2021 Grolleau “Franc de Pied”Bernard Baudry
France | Loire
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Producers
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Vouvray
Dry Champagne-method sparkler that delivers tremendous value.
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
A blend of multiple grapes and multiple vintages crafted in a fresh, easy-drinking style.
Sommariva Italy | Veneto | Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica
In between the spicier “Sauvage” and softer “Douce.”
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica
From a tiny mill in Corsica’s eastern mountains, Douce is soft and tender; Sauvage is wildly peppery and herbaceous.
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica
From a tiny mill in Corsica’s eastern mountains, Douce is soft and tender; Sauvage is wildly peppery and herbaceous.
Masseria del Pino Italy | Sicily
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Crémant de Savoie
A wonderfully dry, fresh, sparkling wine from one of the most beautiful regions of France.
Domaine La Tour Vieille France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Banyuls
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Vin de Pays de l’Île de Beauté
A refreshing rosé refreshing whose distinct grape varieties yield a familiar wine with just enough Corsican terroir to set it apart.
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | I. G. P. Île de Beauté
Sun-ripened fruit, sea-mist salinity, and an alluring note of fresh herbs.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Vin de France
Delicious and honest naturally sparkling Chenin, bottled with no dosage and no sulfur.
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica | Vin de Corse
Delicate, ethereal aroma—gently floral. Rose water, citrus zest, blood orange. Round and airy on the palate. Bright, clean, pure. Crisp finish.
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica | Vin de Corse
This vin gris packs some serious flavor, with notes of citrus, minerals, and peach, and a seemingly endless finish.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Val de Loire
Expect hints of pepper, tomato leaf, earth, and an explosion of juicy red fruit like raspberry and cherry.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie Chignin
If any Pinot Noir on these pages is built for the Parisian bistro or Lyonnais bouchon, it is this one from the hills of Chignin, in Savoie.
Domaine Roger Neveu
France | Loire | Sancerre
Textbook Sancerre: bright and citrusy, with a clean, stony finish.
Domaine Roger Neveu
France | Loire | Sancerre
Pale in color with a wonderful delicacy in the mouth, the lip-smacking acidity of this rosé of Pinot Noir is utterly refreshing.
Domaine Hippolyte Reverdy
France | Loire | Sancerre
Trademark notes of fresh spring flowers and a zesty, mineral finish. Try it with this recipe for Goat Cheese Omelette.
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A Niellucciu-based rosé that is so fresh, pure, and invigorating, while delivering a healthy dose of Mediterranean brine.
Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc
One of southern France’s truly amazing values in white wine.
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire
Brambly berries and lifted floral notes combine with an earthy coolness and touch of spice in this red whose low alcohol level makes it even easier to fervently slurp down.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgeuil
Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
A delicate, aromatic red in the “drink now!” vein.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
Brisk red-fruited twang, some herbaceous zest, and an absolutely mouthwatering zingy finish.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
A rosé the color of a red, with gentle tannins and bursting with young, juicy fruit.
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
I have matched bottles with grilled pork and veggie kebabs, turkey sandwiches from the deli, spicy buffalo wings, freshly fried fish tacos...
Alex Foillard
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
This drinks like a Gamay infusion with lovely hints of potpourri, spice, and fresh grapes.
M. & C. Lapierre
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
A brand new wine in the Lapierre lineup, “Le Beaujolais” is silky, perfumed, and incredibly fresh, exhibiting the pleasure factor we expect from every bottle to come out of the Lapierre cellars.
Domaine de la Tour du Bon
France | Provence | Bandol
The lightest and most aromatic Bandol rosé we import.
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
In this bottling from Yves Leccia, the French import Grenache—called Elegante in Corsica—takes center stage, offering fragrant notes of lavender spiced with balmy Mediterranean brush.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Vézelay
It has all the best of Vézelay: a fresh, floral, citrusy attack, followed by warm and textured charm.
Domaine de la Cadette
France | Burgundy | Vézelay
La Châtelaine highlights what may be the best terroir of Vézelay and why this little appellation is on the map in the first place.
