Peter Gönc never sat in a formal enology class. He grew up in his family's cellar near Ptuj, in northeast Slovenia, left it for a while to explore and learn from other regions and winemakers, and came back to Štajerska and got to work. Peter is a winemaker that works...
"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...
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...
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...
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....
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...