l'abeille
This is a small, fully by the glass program, thirty pours and nothing offered by the bottle, so think of it as a pairing tool rather than a cellar to sell from. It leans on white Burgundy and on sweet and fortified wines, the latter being the single largest category at six listings, with names like Ramonet Corton Charlemagne and Coche Dury Meursault anchoring the reserve glasses up at the top end. Most of the list sits low and accessible, with a median around fifty five dollars and pours starting at eighteen, though the reserve glasses climb to a Ramonet at four hundred sixty five. Sparkling is covered with Krug, Ruinart, and La Caravelle, and the reds run light with Burgundy and a couple of California bottles including Joseph Phelps Insignia. It rewards a guest who wants to drink by the glass across a tasting and is willing to trade up into serious white Burgundy and Sauternes like Chateau d'Yquem.