Steiger-Kalena
Italy | Molise
A toothsome red wine showing deep, wild fruit of alluring levity, “Passatella” comes in convivial one-liter bottles perfect for sharing.
Ferruccio Carlotto
Italy | Alto Adige | Vigneti delle Dolomiti
An ethereal red with a little spice.
Deperu Holler
Italy | Sardinia | Vermentino di Gallura
A fleshy and savory unfiltered Vermentino from northern Sardinia.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
This rare red variety has a straightforward freshness and light herbal spiciness.
Gaël Petit
France | Southern Rhône | Tavel
This bears a rich bouquet of wild strawberry, flowers, garrigue, and sweet spices, culminating in a long, stony finale.
Manni Nössing Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige – Valle Isarco
Manni Nössing Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige – Valle Isarco
Manni Nössing
Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige – Valle Isarco
No lack of minerality in this perfumed white from the Italy-Austria border.
Manni Nössing
Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige – Valle Isarco
A vibrant, crisp, taut, white grown at over 600 meters in granite soil in the very northern part of Italy.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Vin de Savoie
This medium-bodied white evokes peaches, honey, and pine resin. Perfect for winter nights and dishes like hearty, Savoie-inspired fish chowder.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie
It has often been likened to a cross between Pinot Noir and Syrah: bright, elegant, and floral, with suggestions of wild fruit, blood, and minerals.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie
This red conveys loads of juicy, brambly berries with floral and gamey nuances.
Thierry Germain France | Loire | Saumur-Champigny
Thierry Germain
France | Loire | Saumur Champigny
January ’21 Club Rouge Selection
Daniel Chotard
France | Loire | Sancerre
An intense exotic nose lures you in before the minerality channels the lightning energy of this pure Sauvignon Blanc.
Jean-Paul & Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Régnié
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Régnié
Savor it while you can, because your glass will be empty before you know it, leaving you only with the spicy, mineral-laden aftertaste of a bottle that went down way too easily.
Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint Loup
Shows a kinship with the northern Rhône, echoing aromas of black olive and violets.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
With a delectable combination of fresh fruit and oyster-shell aromatics, this remains Lavantureux’s benchmark for value and typicity.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A thirst-quencher with uncommon pedigree.
Grottafumata
Italy | Sicily
One of Sicily’s most coveted oils, perfumed with bright citrus, dried fruit, and herbs
Castagnoli Italy | Tuscany
Jean-Paul Thévenet France | Beaujolais | Morgon
Mas Champart
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Monts de la Grage
These ancient hillside vines yield very little, giving an intensely concentrated juice with great acidity and a textured finish. Open it alongside seafood or as an apéritif.
Jean-Claude Regnaudot et Fils
France | Burgundy | Maranges
Full of robust fruit, earthy notes, and a little spice, the village-level Maranges is an ideal introduction to the appellation.
Maison Arretxea
France | Southwest | Irouléguy
Low alcohol and bright acidity balancing the earthy tannins and deep, dark color.
Domaine de Durban
France | Southern Rhône | Gigondas
Durban does here what they do best, keeping the focus and precision of the terroir as well as loads of fruit and pleasure.
Vigneti Vecchio
Italy | Sicily | Etna
Pre-phylloxera vines in volcanic sand give this silky, smoky beauty.
Maxime-François Laurent
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Rhône
This thirst-quenching, bright, and plummy red is enhanced with a little bit of chill and perfect for your favorite summer grillables.
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
October Club Rouge Selection
Château Thivin France | Beaujolais | Côte de Brouilly
Domaine La Tour Vieille
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Collioure
A stony, spicy cuvée full of Mediterranean sunshine, aromatic garrigue, and a hint of salinity that offers a perfect match for grilled rosemary lamb chops.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Colline Savonesi
A delightfully fresh, spicy, medium-bodied red scented of tart blackberries, wild mint, and other aromatic herbs.
Guy Breton
France | Beaujolais | Chiroubles
Floral and succulent, bursting with notes of little red berries, but it is also delicate and light on its feet.
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire | Chinon
A textbook Chinon like this merits simple, rustic cuisine such as roast game, baked potatoes, and sautéed porcini mushrooms.
