In Beaujolais, the 2009s came in with TREMENDOUS expectations and the region saw an unprecedented engagement by a whole new audience (a Beaujo-revolution). We saw newbies, Beaujolais fanatics and seasoned Burgundy buyers going long on the 2009s, buying them by the case-load to cellar.

Huet's Moelleux are without a doubt in the category of the greatest and the most ageworthy sweet wines in the world, yet they come at simply ridiculous values for their quality. (We've said this a thousand times.)

While there hasn't been a big chill here in NYC, we have found our tastes leaning more towards hearty reds-a sure sign that we are in the winter months.

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This has to be the most famous bottle in the history of the Loire. We are talking about a wine produced in the thralls of post-WWII France. Vines, however, pay little attention to the turmoil of man and from their perspective, 1947 was an extraordinary vintage.

Come join us on Thursday, January 26th to taste wines from the Loire Valley.  We'll be pouring wines from the Loire Valley between 5:30 & 7:30pm.

Yes - it's free! - but we're asking everyone to RSVP to events@crushwineco.com. Please let us know how many people will be in your party.

Le Feu translates to "The Fire," and it's a suitably passionate name for a wine from such an ambitious grower as Belluard, who's working in the beautiful if under-the-radar Savoie region. He's based in the village of Ayse, which is pushed way over to the eastern edge of France, bordering on Switzerland, and his main focus is the rare and obscure Gringet grape

Denis Bachelet farms .44-hectares of the Grand Cru Charmes-Chambertin vineyard; his vines here are nearly 100 years old. In a cellar that's not much bigger than the size of a modest living room, Bachelet produces a paltry 180 cases of this wine.

Trapet is no-nonsense Burgundy; Gevreys of good muscle, though they are agile, sinewy, clearer and crisper than most. The Burghound has called them "Old School," "understated" and "elegant and refined" - we like that. We're always on the lookout for deals like today's and our track-record with older Trapet shows that you are, too. Fans seem to come out of the woodwork for it - this Domaine has a solid legion of fans that value authentic Burgundy at very reasonable prices.

The Clos des Goisses is also a legend among Champagne insiders: Along with Selosse's mighty creations and Taittinger's Comtes de Champagne, Philipponnat's Clos des Goisses is one of Champagne's most muscular incarnations, though the complexity of the minerality is what gives this wine such a fascination with decades and decades of age.