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We'll keep today's offer short and sweet: here are two delicious Corsican reds! As we slowly repopulate our shelves and make sure the obscure grapes and regions of the wine world are represented again at Chambers Street, it seemed only right to put some Corsican wines on the shelf (to be fair, Corsica is not really that obscure, but it is often forgotten when...

4/3/24 - We will admit that the title of this newsletter could be misleading, since Kenny is not wearing any hats in the photo from his recent visit to Chambers Street, but we can explain! The hats he wears are in the form of several wine labels that he has developed since his first adventures in winemaking over 20 years ago. From his humble...

Before moving to our new digs at 79 Chambers Street, our last staff tasting at 148 Chambers Street was with Luigi Tecce, the charismatic winemaker from Campania (who until this release bottled his wines under the Taurasi DOCG). I had very little experience with the wines, aside from seeing them on the shelf on and off over the last 23 years, and I will...

4/1/24 - Over the years, the natural wine world has been developing a thirst for wines from the Auvergne, a rural region nestled in the center of France, with Clermont-Ferrand as its major city. The area is known to most French people as a great region for camping, and cheese. Indeed, the mountain ranges, and over 300 dormant Volcanos provide the setting for plenty...

3/31/24 - The pundits on the vintages, and I've added some notes: 1960: Ratti, Annata Non Buona; Wasserman 0. The decade starts with a fizzle. I remind you of the sentimental value of old wine for birth year and anniversary celebrations, alla my own year of 1956, which was decidedly Non Buono (for wine), but is nonetheless a pleasure to drink. I don’t recall...

3/18/24 - We introduce Schonhals, a new and exciting estate from the Rheinhessen! I had the pleasure of visiting them back in April of 2023 when I went to the VDP wine fair in Mainz and visited a couple of other nearby wineries in the Rhinehessen, Rheingau and Nahe. Eben (Lillie) had met them before at several organic/biodynamic wine fairs in France and we...

3/16/24 -   This weekend we feature new arrivals from two producers whose wines we haven't seen in a little while. Philippe Delmée is one of our favorite under-the-radar producers in the Loire Valley, humble and stoic, and a very skilled winemaker, he works with Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Grolleau, Pineau D'Aunis, and some other local varieties. His reds have always been vibrant, zingy,...

3/5/24 - We are very proud to feature a new selection of the extraordinary organic Champagnes of André Beaufort! Last fall's shipment sold-out almost immediately, so we're very happy to have a small additional allocation of vintage wines dating back to 1997, as well as the current non-vintage releases from Ambonnay (Grand Cru) and Polisy. This is a unique opportunity to obtain ten to...

1/28/24 - Nuria Renom is one of the most exciting and impassioned winemakers to recently emerge out of the dynamic natural wine scene in Catalunya, Spain. A whirlwind visit to the states last month left every single industry professional and wine enthusiast with a great impression of Nuria's capability to be an uplifting clown and a very serious and focused winemaker. She is engaged,...

1/26/24 - Many years ago, the first Dive Bouteille wine fair took place in 1999 in a cellar of Catherine and Pierre Breton. From what I can tell, there may have been two Americans there: our own David Lillie, and legendary wine importer, Joe Dressner. Jenny Lefcourt can't remember if she was at the first or second Dive, so there is a chance there...

1/19/24 - Domaine de Montille is an estate that we have come to count on for elegant and impeccably balanced Burgundies. Certified organic and practicing Biodynamic, their wines reflect their careful approach in the vineyards. New oak is used sparingly and always from barrels with light toast, slow lees aging is preferred over excessive lees stirring, and the wines always display suave structure and length....

12/15/23 - Mallorca, Majorca... However you spell it, the wines from this Balearic Island have started to attract attention outside of Spain, most recently from low-intervention producers like Eloi Cedo (of Chato Paquita fame), Can Majoral, 4 Kilos, and not-so-newcomer, Cati Ribot. Cati's wines are relatively new to the US market, but her family has been growing grapes for several generations in Mallorca, and...

12/13/23 - Initially this was meant to be just a tale of the Middle Mosel Masters newly arrived on the shelves here at Chambers Street Wines. But then I thought it would be interesting to stretch the definition of the Middle Mosel up into the green reaches of the Lower Mosel literally across the border in the town of Alf in order to be...

12/12/23 - We finally got around to tasting the 2022 Desvignes Morgon Javernieres "Aux Pierres"  which we offered a few weeks ago, based on tasting the 2021, and on the opinions of a few asture wine writers. Our assumption was correct, the wine is fabulous! "Aux Pierres" comes from a 0.57-hectare plot of 90-year-old vines on a steep, east-facing slope, with historic top quality...

12/11/23 - 2021s from Dard & Ribo The wines of Dard & Ribo have evolved to become some of the most pure and delicious wines of the Northern Rhone, much sought after by lovers of natural wines. Quantities are tiny, of course, and we are glad to offer a few bottles of the 2022 "C'est le Printemps" as well as many of the 2021s,...