Author: Erin Larkin

100% chenin blanc, as are all wines from Domaine de la Poultiere.  This is a beautiful wine, and certainly one of the few alternatives to

Aromas of damp hessian, green apricot, paraffin, white beach sand, morning hay and summer nectarine are supported in the mouth by a steeliness to the

A relatively new appellation, Touraine Noble Joue was declared in 2001.  With only five producers in the region it is tiny, with a total annual

A curious combination of pungent gooseberry, mulberry and white currant from one angle, and minerality, restraint, white spice and crushed rocks from another.  A wine

Fresh green apple, cold limestone, sea salt and oyster shell, saltbush and coastal spray.  This is airy, light, made of white sand, murraya, finger lime

Bourgogne Pinot Noir is from vineyards in the Côte Chalonnaise. Grown in typical clay and limestone soils with an average vine age of 35 years,

Domaine Baron Thenard is an extremely interesting house – they are the second-largest land-holder in the famed Le Montrachet vineyard (second only to the Marquis

A boutique family-owned estate, Laurent Savoye of Domaine Des Combiers makes this old vine (average vine age 80 years with a centenary plot) Beaujolais, and

The oak is the first thing that pops up on the nose here. Behind it is a choir of red fruit; the oak contributing nutmeg