Garden of Variety
by Madison H. Brown
As the Loire River winds through the region known as le jardin de la France, it creates a myriad of microclimates and a rich variety of soils, yielding impressive diversity even among the same grapes...
View the CollectionUnheated Rivalry
by Jane Augustine
It’s a bit funny to write about two equally fantastic Bandols made by men with quite opposite personalities. I don’t imagine their interpretation of the métier is that different—make wines that express their terroir—but a vigneron always leaves their mark, and that fascinates me…
View the CollectionA Primer on Vouvray
by Kermit Lynch
Vouvray’s wine is a product of what we call the Chenin Blanc grape, but I prefer the local name, Pineau de la Loire, and [René] Loyau is of the opinion that the original plantings of Pineau were Pinot, the Chardonnay, imported to Vouvray from Burgundy. Over sixteen centuries or more, the plant evolved ever so slowly as it adapted to Vouvray’s soil and climate. Even today, Loyau says, certain Vouvrays show a striking aromatic kinship to the Chardonnays of the Côte d’Or…
View the CollectionThe Alchemy of Red Wine and Braised Beef
by Jane Augustine
In the Adventures Club bulletin from 2011, where I found Chef Chris Lee’s recipe for beef braised with red wine and chocolate, Chris muses that rustic French stews are typically quite soupy and made to be sopped-up with lots of country bread. The French actually have a word for the act of sweeping bread across one’s bowl or plate to capture every last bit…
View the CollectionSnowed in, Tuscan Style
by Tom Wolf
On a Friday afternoon last month, as a winter storm closed in on my mountain town, I made a few last-minute stops to stock up on provisions for what promised to be a snowed-in weekend. The final stop on my checklist was my local butcher, to pick up a cut of pork I’d never considered preparing before Chez Panisse chef Gary Podesto created a recipe he called “Coppa à la Matignon” for our Adventures Club last winter…
View the CollectionPreserving and Enhancing Aeolian Winemaking Traditions
by Dixon Brooke
The magnificent Aeolian Islands are a string of volcanic islands north of Sicily that include Vulcano, Lipari, Salina, Panarea, Stromboli (an active volcano), Filicudi, and Alicudi. Capers are a primary local export, particularly from Salina and Lipari—the two largest and most populous of the islands— but Antonino “Nino” Caravaglio is at once the caper champion of the region and its wine maestro. He has built what is unquestionably the most qualitative collection of vineyards and wines in this little slice of Italy…
View the CollectionNew 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!
View the CollectionThe 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.
View the Collection50th 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!
View the CollectionRecent Wine Club Selections
Our five wine clubs feature our best values from France and Italy as well as complex and cellar-worthy wines.
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As the Loire River winds through the region known as le jardin de la France, it creates a myriad of microclimates and a rich variety of soils, yieldi...
As the Loire River winds through the region known as le jardin de la France, it creates a myriad of microclimates and a rich variety of soils, yielding impressive diversity even among the same grapes...
Wines in this Collection
2020 Vin de France Blanche
France | Loire
This lithe and expressive “orange” wine is an ideal palate-opener with a dry, cleansing finish and a fresh, cooling effect like coastal sage and seaspray.
2021 Chinon “Clos de la Dioterie”
France | Loire
Age-worthy red from one of Chinon’s top sites, by a storied domaine.
2024 Quincy
France | Loire
You’ll appreciate the distinctive flavor profile: ripe, succulent citrus devoid of grassiness, with the same flinty nerve as a good Sancerre.
2024 Pouilly-Fumé “Vieilles Vignes”
France | Loire
The classic Sauvignon Blanc characteristics are present but understated, and there’s a chalkiness so textural you can feel it as you taste.
2022 Bourgueil “Clos Sénéchal”
France | Loire
This divine red allies the power and finesse one would expect from this great terroir.
2025 Reuilly Pinot Gris Rosé
France | Loire
Citrusy aromatics, bracing salinity, and a mineral backbone make it a mouthwatering match for tangy, herb-laden soups like tom kha gai.
2024 Bourgueil “La Dilettante”
France | Loire
A delicate, aromatic red in the “drink now!” vein.
2022 Jasnières “Dyane”
France | Loire
Juicy and open-knit, it mirrors the sensation of biting into fleshy slices of white peach, nectarine, and guava.
2023 Quincy “Vieilles Vignes”
France | Loire
Pierre’s old-vine Quincy has a mouth-coating texture and charming notes of tangerine that are certain to earn this great appellation the following it deserves.
