Caviste Extrodinare!

We are here finishing our last bottle of "Mouvaise Herbe" by the exultant but now defunct Domaine de Peyra, purchased on a recent trip to San Francisco's great wine shop/bar Terrior. It is a sad moment. Some of our best times have encompassed these wines, from an introduction at Cendrillon, to 360 (the great, but also defunct, Red Hook restaurant) to a gulp-fest at Terrior earlier this year with the VLM.  

If you don't know Terrior it is worth a trip the next time you are in SF. It is a wine store that specializes in Natural Wine and they have some stellar names such as Peyra, Radikon and Cousin-Leduc. In fact they label themselves the country's first Natural Wine Store. While the three proprietors should be applauded for "fighting the good fight" they are far from the country's first Natural Wine Store. Believe it or not, vicious readers, but Reno has a store with an equal if not better selection of Natural Wines than Terrior. Of course I'm talking about Washoe Wine Company. While they don't have Peyra, nobody does anymore, they do have Jean Maupertius' wines (one of Peyra's three mavericks) plus the likes of, Tue-Boeuf, Puzelat, Brignot, Lapierre, Foillard, Maule, Pepe, Roagna, Breton, Dard Ribo, Sansonniere, Mosse, Larmandier-Bernier etc... This is all here in Reno, Nevada! The absolute best of the best from France, Italy and Spain, and it's all thanks to a few passionate guys. Please, please, please, generous readers, go and support this store. It is a true gem in the wine world. Walk in and tell them you want a mixed case of Natural Wine. You won't spend a ton of money and you might get something that will change your wine drinking life.