Trip to Burgundy for the Hospices de Beaune auction
By John Truax
I spent a week in Beaune tasting across top domaines and the Hospices de Beaune, getting an in-depth look at the challenging but promising 2024 and 2025 vintages. Despite heavy...
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NY Times on Everyday Wines -- Eric Asimov's most important post ever
By Joshua Cohen
Eric Asimov’s latest post, "Everyday Wines: The Most Important Bottles You Will Drink," at his New York Times Blog, The Pour, is a gem. And I’m not saying that just...
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Wine 101: How to Taste like a Pro
By All About Self Employment Collaborator
You may know how to drink wine like a pro, but can you taste like one?
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Back Stage Pass: Our #1 Trick for Finding Great Wines
By All About Self Employment Collaborator
We're pulling back the curtain and giving you a peek into what it's like to run a retail wine shop in NYC. Our first post in this series is about...
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Burgundy Quality Levels: A Guided Tasting, at Home
By Maggie Scudder
Back in November, as a part of Flatiron Wines’ educational series, I hosted a class entitled ‘Burgundy: On The Level’. In it we discussed the levels of complexity and detail to...
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To Burgundy and Back Again: 2018 Hospices de Beaune
By Joshua Cohen
Last year, on the third Sunday of November, the 158th annual wine auction was held at the Hospices de Beaune. People from all over the world meet in the historic...
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Top Ten Burgundy Producers (That you can actually buy…)
By Jeff Patten
I was recently looking for some guidance on what Burgundy producers to collect and I came across a Top Ten list online. It had some names I had heard of,...
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2017 Burgundy: A First Look at the Vintage
By Jeff Patten
What’s the big picture on the 2017 vintage? What’s the one thing I need to know? At this point, most commentators are saying that they like the vintage very much. We’ll break...
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German Wine Maps
By Maggie Scudder
As the grand finale for Riesling week, we're delighted to share our wine maps of Germany and the Mosel.
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Rieslingfeier Roundup
By Jeff Patten
If you're new to Riesling and don't know what all the fuss is about, look no further: Josh wrote a nifty blog to get you acclimated and answer your questions. And if...
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A Simple Guide to German Riesling: Flatiron Wines’ German Riesling 101
By Jeff Patten
What is Riesling? Riesling is a noble white grape that makes aromatic white wines. Riesling grapes make a huge range of still, white wines ranging from bone-dry to unctuously sweet....
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Where to Search for your Reasonable Cellar in 2019
By Jeff Patten
While shopping for your Reasonable Cellar does not involve the painful process of chasing scarce allocations, it does allow for the fun of figuring out what exactly makes good, cellar-worthy values....
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The Return of the Reasonable Cellar
By Jeff Patten
Around the beginning of each year, we love to remind our customers and readers that maintaining a wine cellar doesn’t have to be an extravagance. You don’t have to spend tons...
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A Beginner's Guide to Greek Wine
By Joshua Cohen
Don’t forget the weather: sunny and dry. Greece enjoys an incredibly high annual number of sun hours, a feature that not only attracts German tourists but also makes it possible...
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