Pourquoi Pas
This is a big French list, 363 bottles deep and built squarely around the Loire and the Rhone, with whites making up roughly half the book. The strengths are clear: Loire whites run through Touraine, Anjou Saumurois and Sancerre, and you get real depth from growers like Francois Chidaine and Vacheron, while the northern Rhone is well covered in both colors. There is a notable Savoie pocket too, anchored by Domaine J. Francois Quenard and Domaine des Ardoisieres, so lean on that when someone wants something alpine and offbeat. Pricing reaches up past 145 euros but starts around 22 to 24, so there are honest entry points if a guest is watching the bill. The catch is the glass program, only two pours, so almost everything here is a bottle conversation and this list rewards a table ready to commit.