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Super Value, Super Delicious: “Kimmeridgian Chronicles” Gerard Duplessis,...

This is a Chablis that is easy to love.  Gerard Duplessis is faming naturally and crafting clean, fresh, energetic wines in some truly excellent terrors featuring the iconic Kimmeridgian clay.  The...

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Party bottles and emergency gifts: introducing your holiday box of wine

One of the great pleasures of the holidays is the days and nights of visiting, dining and partying with family, friends and colleagues.  But one challenge of this busy season, from now until we all...

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Hirotake Ooka’s Canon is Back.

When Zev Rovine first imported the lovely, all-natural wines of Hirotake Ooka we were pleased to help introduce the producer and his wines to New York with a write-up in our newsletter.  Of course,...

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Second-Label Values

Amiral de Beychevelle, Saint-Julien, 1989  $49.99 I was curious to see how this bottle would show after 24 years.  This is not the grand vin, “Chateau de Beychevelle,” but the Chateau’s more affordable...

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The restorative commonly known as Knebel Riesling Trocken

That kind of day where progress on one’s projects moves in one direction (backwards), where logistics seem to exist to hinder only, and Murphy’s is the law of the land. A stupid day. Somehow each staff...

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Value and Tradition from St. Emilion

After recently writing about trends in Cote-Rotie, I thought it would be appropriate to turn my attention to St. Emilion.  Of course, the Northern Rhone isn’t the only place in the world that abandoned...

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Staying Warm with Savigny-les-Beaune

Cold temperatures do not suit me. I have a constitution that my boyfriend refers to as “tropical,” and when temperatures start dipping, I start seriously questioning why mankind hasn’t yet embraced the...

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Coudert’s 2012 Clos de la Roilette Fleurie and Cuvée Christal

The New York Times’ Wine School may be focused on Julienas, Cotes de Brouilly and Beaujolais Village, but all of us at Flatiron have love for each and every one of the Beaujolais Crus.  And this week...

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Super Value, Super Delicious: The Ever Evasive, Enoteca Barbaresco

One of my complaints in the wine business is that there are entire categories of European wine that we seem to lack access to here in the U.S.  Basically, I’m talking about local wines that are served...

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Edges of Burgundy, Part 1

Your guide to Burgundy’s Unknown Gems: Great wines and rare values Is Burgundy going the way of Bordeaux?  Prices certainly are going up every year.  The top producers’ wines are now out of reach for...

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Pascal Janvier’s Coteaux du Loir “Cuvée du Rosier” 2013 — Summer wines in...

Pineau d’Aunis from a Kermit Lynch producer — delicious even as the mercury falls! It’s cold and rainy out and we decided to make a big batch of chili with meat and vegetables from the Farmer’s Market....

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New York Times Wine School Vouvray Sec with Eric Asimov

Eric’s newest New York Times Wine School is out (read it here), and this time we’re tasting Vouvray Sec, from our favorite unheralded white grape, Chenin Blanc. Eric recommends two wines, and again,...

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Ribeira Sacra and Ribeiro Meet the Winemaker Tasting This Saturday

This Saturday, October 24, from 2-4pm, we will welcome Pedro Rodriguez, winemaker at Ribeira Sacra’s Guimaro, and Luis Rodriguez of the eponymous Ribeiro winery to the shop, and we couldn’t be more...

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Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, We’re Open…

Until 4pm today! Please pop in for any last minute wine needs. Happy Thanksgiving!The post Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, We’re Open… appeared first on Flatiron Wines Blog.

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Burgers and Chinon in the neighborhood

Flatiron Wines is surrounded by some of the finest restaurants in the United States, indeed – some of the best on the world.  It is true – in New York you can get whatever you want. Sometimes though,...

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Faury’s St. Joseph at Age 12: The Rewards of the “Reasonable Cellar”

I keep a “Reasonable Cellar.” Sure, I’ve got a treasure or two tucked away. But mostly I lay down under-$50 bottles. These are wines wines for drinking in the short- to medium-term. They don’t take...

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Now entering Piedmont’s Golden Age… for drinking!

The dark age of Piedmont was the early 1990s. Fresh off the twin victories of 1989 and 1990, things just seemed to fall apart. The 91s and 92s completely sucked. The 93s were drinkable, but not great....

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Produttori del Barbaresco 2013–Better than 2010 Barbaresco?

Three years ago we offered the Produttori del Barbaresco 2010 to our newsletter friends and suggested buying it by the case: an under-$35 wine that is delicious to drink on release but that just gets...

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Flatiron on TV: Beau’s Valentine’s Day wines

Beau was on TV this morning sharing some Valentine’s Day picks: Champagne, Muscadet (for oysters), Bedrock (for Steak) and port for dessert. The wines looked great and so did Beau! In case Beau’s piece...

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Free Shipping promo… this week only!

This week only (ending Sunday, February 19th at 11:59 pm) enjoy FREE SHIPPING on all orders of at least $150. You don’t need any special code to take advantage: You will see the free-shipping option at...

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