MASOTTINA

Exuberant and joyful with delicious pear notes and lacy bubbles.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

VARNIER-FANNIÈRE

Earthy, spicy, and rich. Finely etched and deeply resonant flavors. Lots of gravitas.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

H. BILLIOT FILS

Juicy, minerally, and very vivid. If you love super crisp Champagne, this is it.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

MARC HÉBRART

If I could only drink one bottle of Champagne this season (not likely), The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

PHILIPPE GLAVIER

Like drinking snowflakes, laced with a touch of vanilla. Lacy, fresh, and crisp.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

R. GEOFFROY

As fresh and light as rarefied mountain air. Plus a texture that’s whipped cream. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

CHAPPELLET

Chappellet’s PH cabernets always have a dark, sexy personality. They’re majestic wines, tight and even angular when young, but always hugely expressive and delicious. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign...

GROTH

Groth is like the Margaux of Napa Valley—it can be depended on to be elegant, beautifully modulated, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

CALERA

When they first came out, the Calera pinots were among the first in California with cult status. This shows why. Complex, with lots of gravitas. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

THREE STICKS

This pinot has sheer beauty plus a core of dark richness. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A. The day that Champagne bottles are disgorged after secondary fermentation

B. A particular breed of sheep that graze on cover crops in Rhône vineyards

C. An above ground cellar where wine is stored and aged in Bordeaux

D. The level of barrel toast preferred for aging Burgundy wine