Wine Growers

Ruppert-Leroy’s Beautiful Sparkling Wines Spotlight Southern Champagne

The quiet French village of Essoyes seems an unlikely place to discover some of Champagne’s most intriguing and delicious wines. Afterall Essoyes is over 100 miles from the epicenter of Reims, Champagne’s unofficial capital. And with just over 700 inhabitants, Essoyes is best known as Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s summer home. He painted memorable scenes on […]

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A Secret to Quality and Value? Top Notch Bourgogne-Passetoutgrains!

Within the dazzling diversity of Bourgogne red wines, discovering quality and value doesn’t have to be an insurmountable challenge. Easy-drinking gems are readily available at terrific prices. You just have to do a little digging with an open mind and palate. Consider, for example, high quality Bourgogne-Passetoutgrain red wines. GENERIC BOURGOGNE-PASSETOUTGRAINS Bourgogne-Passetoutgrains (pronounced “Boor–gawn–Pass–too–gran”) typically

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Delightful Southern Burgundy Surprise! Awesome Red Wines From the Mâconnais

In the search for quality and value with Burgundy red wines, keeping an open mind often brings pleasant surprises. Consider the red wines of talented winegrowers Céline and Laurent Tripoz from the southern Burgundy region of Mâconnais. Notwithstanding the Mâconnais’ reputation for offering seas of white wines, Céline and Laurent also produce three delicious and

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Dave’s Wine Tips: Puligny-Montrachet for a fraction of the price

If you like Chardonnay-based wines with enticing aromas, rich flavors and exquisite freshness, then it’s hard to beat the delightful wines from the village of Puligny-Montrachet in Burgundy, France. But as collectors the world over clamor for the wines, prices have climbed uncomfortably. Wines from Puligny-Montrachet’s famous grand cru vineyards and its seventeen premier cru

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