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Champagne Stéphane Coquillette and the Clarity of Brut Zero
With the recent arrival of the Stéphane Coquillette’s Brut Zero Blanc de Noirs Cuvée Les Clés, we decided to take a closer look at the style and how it is evolving in the modern Champagne market. Brut Zero is a wine that is made by not adding any sugar during the dosage process, resulting in… READ MORE
New Producer from California – Sabelli-Frisch
Adam Sabelli-Frisch makes wine from low-impact vineyards, with a focus on rare, forgotten, under-appreciated, or historic grape varieties. In his own words: “I try to make them in an elegant Old World way here in the New World. I tend to go for more restrained oak usage for best expression, but not at all opposed… READ MORE
New Producer in Vosne-Romanée – Domaine Benoît Chevallier
With his debut in the 2019 vintage, Benoît Chevallier helms a young estate with a significant history in Vosne-Romanée. The vineyard comes from family lands worked for three generations. His grandparents acquired their vines in the 1930s, and his father, Maurice (who also served as the longtime mayor of Vosne-Romanée), continued winemaking from the 1960s… READ MORE
Dirk Niepoort on Tim Atkin’s Cork Talk Podcast
Tune in to hear wine expert Tim Atkin talk all things Portuguese wine with Niepoort Vinhos President Dirk Niepoort. Listen here.
New East Coast Warehouse and Wholesale License
Martine’s Wines is pleased to announce our operations as a newly licensed wholesaler in New York State. The license reinforces our commitment to this important market and is a significant milestone in the company’s history. This move will allow us to strengthen our impact and service both to New York customers and national distribution partners…. READ MORE
New Producer from the Médoc – The wines of Clos Manou
Driven by a passion for wine, Françoise and Stéphane Dief founded Clos Manou in their garage, producing their first vintage in 1998. Over the intervening 20 years, they focused on acquiring their ideal parcels of land and now farm 18 hectares. They vinify in a fully restored cellar in the village of Saint-Christoly de Médoc,… READ MORE
Welcome to mwines.com!
Announcing the newly designed mwines.com. We’ve reworked the site from top to bottom, introducing new features that we’re excited to share with you, including: Fully integrated search that allows you to find your wine with just a few keystrokes. In-depth and up-to-date information about the producers we represent. Easily accessible key points that provide a... READ MORE
To Our Beloved Wine Community
We hope you and your loved ones are healthy and well. Our industry has been dramatically shaken over the past few months, first by retaliatory tariffs and now by the critical measures to contain Coronavirus around the world. We share in the grief and sadness that others are feeling as we strive for normalcy during… READ MORE
Please Join Us in Opposing Wine Tariffs
If you work in the wine trade, or if you’re a consumer who enjoys drinking wines from every region of the world, please act now and let your voice be heard! What’s the issue? On October 18, the US administration began imposing 25% tariffs on the cost of certain European wines coming into the country…. READ MORE
Domaine D’Edouard – No Human Intervention, Only Surveillance
When Edouard Lepesme speaks of his wines, the lynchpins of his approach are responsibility, respect and tradition. After transitioning from the marketing sector of the wine industry in 2011, Lepesme immersed himself in the study of organic winemaking before purchasing Andre Donat’s Domaine Dessus Bon Boire in Vaux-Auxerre and establishing Domaine d’Edouard in 2014. Under… READ MORE
