January | Looking Forward: Clos Larrouyat
by Anthony Lynch
More from the November 2024 Newsletter
1972, it began; 2022, it continues. This is not an epitaph. KLWM is alive, well, and all of us are proud to celebrate fifty years of bringing you...
In terms of quality, a well-vinified Petit Chablis is preferable to a poorly made Chablis. Don’t let the petit scare you away from th...
Beyond the brilliance of each release—you’ll find layers of elegant fruit, pristine transparency from site to site, and Kimmeridgian mineralit...
The winemaker is Alain Pascal, a living, breathing hunk of Provence. This 1997 is his domaine’s debut bottling. Alain’s father, who planted t...
Vigneti Vecchio is one of three small growers we recently introduced from Mount Etna. The name is a reference to the family name of Carmelo Vecch...
I had better begin by saying that I am primarily a water drinker. There are many pleasures in drinking water, the chief of which are to be f...
Daniel Alibrand and his wife, Valérie, are making some of the most exciting wine in Bordeaux today. The fact that all of their wine is white mak...
Last spring I had the good fortune to accompany Burton Anderson through the Piemonte. Author of Vino, Anderson was touring the cellars to researc...
It was a swampy summer afternoon in Beaune (yes, it does get hot in Burgundy from time to time) when I first tasted Giulia Negri’s wines. Not t...
If I did not like my other Beaujolais producers so much, I would tell you that Nicole Chanrion makes the best of them all, because when you ...
Grottafumata is, in a sense, the antithesis of many of the changes Etna has seen in recent times. As multinational wine brands have settled looking to...
If the word typicity does not exist, it should. Imagine, you want a baguette with dinner so you buy one, carry it home, and when you tear into it...
Never did I expect my father would liken a humble Provençal white to what is probably his favorite white wine of all time, Raveneau’s Chablis. But ...
A client pointed at the two or three stacks of red Burgundy in the shop and asked, “You used to specialize in Burgundy, didn’t you?” I’ve spen...
The Bonci family’s quest for improvement every single year has been inspiring to follow. A great example of this is their incredible col fondo Verdi...
Sarah and Simon Giacometti count themselves among a new generation of growers in Patrimonio who have pushed to ban herbicide use throughout the appell...
Attention: Lovers of old-fashioned Rhônes such as Faraud’s Gigondas. I have a surprise for you. Here is a great 1990 from a superb domaine called S...
We have reached a pivotal time in the wine world, and nowhere more so than in the southern Rhône. With their very livelihood at stake, vignerons such...
Table of Contents
- Introduction
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July | From the Archives: Petit Chablis
June 1983 Newsletter by Kermit Lynch - July | Looking Forward: Lavantureux by Anthony Lynch
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June | From the Archives: 1997 Domaine du Gros Noré
October 1999 Newsletter by Kermit Lynch - June | Looking Forward: Vigneti Vecchio by Anthony Lynch
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May | From the Archives: Confessions of a Water Drinker
June 1996 Newsletter by Wendell Berry - May | Looking Forward: Domaine de l’Alliance by Dixon Brooke
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April | From the Archives: Aldo Conterno
1978 Barolo (February 1982 Newsletter) by Kermit Lynch - April | Looking Forward: Giulia Negri by Anthony Lynch
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March | From the Archives: Nicole Chanrion
September 1996 Newsletter by Kermit Lynch - March | Looking Forward: Grottafumata by Anthony Lynch
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February | From the Archives: Typicity
March 1992 Newsletter by Kermit Lynch - February | Looking Forward: Clos Saint-Joseph by Anthony Lynch
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January | From the Archives: Henri Jayer
VITICULTEUR À VOSNE-ROMANÉE (CÔTE-D’OR) by Kermit Lynch - November | Looking Forward: La Marca Di San Michele by Dixon Brooke
- August | Looking Forward: Domaine Giacometti by Anthony Lynch
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October | From the Archives: Bargain Of The Year?
Bargain Of The Year? by Kermit Lynch -
October | Looking Forward: Le Sang Des Cailloux
Le Sang Des Cailloux by Anthony Lynch -
September | Looking Forward: I Pástini
I Pástini: Newly Arrived from Puglia by Anthony Lynch -
September | From the Archives: Tempier Rosé
Tempier Rosé Through The Years by Kermit Lynch -
August | From the Archives: Summer Rosé
August 1983 Newsletter by Kermit Lynch