I want to order wine online to be delivered to someone in France. I’m having trouble searching for French wine websites. Suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.
Use Wine-Searcher?
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Perhaps board members based in France can share their favorite retail sites. But, one advantage of such domestic purchases is that you can buy straight from wineries online and have them ship anywhere in the country.
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I had positive experiences with
Feral Art (of course)
Vinatis
Caves Carriere
NG Vins
Buveur de vin
Veraison (personal touch, highly recommended)
Athenauem
Vinossimo
Petites Caves
Infinivin
Vcommevin
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I’ve never used them to ship but I imagine Lavinia offers the service.
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I’ve used Vins et Millesimes with success.
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I’ve purchased from Millésima, wineandco, and vins et millésimes.
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Merci. I always shop in person but also often see nice deals on these sights and wondered about them. Heading back to France in December and maybe I will try them.
Unless you’re only looking for French wines, don’t limit yourself to only French sites. Or even if you are, look wider. Plenty of good German, Italian or Belgian options depending on what you’re looking for.
Transport is not an issue for most.
What wines are you looking for?
Sure, I’m open to non-French wines. I am looking to buy a few wines from a couple of specific years, 1975 and 1949. I want the wines to be delivered to a friend who lives in France. Not looking for expensive trophy wines, and the year is more important than the drinking experience, but I would like to get wines that have a chance of providing a pleasant drinking experience.
Thanks.
In this case Mon Millessime, Beaune
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This will likely take Lavinia out of the picture. Others will know better than I where to shop for older wines. Cave Auge might have some and probably ships. I don’t really love the shop and their prices are a little steep IMO but they can have some things hard to find elsewhere and I would trust provenance.
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Vivavin in Beaune usually has a reasonable selection of wines with bottle age, but I’m not sure that old.
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At that age you might need to look at auction. Ideal Wine is a good option (based in France, specifically Champagne if I’m not mistaken). I’ve had great results with older bottles that I’ve ordered from them. They list a brief description of provenance on the listing and they are pretty good about emailing you back if you want more details on the source. One thing to keep in mind is that passive storage in France is often significantly better in France than in the US since many homes / restaurants have proper cellars, so don’t let that be a deal breaker for provenance if you go this route.
Another good address
https://www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com/vins-1975
https://www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com/vins-1949
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Wow! Many 1975 options at this site. Thanks for the tip.
Thank you very much for this. 
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Another one which is reliable albeit a tad pricey:
https://www.vinsetmillesimes.com/fr/
Alain
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Dan, I am seeing 1975 Maury Vin Doux Naturel pop up on some of these suggested sites. That’s from your neck of the woods in France, no?
Yes indeed.
Background: 50 years ago, Roussillon’s total wine production was probably about half sweet. Rivesaltes is the generic name. The two ‘Crus’ are Banyuls and Maury for top quality stickies.
Sales of sweet wine have cratered internationally. Banyuls is an incredibly beautiful seaside town and tourists still slurp up the sweet stuff. Maury is not. Production of sweet wine in Maury has dropped and the majority of the production is now the new (since 2011) Appellation Maury Sec… which is what I produce.
However if you like sweet reds, Maury produces some great ones. The leading Domaine is Mas Amiel. If you can find a 1975 Mas Amiel to ship to your French friends, you are gifting them a great wine.
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