France | Northern Rhône
This juicy, blueberry-and-leather-infused Syrah with a long finish is ready to drink tonight.
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
France | Burgundy
It is unique and delicious and showcases an interesting bit of Burgundy’s history.
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
If any Pinot Noir on these pages is built for the Parisian bistro or Lyonnais bouchon, it is this one.
France | Loire
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.
Italy | Veneto
This ultralight rosso is best served slightly chilled to amplify its punchy cranberry notes, subtle kiss of black pepper, and tongue-tingling tannin.
France | Beaujolais
Its shimmering red fruit comes alive with a nice chill.
France | Beaujolais
Tangy, thirst-quenching Gamay from a family that has been making Beaujolais for over 500 years.
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
While it has a crystalline edge, there is a surprising dollop of sun, heft, and deep, creamy notes of white flowers and citrus fruit.
Italy | Sardinia
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops, 4 days on skins, fermented dry and aged in barrel—heavenly with sea urchin pasta
Italy | Liguria
A delightfully crisp seaside quaffer that transports us to the Mediterranean coast with bright, lemony freshness and sea-breeze salinity.
France | Beaujolais
Stony, faintly spicy, and elegant, it’s the kind of bottle you want to pop open again as soon as the first is drained.
France | Loire
Some wines deliver well beyond expectations—this is one of them.
France | Northern Rhône
If you want to experience classic flavors of northern Rhône Syrah, here is a textbook example.
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
The Rozeta features the exuberant, inviting perfume and velvety wild fruit we expect from a wine that underwent 100% whole-cluster fermentation.
Italy | Sicily
A rosé made via ancient methods from ashy soils high on Mount Etna.
France | Southern Rhône
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.
Italy | Sicily
Delicate floral perfume, medium body, and velvety tannin.
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
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.
France | Alsace
Racy and pure, with a full arsenal of fruit and ample style, this is a complete Alsatian Riesling experience.
France | Provence
Soulful and slightly wild, but beautifully balanced, this rouge has an irresistible notes of garrigue.
Italy | Le Marche
Verdicchio’s greatest quality is perhaps how well it works at table, enhancing anything from linguine with clams to sliced prosciutto.
France | Loire
Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.
France | Southern Rhône
Brambly, rustic, savory, and joyous, this is as perfect a house red from the Rhône as you’ll find.
France | Burgundy
Aligoté may actually be an even more precise conduit for Burgundian terroir than Chardonnay.
France | Northern Rhône
Delicate and perfumed, it speaks softly, yet it has so much to say: lilies, bacon fat, spices... it could only be Côte Rôtie.
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
The Jurassic limestone soil and high elevation lieu-dit where the name “Montmajou” springs from lend this blanc a lean elegance.
France | Alsace
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.
France | Burgundy
A bright, chalky personality full of energy and thirst-quenching savor.
France | Southern Rhône
A pure Syrah bottling offering wild flavors of the Provençal countryside gently wrapped in a thick coat of tooth-staining deep purple fruit.
France | Northern Rhône
** New Wine Added ** From vines that are more than eighty years old comes this Marsanne with magnificent floral, pit fruit, and bitter notes.
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
One of five or six most outstanding dry whites of the Mediterranean rim, vintage after vintage and worth every centime!
Italy | Tuscany
Planting Pinot Nero in limestone at high elevation yields a singular rosso that is anything but international in style.
Italy | Sardinia
** New Wine Added ** A fleshy and savory unfiltered Vermentino from northern Sardinia.
France | Provence
Crisp and characterful, and loaded with Provençal complexity.
France | Loire
With floral aromas and fine-grained tannins, it already showcases its charms.
France | Provence
** New Wine Added ** If Hermitage were grown in the Provençal Alps...
Italy | Sardinia
A thick, rustic, brooding red dripping with Sardinian sunshine, perfect for those inevitable nights when the fog rolls in.
France | Provence
You’ll experience an elegant, soft-spoken side of Provence you never knew existed.
France | Provence
This mineral blend has an ethereal perfume, reminiscent of blossoming flowers with a hint of fennel.
France | Alsace
February Club Bianco ~ This vintage might fool you for an oyster wine. Let it!
France | Provence
Clairette—a name which translated means clear and bright. The wine certainly is, and at the same time, lush and nervy.
Italy | Sicily
This low-alcohol Etna white shows subtly smoky aroma complemented by notes of yellow fruit, herbs, and wild broom.
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
A brooding, wild beast with hints of black fruit and Mediterranean herbs, this is a portal to Catalonia’s stunning seaside vineyards.
France | Southern Rhône
February Club Rouge ~ The flavors are mostly deep and dark—stones, licorice, black olive, and blackberry—but the frame is lithe.
France | Burgundy
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.
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
This wine is full of fresh Grenache fruit, beautifully perfumed, with a refined and elegant finish.
France | Beaujolais
This is textbook Morgon: bright, floral, and spicy, recalling juicy peach and sour cherry.
Italy | Piedmont
Elegant, lithe, and versatile, this Barbera is full of young charm, fragrant fruit, and bright, mouthwatering acidity.
Italy | Piedmont
Arneis has enough luscious, peachy body to satisfy Chardonnay drinkers, along with the mouthwatering zip of a good Sauvignon Blanc.
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
Searching for something a bit funky to enliven your jaded palate? Look no further and prepare for an experience like none other.
France | Southern Rhône
It beckons you to follow Maxime-François’s advice: “Drink it when you are very, very thirsty!”
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Snowed in, Tuscan Style
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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!
Recent Wine Club Selections
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