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Fuentes del Silencio
The story of Fuentes del Silencio is of Indiana Jones-level proportions for lost and nearly forgotten wine cultures. Miguel…
ITATA VALLEY, CHILE
Pedro Parra y Familia
Who would have thought that it would be a Chilean from the industrial city of Concepcion that would become…
BORDEAUX, FRANCE
Clos du Clocher
I have an admission: I have a secret love affair with Pomerol. Anyone who knows me knows that Bordeaux…
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An Outsider at The Source Part Three: La Dilletante
After our visit at de Montille’s garden, Ted’s friends decided on a restaurant for dinner in Beaune, the nearby, perfectly preserved and walled-in medieval city at the center of Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune. We rolled down…
A. Rafanelli: What Goes Around,...
Everyone in the wine business got their start with a few memorable bottles, and believe it or not, mine were from California, back when I was nineteen and had just moved to Arizona from Nowhereville (Kalispell),…
ON THE WATER
Domaine Christophe et fils
Sebastien Christophe is the man of mystery in Chablis. He’s come from nearly nowhere and has quietly been climbing…
PROVENCE, FRANCE
Mas de Cadenet
Gentle, focused and intelligent: words that describe both the Negrel family and their wines. A quick trip through their…
1er Cru Mont de Milieu
CHABLIS, FRANCE
Domaine Christophe et fils
Sebastien Christophe is the man of mystery in Chablis. He’s come from nearly nowhere and has quietly been climbing…