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Numa Cornut: The Burgundy Outsider Who Grew Up Inside Wine
"I don't want to be a Burgundy guy like all of them." That is close to the first thing Numa Cornut will tell you, and he comes by it honestly. He raced motocross as a boy, and where the other riders all took the same line through the track, he went off it to find his...
Mom’s Been Running This Thing the Whole Time. Open Something Worthy of Her This Mother’s Day.
One day a year. For someone who has been managing, anticipating, and quietly fixing things that no one else noticed were broken. The least we can do is open something that took the same level of care to produce. Here are 3 bottles worth featuring — and worth talking...
Building Your 2026 Rosé Program: The Questions Worth Asking This April
Spring has arrived, and with it, rosé. You know we take rosé seriously here at JP Bourgeois, and this year we've selected 12 still rosés from six regions across three countries — France, Slovenia, and Spain — that we're excited to share with you. Before you place your...
Château des Annibals: Nathalie De Wulf Coquelle and the Estate That Time Built
A Noble History In the hills of Provence Verte, near Brignoles, sits Château des Annibals, which has been on local maps since 1785. It sits beside an ancient Roman road, surrounded by old wells and stone walls, and features a vaulted cellar dating to the 12th century....
Weeknight Dinners: There Is a Wine for That
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...
Producer Spotlight: Bellula
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...
Valentine’s Day Wines for Every Relationship
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...
Producer Spotlight: Roc Meynard
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...
Linguine with White Clam Sauce Featuring Roc Meynard
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...
Dry January Is for Quitters
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...