Catherine & Pierre Breton France | Loire | Chinon
André et Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie Chignin-Bergeron
Beautifully refined, tenderly floral, and a succulently peachy wine, born from pure stone.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Like seashells drenched in the pulp of ripe orchard fruits, it offers richness along with trademark Chablisien zip.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Chablis
This cuvée “gives another style of Chablis, conveying a more saline, iodized minerality that recalls the Chablisien geology and its little oyster shells
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Chablis
This wine always delivers an element of luscious, tender fruit that seems to coat the wine’s spinal chord of Kimmeridgian minerals
Henri Costal
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Devouring a fresh crab and pairing it with this pure, elegant, chalky, earthy (wet stone), and stunning finish is the perfect combo.
Domaine Roland Lavantureux
France | Burgundy | Chablis
A crystal-clear translation of the Kimmeridgian limestone of Chablis—Chardonnay the way it can only taste from these soils.
Vigne Rada Italy | Sardinia | Cannonau di Sardegna
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne Epineuil
Ethereal and bright, with the notes of cherry and earth that get red-Burgundy lovers’ hearts racing.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A classic bistro red with great thirst-quenching versatility.
La Soeur Cadette
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
A thirst-quenching, spirit-lifting, and downright delicious white Burgundy.
Yves Leccia France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Domaine de Marquiliani
France | Corsica | Île de Beauté
A Corsican Red from a Rosé Specialist
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d’Aosta
Fumin truly is, as Feuillet’s vigneron Maurizio Fiorano puts it, “an age-old pearl of local enology.”
Riofavara Italy | Sicily
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
With unrivaled versatility at table and guaranteed mouthwatering abilities, Sylvaner brings something new and fresh to the table
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Saint-Joseph
This beauty is brimming and bursting with deep dark flavors of black olive, blackberry and a hint of white pepper.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
This Riesling “Katz,” as we call it, is a beautifully linear and chiseled style of Riesling, fresh and pure.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
Perfect for when a wine with a bit of extra weight and less acidity is called for.
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
The Cuvée Sarah, an aromatic mix of roasted, smoking herbs with plenty of tannins to chew on, goes down with pleasure and calls for another round (and a grill).
Santini Collective France | Burgundy | Mâcon-Villages
La Soeur Cadette
France | Beaujolais | Juliénas
With loads of fresh Gamay fruit, it flows over the palate with a juicy buoyancy that simply makes it hard to resist.
Deperu Holler Italy | Sardinia | Isola dei Nuraghi
Maxime-François Laurent
France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Rhône
This thirst-quenching, bright, and plummy red is enhanced with a little bit of chill and perfect for your favorite summer grillables.
Barruol / Lynch France | Northern Rhône | Crozes Hermitage
Domaine La Tour Vieille
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Collioure
A stony, spicy cuvée full of Mediterranean sunshine, aromatic garrigue, and a hint of salinity that offers a perfect match for grilled rosemary lamb chops.
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Collines Rhodaniennes
The depth, complexity, and crushed-stone minerality of a great Côte-Rôtie, all while maintaining inviting youthful fruit.
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire | Chinon
The comfort of settling in for the winter—that’s the feeling I get the minute I put my nose in a glass of Baudry’s Chinon Grézeaux. The very name suggests its gravelly terroir and earthy structure: a natural choice for this time of year.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
Here, Chasselas becomes the reincarnation of a bubbling mountain spring, zipping across the palate with a refreshing tingle of spritz.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgueil
A great option when you need to stop your “natty wine” friends in their un-sulfinated tracks. A seriously playful Cab Franc from the masters of vinous fun.
Jean-Claude Marsanne France | Northern Rhône | IGP Ardèche
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
You have never tasted Sauvignon quite like this.
Domaine Ostertag France | Alsace | Alsace
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
Raw, unusual, unrefined, with high acidity and richness all at once.
Lionel Faury France | Northern Rhône | Saint Joseph
Sesti
Italy | Tuscany | Rosso di Montalcino
Few wines are better suited to tomato-based dishes, wild mushrooms, grilled vegetables, or a hearty ragù over fresh egg noodles
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
Apple and apricot notes, beautiful texture, and always both complex and extremely refreshing. Not an easy thing to do!
