Cave des Vins de Sancerre – Les Chaillots 2024

I’m firmly of the opinion there are more Mormon Missionaries who have seen the inside of a stripclub than I have. I say that as in my three decades of strip club entrance ‘opportunity’, I’ve been into a total of one. Growing in up in the US and hearing Al Bundy on Married with Children talk up the “Nudie Bars”, I was, like many, raised on the premise that these bastions of female objectivization were something all true red-blooded males would surely enjoy. Yet, despite this, my sole experience left […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.

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A new look at Domaine de la Mordorée

When tasting for the last Châteauneuf-du-Pape Report, I had the pleasure of a visit at Domaine de la Mordorée. As is often the case in the region, while they produce Châteauneuf wines, they aren’t located in Châteauneuf proper, but instead, across the Rhône in the village of Tavel which is famed for its unique style of rosé wines. Mordorée produces CdP there, as well as Tavel, Lirac, Côtes du Rhône, and a couple of Vin de France just to keep things interesting. The winery was originally founded by father and […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.

The wines of Languedoc 2026

Even without the Roussillon bit tacked on to the end, the French region of Languedoc is an enormous producer of wine. Within Europe, it comes in at second place, with Castilla-La Mancha at number one, although this is a bit of a tricky comparison given that Spain’s juggernaut is three times the size in terms of land. As you can drive from one end of Languedoc to the other in about an hour and a half, it’s not necessarily tremendous when looking at the physical landscape. But, in terms of […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.

Famille Quiot, Southern France

Accompanying this article is a small portfolio tasting of the wines from Famille Quiot, a family that lays claim to a winemaking history since the mid-18th century. I say ‘small’ as the parent company seems to have more than a dozen individual wineries and brands residing under it. The key item uniting all of them however is that they’re firmly Southern Rhône in origin. For example, there are at least six different Provençal-style rosés, of which I tasted half of them and yes, there is indeed a difference between them […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .

Cave des Vins de Sancerre – Les Chaillots 2024

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Famille Quiot, Southern France