A letter from our owner on turning 8, and some important shop updates.

Drink Like a Scythian 💪

In LA's backyard, The Scythians is a new project from Cali legends Rajat Parr and Abe Schoener. País, planted in 1896. Palomino and Zinfandel, planted in 1912. These may not be famous vineyard sites; but, they are some of the state's most historic.

With the arrival of '21 reds, we're digging into legend Tegan Passalacqua's personal exploration into some of California's oldest vines.

The foothills of Tuscany are home to one of Italy’s biggest biodynamic talents: STEFANO AMERIGHI. And he’s back with another breathtaking vintage of Syrah and Pecorino.

Completely surrounded by the Atlantic – and 1K miles off the coast of Portugal – this tiny set of Islands produces wine as distinct and marine as its location.

While the region’s quantities continue to dwindle and the names continue to reach (often unattainable) cult status – François has been quietly doing his thing in the tiny village of Nevy-sur-Seille

There's simply a really tasty bottle we think everyone should be drinking, its the sunkissed Sauvignon from Halcyon Days.

There's a common thread among many of the Northern Rhône producers that most excite us: they come from a somewhat nebulous area known as the Ardèche.

We worked our butts off over the holiday season and finally got the team together to celebrate as wine retailers do: by popping bottles BYOB at a fav haunt.

Fanny Daher's LA BALADEUSE is a new perspective on the South of France: from tiny quantities of grapes from a range of biodynamic vineyards across the region, she's making the kind of lifted, juicy styles that speak our language.

It’s a breath of fresh air, and we’re excited to welcome these new-to-the-US wines to the shop.

One of the most exciting domestic projects is happening right in our backyard, at FLORAL TERRANES: hyper-local (foraged!) cider and wine made by Erik Longabardi (a teacher for children on the spectrum) and Benford Lepley (a photography retoucher).

Not unlike the micro-négociants of Burgundy, this group comes from different backgrounds, bringing new energy to Piemonte–and a new group of wine lovers with them.

I’ve now been eating and drinking in NYC for 15 years and it's a lot of fun to look back at trends and phases our city’s beverage scene has gone through.

Barbichette is beautifully farmed fruit fermented naturally–right here in the county of kings.

Michel Gahier is one of our perennial favorites from Jura's Arbois.

There are a Gran Reserva sized amount of recipes out there but we opt for the simple and thoughtful NYTIMES take HERE. And, because we can't help switching a few things around, here’s our adapted recipe.

La Ciguapa is enchanting New York.

It’s hard to overstate how important Domaine Lapierre has been to the world of natural wine. Perhaps it’s too breezy to say, but from the relative obscure environs of Villié-Morgon, Marcel Lapierre (inspired by Jules Chauvet) helped to kickstart the anti-industrial wine revolution.

For almost 20 years, Jean-Jacques Morel made perhaps the most radical wine in all of Burgundy.

Every once in a while we taste a wine that stops us dead in our tracks and forces us to rethink our assumptions about a certain grape or region.

With its highly unique orientation–positioned high above the fog line yet right up against the Pacific–Santa Cruz is both a secret and a source for the best American wine.

America’s most important vineyard, an inspired group of natural producers, and a true who’s-who of collectible talent are all from a place few people have actually visited. 

While heading from Lisbon to Porto, you’ll find Portugal's most intriguing wine region tucked along the coast. The place is Bairrada, and its native grape we’re crushing on is Baga – a duo which confidently captures time and place with extreme detail...

On the map of the natural wine world, dotted with its unquestionable capitals, the postage stamp-sized AOCs of Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny are firmly marked.

As our hearts swell with joy this time of year, so does our collection of grower Champagne–more dynamic and avant-garde with every vintage.

We're having a “wait a minute” moment with Bordeaux.

In Tenerife, a passport of varietals are living a distinct island life: there's jungle and volcano alongside desert and beach, all terroirs which have been under vine since the 18th century.

Sangiovese from Radda is dizzying in its complexity. And lucky for us, there's lots to explore.