Warning: this is not dry vermouth for your classic Vodka Martini! Blanc Vermouth de Chambery is semi-sweet, fuller-bodied, and a better mixing partner with rum, agave, pisco, and bold American gin. Doiln's 200-year-old recipe... Read More
Most of us only think of dry vermouth when adding a drop or two to a super dry Martini. It's also an occasional cooking ingredient that costs less than $10 for a big bottle that usually stays in the cupboard for a year before... Read More
Warning: this is not dry vermouth for your classic Vodka Martini! Blanc Vermouth de Chambery is semi-sweet, fuller-bodied, and a better mixing partner with rum, agave, pisco, and bold American gin. Doiln's 200-year-old recipe... Read More
With a 200-year history, Dolin's Genepy is yet another wonderful old-fashioned alpine liqueur that should not be forgotten. It's a little like Chartreuse but without the anise: think sage and mint with light notes of rosemary,... Read More
Vermouth is fortified wine developed from a 16th-century tradition of adding Wormwood (wermut in German) to medicinal remedies. These days, the finest French and Italian vermouth comes from high-quality base wine flavored naturally... Read More
Vermouth is fortified wine developed from a 16th-century tradition of adding Wormwood (wermut in German) to medicinal remedies. These days, the finest French and Italian vermouth comes from high-quality base wine flavored naturally... Read More
Perhaps it's just magical thinking, but Jean-Marie Bechtold's sparkler brims with the domaine's 30 acres of terroir around Kirchheim. You can practically taste the interior of the old half-timber winery on Rue Jean... Read More
Cyril is the 5th generation of Audoins to work the family land in the village of Marsannay (at the northern tip of Côte de Nuits). There are now 34 acres that extend over parcels Champs-Salomon, Les Crais, Herbues, La Pucine,... Read More
Was 2021 the best vintage in Burgundy? No. It's the kind of year we call challenging in the wine trade, but it's also an opportunity for savvy buyers like us to find some lovely, overlooked, well-priced gems. Philippe... Read More
Beaumes-de-Venise (bom deh ven-eez) is not famous for Rhône rouge, but rather for a deliciously sweet vin doux naturel that gained AOC Classification back in 1943—more than 60 years before the village was granted Cru... Read More
Domaine de Fenouillet has been producing wine in the village of Beaumes-de-Venise (one of the classified Rhône villages) for 100 years, and brothers Patrick and Vincent Soard have expanded production to include southerly... Read More
There was a time when Châteauneuf-du-Pape was rustic and powerful, yet nuanced and complex after long aging. However, it was then influenced by reviewers, and winemakers began bombarding us with the same excessive fruit,... Read More
Finding reasonably priced, old-school, organic Burgundy meant simply for pleasure is getting harder and harder. Valentin Montanet and his parents, Jean and Catherine, are no-nonsense producers who use indigenous yeast and low... Read More
Winemaker Valentin Montanet has nothing to prove, so he makes easy-to-enjoy Burgundy with all of us in mind. His remote 54-acre estate is south of Chablis and northwest of Burgundy's most expensive vineyards in the Côte... Read More
