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Mountains of Magnums Sale 12-21-23

 
Mountains of Magnums Sale

Now through Sunday!

5% off any 3-5 in-stock magnums
10% off any 6+ in-stock magnums
Offer Ends Sunday, December 24th at 4:30 pm Pacific
 
Offer only applies to in-stock, non-sparkling wines.
Does not apply to Champagnes, other sparkling wines, or pre-arrivals.

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Oregon

The King of Oregon Pinot in a vintage that promises plenty of pleasure should you pop the cork early, but it’s well worth holding for a decade or more. This estate was founded by Michael Etzel in conjunction with his brother-in-law Robert Parker (thus the name) in what is now the Ribbon Ridge.
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Vinopolis Newsletter – Wednesday 12/20/2023

 In This Newsletter:

Champagne Re-arrival Round-up
Restocks of Jose Dhondt, Charles Ellner, Champagne Gatinois, Joseph Perrier
New Arrivals
Pierre Gimonnet, Pierre Peters, GD Vajra, and more!
Close-Out Sales
Featuring Spanish wines… lowest prices in the USA
Collector’s Corner

War of the Wines: Dessert Edition

 
Champagne Re-Arrival Round-up
 
JOSE DHONDT
 
If you love grower Champagnes (and we know you do!) you cannot allow yourself to miss out on these quality offerings from Domaine José Dhondt. With vineyards in the Grand Cru villages of Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and the Côte de Sézanne village of Saudoy, they produce wines of character and place.
 
Jose Dhondt Blanc de Blancs Brut, Champagne NV 750ml $49 special, 24 bottles available
Wine Spectator 93 Points “A vibrant blanc de blancs in a harmonious frame, this deftly knits a chiseled spine of acidity with raw silklike texture and flavors of plumped white cherry, salted almond, crystallized honey and white blossoms.
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The Old-School Wines of Merkelbach – On Sale Now 12-19-23

“Should we all buy more Merkelbach? Yes, of course!” –Mosel Fine Wines
 

5% off any 6-11 bottles of in-stock Merkelbach wines
10% off any 12+ bottles of in-stock Merkelbach wines
Offer Ends Friday, December 22nd @ 10 AM
 
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We adore the wines of Weingut Alfred Merkelbach, irrationally and perhaps more than any other grower in the Mosel. They set the curve for the term “old-school,” having made their wines in similar style for almost 70 years. These wines capture the delicacy and etherealness of Riesling like few other wines we’ve tried. Terry Theise, when importing the wines for Skurnik, described their wines as “like VAPING Mosel Riesling.”… Read the rest

Vinopolis Newsletter – Monday 12/18/2023

 In This Newsletter:

Special Arrival
Cameron Wines
New Arrivals
Savart, Delamotte, Bethel Heights, Paolo Bea, Montevertine, and more!
Close-Out Sales
Big wines, HUGE savings
Collector’s Corner
Italian Treats for Holiday Eats
Special Arrival

 
CAMERON WINES
 
Geeky and great! Cameron gets a lot of praise for his Burgundy by way of Willamette wines (and he deserves all of it) but his Italian-styled wines are still extremely underrated. This amphora-aged Northern Italian styled wine blew us away!

Cameron Winery Friulano, Dundee Hills, Oregon 2021 750ml $49 special, 12 bottles available
Winery Note “Inspired by the white wines of Paolo Vodopivec from the Collio of Northeastern Italy, this stunning beauty was made by putting whole berries of the Friulano fruit into a clay amphora, allowing the wild yeast to do the fermentation and then leaving the entire batch in amphora for 60 days to extract. 
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G.D. Vajra & Luigi Baudana 12-16-23

 
G.D. Vajra & Luigi Baudana

It’s rare to find benchmark wines that remain affordable, but not impossible. Rarer still if we’re talking about a wine-growing region considered one of the finest in the world for centuries. Well, if you’ve read the title of this newsletter, there’s no surprise which producer we have in mind: G.D. Vajra and the now-sister estate of Luigi Baudana.
 
Check the purchase record of any staff member, and you’ll know why we call G.D. Vajra one of our favorites. The estate is responsible for some of the finest Barolos we offer and also excels in entry-level options. The lineup as a whole is quite simply the best in Piedmont today. At all price points they are benchmark wines against which all others are judged.
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