K&L Buyer Alex Pross maps the White Burgundy landscape, highlighting his current obsessions. Inside: a Chablis discovery (Seguinot Bordet), Sauzet’s benchmarks, Samuel Billaud’s standout 2023s, a blue-chip in-stock roundup, and our upcoming White Burgundy tasting—a rare opportunity to taste some of the region’s top crus, producers, and vintages side by side! Use this guide to target what to drink now, what to cellar, and where to focus.
Read MoreDomaine Samuel Billaud has definitely entered the discussion about top domaines in Chablis. They are definitely shoulder-to-shoulder qualitatively with Droin, Fevre, Pinson, Billaud-Simon, Christian Moreau, and Louis Michel.
Read MoreThe roots of Seguinot Bordet trace back as far as 1590 in Chablis. The modern incarnation is the Domaine Seguinot Bordet, which is run by Jean-François Bordet. Jean-François Bordet fashions top-notch estate Chablis, Chablis Vieilles Vignes, as well as 1er Crus and Grand Cru offerings. Aiming for wines of purity that display both Chablis typicity as well as a wealth of gorgeous fruit notes, the wines of Seguinot Bordet are fantastic drinking from Chablis.
Read MoreDomaine Etienne Sauzet is easily among the top three to four estates in Puligny-Montrachet. They fashion wines of amazing grace, purity, and richness with that alluring and distinctive feel great Puligny-Montrachets achieve. Farmed organically since 2006 and biodynamically since 2010 with a certification in 2013, Sauzet’s wines are spectacular and can be enjoyed in their youth or cellared so they develop even more complexity and depth.
Read MoreThis week Orazio Campoli, our Vinum Italicum Magister, introduced us to a beautiful array of very seasonally relevant wines. All of our buyers do such a great job at putting together these lineups for us week after week, often with little themes or goals in mind. This lineup had a lot of wines that have been in our Italian Wine Club, which means that for any Wine Club member, you get a discount on them. These are all reasonably priced wines, and each one that I've featured for you here overdelivers when it comes to a price/quality ratio. There's just so many wines that we carry, and we keep bringing in new products every single day, so it's easy for some of these to get lost—but they're just exceptional and deserve your attention.
Read MoreSalt, stone, and sun. This issue channels the Mediterranean’s clean lines—precise rosé, sea-sprayed whites, volcanic reds, and traditional-method sparklers—handpicked by Keith, Rachael, and Orazio. Smart values to cellar pieces, all built for warm-weather tables.
Read MoreThere's a magic to wines born by the sea—a saline freshness that seems to carry the coastal breeze in every glass. With this selection I want to dive into some of my favorite whites for summer. From the sun-drenched shores of Sardinia to the rolling hills of Tuscany and the dramatic cliffs of Liguria, Vermentino and its close cousin, Pigato, reign supreme. V
Read MorePriorat, like so many classic regions in Spain and beyond, is having a renaissance. Though once known for rich, extracted wines with big points to match, many new winemakers on the scene are harvesting earlier and fermenting the wines more gently, avoiding any harsh over-extraction of tannins.
Read MoreStretching along France’s sun-drenched Mediterranean coast, Provence is the epicenter of the world’s most iconic rosés. At its heart lies the famed Côtes de Provence, flanked by its satellite appellations Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence and Coteaux Varois en Provence. When global demand for Provence rosé soared, these additional zones expanded access to high-quality wines from across the region. From mountain-framed vineyards to breezy seaside villages, each subregion delivers its own expression of the classic Provençal style.
Read MoreWe’re thrilled to introduce a new buyer to our team: Rachael Ryan. This deeply knowledgeable wine pro will be buying for an exhaustive list of categories: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America, Spain, and Portugal. To celebrate her first newsletter with K&L, we sat down with Rachael to get to know her a bit more.
Read MoreMcLaren Vale is a fascinating study in the convergence of historic and modern winemaking. Driving through the backroads of McLaren Vale, historic sandstone cottages and stone wineries are interspersed with more modern wineries, often with innovative architecture and cutting-edge technology.
Read MoreFor the past several weeks, I’ve noticed customers scanning the New Zealand racks, asking the same questions: “Are they back in stock yet? Do you know when they’ll be here?” As the newly minted buyer for the Southern Hemisphere, I was intrigued. What are these Te Whare Ra wines everyone has been asking for?
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