2020 Saumur Champigny “Clos de l’Échelier”
France | Loire
Fine, with bright acid, sleek silkiness, and great length, it is the most elegant of all of Thierry’s red wines.
It’s a bit funny to write about two equally fantastic Bandols made by men with quite opposite personalities. I don’t imagine their interpretation ...
It’s a bit funny to write about two equally fantastic Bandols made by men with quite opposite personalities. I don’t imagine their interpretation of the métier is that different—make wines that express their terroir—but a vigneron always leaves their mark, and that fascinates me…
Wines in this Collection
2022 Bandol Rouge
France | Provence
Alain Pascal’s red is polished and pedigreed, but remains au naturel somehow: uninhibited, unfussy, and raw.
2021 Bandol Rouge
France | Provence
Terrebrune’s 2021 is harmonious, ripe with garrigue and wild berries, and bold in all the best ways. It’s firm and full of character but not at all showy.
Vouvray’s wine is a product of what we call the Chenin Blanc grape, but I prefer the local name, Pineau de la Loire, and [René] Loyau is of th...
Vouvray’s wine is a product of what we call the Chenin Blanc grape, but I prefer the local name, Pineau de la Loire, and [René] Loyau is of the opinion that the original plantings of Pineau were Pinot, the Chardonnay, imported to Vouvray from Burgundy. Over sixteen centuries or more, the plant evolved ever so slowly as it adapted to Vouvray’s soil and climate. Even today, Loyau says, certain Vouvrays show a striking aromatic kinship to the Chardonnays of the Côte d’Or…
Wines in this Collection
Vouvray Brut
France | Loire
Made from Chenin Blanc in the Champagne method, this cuvée is the quintessential apéritif sparkling wine, with notes of apple and pear and a fine bead.
2024 Vouvray
France | Loire
This is Vouvray sec of the cold mountain stream persuasion—bracing, with a clean finish.
2024 Vouvray “Les Fondraux”
France | Loire
The sweetness—more like a honeyed roundness—is at the front of each sip, then whisked away by the same brisk finish as their Vouvray sec.
In the Adventures Club bulletin from 2011, where I found Chef Chris Lee’s recipe for beef braised with red wine and chocolate, Chris muses that rust...
In the Adventures Club bulletin from 2011, where I found Chef Chris Lee’s recipe for beef braised with red wine and chocolate, Chris muses that rustic French stews are typically quite soupy and made to be sopped-up with lots of country bread. The French actually have a word for the act of sweeping bread across one’s bowl or plate to capture every last bit…
Wines in this Collection
2024 Rosso Piceno
Italy | Le Marche
Its dark fruit is boldly mouth-filling, yet smooth and juicy, even crunchy when served fresh out of the cooler. One of the shop’s top pizza and BBQ bottles.
2024 Langhe Nebbiolo
Italy | Piedmont
Intermingling orange zest with roses, red fruits, and a fine tannin, it is utterly enchanting.
2023 Cahors
France | Southwest
Today, the 2023 is a robust, tightly coiled rouge balanced by notes of dark fruit, plum, earth, and eucalyptus.
2021 Faugères
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
Simultaneously rustic and graceful, dark and light on its feet, this red shows succulent notes of mixed red and black fruit, spices, and leather.
2022 Saumur Champigny “Terres Chaudes”
France | Loire
Thierry has perfected the art of coaxing this Cabernet Franc’s soulfulness and elusive finesse into bottle.
2023 Corse Figari Rouge
France | Corsica
This fragrant red from the island’s south echoes the earthy, meaty complexity found in chewy cuts of coppa that inevitably surface toward the end of a tasting at Canarelli.
2020 Friuli Colli Orientali Refosco Peduncolo Rosso “Morus Nigra”
Italy | Friuli
Lovely now with a slight chill, their Refosco has a stimulating, stony backbone that ensures a slow evolution through the years.
2022 Alpilles Rouge “Grenache”
France | Provence
A thoroughbred of pure Grenache, this unbridled rouge is fresh and lithe, teeming with juicy dark fruit and ample goût de terroir.
On a Friday afternoon last month, as a winter storm closed in on my mountain town, I made a few last-minute stops to stock up on provisions for what p...
