Things We Like: Chablis Simonnet-Febvre 2005, Burgundy, France

We first had this wine recommended to us at Du Vin Wine & Spirits in Los Angeles. We just love that store—whether you can spend $1,000 or $7 per bottle, they are always happy to provide you with an excellent bottle of wine.

M* and I are not wine connoisseurs, and we never write down the names of the wines that we like: we talk about it, but never do it. However, we went back a few times for more bottles of this Chablis—a type of wine that I had previously, along with rose, associated with jug and box wine from the 70s/80s. I love wine with cheese, but there was a fullness and umami-ness to this wine—as if I was tasting cheese with each sip. I'm sure there's a more erudite way to explain this.

Luckily M* remembered the label of this wine, and he spotted it in a local Whole Foods-type grocery store called Waitrose. It's finding these little things—especially when they are at the same cost as in the States—that make us feel more at home.