I've been putting together mixed cases at one of my favorite retail shops, Chambers Street Wines. This is Chardonnay, technically from the Loire Department, but we're talking closer to Lyon and Burgundy than to Vouvray or Chinon. It's not easy to find delicious, varietally correct, old school Chardonnay. or $13.50 MORE >>

It is almost a Blanc de Noirs - 57% Meunier, 38% Pinot, and 5% Chardonnay. My favorite so far is the exquisite 2004 Quinte Essence Brut, made of 60% Pinot, 25% Meunier, and 15% Chardonnay from vineyards in Belval-sous-Châtillon (if I understood correctly). Ask your favorite shop to buy the wine, and I hope you can get a bottle. MORE >>

Main | Hearty Burgundy at Sanford? Id sure rather drink Faux Chablis than 95% of the soft spineless sugary oak chipped too-alcoholic muck that sells as California Chardonnay, often for ridiculous prices. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Come to a Reading? Do check it out. where was I. MORE >>

was equally sure he was going to order some fat, over-oaked chardonnay. Los Angeles is teaming with wine bars, even though when I asked Julie Brosterman, owner of the shop Wine Valet which she liked, she pooh-poohed the pickings. All Aligoté, its an underachiever grape of Burgundy from a terrific producer. Jurancon for his paté. MORE >>

Dark purple colored and a little murky, this wine smelled like a flower shop, with smoky spices too. 2005 Jean Manciat Macon Vieille Vignes , price unknown (about $30) - old vine Chardonnay from the Maconnais, a Burgundian region known for value whites. hauled my butt into Manhattan (!) Packed already, and only 1:10 PM. Just yummy. MORE >>