On a Friday afternoon last month, as a winter storm closed in on my mountain town, I made a few last-minute stops to stock up on provisions for what promised to be a snowed-in weekend. The final stop on my checklist was my local butcher, to pick up a cut of pork I’d never considered preparing before Chez Panisse chef Gary Podesto created a recipe he called “Coppa à la Matignon” for our Adventures Club last winter…
Wines in this Collection
2022 Chianti Classico
Italy | Tuscany
The 2022 is pungently savory with herbaceous reminders of the Tuscan countryside.
2019 Chianti Classico Riserva
Italy | Tuscany
Concentrated, youthful, and soulful, this Sangiovese is enchanting now, but it has a long life full of gorgeous evolution ahead.
2020 Toscana Rosso
Italy | Tuscany
With an unmistakably Italian nose, it recalls the grippy tannins of a bright Chianti and the stateliness of an aged Bordeaux.
2018 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva “Santa Maria”
Italy | Tuscany
Colleoni’s Santa Maria is coursing with raw beauty, exuding rose petals and turned earth and finishing with tannins fine as silk.
The magnificent Aeolian Islands are a string of volcanic islands north of Sicily that include Vulcano, Lipari, Salina, Panarea, Stromboli (an ac...
The magnificent Aeolian Islands are a string of volcanic islands north of Sicily that include Vulcano, Lipari, Salina, Panarea, Stromboli (an active volcano), Filicudi, and Alicudi. Capers are a primary local export, particularly from Salina and Lipari—the two largest and most populous of the islands— but Antonino “Nino” Caravaglio is at once the caper champion of the region and its wine maestro. He has built what is unquestionably the most qualitative collection of vineyards and wines in this little slice of Italy…
Wines in this Collection
2023 Salina Malvasia “Abissale”
Italy | Sicily
A textured and luscious dry white with the ravishing perfume of citrus blossoms and a real “wow” factor, this is a masterpiece from the maestro of the Aeolians.
2024 Salina Malvasia “Verticale”
Italy | Sicily
Soaring, imposing, and intense—I am looking forward to following it over the next decade.
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...
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!
Wines in this Collection
2025 Langhe Arneis
Italy | Piedmont
This dreamy wine reaffirms that we should turn more often to Piedmont not only for our reds but also for our whites!
2022 Barbaresco
Italy | Piedmont
Gentle tannins and mouthwatering red fruit—this is young Barbaresco at its most pleasurable.
2025 Bardolino Chiaretto Rosé “Nichesole”
Italy | Veneto
With notes of white peach, red berries, melon, and grapefruit, this Chiaretto is the quintessential Italian rosato for a summer evening al fresco.
2024 Südtirol Eisacktaler Sylvaner
Italy | Alto Adige
This Sylvaner, from high in the Dolomites, will leave your palate tingling with the sensation of crispy minerals.
2023 Vin Orange “The New Chapter”
France | Alsace
Arthur Ostertag’s “Les Aventures de l'Agneau Masqué” series of orange wines have a new name each vintage.
2024 Bourgueil “Cuvée Alouettes”
France | Loire
Alouettes harkens to a different era: it’s pleasantly tannic and chalky, with sleek notes of licorice, cranberry, and prickly black pepper.
2024 Bourgueil Clairet “Avis de Vin Fort”
France | Loire
Fresh and punchy Cabernet Franc from fun-loving Catherine and Pierre Breton. Light, juicy, and ready to go. Drink young, drink chilled, drink plenty.
2024 Chinon “Beaux Monts”
France | Loire
Sourced from the village of Beaumont, it is utterly delicious, with a perfect balance of fruit and earth.
2022 Bourgueil “Clos Sénéchal”
France | Loire
This divine red allies the power and finesse one would expect from this great terroir.
2023 Sancerre Rouge
France | Loire
Pure, classy fruit sing tenor without any interference from the earthy bass that often makes itself heard in Bourgogne rouge.
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...
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.
Wines in this Collection
2020 Patrimonio Rouge
France | Corsica
Muriel Giudicelli’s Patrimonio rouge is elegant, deep, bursting with ripe black fruits, silky smooth, and offering great length.
2020 Isola Dei Nuraghi Bianco “Prama Dorada”
Italy | Sardinia
A field blend of Vermentino and other native Sardinian grapes, one week maceration; deep, broad, savory, and salty
2022 Vino Rosato “Passatella”
Italy | Molise
Offers an absolutely electric perfume loaded with bright notes of pomegranate, sour cherry, and fresh strawberry, while the palate delivers bracing acidity and a chiseled, chalky finish.
