Pur Jus
A former restaurateur, Tegwen Naveos traded in the heat of the stoves for the cool dampness of the wine cellar, and brought this online shop to life, specializing in pure, fermented grape juice! There are over 400 labels to choose from, stretching from the Loire Valley (Damien Délécheneau, Zoé and Thierry Puzelat) to Provence (Domaine de Sulauze, Henri Milan), while passing through the Auvergne region (Vincent Marie) and the Rhone Valley (Marcel Richaud, Nicolas Renaud) along the way. Plus international options like Jordi Llorens in Catalonia, Pheasant’s Tears in Georgia, or Arianna Occhipinti in Sicily… All of which is ranked on a “rock ’n’ roll” scale!
Delivery: 3-5 days, €8.90 at a pick-up point or €10.90 for home delivery.
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Vins Chez Nous
With an impressive selection of 1,300 labels sourced from across France and beyond, Arnaud Juvin’s platform has become the benchmark for drinkable development in only a few years! What should you expect? All of the mainstays of low-intervention wines (Coutelou, Bain, Gramenon, Jousset); underground winemakers (Claude Courtois, Anders Frederik Steen, Jean-Michel Stéphan, Nicolas Renaud); the big names of the international naturalist movement, like Llorens in Spain, Princic in Italy, Cotar in Slovenia or Gut Oggau in Austria…. It’s also worth noting that there’s a very beautiful selection of magnums, available in red, white, orange or rosé!
Delivery: 3-4 days in France (available in 17 other countries as well), starting at €9.90 for home delivery or at a pick-up point.
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Vinibee
For five years now, Loire natives Aude Beaupère and Pierre-Hugues Chevalier have been keeping internet users’ thirst quenched with their druidic juices! Their credo? Unadorned, organic wines (at a minimum), which tend to be natural… So much so that the duo notes the level of sulfites for each bottle! You’ll find a selection of virtuous winemakers on their website, from both France (Fanny Sabre, Karim Vionnet, Sylvain Bock, Didier Chaffardon) and further away (Aldo Viola in Sicily, Judith Beck in Austria, Vladis Sclavos in Greece).
Delivery: 2-3 days in France (available in 22 other countries as well), starting at €9.90 for home delivery or at a pick-up point.
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La Volat
What is La Volat, exactly? Well, in French, it’s short for “volatile acidity” – a fault when it comes to wine for some people, an asset for others… It’s also the name of Alain Guillou’s online wine shop, who offers up a selection of Franche-Comté wines (Étienne Thiebaud, Valentin Morel, François Rousset-Martin…), which sold out much too quickly, rather unfortunately for us… But there are still other tempting wine options from elsewhere: a natural dry Champagne 11, 12, 13… from Ruppert-Leroy (€45), Le Désordre, a 2012 Roussillon blend from La Sorga (€39), Terrasses, a 2018 Vaucluse Grenache from Charlotte and Aurélien Houillon (€30)….
Delivery: 3-5 days in France (available in around 20 other countries as well), starting at €12.90.
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Culinaries
Welcome to Audrey Radas and Olivier Piechocki’s virtuous platform, which connects talented winemakers with customers who have high standards and are in the market for locally-sourced, quality products with good traceability practices! The extremely sharp wine selection is scrupulously curated by Clovis Ochin. A random sample: Alea Jacta Est, a 2010 Italian red from the Le Coste estate (€56.25), Champ Levat, a 2018 Savoyard Mondeuse from Jean-Yves Péron (€42), and even a jeroboam of Magma, a 2012 Sicilian red produced by Frank Cornelissen for big groups, for the modest price of… €1,168!
Delivery: 2-3 days, for €8.
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Let it Bib
To bib or not to bib! That could be the slogan for this e-shop that celebrates boxed wine, where you can get your fill in formats ranging in size from 1.5 liters to… 10 liters! Unearthed on the online platform the other day: a Gamay produced by Christophe Pacalet (€59 for 5L), a Côtes-du-Rhône red from Le Clos des Mourres (€43 for 5L), Les Monges, a Provence white from La Mongestine (€31 for 3 L)… In short, a clever selection of organic, biodynamic or natural wines in eco-friendly containers, so you can drink life to the lees!
Delivery: 1-3 days, starting at €7.
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Marée Haute
When they’re not pairing wine with briny seafood at their Oléron wine bar, Clara Maréchal and Baptiste Bourgoin are providing the World Wide Web with their supernatural wines. A few bottles worth considering: one of their rarities (Gabrio Bini, Robinot, Ganevat); reliable options (Plaine de Condrieu 2017 from Jean-Michel Stéphan for €25, La Petit Têtu, a Burgundy Charonnday from Jean-Marie Berrux for €25, Champ Levat, a Savoyard Mondeuse from Jean-Yves Péron for €38); a few options for next-to-nothing prices (Classe, an Hérault red from Jean-François Coutelou for €12, or Ribos, an Aude wine from Yohann Moreno for €10); and the excellent Chassez le Naturel fanzines from Pauline Dupin-Aymard.
Delivery: 2 days, starting at €13.90.
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Ainsi Fontaine
Offering up “good, beautiful and wholesome” wine is the ambitious goal of Lila Djellali, Florie Berger and Vanessa Albertolli, a wine consultant, photographer and lawyer respectively. What will you find on their (graphically pleasing) website? Taut Loire wines from the Joussets (Premier Rendez-Vous, a 2018 Chenin for €24) or fine reds from the Domaine Zélige-Caravent, a pioneer in the Languedoc (Jardin, a 2018 Carignan for €20)… But you better hurry up and grab some of these beautiful bottles before they all sell out!
Delivery: 2-4 days, starting at €12.
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Petites Caves
What do Guillaume Petit de La Perrelle, Thomas Delpy and Patrice de Gayffier have up for grabs? A large selection of wines from across many different regions of France, low prices (an Ardèche Syrah from the Domaine des Vigneaux for €10), exceptional vintages (Évidence, a 2010 Solognot white from the Courtois for €66.90), and even a few bottles created exclusively for the website – like this Charmant Chenin from Charlotte and Thomas Carsin in Anjou (€19). The trio also launched Le Club Petites Caves, which grants you access to rare vintages from Thierry Allemand, Jean-François Ganevat, Jean-Michel Stéphan and other prestigious winemakers (for €25 a month subscription fee).
Delivery: 1-3 days, starting at €10.
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