Sparkling Wines from Eric Asimov's NY Times "Wine School"
By Joshua Cohen
NY Times Wine School: Click through to get Eric's sparklers at 15% off.
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The Future of Beaujolais Wine
By Joshua Cohen
No wine region is more exciting right now than Beaujolais. Check out this list of the top 5 trends in Beaujolais, now!
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Beaujolais and the Rise of Natural Wines
By Joshua Cohen
20 years ago, “natural wine” was the freaky stuff drunk after-hours in Williamsburg and the East Village. Today, collectors around the world chase bottles of natural wine as passionately as...
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What is the difference between Beaujolais, Beaujolais Village, and the Beaujolais Crus?
By Joshua Cohen
The Beaujolais wine region is not small, but it isn’t too complicated either, and it’s definitely easier to understand than many French regions like Burgundy or the Rhône. The first thing to...
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An Introduction to the Wines of Beaujolais: Why Everyone Should Love Beaujolais!
By Joshua Cohen
Beaujolais has been one of our favorites since we opened Flatiron. There’s probably no region that we, the Flatiron staff, drink more regularly. This blog shares all the reasons we love Beaujolais...
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The Ultimate Guide to the Terroir of Sancerre, Part 4: Oxfordian Limestone
By Joshua Cohen
Sancerre's soils are one of the keys to its amazing wines, and Oxfordian Limestone is one of the more common its three super-special soils. Click here for a guide!
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Arnot Roberts Proves Rosé Season Is Here!
By Joshua Cohen
It has become an annual tradition in our stores to start off the year’s rosés with Arnot Roberts. Crisp watermelon, salty breezes and sun-warmed strawberries dominate the flavor profile here; although this wine...
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The Ultimate Guide to Sancerre, Part 3: Kimmeridgian Limestone
By Joshua Cohen
Perhaps no other soil holds as much appeal to terroir-focused wine drinkers as Kimmeridgian limestone. It's a key ingredient in all the Grands Crus of Chablis and many of the...
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The Ultimate Guide to Sancerre, Part Two: Silex
By Joshua Cohen
To get a better look at the terrors of Sancerre, there's no better place to start than the flinty soils (aka "silex") on the eastern edges of Sancerre. This Q&A should give...
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Ultimate Guide to the Terroir of Sancerre, Part One
By Joshua Cohen
Over the last several decades, the name Sancerre has become synonymous with premium dry white wine, making it the safe choice for consumers with no other requirements. As such, it's become...
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Comando G: Magic in Sierra de Gredos
By Joshua Cohen
Fernando Garcia and Daniel Gómez Jiménez-Landi have one weird trick for winemaking success in the Gredos: they hang out in the local taverns and drink beer with the village old-timers....
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Flatiron’s Rose FAQs: our simple guide to the best pink wines
By Joshua Cohen
What gives rosé wines their pink color? Rosé is usually made with red-wine grapes, which have pigment in their skins. All the color in rosé wines come from the skins of...
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2018 First Taste from Willi Schaefer
By Joshua Cohen
We just got word that Willi Schaefer's 2018 Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett is available. This isn't the kind of wine we usually get to offer by email--it is, as Terry says, allocated...
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