The new 2016 vintage of the Marly received a rating of 88 Points by Wine Enthusiast! This sustainable Chablis wine was produced by Domaine Hamelin to express the terroir through the wine. As you may have known, Chablis only produces Chardonnay, thus each winemaker has the privilege of experimenting with the parcels in the vineyard to show a true expression of specific terroirs. Wine Enthusiast agrees with this lovely review! “A soft, rounded Chablis, this has a smooth texture that is gently cut by …

Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate and Wine & Spirits has presented Château Kefraya with two new wine ratings for the Château Kefraya Red 2013 and Blanc de Blancs 2017!! The Château Kefraya Red 2013 received the great score of 91 Points from The Wine Advocate by Robert Parker, “The 2013 Chateau Kefraya, the estate red, is mostly a 60/30 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, with bits and pieces of other grapes, aged for 23 months in one-third new French oak. It comes in at 14.5% alcohol. …

Château de Valcombe is a marvelous 10-generation family-owned property in the Southern Rhône Valley. Since 1740, this southernmost Costières de Nîmes estate has been perfectly located between the regions of Languedoc and Provence with closeness to the Mediterranean Sea. Planted on a unique terroir with a thin layer of limestone, Château de Valcombe produces wines with a strong identity: They are refined and dynamic with exuberant freshness and minerality. “The highest concentration of limestone in the region!” REGIONAL PIONEERS… Following the Second World …

The round and silky, Oscar 2014 from Xavier Flouret Wines received 88 Points from Wine & Spirits! The origins of the Echeverría family goes back to a little town in the mountains of the Basque country called Amezqueta, near San Sebastián, in the province of Guipúzcoa. In 1740, the Echeverría family moved to Chile, and has been prominent in Chilean agriculture and active in grape growing and winemaking since then. In the early 1900s, the Echeverría family established their vineyard and winery in the outskirts of the …

Grands Vins de Bourgogne Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey Saint-Denis 1er Cru, Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru, Marsannay… Family winery, Domaine Olivier Guyot, joins Cognac One with six illustrious appellations from Burgundy. After historically exporting only a few wines to the US, this distinguished Domaine is finally back in New York. A FAMILY STORY: In the heart of the Côte-d’Or vineyards, Olivier Guyot, a third-generation winemaker, has flourished his family’s farm and vineyards through his passion of the vine. The Guyot family is one of the oldest in Marsannay-la-Côte and today, the unique estate …

Les Vignobles Ruhlmann Schutz certainly has something to celebrate with this week! As harvest rounds up all over the Northern Hemisphere, this Alsatian wine estate has received two incredible ratings for their Crémant d’Alsace Brut and Crémant d’Alsace Rosé! Carefully critiqued by Anne Krebiehl, a Wine Enthusiast Contributing Editor who reviews wines from Austria, Alsace, and England, she states the following about both wines: “Very aromatic notes of green-apple peel have a richer hint of green citrus and melon about …

Wine & Spirits has presented Château Kefraya with a new wine rating for the Les Coteaux 2014! The wine received a score of 89 Points, “A curious blend of Syrah with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Tempranillo and Marselan, this is dark and earthy, with potpourri spice and lean, dry tannins. Those tannins are holding it back for now; give it another couple of years in the cellar to relax.”

We have a new vintage in-stock of Château Moncets and it’s received an amazing rating! The  generous and harmonious Lalande de Pomerol 2012 has scored 90 Points by Wine Enthusiast!! The 90 Point rating was critiqued by Roger Voss, European Editor (reviews wines from Portugal and France) of Wine Enthusiast. “This is a generous fruity wine with ripe tannins and plenty of black currants. There is a good amount of Cabernet Franc (32%) in this perfumed wine, giving both the structure and the dusty tannins. This …

Vinous Media gives the spectacular Domaine La Fagotière’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red 2013 a rating of 90 Points! “Brilliant ruby-red. Ripe red fruits and candied flowers are brightened by a mineral element and a hint of white pepper. Silky and seamless in texture, showing energetic lift and very good clarity to the spice-tinged raspberry and floral pastille flavors. In an elegant style, finishing long, sappy and gently tannic, with no rough edges.” -Josh Raynolds