Pascal Chalon Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'La Grande Ourse Suze La Rousse' 2016 objectsPascal Chalon's Ctes du Rhne reds aren't built the same as other reds by the same name: they're not just the regular opaque, dark purple plonk you can get by the bucketful in this catch all appellation. (There's 32,000 hectares of vines in the Ctes du Rhne alone, for reference.) This iteration, 'the Big Bear,' a reference to the Big Dipper, is a blend of Syrah, Grenache, and 10% Mourvdre and Carignan; it's organically farmed, spontaneously fermented,
The Bitter Truth revived a bitters style essential to the pre-prohibition cocktail
' as he puts it
This rare joven mezcal is made with Espadín plants whose piñas were smoked over mesquite
Strawberry is front and center stage
but he has a real hand for weightless
mysterious and hard-to-place
non-industrial white wines from coastal Portugal
This is his Parellada: light as a feather
We love his zero-additive
Worth every penny and the best martinis you've ever had
autumnal and floral-forward Manhattan
salty analogue to Chardonnay in France