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
The Cuvée Sarah, an aromatic mix of roasted, smoking herbs with plenty of tannins to chew on, goes down with pleasure and calls for another round (and a grill).
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
A thirst-quencher with uncommon pedigree.
Domaine Giacometti France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Ferruccio Carlotto
Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige
This cuvée is dark-fruited velvet in a bottle.
Pascal Janvier France | Loire | Jasnières
Régis Bouvier
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Lucid and bright, it offers a youthful crunch and subtle earthiness emblematic of great Pinot Noir.
Cantine Elvio Tintero
Italy | Piedmont | Barbaresco
Gentle tannins and mouthwatering red fruit—this is young Barbaresco at its most pleasurable.
Peter Dipoli
Italy | Alto Adige | Alto Adige
Pure, crisp refreshment for the simple meals you have the days before and after your big holiday dinners.
Vigne Rada
Italy | Sardinia | Alghero
February ’19 Club Rouge Selection
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Vin de Pays de l’Île de Beauté
It is the up-and-coming white Corsican grape, rapidly winning back the reputation it had earned so long ago.
Antoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica | Vin de France
A stony, dry, floral blend of Corsica's three whites: Vermentinu, Biancu Gentile, & Muscat.
La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche | Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
Passolento takes its time throughout every stage of the production process, allowing it to develop the layered textures that white Burgundy lovers chase after.
Château d’Épiré
France | Loire | Savennières
Powerful, cellar-worthy dry Chenin aged in chestnut, oak, & acacia.
Mas Champart
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Saint-Chinian
A Mourvèdre-majority masterpiece, lots of pleasure and even more soul.
Tenuta Anfosso
Italy | Liguria | Rossese di Dolceacqua
The fruit—think cherries and strawberries—is more reserved, with smoke and stones sharing the stage.
Yves Leccia
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Leccia's earthy, delicious island-mountain wine is fun, accessible and pairs with anything from fish stew to pasta to lounging in the park.
Château Moulin
France | Bordeaux | Fronsac
Made without added sulfur, a transparent reflection of Merlot grown in the limestone and clay of Fronsac
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Crémant d’Alsace
With a fine bead, classy bouquet, and stimulating minerality, it will give even the priciest Champagne a run for its money.
Castagnoli
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
Castagnoli enjoys a microclimate of its own, where cool nights favor bright, focused acidity that accentuates this red’s crunchy schist backbone.
Podere Campriano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
This is delicious Sangiovese from the Greve zone of Chianti Classico and made by some of the nicest and most talented people you could ever hope to meet.
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico
Broad-shouldered, with hearty tannin and acidity and a dark, earthy quality to its fruit, it is a lumberjack wine that can cut through anything a Tuscan table can throw its way—wild game and aged cheeses are some of our favorites.
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
Medium-bodied and intensely aromatic, this wine provides an abundance of red berries and lip-smacking acidity.
Château Belles-Graves
France | Bordeaux | Lalande-de-Pomerol
A generous wine dominated by ripe black fruit with very supple, approachable tannins
Riofavara
Italy | Sicily | Eloro
“Sciavè is the result of ancient clones of Nero d’Avola which, besides exalting the limestone matrix of its terroir of origin in the Eloro appellation, carry forth the elegance gleaned from patiently aging the wine in barrel.”
Domaine Catherine Le Gœuil
France | Southern Rhône | Cairanne
This Cairanne bears all of the southern Rhône notes we love: black cherries, garrigue, olives, and stones. It will pair magically with braised oxtails or grilled lamb chops.
Vigne Rada Italy | Sardinia | Alghero
Château Belles-Graves
France | Bordeaux | Lalande-de-Pomerol
A generous wine dominated by ripe black fruit with very supple, approachable tannins
Baldin
Italy | Piedmont | Bramaterra
Exploring the potential of Alto Piemonte, Nebbiolo’s other terroir.
Domaine Dupeuble
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais
Cuvée 1512 represents a much more serious breed of Gamay pleasure.
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