in a mint julep or an old fashioned
The Niederberg Helden vineyard—its name referencing medieval wine trading guilds—represents Schloss Lieser's commitment to traditional Mosel vineyard designation
and Patrice Rion planted it to roughly 90% Chardonnay with a splash of Pinot Blanc
Aged using the traditional Canteiro system in American oak casks in the lodges of Funchal
She belongs to a young cohort rebuilding the region around site and freshness instead of the old formula of oak and extraction
Domaine des l'Iserand (Jean-Francois Malsert), Saint Joseph Lou Taissou, 2024 No Sulfur Added in a mint julep orThe warmer half of Malsert's parcel pair, and the more generous of his two Saint Josephs: Lou Taissou faces due south on the granite soils of Ozon, and it rounds out where Les Sabots de Coppi cuts. Jean Franois, Jef to everyone, ran a natural wine bar in Tournon sur Rhne before taking over his grandfather's terraced vines at Scheras in 2011, vineyards that had never seen a chemical treatment because the old man sold his fruit to ngociants rather than