by Lauren Voigt | Nov 22, 2023
Domaine Félines Jourdan Jura, France Domaine Félines Jourdan is situated in the Languedoc region of Southwest France along Étang de Thau, a lagoon off the Mediterranean. Spearheaded by a female winemaker, Claude Jourdan, Domaine Félines Jourdan is pioneering in more...
by Lauren Voigt | May 10, 2023
Leo Steen Wines California | Dry Creek Valley, Napa Valley , Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Ynez Valley Working toward that place where style and vineyard authenticity naturally meet. In South Africa, Chenin Blanc is known as Steen. It might be a coincidence — or perhaps...
by Lauren Voigt | May 5, 2023
LIOCO California | Mendocino, Santa Cruz The hunt for compelling vineyards often requires a path less trodden LIOCO was conceived in the alley behind Spago Beverly Hills by wine director Kevin O’Connor and wine salesman Matt Licklider. The two colleagues, critical of...
by Lauren Voigt | Apr 11, 2023
Château Mourgues du Grès France | Costiere de Nimes In Provence, “Nuns” is “Mourgues” and “Grès” is “Pebbles”, referring to rounded rocks of the Costières de Nîmes that lend character to their wines. In the Southern...
by Lauren Voigt | Apr 2, 2023
Mendo Pinot Noir California | Mendocino | Anderson Valley AVA Winemaker Leo Hansen of Leo Steen Wines Cool Marine Air & Alluvial Terraces At the gateway to the Mendocino coast, just 100 miles North of. San Francisco, is the premium wine region Anderson Valley, is...