Drop 32 – UNSTOPPABLE
Same grape. Three completely different rooms in the same house.
That’s what this drop is really about. Pinot Noir gets called „elegant“ and „subtle“ so often that people forget how many faces it actually has. So I decided to prove it — with three producers who couldn’t be more different if they tried.
Drop 31 – The Cloud Driver
Same grape. Three completely different rooms in the same house.
That’s what this drop is really about. Pinot Noir gets called „elegant“ and „subtle“ so often that people forget how many faces it actually has. So I decided to prove it — with three producers who couldn’t be more different if they tried.
Nicolas Barbou
Lapo Berti is one of those winemakers whose story feels almost impossible to plan. Born in Forlì and raised in a small village in the Tuscan Apennines, he became fascinated by wine early on — not only by taste, but by its smells, rituals and endless differences. After leaving agricultural studies in Florence, he started working at Fattoria Selvapiana. From there, chasing harvests became a way of life.
For almost twenty years, Lapo moved between the northern and souther
Lapo Berti
Lapo Berti is one of those winemakers whose story feels almost impossible to plan. Born in Forlì and raised in a small village in the Tuscan Apennines, he became fascinated by wine early on — not only by taste, but by its smells, rituals and endless differences. After leaving agricultural studies in Florence, he started working at Fattoria Selvapiana. From there, chasing harvests became a way of life.
For almost twenty years, Lapo moved between the northern and souther
Drop 29 – 50 Shades of Pinot: Same grape, wildly different stories
Same grape. Three completely different rooms in the same house.
That’s what this drop is really about. Pinot Noir gets called „elegant“ and „subtle“ so often that people forget how many faces it actually has. So I decided to prove it — with three producers who couldn’t be more different if they tried.
Drop 28 – LIQUID ELECTRICITY — The Drop with a Nervous System
Guys, this one is electric.
Three white wines with pressure, salt, smoke and serious nerve.
First: Doussot Bourdot — a Champagne I discovered at Printemps and honestly could not stop thinking about. Powerful, oxidative, salty. One of the most exciting young-grower Champagnes I have tasted in a long time! Still somehow under the radar.
Drop 27 – I FOLLOW YOU, YOUR BURGUNDY OVERDOSE
I know exactly why you are here.
And no — I’m not here to cure the obsession. I’m here to feed it.
For Drop 27, we stay in Burgundy and go straight into the thing that keeps pulling us back: tiny volumes, precise vineyard work, impossible parcels and wines that are never just bottles, but little fragments of place, timing and obsession.
Drop 26 – THE LANGHE REBEL
For Drop 26, we are heading to the hills of the Langhe — but not to one of the famous names or polished estates everyone already knows. This drop is about Alessandro Salvano, a winemaker who deliberately chooses his own path and lets the wine speak louder than the label.
Champagne Doussot-Bourdot
Maison Aymon is one of those Burgundy projects that does not come from inheritance, noise or a ready-made domaine story. It comes from work. Nicolas Protin is based in Orches, in the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, and before launching Maison Aymon, he spent years moving through Burgundy from the inside: harvest in Beaune, Comte Armand in Pommard, Australia, New Zealand, the Lycée Viticole de Beaune, Terre de Velle — and then, from 2017, his own path as a vineyard contractor.
Maison Aymon – Nicolas Protin
Maison Aymon is one of those Burgundy projects that does not come from inheritance, noise or a ready-made domaine story. It comes from work. Nicolas Protin is based in Orches, in the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, and before launching Maison Aymon, he spent years moving through Burgundy from the inside: harvest in Beaune, Comte Armand in Pommard, Australia, New Zealand, the Lycée Viticole de Beaune, Terre de Velle — and then, from 2017, his own path as a vineyard contractor.