Loop de Loop, Columbia Gorge Gamay-Pinot Noir, 2024 CHAMPAGNECOUNT who has been fully in

who has been fully in charge since 2015

Benedictine monks famously marketed their white wine to the Sultan of Constantinople as "Mineral Water of Carbonnieux" to circumvent alcohol prohibition—and Thomas Jefferson visited during his 1787 Bordeaux tour

Charmes-Chambertin is the largest of the nine Gevrey Grands Crus — a wine of supple red fruit and silken texture rather than the structural muscle of Mazis or Chambertin itself

From the Gabutti cru on western slopes at 300 meters in Serralunga d'Alba

Fossati sits on the western side of La Morra

Loop de Loop, Columbia Gorge Gamay-Pinot Noir, 2024 CHAMPAGNECOUNT who has been fully inLoop de Loop is a tiny operation in Washington's Columbia Gorge, run by Julia and Scott on the edge of the Cascades at 1,200 feet, where everything ferments with wild yeast and the cellar work stays as hands off as possible. This is their Gamay Pinot Noir, a blend of two cool climate charmers grown high on Underwood Mountain. It is the 2024, fresh and juicy, the kind of low intervention red that begs for a slight chill and an easy night. Crunchy,