This Friday we’re heading to Alsace with Domaine de l’Oriel, a small family estate producing a broad range of classic Alsatian wines—from straightforward varietal bottlings to more ambitious Grand Cru Riesling.

Rather than build the night around a single grape or vineyard, we’re using Oriel as a way to explore the range of Alsace itself: different varieties, different sites, and different levels of intensity from one producer.

We’ll have a selection of the domaine’s wines open throughout the evening. Come taste through the range and get a better sense of one of France’s most distinctive, and still underrated, wine regions.

Frédéric Savart has become one of the most sought-after growers in Champagne for good reason: tiny production, intensely personal wines, meticulous farming, and a style that feels both precise and expressive without ever becoming showy.

The catch is that Savart is usually something you encounter by the bottle, if you encounter it at all. Seeing these wines poured by the glass is exceptionally rare. This Thursday, we’re opening a small selection for one night only, giving you the chance to taste across the domaine without committing to full bottles.

For Champagne lovers, this is a pretty unusual opportunity.

The Northern Rhône has become home to some of the most expensive and hunted wines in France. But you don’t need Jamet, Chave or Allemand to understand why this little stretch of river is so compelling.

This Friday we’re pouring six wines from two decidedly under-the-radar family domaines: Roland Grangier in Chavanay and Domaine du Murinais in Crozes-Hermitage. Grangier started his domaine with just 1.5 hectares in 2002 and now makes wine across Condrieu, Saint-Joseph and Côte-Rôtie; Murinais is an old Crozes family property that began estate bottling under Luc Tardy in 1998.

We’ll start with two whites, then follow Syrah up the ladder from a simple regional bottling through Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph and Côte-Rôtie. Six delicious, honest wines that show what the Northern Rhône actually tastes like without leaning on its star names.

Friday, September 4 · 5–8 PM
Six wines · $40
Complimentary for Social Club members

This Thursday we’re pouring Laherte Frères, one of the growers who helped make modern Champagne feel less like a house style and more like wine from individual places. Seventh-generation grower Aurélien Laherte works a mosaic of 75 parcels, fermenting and aging most of the wines in old wood and treating different grapes and sites as distinct expressions rather than ingredients in a blend.

We’ve got two particularly fun examples. Rosé de Meunier is 100% Meunier assembled three ways—white-pressed, skin-macerated and as still red wine—while 2019 Les Longues Voyes is a vintage Blanc de Noirs from Pinot Noir grown in the Montagne de Reims, far from Laherte’s home vineyards in Chavot. Two grapes, two very different Champagnes, one of our favorite growers.

Thursday, September 3 · 5–8 PM
Rosé de Meunier — $15/glass
2019 Les Longues Voyes — $21/glass

10% off all Champagne bottles
15% off for club members

Loriot-Pagel is a small family grower based in Festigny, in the heart of the Vallée de la Marne, where Meunier is the star. The domaine is a member of Champagne’s prestigious Special Club and is known for long-aged, vinous Champagnes that show just how serious and expressive Meunier can be.

Peter Lauer wines are not for everyone. They are intensely mineral, almost like drinking liquified stone. They have cutting acidity. They are extreme wines, not easy drinking, and not likely to appeal to casual Riesling drinkers. We love them for this. Their pure and uncompromising nature is what makes them special, even if they can sometimes lack charm. During this tasting, we’ll dive into this unique producer from the Saar. We’ll feature several wines from 2024, when he lost up to 80% of his harvest due to frost, and taste extremely hard to find wines. For the nerds, dive into the deep end.

Sanchez–Le Guédard is a tiny grower Champagne estate based in Cumières, a Premier Cru village in the Vallée de la Marne. Organically farming about 5 hectares and producing fewer than 4,000 cases a year, the domaine makes terroir-driven Champagnes with particular strength in Pinot Noir. They’re also members of the prestigious Club Trésors de Champagne, the group of independent growers behind Champagne’s coveted Special Club bottlings.

Available by the glass and bottle:

• Mes 3 Terroirs NV

• Cuvée Flore Blanc de Blancs NV

• Special Club, Le Clos St Helene 2016

All other bottles of Champagne are 10% off for the night (or 15% off if you are in a Zealot Club)

Chablis can be razor-sharp and simple — but in the right hands, it can also be deep, textured, salty, and completely captivating. Domaine Moreau-Naudet is one of those right hands (this is a really great pun when you consider the label). This small family domaine has become a favorite among Burgundy lovers for wines that combine classic Chablis freshness (citrus, oyster shell, chalk, and saline minerality) with uncommon depth and texture. We’ll taste through a range of Moreau-Naudet wines and talk about what makes the domaine so special: old-vine sites, organic farming, long lees aging, and a style that feels both traditional and expressive.