Our buyer Ryan Moses just returned from Bordeaux. His verdict: this is the vintage serious collectors have been waiting for. Low yields. Moderate alcohol. Classical structure. Pricing aligned with 2024—for a significantly better vintage. Pontet-Canet: 98–100 Wine Advocate—$89.99. Malescot-St-Exupéry: 97 points—$49.99. Laroque: 96 Decanter—$31.99 Critics call it "the concentration of 2022 with the freshness of 2016." Pre-arrival. Estimated delivery September 2028.
Read MoreThe 2025 Bordeaux Futures Campaign marks a rare intersection of compelling pricing, limited production, and high‑quality wines. After years of uneven alignment between market conditions and vintage quality, 2025 stands out as a campaign that rewards informed buyers—offering expressive wines, moderate alcohol, and real value at release. This guide explains what sets the vintage apart, what to expect from the campaign, and how K&L is approaching futures on behalf of collectors.
Read MoreThe 2025 Malescot-St-Exupéry just came in at $49.99. The 2015 did too — and it became one of K&L's best-ever sellers. K&L Bordeaux Buyer Ryan Moses on why this moment, across appellations from Margaux to Pessac-Léognan to St-Émilion, is the most compelling Bordeaux buying opportunity in years.
Read MoreEvery year our buyers put together their honest picks for Mother's Day—not the obvious stuff, but the bottles they'd actually bring to their own mothers. This year that means Grand Cru Champagne from Avize, modern Barolo from one of Piedmont's most important winemakers, six Provence rosés all under $34, and three spirits that will make her cocktail hour considerably better. Plus two events worth getting off the couch for, and a couple of gift options that keep delivering long after Sunday.
Read MoreAfter 25 years of sourcing Champagne for K&L, Gary Westby finally made one of his own. Maison 76 is a Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs from Avize, made in collaboration with Olivier Bonville — 60% reserve wines, three years on the lees, dosed at just 5.8 grams per liter, and priced under $50. Gary calls it one of the greatest brut sans année offerings K&L has ever carried. The first case off the truck went straight to his house.
Read MoreIf you want a Champagne that never misses—for mom, for the table, for any occasion worth celebrating—Franck Bonville from the Grand Cru village of Avize is the answer. Gary picks three bottles for every kind of mother, from $53.99 to a once-in-a-while splurge that will genuinely stop her in her tracks.
Read MoreThe gift that keeps arriving. Our Champagne Club delivers two bottles every other month — each from a different corner of France's most beloved region. Starting at $69.95 a shipment, with member discounts on every bottle. Cancel anytime. Give mom something she'll actually look forward to.
Read MoreEven though they are an historic property, Mas de Libian still falls a little under the radar. For me, though, they check a lot of boxes. They have long practiced organic farming and are now Demeter-certified biodynamic. They make fresh, vibrant wines that are accessible, quaffable, sumptuous, and compelling. It doesn’t hurt that the property’s terroir is a dead ringer for that of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with its calcareous iron-rich clay soils and galets roulet (the rolled stones) sitting on the surface and radiating warmth back to the vines. With all these pluses, it is hard to believe that not a single one of their delicious wines retails for north of $30!
Read MoreJoin me on this journey through the Loire as we highlight some of the best bottles on our shelves and hear from team members who share this passion for one of France's most diverse and exciting wine regions.
Read MoreThe title of this article might get me into hot water with some of my colleagues—especially our Burgundy buyer, Alex—but hear me out. I subscribe to the thesis that the new wave of Muscadets entering the market can offer a similar experience to drinking lovely Chablis but at a much more competitive price. First a little backstory.
Read MoreWith its steep hillsides, clay-limestone soils, and legions of passionate devotees, Sancerre remains at the pinnacle of Sauvignon Blanc in the Loire, if not the world. This is the style of Sauvignon Blanc that has set the bar to which all other versions of that animated grape aspire. But hardly to be forgotten are the astonishing wines of its next door neighbor Pouilly-Fumé, where the silex soils lend subtle and engaging aromas of gunflint to the wines.
Read MoreBertrand's Domaine de Pallus holds prime parcels in Cravant-les-Côteaux, in the heart of what is often called the "golden slope," facing the Vienne River between Chinon and Panzoult. The estate's flagship, Les Pensées de Pallus, represents his vision of classic Chinon, while his limited single-vineyard bottlings each speak to distinct parcels and terroirs. Across the range, Bertrand favors long, gentle extractions and patient aging in neutral Burgundian barrels; it’s a quiet, unhurried approach that lets the land do the talking.
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