Around My Table, Late Autumn
...a collection of my favorite bottles for the inbound season...
My favorite time of year. These eight bottles are delighting me as the weather turns and I prepare for all that is on the way.
From my Table to Yours,
Jacob
Zahel Gamischeter Satz Vienna, 2022
From the Eating Houses of Vienna comes this whistle-clean example of ‘the way winemaking used to be.’ Not just in Northeastern Austria, but the World over for many centuries, farmers retained a single vineyard planted to multiple varietals; differ...
Zahel Gruner Veltliner Vienna, 2022
This Grüner Veltliner grows in a single-vineyard in the Oberlaa region located in Vienna’s southeast at the City’s highest terrace (270 meters above sea level). Here, in Vienna’s smallest winegrowing region, prevailing winds from the milder Burgen...
Jean Vesselle Champagne Brut Reserve, N/V
An early renegade “récoltant” alongside Anselme Selosse and François Peters, Jean Vesselle first bottled Champagne under his own label in 1972. With 300+ years of family history growing grapes in Grand Cru Bouzy, Jean was also an early adopter of...
Von Winning Riesling Sekt Extra Brut, N/V
Since Von Winning Winery was founded in 1849, unique wines reflecting our vineyards in Ruppertsberg, Deidesheim, and Forst have been produced in our historic cellar. In 1907, Leopold von Winning, son-in-law of Dr. Andreas Deinhard, dedicated his...
Smith-Chapel Rosé VdF, 2022
In 2013, while studying at Domaine Lapierre, David Chapel met his future wife, Michele Smith, a wine director from Brooklyn, NY who had traveled to the iconic Domaine. In 2015, the Chapels moved together to the cru village of Régnié and founded th...
Clos de la Roilette Fleurie, 2022
Located on the border of the Moulin-à-Vent cru, Roilette’s Fleurie terroir is atypical of Fleurie, rich in clay and the mineral manganese instead of all granite; the wines are more structured than many Fleurie wines. This bottling comes from vines...
Cantina del Pino "Albesani" Barbaresco DOCG, 2018
If you've been with us for awhile, you may recall my email of the Fall of 2020...in it I confessed that I was delayed in getting our Barolo Offer out to you all because the evening prior was the first time I had seen my Dad since the shutdown. And...
La Piana di Ganaroli Lambrusco Grasparossa, N/V
The Medieval village of Castelvetro di Modena is the single best source for the best pizza wine on the planet: the sparkling red (but dry) Lambrusco di Castelvetro. On the smallest and hilliest DOC of Lambrusco, Castelvetro di Modena produces the ...