2023 French Wine between $25 and $50

Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur is a decades-long merger between the two Burgundian wine legacies. Vincent Bitouzet and wife Anne Prieur own nearly 30 acres spread among crus and Lieu-dits throughout Volnay, Meursault, and Puligny-Montrachet.... Read More

Forget everything you think you know about Beaujolais. This wine is big and age-worthy for decades, not something usually associated with floral-luscious Fleurie. Clos de la Roilette is a 22-acre lieu-dit in the village of Fleurie,... Read More

Located right next door to Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas, Vacqueyras [vah-kay-rahz] is an area where some of the greatest values can be found. Elevated from a Côtes du Rhône Villages to an AOC in 1990, Vacqueyras... Read More

Lignier Passetoutgrain (pahss-too-grah) is steel-fermented, separately-vinified Pinot Noir (about 66%, all sourced from Morey-Saint-Denis) and Gamay. It is bottled unfined/unfiltered to highlight Burgundian complexity, complemented... Read More

Chiroubles (shee-roob-bluh) is not as famous or widely available as other cru Beaujolais, but it is one of the most sought-after by those who appreciate intensely perfumed Gamay. Named after his granddaughter, “Cuvée... Read More

Passe-tout-grains might seem like a mouthful, but it's pronounced pass-ah-TOO-gran and means pass all grapes into a blend of Gamay and Pinot Noir. Made by Domaine Rochebin in the Mâconnais region of southern Burgundy,... Read More

Gamay from the Ardeche?! you might wonder. Yes, but it's not like the stuff from Beaujolais. Souhaut preserves old local variants like Gamay Saint-Romain, which is hand-harvested and slow-macerated in whole-clusters with... Read More

Now standard bearers in French natural wine circles, Véronique & Aimé Guibert decided to start making fun fizz upon returning from a trip to Italy. Their pink sparkler is composed of a variety of Languedoc grapes... Read More

If it weren't for second careers, there would be many fewer interesting wines in the world. Before moving to the Loire Valley, Noëlla Morantin lived in Brittany and was pursuing another occupation, but she caught the... Read More

The clear bottle, crown cap, and color will trick you into thinking Le Social Traitre (the social traitor) is a Pet-nat orange wine. Not true. It's an Alsatian blend of direct-press, free-run Riesling, Silvaner, and Pinot... Read More