MAR 2025
Why This Year's Brunello Made the Cut
Allegro's 2017 almost didn't ship — a difficult vintage, the winemaker warned us. Three tastings later, we understood why he was proud of it anyway.
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Dispatches from the buying trip
Notes from the road, the tasting table, and the winemakers we keep coming back to.
JAN 2025
A Week in Galicia, Chasing Albariño
The Rias vineyards sit close enough to the Atlantic to taste it in the glass. We left with six cases and a lot of opinions about granite soil.
NOV 2024
The Bordeaux Négociant Who Says No More Than Yes
Most of what we're offered never makes the club. Here's what it took for Château Lavigne to get past our buyer's very short list.