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Domaine Chardigny
The newest chapter in the Chardigny family’s 200-year history has begun.  In 2014, brothers Pierre-Maxime and Victor-Emmanuel took the…
Crozes Hermitage Rouge Domaine Rousset
NORTHERN RHONE, FRANCE
Domaine Rousset
Stephane Rousset’s underground status as one of the best producers in the Northern Rhone Valley is about to end.…
SAVOIE, FRANCE
Jean-Claude Masson
Jean-Claude may give the impression that he’s ready at any moment for the next Nascar race or hit the…
An Outsider at The Source Part Nine: Masson and the Mountain
Just to the south of Apremont is Mont Granier, a colossal roughly-hewn trapezoid of limestone with a thick evergreen forest at its base. Its sheer cliffs suggest the usual erosion and fall away, but in 1248,…
An Outsider at The Source Part Eight: From Phoenix and the Savoie
On my third day I woke to find Ted and Andrea quietly pecking at their laptops in the living room, having already gone for a run down along the quays. I made myself some eggs and…
Caiño Longo
ON THE WATER
Cume do Avia
We first met Diego Collarte on an unnamed road outside of Ribadavia, in Spain’s Ribeiro wine country. As Cume…
Fuentes del Silencio
CASTILLA Y LEON, SPAIN
Fuentes del Silencio
The story of Fuentes del Silencio is of Indiana Jones-level proportions for lost and nearly forgotten wine cultures. Miguel…
PROVENCE, FRANCE
Mas de Cadenet
Gentle, focused and intelligent: words that describe both the Negrel family and their wines. A quick trip through their…