◆ PHILIPPE TESSIER ‘PHIL EN BULLE’ $9½GL 18GL 88BTL
Romorantin/Menu Pineau, Cheverny, FR, NV
Everything But The Cheese. This pet’nat from the heart of the Loire tastes like all of the classic assiette de fromage accompaniments…think salted marconas, wildflower honey, marmalade…pairs well with an oozy triple crème, naturally, but is a killer apéritif on its own.

◆ PIERRE RICHARD CRÉMANT DU JURA ROSÉ $7½GL 14GL 73BTL
Pinot Noir/Chardonnay, Jura, FR, NV
An inviting pink hue masks big acid and sharp bubbles, as sour cherries mingle with rose petals and toasted almond brioche.

◉ PATRICE COLIN ‘PERLES ROUGES’ $6.5½GL 13GL 67BTL
Gamay Noir, Coteaux du Vendômois, FR, NV
Méthode Ancestrale bubbly from the Loire that reads like herbaceous Gallic Lambrusco. An enlivining sparkling red that jives especially well with charcuterie.

BRAND & FILS ‘L’OEILLET LE LITRE’ $7½GL 14GL 881L BTL
Pinot Blanc, Alsace, FR, 2023
Honey walnut prawns – imagine that. But instead of a dish, it’s a thirst-quenching glass. A tiny hit of honey with a crisp briny snap, it’s creamy on the palate with a tannic grasp. Hear us out…you got nothing to fear; honey walnut wine, it’s a good idear.

EMMANUEL GIBOULOT $10½GL 20GL 101BTL
Chardonnay, Bourgogne, FR, 2022
Do not mess with Emmanuel Giboulot’s vines. In 2014, he was facing down a €30,000 fine and up to six months in jail for refusing to spray pesticides on his property in the Côte-d’Or. Arguing that the treatment harms bees and other pollinators, he got off relatively easy with a €500 fine and maintained his pristine biodynamic vineyards. His devotion shows in his wines. Clean, pure expressions of terroir, his Bourgogne Blanc is all crisp apple and ripe pear intertwined with rigid minerality and acid.

CLOVALLON ‘EN NOIR ET BLANC’ $8½GL 16GL 76BTL
Pinot Noir/Riesling, Languedoc, FR, 2023
Did anyone know there was Riesling in the Languedoc? Did anyone ever think to blend it with direct-press Pinot Noir to make a luscious white wine ready to pair with dry-aged fish and summer vegetables? Luckily, mother-daughter team Catherine and Alix Roque did.

L’ALEZAN ‘HO’OPONOPONO’ $18/94
Viognier/Roussanne/Marsanne, Ardèche, FR, 2022
Whole cluster maceration from a single vineyard, this is orange wine masquerading as a tepache and witbier shandy. Dry and structured, burnished copper in the glass.

LA CROIX SAINT LAURENT SANCERRE ROSÉ $15/78
Pinot Noir, Sancerre, FR, 2024
Pale pink sunshine filtered through flint and limestone. Tastes like day drinking on the Square du Vert-Galant with your toes in the Seine.

VINCENT RUIZ ‘À MON AMI FAUST’ $8½GL 16GL 78BTL
Grenache, Ardèche, FR, 2022
Like catching a wave in a cranberry bog, this is the REAL ocean’s spray. Crunchy and tart and just-barely-rouge, the ultimate Endless Summer thirst quencher.

FABIEN JOUVES ‘TU VIN PLUS AUX SOIRÉES’ $7½GL 14GL 72BTL
Côt/Cabernet Franc, Cahors, FR, 2024
Whole cluster Malbec and Cab Franc from the Sud Ouest undergoes a gentle 7 day maceration in concrete. The name of the cuvée speaks the truth…this is party wine. Gets along with everyone but is also happy to fly solo.

MAS DES AGRUNELLES ‘LA MARÈLE’ $12½GL 24GL 132BTL
Syrah/Mourvèdre/Carignan, Languedoc, FR, 2017
Hailing from the Terrasses du Larzac, a slept-on high elevation maritime region that produces phenomenal age-worthy wines. Dark brambly fruit, a whiff of sweet pipe tobacco, an earthy hit of freshly foraged mushrooms and a salty Mediterranean kiss.

◆ CAZIN ‘CUVÉE RENAISSANCE’ MOELLEUX $8½GL 16GL 80BTL
Romorantin, Cour-Cheverny, FR, 2022
This wine is only produced when the conditions are exactly right. Plush, silky and seductive with just enough residual sugar to balance out its acid, this is a “sweet” wine that pairs beautifully across a meal. Drink with foie gras, cheese-laden salads, rich poultry dishes swimming in dark sauce…

◆ RENARDIÈRE MACVIN DU JURA $142OZ
Chardonnay Frais & Marc, Jura, FR, NV
2 parts unfermented grape juice blended with 1 part brandy made from the same grapes, this golden liquid is both sweet and powerful thanks to the marriage of fresh fruit, grape must and Marc. Notes of pears and yellow plums with a baking spice backbone.