◆ JOUSSET ‘ÉXILÉ’ PÉT’NAT $8½GL 16GL 80BTL
Chenin Blanc/Sauvignon Blanc, Montlouis-sur-Loire, FR, 2023
Like filtering fresh-pressed grapes through fine linen, this elegant, just-fuzzy-enough
pét’nat is the perfect summer sparkler.

◆ ROLET CRÉMANT DU JURA $8½GL 16GL 80BTL
Chardonnay/Pinot Noir/Trousseau/Poulsard/Savagnin, Jura, FR, NV
A fine bubble pushes scents of walnut skin and white flowers to the forefront…a simply beautiful mélange of every grape grown in the Jura, from the rolling hills north of Arbois.

◉ DURHAM ‘MAYBE SOMEDAY’ CIDER $5½GL 10GL 40BTL
Apples, Morro Bay, CA, 2020
This Pét-Nat made from heirloom cider apples (Dabinett, Golden Russet, Ashmead’s Kernel, Porter’s Perfection, Gravenstein, Newtown Pippin) sourced from Washington, Oregon and California skews very dry and very tropical, like an orchard tepache.

◉ SYLVAIN MARTINEZ ‘BIANC’O’ $9½GL 18GL 92BTL
Chenin Blanc/Grolleau Gris, Loire, FR, 2024
It’s the schist. A precise, luminous mineral bomb, a bed of river stones dusted with lemon zest.

◆ VINI VITI VINCI ‘SAUVIGNON’ $10½GL 20GL 105BTL
Sauvignon Blanc, Bourgogne, FR, 2021
Declassified biodynamic Saint-Bris fruit from Nicolas Vauthier…if you‘re expecting Sancerre this ain’t it. Vibrant and alive with crunchy pear and fuzzy green almonds.

◆ OLIVIER PITHON ‘MON P’TIT PITHON’ $6.5½GL 13GL 65BTL
Grenaches Gris/Grenache Blanc/Maccabeu, Côtes Catalanes, FR, 2025
White peaches and apricots dance across silky concentrated liquid with just enough sea breeze prickle to keep things light and easy, an absolute stunner of a vintage from the cliffs where the Pyrenées mountains meet the Mediterannean.

◆ CHAI DE LA DIVE ROSÉ $6.5½GL 13GL 64BTL
Cabernet Franc, Saumur, FR, 2025
Juicy watermelon, grilled red peppers, salty feta…as if the most delicious summer salad in the world had been distilled and clarified into the pure essence of a golden hour lakeside picnic.

◉ JULIEN ALTABER ‘PLEIN PÔ’ $8½GL 16GL 80BTL
Chardonnay, Bourgogne, FR, 2022
Altaber sources fruit from Poligny Montrachet to make this orange chard, macerating on its skins for 12 days to give it some grip and tension…lots of grapefruit pith and tea tannin happening here.

◉ LA ROCHE BLEUE ‘LE P’TIT JAJA’ $7.5½GL 15GL 74BTL
Pineau d‘Aunis, Loire, FR, 2023
Imagine a French winemaker Ghosting you in a pottery class. Smells of wet clay, tastes of dusty earth, white peppercorns and subdued red fruit. It Swayze us to drink Moore until we Whoopi.

◉ FABIEN JOUVES ‘YOU F&@K MY WINE?!’ $7.5½GL 15GL 74BTL
Jurançon Noir/Malbec/Gibert/Valdeguié, Cahors, FR, 2025
Cahors banned the indigenous Jurançon Noir and Valdeguie in the 70s to promote the vinification of big, dark reds, but Fabien don’t play that. “Sometimes I have to drink 2 bottles before dinner, for my digestion; I need a wine that is smooth and not too high in alcohol.” Damn right.

◆ FAMILLE COUDERT ‘CUVÉE CHRISTIE’ $8½GL 16GL 80BTL
Gamay Noir, Fleurie, FR, 2024
In addition to their legendary Clos de la Roilette estate vineyard, the Coudert family owns these parcels ironically sitting on more regionally typical granite-flecked soils. This is classic Fleurie…richly perfumed, lithe but powerful.

◆ ANALEMMA ‘PETIT MANSENG’ $91OZ 182OZ
Petit Manseng, Columbia Gorge, OR, 2021
An obscure grape from SW France, grown on the banks of the Columbia River with a hint of residual sugar? Come on, people! Complex, tropical, thrilling. Dare we say PNW Sauternes??

◉ EMMANUEL CAMUT ‘AMBROSIA’ $91OZ 182OZ
Apples, Pays d’Auge, FR, NV
One half of the sibling duo behind the legendary Calvados Adrien Camut has gifted us with this magical elixir, a supercharged Pommeau created by reducing apple juice and must by half over an open fire and then fortifying it with 4 year old Calvados. It’s deep and dark, a liquid Tarte Tatin bursting with roasted apple, balsamic vinegar and buttery pastry crust, cresting with a flash of acid and apple skin tannin.