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Fresh and vibrant wines to buy in Antilles

Herebelow are vibrant wines and where to buy them in Antilles:

Here below is my selection of vibrant wines. The establishments must sell by the bottle (without asking you to purchase anything else, even if they are bistros). []

 

Bottlings selected in 2025

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus – Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)

USD 29 — 2022 — pure, intense – yeast, fine bubbles, fresh

An online wine store that ships, Puerto Rico: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] wine labelCrémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Domaine Rietsch — Extra Brut

USD 30 — 2021 — yeast, toasted bread – baked apple, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, dry but not stiff, fresh

An online wine store that ships, Puerto Rico: Wine Therapy, website

 

Bottlings selected in 2024

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus – Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)

USD 28 — 2021 — pure, intense – yeast, fine bubbles, fresh

An online wine store that ships, Puerto Rico: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] wine labelCrémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Domaine Rietsch — Extra Brut

USD 29 — 2021 — yeast, toasted bread – baked apple, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, dry but not stiff, fresh

An online wine store that ships, Puerto Rico: Wine Therapy, website

 

Bottlings selected in 2023

Saint-chinian wine labelSaint chinian — Jean-Marie Rimbert - Domaine Rimbert — Les Travers de Marceau — (carignan dominant, cinsault, syrah)

USD 20 — 2021 — a very fine balance between freshness and density, the tannins are present but velvety

An online store with delivery in the Caribbean, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint-Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, British Virgin Islands, USVI: The Natural Wine Company, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus - Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)

USD 26 — 2020 — pure, intense - yeast, fine bubbles, fresh

An online wine store that ships, Puerto Rico: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] wine labelCrémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Domaine Rietsch — Extra Brut

USD 27 — 2020 — yeast, toasted bread - baked apple, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, dry but not stiff, fresh

An online wine store that ships, Puerto Rico: Wine Therapy, website

 

Bottlings selected in 2022

Saint-chinian wine labelSaint chinian — Jean-Marie Rimbert - Domaine Rimbert — Les Travers de Marceau — (carignan dominant, cinsault, syrah)

USD 18 — 2020 — faithful, reliable - red fruit, herbs from Provence - red fruit, herbs from Provence, structured but little drying, balanced acidity

An online store with delivery in the Caribbean, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint-Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, British Virgin Islands, USVI: The Natural Wine Company, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus - Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)

USD 24 — 2019 — pure, intense - yeast, fine bubbles, fresh

An online wine store that ships, Puerto Rico: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] wine labelCrémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Domaine Rietsch — Extra Brut

USD 25 — 2019 — yeast, toasted bread - baked apple, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, dry but not stiff, fresh

An online wine store that ships, Puerto Rico: Wine Therapy, website

 

Bottlings selected in 2021

Saint-chinian wine labelSaint chinian — Jean-Marie Rimbert - Domaine Rimbert — Les Travers de Marceau — (carignan dominant, cinsault, syrah)

USD 18 — 2019 — faithful, reliable - red fruit, herbs from Provence - red fruit, herbs from Provence, structured but little drying, balanced

An online store with delivery in the Caribbean, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint-Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, British Virgin Islands, USVI: The Natural Wine Company, website

 

Bottlings selected in 2020

Crémant d’Alsace — Julien Albertus - Kumpf et Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)

USD 24 — 2017 — pure, intense - yeast, fine bubbles, fresh

An online wine store that ships, Puerto Rico: Wine Therapy, website

Crémant d’alsace [sparkling] — Audrey et Christian Binner — KB — Extra Brut Zéro dosage [sans sulfite ajouté], magnum, assemblage

USD 32 — 2008 — white fruit, yeast - fine bubbles, full, white fruit, nougat but dry, toasted loaf, great aromatic depth, no stiffness, fresh

An online wine store that ships, Puerto Rico: Wine Therapy, website


Price figures are only rough estimates of the US retail tags, at the date of the tasting. Wines are selected on personal criteria.


Same area

Other types of wine have been selected in the same area, chardonnay in Antilles, sauvignon blanc in Antilles, good red wines in Antilles, champagne or sparkling in Antilles, natural wines in Antilles.

If the results above are too vague or the wine shops too distant from your area, then you may wish to explore a location more specific than Antilles. The following places show recommended wines: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, USVI,

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