Charles Sparr represents the eighth generation of his family of negociants-vignerons to tend vines in Alsace; Amelie Sparr hails from the larger Barmès-Buecher winemaking clan, natives of Wettolsheim. Inheriting small parcels from both sides of the family, the young couple started their own domaine in 2017, the goal to create dry wines of terroir according to biodynamics.
The smoldering power of an ancient yet still active volcano, the native roots of unique grapes, and the passion of local talent eager to breathe new life into one of Campania’s most historic wine regions: Dionysus, god of the vine, would be most proud of the team at Cantine Olivella.
Piedmontese native Diego Carrea had a successful IT career before the pull back home to his family’s winery became too strong to ignore. Together with his father and uncle, Diego farms 15 acres of Cortese vines in the heart of Gavi.
Totaling some 25 acres in the Côte de Nuits, Domaine du Couvent owns a grand diversity of terroirs, including parcels in Gevrey, Chambolle and Vougeot, as well as Vosne, Nuits and Marsannay — not to mention three monopole vineyards.
With many vines planted in 1924 and terroir that echoes Châteauneuf’s finest, winemakers Marilou Vacheron and her brother Axel are more than well-positioned to craft seriously compelling and character-rich southern blends.
Buscemi is the single winery in Sicily that honors the ancient ties of the Mediterranean winemaking diaspora. These two red grapes thrive amid Etna’s extreme climactic conditions—for wines of impeccable balance and freshness that are like few other wines from Sicily.
Winemakers Xavier and Caroline Perromat have worked tirelessly for more than a decade to restore their family’s historic property here in the heart of Graves, just to the north of the famous sweet wine region of Barsac.
We like to call Domaine Sauvète wines “stress-free” because what’s in the bottle comes not only with an iron-clad organic certification but also the know-how of four generations of artisan winemakers in Touraine.
Romain and Damien Bouchard founded their winemaking estate only in 2016, yet they are the fourth generation of their clan to toil the classic and chalky, Kimmeridgian soils of Chablis. For generations, the family provided other winemakers with peerless Chardonnay fruit, pulled from impressive holdings in grand cru and premier cru vineyards, planted carefully by family hands.