It’s official. Life has begun life-ing again. All the big holidays have come and gone. The Super Bowl Party wreckage is all cleaned up. Those January resets are all but forgotten. School is back in session. Work is back to a normal routine, our social lives are back...
Meet Vianney and Emilie Castan Vianney and his wife, Emilie, come from a tradition of winemaking, but they did not inherit Château Saint-Jean d’Aumières. The Castan family lost its vines in the 1970’s, but Vianney and Emilie chose to return to the land anyway. They...
February can only mean one thing. Tons of sugary messages about love. For singles, it can feel isolating. But love takes many forms, and so should your Valentine’s Day wine assortment. As the movie says, Love Actually is all around, and as corny as it sounds, it is...
Esther Hermouet brings Heritage and Innovation to Her Role at Historic Bordeaux Estate. Location: Fronsac, Right Bank of Bordeaux, France On the famed Right Bank of Bordeaux, in the village of Fronsac, sits the historic Château Roc Meynard. We are not exaggerating...
Market Visit with Esther Hermouet of Roc Meynard In November, we were delighted to welcome Esther Hermouet, winemaker at Roc Meynard, to the Florida market. Alongside our regional sales manager, Sami Berenson, Esther spent several days visiting accounts, checking in...
A Trade-Friendly Way to Talk Wellness Without Killing the Mood Dry January is a tough month for the wine industry. Buyers go quiet. Consumers announce they’re “being good.” And suddenly, everyone is acting like pleasure is a bad habit that needs correcting. But we all...
A Meeting of Worlds in the Heart of Charentes In a category full of “me too” brands, Résidence stands out because it refuses to flatten its identity. This is a house built from two very different worlds, and all the richness that comes from letting those worlds...
A Celebration of Family, Food, and Fine Wine JP’s favorite bottles and simple tips for hosting a warm, elegant French-style Christmas Eve dinner. In France, Christmas is a cozy but elegant affair. A time for family, loved ones, and time well spent at the table....
If you ever find yourself in Balnot-sur-Laignes, you’ll know exactly why the wines of Champagne Philippe Fontaine feel the way they do. The village has a quiet energy. It is the kind of place where people wave from tractors, the air smells faintly of chalk and apples,...