Value Reds

As much as I love Dolcetto and Beaujolais, I get a thrill when I dip my nose into a glass of wine and the first sensation I get is not one o...

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Chablis

Insider tip: cellaring some grand cru Chablis from Lavantureux is about as wise a move as you can make in today’s volatile (wine) world. N...

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Mambo Italiano

Never have I opened a bottle of Duline and wondered what all the fuss is about. Each one delivers on the promise I’ve heard over and over, that thes...

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Domaine de Villaine

Burgundy is changing. Harvest in 2020, which began in mid-August, was the earliest here since 1371. An August harvest a generation ago was a once-in-a...

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Just in from Château Thivin

When I arrived at Thivin for my annual blending session with the Geoffray family in early March, an air of uncertainty reigned in the normally cheery ...

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Champagne Sale!

If there is one thing we have all learned to expect this year, it is the unexpected. Even so, here we are, right on time with our annual Champagne sal...

Remembering Lulu Peyraud
1917—2020

As I sit here, facing the solemn task of creating an homage to someone who was in effect a grandmother to me, I wonder: How can we properly commemorat...

White Before Red
6-Bottle Sampler

Many of us at KLWM continue to be inspired by the wine-drinking habits of Kermit and his late friend Richard Olney. One routine I now seem unable to s...