Welcome to Charles Neal Selections

Charles Neal is an importer based in San Francisco, California who distributes estate-bottled wines from appellations in France.

While Charles Neal Selections deals with wonderful wines from nearly all the French wine regions, his specialties include the Southwestern part of the country (the Pyrenees) and the Eastern part of the country (the Alps). These lost regions of France contain relatively unknown appellations like Madiran, Cahors, Jurançon, Gaillac, Côtes du Frontonnais, Marcillac, and Béarn, as well as the unheralded Alpine crus of Chignin, Arbin, Apremont, Ripaille and Marestel.

In addition to these and many more intriguing wines, Charles Neal Selections is also the importer of the finest single-estate distilled and bottled brandies from Armagnac, Cognac and Calvados. These spirits are some of the most natural brandies available, made without the usage of boise, sugar or caramel. They are hand-bottled directly from cask in extremely limited quantities. Find out more by clicking Armagnac, Cognac, and Calvados.

By law, Charles Neal Selections can only import and distribute wines and spirits to licensed wholesalers, retail stores and restaurants. For information on how to purchase a specific wine or spirit, contact us and let us know your location and we'll inform you of the easiest way to obtain these wines.

Beyond The Snifter

Take a video tour through France's most popular brandy regions and learn about their history and production methods with your host, importer Charles Neal, aka Armagnac Man.

Part 1

Featuring Cognac Dudognon

Part 2

Featuring Domaine Boingnères

Part 3

Featuring Château de Ravignan, Château de Briat, and Château de Pellehaut

Part 4

Featuring Calvados Adrien Camut, and Calvados Lemorton

Bon voyage, and thank you for your interest in Charles Neal Selections!

Believe it or not, a fellow wine scout and myself were driving toward Marseille in February when we pulled off the autoroute to grab a coffee at a truck stop. As we were parking, my companion demanded that I stop the car and back up immediately. Low and behold, spray painted on a wall just behind the truck stop was one of the more curious tags I had ever seen. I knew some people were beginning to appreciate the wines, but an AOC guys...c'mon! In any event, I kid you not, the grafitti on the wall was there when we arrived. Now who in France would write something like that next to the highway?