250 years of French–American friendship
Two shores.
One philosophy.
In 1776, a young country half a world away asked France for help. Two hundred and fifty years later, we’re still asking each other questions — about food, about wine, about how to live.
At La Cave, we back small producers who take as much care tending their vines as they do making their wine. That’s true of every French estate we import. It’s also true of the American vignerons we’ve been quietly building relationships with on this side of the Atlantic. The vigneron mindset knows no borders.
To celebrate 250 years of French–American friendship, we’re pouring four wines side by side — two from the Loire, two from California. Four bottles that tell the same story in different accents.
The wines
One cellar, two shores
Cabernet Franc, Loire
Loire · Saumur-ChampignyCabernet Franc, Saumur — bright and savoury, red fruit over tuffeau.
$35.70 Member Price$42.00 Regular
Chenin Blanc, Loire
Loire · SaumurChenin Blanc from chalky tuffeau — taut and mineral, orchard fruit and citrus.
$32.30 Member Price$38.00 Regular
Chardonnay, California
California · Sonoma ValleyCalifornia Chardonnay, grower-grown — built around the fruit and the place.
$34.00 Member Price$40.00 Regular
Syrah, California
California · Sonoma ValleyCalifornia Syrah, made the vigneron way — dark-fruited, peppery, unforced.
$38.25 Member Price$45.00 Regular
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From the Loire
Domaine de Rocheville
Saumur, Loire Valley
Elegant Saumur — sparkling and still — grown on the chalky tuffeau soils of the Loire.
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From California
Tyler Martin
Bittritesi
Grower-grown, small-production California Chardonnay and Syrah — the vigneron mindset on the American side.
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2 American vignerons.
All small, all direct, all worth meeting.