A. Gere Cuvee "Kopar" 2020I want to tell you a love story. And like all good love stories, it involves wine. Years before I met my wife, she was working in Hungary's wine export trade a young woman with an extraordinary palate and the foresight to recognize greatness before the rest of the world caught on. One of the wines she recognized early, and quietly began collecting for herself, was A. Genre's Kopr Cuve from Villny, Hungary's premier red wine region. She wasn't alone in

sandy tannins and a subtle snap of white pepper

30% Mourvèdre and 20% Syrah

” I’m so happy to be drinking this one – and you will be

and where centuries of history have folded into the very soil beneath the vine

this Brouilly has found its perfect companion in the kitchen: think roast duck glazed with cherry and thyme

and endlessly versatile

and you can taste it

Here in Vasse Felix

charred vegetables

inward Morgon Javernières—serious

' You need to toss this in the cellar for a decade

and mineral character