Barbra Austin

“Sans soufre” sounds a lot like “sans souffrir”, but sadly they are not synonymous, because I could drink large quantities of this wine. Hypothetically speaking, of course.

I was introduced to Domaine Félines Jourdan’s Picpoul de Pinet last year by Juan Sanchez at La Dernière Goutte, and it became my go-to inexpensive white for easy refreshment during that late spring in Paris. I wrote about it then, but after seeing it on a few lists in New York City this summer, as well as on the board at Fish in Paris, I thought I’d revisit what I consider a perfect warm weather wine.

I am a Champagne drinker. It is my desert island drink, the answer to the question “If you could only have one wine”, though I am grateful that this question has only ever been hypothetical.