Nobody can be good at everything, and any wine shop that tries to excel in all categories will at best achieve consistent mediocrity. It's known to our frequent customers that, of all French regions, Metrovino ignores Bordeaux. The reasons for this are unimportant, and to tackle them exhaustively would comprise a separate and far lengthier article than the one that you've presently committed to. However, a partial justification of our stance can be made while circuitously endorsing the "sale wine” that precedes this pedantic piece of writing.
Future You
This idea struck last week when a co-worker and I were naming our favourite wines in the shop for a certain price point. Under $30, under $50, etc. As we contemplated the best rapport qualité prix, or best value for price wines in the shop, I started to realize how many of them I’ve personally stashed away.
Domaine Huet - LAMF
Very few wine estates have been as formative in my career, nurturing to my love of wine and the source of so many pleasurable bottles as Domaine Huet of Vouvray in the Loire Valley. In addition to introducing me to biodynamic farming, proving the virtues of truly old wine and serving as early vinous tutors to the idea of terroir, Huet also makes my favourite sparkling wine in the world (sorry Champagne!) and masters a stylistic spectrum that would be the envy of many German growers. Many readers will identify with this sentimentality as the best bottles of Huet are nothing short of haunting.