Unicorn wines
Unicorni-copia! Look – don’t touch. In fact, don’t even look. In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white equine - or goat-like - animal with a long…
Spotlight on: Les Cailloux du Paradis: Etienne & Claude Courtois
Situated in the heart of Sologne, 35 km from Blois, Claude Courtois and his sons elaborate their wines according to ancestral methods and are zealous advocates of natural wine. “Nature…
Spotlight on: Clos du Tue-Boeuf, Puzelat family
Watch Thierry Puzelat speak about his wines at the Real Wine Fair Since the Middle Ages, there have been records about the lieu-dit “le Tue-Boeuf” and its excellent wines which were enjoyed…
What is Pet Nat?
A Pet Nat (short for pétillant naturel) is a sparkling wine from a single vintage that undergoes a single fermentation. The wine ferments with its own yeast in tank or barrel and is…
Doug decants: Kamara Wines, Greece
What happens when an entire family is passionate about nature? They abandon city life and move to the countryside to plant vines. This is the story of the Kioutsoukis family (Dimitrios,…
Wine Epiphanies: The Tasting Blindside
In terms of taste epiphanies, being blindsided is the equivalent of being smacked by a two-by-four – a modern version of the Damascene conversion.We have all been taken unawares at…
Leo Erazo & Chilean Cru Cinsault
Itata for now! The old Itata Hills are a fantastic place. The terroir potential for making wines here with special character is great. Leo Erazo’s work is to bring that…
Spotlight On: Domaine de la Pépière
The estate was established by Marc Ollivier in 1984 and Remi Branger joined him in 2007, followed by Gwénaëlle Croix in 2012. Marc had experience in the winemaking world from…
100 Great Natural Wines: The New World – Part One
This is a series profiling the producers on our list who make natural wines. Within this series we will be highlighting some of the extraordinary and rare bottles and vintages that…
Spotlight on: Benoit Courault
Though Benoit is not originally from a winemaking family (his father was a horse trader), he wanted to make wine, and so left the Loire Valley to study oenology in…