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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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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Instagram Live Wine Tasting - Domaine Des Billard
By Maggie Scudder
We're hosting Marc Hoffman of Domaine des Billards for a very special LIVE Beaujolais tasting!! You can participate by following us on our Instagram, @flatironwines, and tuning in on Friday at 8pm ET...
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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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Flatiron's Guide to Austrian Wine, Part 5: Austria Looking Forward
By Clara Dalzell
Austria is not just a tiny place with time honored traditions and amazing terroir. It is a model for the future of wine. Their remarkable renaissance, taking them from bulk wine blenders...
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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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Flatiron's Guide to Austrian Wine, Part 4: Burgenland & Steiermark Hit the Spot
By Clara Dalzell
Few things are as exciting as realizing you are experiencing an undiscovered phenomenon. Like your cousin who was playing Nirvana tapes before they hit the radio, or the line cook flipping...
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An Introduction to the Wines of Beaujolais: Why Everyone Should Love Beaujolais!
By Maggie Scudder
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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Flatiron's Guide to Austrian Wine, Part 3: Niederösterreich is Never a Bad Idea
By Clara Dalzell
With such diversity it can be hard to summarize the region’s wine style. But to us, the heart of the matter is that Lower Austria gives us authentic wines. And best...
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Flatiron's Guide to Austrian Wine, Part 2: Willkommen to the Wachau!
By Clara Dalzell
The Wachau Valley is the epicenter of Austria’s greatest wines. In fact, to many wine consumers, the wines of the Wachau are the wines of Austria. While that sentiment sells...
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The Barolo Breakdown, Part 5: Monforte d’Alba
By Jeff Patten
Monforte shines through its sheer diversity. It does have quite a bit of limestone in its soils, but less than Serralunga, and in general the soil types, altitudes and orientations...
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The NY Times' Summer Sparkling Wines: Crémants, Pét-Nats and More
By Valerie Pimpinelli
We spotted a recent column in the New York Times from the esteemed Eric Asimov — a column encouraging readers to celebrate even the mundane with 12 bottles of fizzy wine, and...
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Flatiron's Guide to Austrian Wine, Part 1: Tiny Country, Mighty Wines!
By Clara Dalzell
It’s an exciting time to discover the wines of Austria. The dynamic styles produced by the technically proficient graduates of the Klosterneuburg juxtapose the experimental natural winemakers breaking the mold in every region.
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