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Crotin Barbera D'Asti
FRESH OFF THE BOAT
Crotin
After nearly an hour of winding through hills and lifeless villages north of Alba, the road suddenly climbs into…
BURGUNDY, FRANCE
Jean Noel Gagnard
In 1989, after returning from business school in Paris, Caroline L’Estimé took over the winemaking and vineyard direction from…
AUSTRIA
Weingut Emmerich Knoll
When well-versed wine aficionados speak of the very best producers in Austria, Knoll is often mentioned in their first…
An Outsider at The Source Part Nineteen: Beaujolais and the Inimitable Jean-Louis Dutraive
I jumped out of bed on our last morning in La Fabrique, having slept straight through my alarm, but I was packed and had inside of fifteen minutes. As we loaded the car, Pierre was nowhere…
A Snapshot of Corsica Geology
I first visited Corsica a number of years ago and was struck by the sheer complexity of this island’s geographical profile. Affectionately referred to as the l’Île de Beauté  by the French, and famously “a mountain in the…
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…
BURGUNDY, FRANCE
Domaine de Chassorney
Rebels with a cause, the Cossards, Fréderic and Laure, are headliners of the (still tiny) natural wine movement in…
AUSTRIA
Weingut Emmerich Knoll
When well-versed wine aficionados speak of the very best producers in Austria, Knoll is often mentioned in their first…