Eighteen
visits across
four regions, in
twenty-four months.

Issue № 0014


14 entries on file
№ 014Two days in Chambolle with Christophe RoumierOn the 2023 harvest, the Combottes parcel, and why the Bonnes-Mares is now plowed by horse.2025 · X · 04Visit · Burgundy→№ 013Notes on the 2022 vintage in the Northern RhôneYields, picking dates, and what to expect when the wines arrive in Florida next April.2025 · VIII · 21Vintage · Rhône→№ 012On allocation, and why I will not sell to your wine clubA short letter to readers who keep asking. Includes the names of buying records I do honour.2025 · VI · 12Letter→№ 011Marta Rinaldi on the 2021 BrunateAn interview transcribed in the cantina, March 2025.2025 · IV · 02Interview · Piedmont→№ 010Why I stopped importing CaliforniaA note on freight, alcohol, and the mathematics of a small portfolio.2025 · II · 17Letter→№ 009Six days at Domaine Jean-Louis ChaveOn the Bessards parcel, foudre programme, and the Saint-Joseph rosé that nearly was.2024 · XI · 09Visit · Rhône→№ 008The 2020 Bordeaux campaign in retrospectPrices held, allocations didn't. A list of what arrived and what didn't.2024 · IX · 28Vintage · Bordeaux→№ 007On grower ChampagneWhy I carry four growers and zero houses.2024 · VI · 10Letter · Champagne→№ 006On pricingWhy I do not publish prices, and what that means for you.2024 · II · 20Letter→№ 005A vertical in MontalcinoTasting fifteen years of Brunello at three estates in two days.2023 · XI · 02Visit · Tuscany→№ 004The clay of PomerolOn the plateau, the Thienpont parcels, and why Merlot on clay is not what people think.2023 · VIII · 14Vintage · Bordeaux→№ 003On temperature controlWhy I will not ship wine to Florida between June and September.2023 · VI · 08Letter→№ 002First Burgundy trip as an importerFourteen cellars in nine days. What I learned about showing up.2023 · III · 22Visit · Burgundy→№ 001Why FloridaOn choosing a state with no history of independent importing.2023 · I · 15Letter→
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