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Domaine Bornard: 8 Rare Jura Wines From Pupillin, Now in Vietnam (2026)
For a long time the Jura was the corner of France that wine lists skipped. That has changed. Bottles from old-guard names like Macle and Puffeney now sell for hundreds of dollars once they leave the cellar, and the region's best small growers have far more buyers than wine. Domaine Bornard is one of those growers, and we have eight of its wines in Vietnam right now.
macynguyen63
2 days ago7 min read


Marcel Lapierre, Morgon
How Marcel Lapierre turned Morgon into the home of natural Beaujolais, what his children make today, and where to find the wines in Vietnam.
macynguyen63
Oct 83 min read


Domaine Charlopin Tissier
The Marsannay appellation starts on the southern edge of Dijon. For most of the last century it made rosé, grew Gamay and Aligoté, and came away with no Premier Cru and no Grand Cru when Burgundy's vineyards were ranked. Wine lovers headed further down the road to Gevrey-Chambertin. Marsannay became the village people drove through. Yann Charlopin and Justine Tissier stopped there. Two wine students They met while studying viticulture. Yann finished his studies in Beaune and
macynguyen63
Oct 33 min read


Château Yvonne: Saumur's Cult Wine, Now in Vietnam
We didn't go looking for a "cult wine." We went looking for a red that could hold its own on a serious Loire list and still taste like somebody actually farmed it, and we kept circling back to a thirteen-hectare plot above Parnay that most of our own trade contacts had never heard of. That's Château Yvonne. The name predates the wine everyone's now talking about. A Vineyard That Went Silent, Then Came Back Monks from the Abbaye de Fontevraud worked this limestone plateau back
macynguyen63
Sep 243 min read


Introduce Grange Saint-Sauveur
Antoine Pouponneau và Alice Gitton-Pouponneau cùng con gái At Le Thoureil, where the Loire drifts lazily as if it can't quite make up its mind which way to turn, there stands a barn nestled beside a chapel smaller than itself. Antoine Pouponneau took that very name for his winery: Grange Saint-Sauveur. Antoine is no outsider. He spent years working the cellars of Bandol, wandered through Corsica, then became the name that legendary châteaux like Latour and Cheval Blanc call o
macynguyen63
Sep 182 min read


Jean-François Mérieau: A Vow Carved Into the Stone of Touraine
Nếu bạn từng băn khoăn về cái gọi là linh hồn của rượu vang, cái thứ mà những nhà khoa học phòng thí nghiệm chẳng thể nào đo đếm được thì hãy ghé qua Touraine và tìm đến hầm rượu của Jean-François Mérieau.
macynguyen63
Oct 7, 20252 min read


Château Gaillard Gutty: The Quiet Man of Beaujolais
Sébastien is the fifth generation to run the place. Locals call him “discret, mais avec du caractère” — discreet, but with character. Which is French for: don’t expect a sales pitch, but do expect wines with backbone.
macynguyen63
Sep 26, 20252 min read


Envínate: The Untouched Soul of the Canary Islands
This is not an "easy-drinking" wine. Nor is it a wine made by the million for supermarket shelves. Envínate, Palo Blanco, Valle de la...
macynguyen63
Sep 23, 20252 min read


Raúl Pérez: The Adventurer Among Old Vines
Raúl Pérez, Bierzo I don’t know about you, but to me wine is always a journey and Raúl Pérez is the kind of guide who leads you through...
macynguyen63
Aug 19, 20252 min read


Jérôme Bretaudeau – Winemaker of the Year (Vigneron de l’Année) 2025
So, guess who just got crowned Winemaker of the Year 2025 by La Revue du Vin de France ? Yep. Jérôme Bretaudeau . First time ever...
macynguyen63
Jul 24, 20253 min read
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