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Riesling, Right Now!

A SPECIAL OFFER ON 2025 FALKENSTEIN RIESLINGS 

This installment of Riesling, Right Now! comes with the addition of a special offer, as we take a look at the wines of Hofgut Falkenstein, and announce newly stocked wine from the 2025 vintage.

There is no shortage of superlatives to be found when looking for information about Hofgut Falkenstein. The wines are spectacular!

 

The father-son estate was founded in 1985 when Erich Weber bought what was then, the worn out “Falkensteinerhof” winery facility, and undertook its labor intensive restoration.  If their location of Tälchen, a small side-valley of the Saar, in western Germany, doesn’t come up clearly in your mental map, there’s good reason for that. The Weber’s estate is comprised of many historic vineyards whose once storied reputations all but vanished as a result of the Weingesetz (German Wine Law)of 1971.… Read the rest

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Store Hours & Shipping Info

Too hot or cold to ship? Buy now, ship later. We offer free on-site temperature-controlled storage for orders held for the next shipping window in the fall or spring.

There’s no charge for holding until the next available shipping window, but we do ask that you reach out to schedule a shipping date at your earliest convenience.

We’re open daily for in-store shopping: 10 am – 6 pm.… Read the rest

New Envinate Arrivals

The highly rated 2024 vintage has just landed, and we have an outstanding selection to offer.

The team behind Envinate

Envínate (translates as “wine yourself”.. imagine a fencer declaring “en garde!”) is the brainchild of 4 friends, winemakers Roberto Santana, Alfonso Torrente, Laura Ramos, and José Martínez.  This gang of 4 formed back in 2005 while studying enology at the University of Miguel Hernandez in Alicante. Upon graduation, they formed a winemaking consultancy, which evolved into Envínate, a project that focuses on exploring distinctive parcels mainly in the Atlantic-inflected regions of Ribeira Sacra and the Canary Islands. Their collective aim is to make profoundly pure and authentic wines that express the terruño of each parcel in a clear and concise manner. To this end, no chemicals are used in any of the Envínate vineyards, all parcels are picked by hand, the grapes are foot-trodden, and the wines are fermented exclusively with wild yeasts, with a varying proportion of whole grape clusters included.… Read the rest

Riesling, Right Now!

Nahe River

“Riesling, Right Now!” is new ongoing feature here at Vinopolis. Every few weeks, we’ll put a spotlight on a single Riesling producer we have in stock. There are many. Some are easily found because we have row upon row of offerings (lookin’ at you Markus Molitor), while others are much easier to miss in the mix.

Riesling is a category of wine that inspires obsession as much as it can induce fear and intimidation. There are at least a few of us here at the shop who identify as Riesling True Believers, in case you couldn’t already tell, I’m one of them. We’ll be delighted to share why we can’t discuss the wines made from this noble grape without eventually making mention of light sabers, Valerian steel swords, honey drenched flowers, and David Bowie…  

For now, I’ll try not to get ahead of myself.… Read the rest

Cayuse: Legend, Lore, and Benchmark Wines from Walla Walla

It’s no secret that we’ve long adored the wines from Christophe Baron.

This Champenois-turned-Oregonian more or less put The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater on the map. Biodynamic farming. Ancient, rocky river bed. Horse-drawn plough. Tiny production. All result inwines that stop you in your tracks…

If you can actually get your hands on them.

His Walla Walla portfolio now includes Grenache, Syrah, Cabernet, and red blends sourced from Oregon and Washington. Representing the pinnacle of the region’s reds, we’re never surprised when top notch scores are released, just pleased as punch that we continue to be able to offer you these mailing list-mostly gems.

Though mostly associated with Washington state, a quirk in geography means the bottom smidge of this Valley is in Oregon.
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Arterberry Maresh & Tan Fruit Sale (In-Store Pickup Only)


 
Arterberry Maresh Maresh Vineyard Pinot Noir - Maresh Vineyard and Winery
 

If you spend enough time with Oregon wine people, Arterberry Maresh comes up in a very specific way — not as a “hot producer,” but as a kind of reference point. The wines get talked about the way people talk about a great restaurant that never changed its menu because it didn’t need to. There’s a steadiness to them: Dundee Hills fruit handled with a light touch, an instinct for when to intervene and when to step back. The result is Pinot Noir that feels less like it’s been constructed and more like it’s been listened to.

The same sensibility carries into the Tan Fruit bottlings, which quietly solve one of Oregon’s trickiest questions: how to make Chardonnay that isn’t trying to be anything other than itself.

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