“Old-School Rosé Turned On Its Head”
The bottle Jill Bernheimer can't stop thinking about is a progressive take on the bold, dark rosés of Tavel.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- illustration: PUNCH
A Spritz Divided
Where do the drinking traditions of France and Italy converge and diverge? David Lebovitz and Brad Thomas Parsons talk amer and amaro, apéro and aperitivo.
- story: Brad Thomas Parsons
- photos: Ed Anderson
France’s “Disco Wines” Are Not Dead
Once shunted to the uncool fringe of French wine, Gaillac is now a perfect match for modern taste—and a model for its Southwest neighbors.
- story: Jon Bonné
- illustration: Maria Hergueta
White Wine Thirst Trap
How a group of white wines cultivated in the shadow of Mont Blanc became a sommelier sensation.
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- photo: PUNCH
Does Bordeaux Even Want to Change?
Outsiders are challenging the power structure that has defined Bordeaux’s Left Bank for more than a century. But is it enough?
- story: Jon Bonné
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Can Sancerre Be More Than Basique?
After decades of calculated success, Sancerre remains a “basic” pleasure for many drinkers. Can it be more?
- story: Jon Bonné
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The Insider’s Guide to Pét-Nat
The essential producers, wines and methods behind the world's most notable pétillant naturel.
- story: Jon Bonné
- illustration: Matt Allen
How Loirette Became the Official Beer of the Natural Wine World
“I was primed to fetishize it, a ‘beer for natural wine geeks’—and fetishize it I did.”
- story: Zachary Sussman
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The Insider’s Guide to Muscadet
Jon Bonné kicks off our series of essential guides to the world’s most important wines with France’s great underrated white.
- story: Jon Bonné
- illustration: Matt Allen
The Revival of France’s Answer to Sherry
Roussillon’s natural winemakers are giving rancio sec, the region’s ancestral oxidative wine, new life.
- story: Chad Parkhill
- photos: Alec Jacobson
