The Wine Steward

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

Wine of The Week: 24 bottles of a 2013 Chateauneuf-du-Pape we admire for younger AND old-soul features. Charbonnière does it right!!

09/02/2026

Coffee & Tannat: So begins the harvest of 2026 Domaine des Plus-de-Vie!!!

08/27/2026

Potential.

08/25/2026

Kind of long - sorry: We may be just a week before 2026 Domaine des Plus-de-Vie harvest. Once again, the wine will happen as a necessary “co-fermentation”; different Rhône varieties at varying degrees of ripeness cohabitating in a single vat. I mentioned that our more heeled-in Grenache “mother vines” will provide some stability, but so will another contributor - to be named later!!

08/22/2026

We have added seats for next Tuesday's RSVP-only ALL-ITALY event, presented by our friend Nico! Can you put it on your calendar?! https://conta.cc/4c1bBtB

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08/21/2026

NO ONE will naysay. ALL should marvel at the only Sauvignon Blanc we ever see from Rioja, Spain. Refreshment from an unlikely source awaits you: Altanza!!!

08/21/2026

2 of the lovely Italian wines to be shown by Nico to 40 fortunate RSVPs next Tuesday evening. Do you love wine DiFFERENCE? Grab a seat or two!

08/20/2026

Well, this is inconvenient. I was pulling bird netting over a particularly prolific Grenache vine, heard an abrupt, frantic flutter, and discovered THIS. You win, Doves!