My business was born of a passion for wine; it has been sustained by many friends who have rewarded me with their confidence. The many tastings I've organized over the past 20 years have allowed me to select a few special wines that I love wines that I now present on this Web site, in the hope of expanding my circle of friends and sharing my passion.

Among the wines presented here you will discover some real rarities the work of winemakers who are now very much in demand, but whom we have known since their earliest vintages.

You'll also see that we like to shake up preconceptions. In tastings I organized at Ampuis and Pomerol, for instance, I haven't hesitated to present a simple Burgundy Chardonnay—the Cuvée du Corps de Garde made by Ghislaine and Jean-Hugue Goisot—next to the most prestigious white Burgundies of the Côte de Beaune.

Some non-French wines have slipped onto our list too. The Nez de Saint Pierre is the French importer for the best sweet wines of Austria, the Ruster Ausbruch of Domaine Feiler-Artinger. We also import their red cuvées, Mariental and Solitaire, which rival the greatest Bordeaux.

Most recently I have introduced to France the sublime Pedro Ximenes dessert wines made by Toro Albala. Some tasters have rated those wines a 20 on a scale of 20.