Download this September Newsletter Segment Vincent Bergeron | Montlouis-sur-Loire 2023 Matin, Midi et Soir & Maison Marchandelle (Available from the Source in all U.S. Markets) 2023 Pregame The first time barrel-tasting Vincent Bergeron’s 2022s, he’d just bottled undoubtedly his most successful vintage. His 2021s were a stunning realization of more than a decade of preparation for masterpiece-level wines in Vincent’s...[ read more ]
Download this August Newsletter Segment Fletcher Langhe Nebbiolo duo & 2023 Barbarescos After representing Dave Fletcher in California and a couple other markets since the 2016 vintage, now we’re proud to represent him throughout the entire United States market. Though the wines have been available in New York for several years, our representation there begins this month. Who would’ve thought...[ read more ]
The extinct volcano Monte Vulture, whose eruptions shaped the soils of northern Basilicata Download this August Newsletter Segment Madonna delle Grazie Aglianico del Vulture Crus and Aglianico bianco I will relentlessly contend that Aglianico is one of the world’s most undervalued red grapes, one of its most unexpectedly versatile, and perhaps one of its most misunderstood. Madonna delle Grazie’s range...[ read more ]
Download this August Newsletter Segment Katharina Wechsler | Rheinhessen 2023 Dry Riesling Crus Delayed by general disruptions and tariff-stalled markets over the last year, the 2023 vintage of Katharina Wechsler’s dry Rieslings crus was well worth the wait. While 2021 seemed like effortless fine wine, sleek, precise, tensile and mineral for days, and 2022 exceeded every expectation for a warm...[ read more ]
(Download complete pdf here) Jean Collet 2023 Chablis 1er & Grand Crus Labels Domaine Jean Collet et Fils hasn’t changed their US labels for about fifty years. When I presented the “new labels” used in the French market as a possible switch in the US, our team responded positively, and some others thought customers might think of the vintage-style rebranding...[ read more ]
Gneiss (Download complete pdf here) 2023 Tegernseerhof Smaragd Crus Wachau, Austria Written By Ted Vance Pregame Provocation The last decades have challenged the wine industry’s most durable vintage theories. With improvements in vineyard and cellar craft, a deeper understanding of viticulture, and increasingly sophisticated weather forecasting, the idea that “great” wines are primarily vintage dependent is, at least in my...[ read more ]
Download May 2026 Newsletter White Knuckling 'till June The 2026 growing season started early this year in much of Europe. For growers, this is always exciting: the birth of a new chapter in the history books and their life as vignerons—a time of unknown potential. But these days, especially over the last fifteen years or so, anxiety often rises to...[ read more ]
Newsletter February 2026 The Source was always about dreams. I grew up in northwest Montana—not exactly a wine mecca—and I didn’t touch alcohol until I was nineteen. It was a Guinness, illegally poured for me in a restaurant with fellow waiters from work. I’d just moved to Arizona and interviewed well enough for a job waiting tables that I wasn’t...[ read more ]
