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We’re open daily for in-store shopping: 10 am – 6 pm
We are closing at 4pm on New Year’s Eve (Saturday December 31st).
We will be closed Sunday, January 1st. We will reopen for our regular hours on Monday, January 2nd 10 am – 6 pm.

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Monvigliero In Stock Now!

Burlotto Monvigliero 2018

October 21, 2022

2018 Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero bottlesG.B. Burlotto was considered among the absolute greatest winemakers in the world for the seventy plus years he was at the helm. After his passing in 1927, the winery and his hometown of Verduno slipped into obscurity. Now Fabio Alessandria, the great-great-grandson has taken over and Burlotto regained the place it deserves among the top echelon of small producers in the Piedmont. Tradition is first and foremost for Fabio, going so far as to use gentle crushing by foot followed by a sixty day maceration period, once common but now virtually unheard of in Barolo. The technique is used for the home vineyard of Monvigliero and the soft touch develops a wine of remarkable character with notes of cedar, olives in herbs, and something rich – like truffles – the feel is structurally powerful, but so elegant as to be shimmery. … Read the rest

Vinopolis Sunday Night Newsletter 10/16/2022

 In This Newsletter:

The Incomparable Gobelsburg Tradition

New Week – New Arrivals

New Arrival From Fèlsina:
A Tuscan Treasure

Napa Wines: The Best in the West



New Arrival Special Feature:

The Incomparable Gobelsburg Tradition

“The ‘Tradition’ wines are an ode to the winemaking style being employed at Gobelsburg in the early 19th century – specifically the years between 1800 and 1850. This period is characterised by the era of baroque, where intense aromatisation in vinfication was being practiced.” – Winery note

We wine industry nerds love to talk of wines as “hands off” in style or made “in the vineyard.” Yet these platitudes ignore that, lest the grapes be left for the birds, human intervention is required to make the liquid in your glass.
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A Tribute to Russ Raney


As many of you may have heard, Russ Raney passed away this weekend. We are saddened by his loss. After stepping away from winemaking as the original owner and winemaker of Evesham Wood and one of the founders of the Deep Roots Coalition, Russ shared his love of Corbieres wines through his local import business. The Willamette Valley lost a great figure in its winemaking history. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and all those who were touched by his passion and enthusiasm, whether directly or indirectly, in Oregon or abroad. 
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Sequitur – A Visionary Willamette Valley Producer

Sequitur

Sequitur Pinot Noir BottlesMike Etzel, the founder and winemaker of Sequitur, is a living legend in the Willamette Valley. He co-founded Beaux Frères in the late 1980s and was the winemaker there until recently handing off the duties to his son. Never one to rest on his laurels, he began planting a vineyard adjacent to Beaux Frères in 2010—a project that became what we know as Sequitur.

It’s helpful to think of Sequitur as a distillation of everything Mike Etzel learned from Beaux Frères over the decades. The Sequitur vineyard sits right next to the Beaux Frères “Upper Terrace” but is planted to a wider array of clones at tighter spacing. It’s been farmed biodynamically since the beginning and is sheltered with Douglas Fir—in short, it’s the fully realized vision of a man who’s helped define Willamette Valley Pinot Noir.… Read the rest

New Salvioni La Cerbaiola Releases Arriving in April

Salvioni La Cerbaiola

ETA April! (Published 3-29-2022)

You’ve heard of iconic Brunello’s like Biondi Santi but Salvioni should also be on your radar as well. With less than 10 acres or 1/5th of their property planted to grapevines, pampered doesn’t begin to cover the winegrowing philosophy. Grown at over 1,200 feet above sea level, there is a near constant breeze that assists in maintaining acidity and reducing disease pressure. The confluence of breezes and high elevation ensure that freshness is maintained even in exactingly hot vintages like 2017. The resulting wines combine jammy ripeness with lifted acidity, almost Napa-esque. 

In order to maximize the power of their old vines, yields are highly reduced and spend more than the required time in vat and bottle.
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