2022 Vin de France Blanc “Malvoise”
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
Tasting the bottle, one quickly sees winemaker Cyriaque Rozier’s statement that Malvasia has “acclimated perfectly to the land of La Roque” is not an overstatement.
2016 Vin de France Rouge
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
After aging for eight years, it’s now in a spot where the fruit recalls savory plums and baked cherries.
2021 Bordeaux Sec “Les Clous”
France | Bordeaux
A nervy, age-worthy wine; it smells remarkably like top-notch Chablis, but on the palate hints at cool and tropical fruits like melon, lychee, and lime.
2018 Friuli Colli Orientali Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso “Morus Nigra”
Italy | Friuli
Lovely now with a slight chill, their Refosco has a stimulating, stony backbone that ensures a slow evolution through the years.
2020 Lagrein Riserva “Di Ora in Ora”
Italy | Alto Adige
The juice is black as can be, emanating a vivid aroma of wild berries that wakens the senses.
2020 Vin de France Blanche
France | Loire
This lithe and expressive “orange” wine is an ideal palate-opener with a dry, cleansing finish and a fresh, cooling effect like coastal sage and seaspray.
2017 Taurasi
Italy | Campania
A dense and chiseled Aglianico from old vines at elevation.
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...
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!
Wines in this Collection
Kermit Lynch 50th Anniversary Tote
The perfect tote for a bottle of wine, loaf of bread, or whatever else you might be bringing to that holiday party around the corner.
Kermit Lynch Tolmer Hat
Do you love someone who loves Kermit Lynch wines and hats? Then this is the perfect gift. Spread the great grape gospel one chapeau at a time!
Kermit Lynch 50th Anniversary T-shirt
Shipping of this item included in price; additional sizes may be available.
Kermit Lynch 50th Anniversary T-shirt
Shipping of this item included in price; additional sizes may be available.
Kermit Lynch Tolmer Hat
Just arrived, it’s corduroy, and wide whale as well!
Kermit Lynch Tolmer Hat
Our bold, original color. An instant classic.
Kermit Lynch Tolmer T-Shirt Blue XL
Shipping of this item included in price; additional sizes may be available.
Kermit Lynch 50th Anniversary Logo Apron
Locally screen-printed on soft and durable Port Authority pocketed full-length apron.
Kermit Lynch Tolmer T-Shirt Red XL
Shipping of this item included in price; additional sizes may be available.
Our five wine clubs feature our best values from France and Italy as well as complex and cellar-worthy wines.
Our five wine clubs feature our best values from France and Italy as well as complex and cellar-worthy wines.
Wines in this Collection
2024 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc “Clos la Roquète”
France | Southern Rhône
March Club Bianco ~ Clos La Roquète’s blanc is luscious, yet finishes nice and dry with striking acidity.
2024 Lumassina
Italy | Liguria
It has a melony, jasmine scent, a frothy texture, and when paired with spicy wontons and sesame noodles was revelatory!
2024 Ventoux Rouge “Mégaphone”
France | Southern Rhône
April Club Rouge ~ Fragrant aromas of lavender and garrigue, notes of perfectly ripe black cherries, hints of black olive and stones.
2023 Bouches-du-Rhône Blanc “Baume Noire”
France | Provence
April Club Bianco ~ It is a seafood lover’s dream wine.
2023 Veneto Frizzante “Primo Incontro”
Italy | Veneto
April Club Gourmand ~ This is bone-dry, incredibly stimulating, low-alcohol Garganega frizzante from the unheralded volcanic hills of Gambellara.
2024 Valle d’Itria Bianco “Faraone”
Italy | Puglia
April Club Gourmand ~ A crisp white wine from a hot climate almost seems like a magical impossibility, yet here’s one, and a delicious one at that.
2024 Graves Blanc
France | Bordeaux
April Club Gourmand ~ Brimming with honeysuckle, lychee, and citrus, this Bordeaux blend is reliably harmonious with Eastern cuisine.
2023 Cahors
France | Southwest
April Club Gourmand ~ La Grave is one of the rare Cahors to consist exclusively of the native Malbec. Without any Merlot to soften it, this Cahors is decidedly old-fashioned.
2024 Colli Trevigiani Merlot
Italy | Veneto
April Club Gourmand ~ It’s like eating freshly picked blackberries and raspberries, only you add that distinctly Italian bite at the end.
2024 Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah “Les Hautes Ribaudes”
France | Northern Rhône
April Club Gourmand ~ With lovely notes of currant and violets, this bright, crunchy wine is irresistible in its youth. Serve cool with just about anything.