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Located in the quiet hills of Bugey high above the Rhône river, Caveau Quinard is the work of four generations of farmers. With Burgundy in clear view, some of the best (and most underrated) Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the world comes from the bucolic vineyards of Bugey. These alpine vines, organically farmed since 2009, help the Domaine achieve their modest goal of growing healthy grapes that produce wines with crystalline purity and honest craftsmanship.

Cecilia Zucca makes some of our favorite, bold, rustic, Italian reds. Her lively, organic vineyard perched five hundred meters above sea level in northern Italy gives life to delicious fruit from Barbera, Albarossa, Pinot Noir, Viognier, and Riesling vines. The vineyard, which even boasts a small herd of Fassone (one of the world’s finest beef cows), is a picture of biodiversity. The minimal intervention wines reflect these superb climatic conditions with pure fidelity.

Kathi and Daniel Bauer-Lang, a young couple with strong ideals, make a variety of reds that stun us with their power at one turn, and their subtlety and excellence at another. Long eschewing the use of herbicides, fungicides, and fertilizers, the couple have gone a step further, and introduced insect hotels, a system of cover crop rotation, and planted many trees which help to strengthen the richness and diversity of the local fauna and flora.