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 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
Eight Star Producers in France’s New South
Meet the winemakers leading the revolution in dry, mineral-driven wines in the Roussillon.
- story: Jon Bonné
- photo: Jon Bonné
In Search of France’s Great Southern Wine
How Roussillon became one of France's most radical and interesting places to produce wine.
- story: Jon Bonné
- illustration: Maria Hergueta
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
Beyond Beaujolais: Nine Gamay Producers to Seek Out
A quick guide to France’s alt-regions for gamay, and the producers worth seeking out.
It’s Time to Go Beyond Beaujolais for Our Gamay Fix
Beaujolais isn’t the only region in France that can satisfy the wine world’s insatiable appetite for gamay.
- story: Jon Bonné
- illustration: Maria Hergueta
How Anjou Became the Capital of Natural Wine
Over the past 15 years, Anjou has emerged as the heart of France’s natural wine movement. Jon Bonné on the wines and winemakers that sparked revolution in this Loire Valley…
- story: Jon Bonné
- illustration: Maria Hergueta
The Search for Greatness in Saint-Joseph Syrah
As top appellations in the northern Rhône grow prohibitively expensive, winemakers have turned their attentions to less anointed sites, like Saint-Joseph.
- story: Jon Bonné
- illustration: Maria Hergueta
Daily News: Whiskey from Bagels, Burgundy’s High-Tech Hail Shield
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - A British wine boom is on the horizon as 1 million new vines have been planted this year.…
- story: Chloe Frechette
