Posted on December 21, 2016, 11:59 am, by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, under Uncategorized.
by Anthony Lynch Look out, folks—2015 Beaujolais crus are now in stock! After an abnormally hot and dry summer last year, timely late-season rains restored balance to the grapes just before harvest. These wines make a statement—a deep, booming bellow beyond the habitual “Buvez-moi!” we have come to expect from the land of Gamay. Chock-full […]
The April Newsletter is now available. Click here to download the pdf. Highlights from this month’s newsletter… SPRING POP-UP with DANIEL BRUNIER OF VIEUX TÉLÉGRAPHE and ANGÉLINE TEMPLIER OF J. LASSALLE It is our pleasure to announce another Pop-Up in the Kermit Lynch parking lot! Please join us on Saturday, April 23, from 12 […]
Posted on February 9, 2016, 12:33 pm, by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, under Uncategorized.
The February Newsletter is now available. Click here to download the pdf. Highlights from this month’s newsletter… ITALIA > by Dixon Brooke As I hope you’ve noticed, we have invested a lot of energy in revitalizing and growing our Italian portfolio over the past few years. It sure has been a lot of fun. We […]
Posted on June 3, 2015, 11:00 am, by Clark Z. Terry, under Uncategorized.
The June Newsletter is now available. Click here to download the pdf. Highlights from this month’s newsletter… ROSÉ TIME—FINALLY! > by Dixon Brooke Strikes at the port of Oakland—something we haven’t been accustomed to on this side of the pond—delayed our annual releases of freshly bottled rosé direct from mainland France and Corsica. We struggle to […]
Posted on January 7, 2015, 11:00 am, by Clark Z. Terry, under Uncategorized.
The January newsletter is now available. Click here to download the pdf. Highlights from this month’s newsletter… BENCHMARK BEAUJOLAIS by Jane Berg 2013 MORGON • M. & C. LAPIERRE Among the things I love most about living in France is what the French call the apéritif dînatoire. A proper translation doesn’t exist, though the concept is […]
Posted on March 5, 2014, 11:00 am, by Clark Z. Terry, under Uncategorized.
The March newsletter is now available. Click here to download the pdf. Highlights from this month’s newsletter… THE ARTISTRY OF GRAMENON by Dixon Brooke Michèle Aubéry-Laurent and her son Maxime François Laurent (whose wines are vinified at Gramenon) are among the precious few winemakers in Europe making grand, age-worthy wines that are vinified with almost […]
Posted on March 29, 2013, 4:27 pm, by Anthony Lynch, under Uncategorized.
When it comes to laying down wines for ageing, never say never. In this post, let’s explore the possibility of cellaring wines that aren’t necessarily known for their ability to age. In an effort to change the way we think about the age-worthiness of wine, I will first examine the reasons why we choose to […]
Posted on October 20, 2010, 4:31 pm, by Clark Z. Terry, under Uncategorized.
Delia Dent, from our office in Beaune, is our guest blogger today. Many of my best memories since I’ve been living in Burgundy are of friends and family visiting, motivating me to show off the best of life in France and giving me an excuse to indulge a bit. One such experience was my sister’s […]
Posted on April 2, 2010, 12:46 pm, by Clark Z. Terry, under Uncategorized.
Steve Waters joins us again, elaborating on a tasting trip he took a few years back… On a tasting trip in France back in March 2005, my travel companions and I had a running joke about which producer had the coldest cellar. We’d tasted in some pretty cold ones already while in the snowy Alsace […]