Q3 2023 American Whiskey Club

Is that a whisper of fall in the air? While I imagine most of you (like me) enjoy whiskey all year round, it is particularly suited for autumn sipping. As the leaves change and the...

April '23 Beer of the Month

3 Fonteinen Oude Kriekenlambik This month I was able to get my hands on something pretty special. Finding a traditional Belgian lambic within the beer club budget, especially from the renowned Drie Fonteinen, was a...

Champagne Club December '22

Saint Chamant & Coquillette  Now that we’re smack in the middle of celebration season, I find myself wondering, with every toast: Why Champagne? Besides being delicious, what accounts for its specific mystique, its literal elevated...

October '22 Champagne Club

Domaine Lancelot-Royer In August we focused on the contribution of Pinot grapes - Noir and Munier - to the greatness that is Champagne. For October, we are celebrating the the other major player on the...

October '22 Rosé Club

It has been a while since we featured Italian Rosé (aka Rosato) in club, so for this month we are featuring some exciting wines from Sicily. The Italian island of Sicily, located off the southern...

Italian Wine Club October '22: Valle D'Aosta

Valle D’Aosta Tiny, alpine, and semi-autonomous, the Valle d’Aosta is Italy's smallest and least populous region.  A speck squeezed into the country’s northwestern corner, it is dwarfed on all sides by more imposing neighbors. Piedmont,...