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muscadet wine guide
Wine

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
Wine

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
armagnac
Spirits

The Best Armagnacs for Sipping Under $100

Often bolder in profile, Armagnac has benefitted, in many ways, from being the in the shadow of the France’s far more tony grape brandy, Cognac.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Best Affordable Bordeaux
Wine

Six Affordable Bordeaux Worth the Hunt (Seriously)

Proof it’s possible to find charming expressions of the region’s native grapes, without undue manipulation and around $30.

  • story: Jon Bonné
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Vermouth
Spirits

The Vermouth Boom as Told By Three Iconic Brands

As bartenders declare a golden age of vermouth, producers Cocchi, Dolin and Miró consider its impact.

  • story: Alec Jacobson
  • photos: Alec Jacobson
camut calvados normandy thad vogler
Spirits

In Search of Camut Calvados; Or, the Right Way to Be French

Famed San Francisco bartender Thad Vogler visits the Camut brothers, arguably Normandy’s finest producers of calvados.

  • story: Thad Vogler
  • illustration: Nick Hensley Wagner
Best Pet Nat Wine
Wine

Is It Time for Pét-Nat to Grow Up?

In recent years, quirky, fizzy pét-nat has been dubbed “the new rosé.” But does the famously informal wine have what it takes to maintain its newfound popularity?

  • story: Jon Bonné
  • illustration: Maria Hergueta
Best Pet Nat Wine
Wine

France’s Top Five Pét-Nat Producers

As "pét-nat" continues to seep into the mainstream, winemakers are taking a more serious approach to this famously informal wine. Here, five top producers to know, plus bottles to seek…

  • story: Jon Bonné
  • photo: Jon Bonné
Anjou
Wine

The Top Producers in France’s Capital of Natural Wine

In recent years, the Anjou has emerged as the heart of France’s natural wine movement. Here, the ten top producers to know, plus bottles to seek out.

  • story: Jon Bonné
  • photo: Jon Bonné
saumur wine clos rougeard
Wine

How Saumur Became a Loire Valley Powerhouse

In recent years, Saumur has become something of an anomaly within the Loire Valley, consistently making wines more ambitious than history has dictated. Jon Bonné on the future of the…

  • story: Jon Bonné
  • illustration: Maria Hergueta
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Not Your Grandfather’s Blended Scotch

Long considered an afterthought among serious drinkers, the blended Scotch category is slowly becoming a hotbed for innovation.

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