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Vinopolis Newsletter – Sunday 10/30/2022

 In This Newsletter:

23-Hour Jump Start Sale:
Flaccianello

Best Releases Ever from Marietta!

Willi Schaefer

Autumn Breeze, Makes Me Feel Fine
Rosés for the Fall: Ramato Edition

Pete’s Picks for Your Week

Paitin: Apex Barbaresco at Valley Floor Pricing



23-Hour Jump Start Sale:

Fontodi’s Sangiovese Masterpiece – Flaccianello

The top offerings of Chianti Classico are sourced from hilltop plantings, which allow for temperature mitigation during the occasionally sweltering growing season in addition to providing a higher degree of ripeness. Often featuring older vines and élevage in new oak these are among the most bold and age worthy examples of Sangiovese in the world. The Flaccianello by Fontodi exemplifies that perfectly, being a cuvee of the best blocks from the estate. Organically farmed on the Conca d’Oro hill at an average height of 1,000 feet above sea level, this would be a cult wine selling for thousands if the vineyard was in Napa or Bordeaux.
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Friday Night Newsletter 10-28-22

In This Newsletter:

Jump Start Offer:
Savart & Bereche

California Dreamin’
Super Sales on Super Napa Wines

New Weekend – New Arrivals
Italy

Wine Spectator Insider
New Reviews for Saint Cosme!

New Reviews
For Fall’s Favorite Rosés

New Grapelive Review
For Jean-Louis Dutraive

Collector’s Corner:
La Gerla



Jump Start Offer:
Savart & Bereche

Your favorite cult producers that won’t break the bank (at least here!)
 
Champagnes Arriving Mid-November
 
Bereche et Fils Brut Reserve, Champagne (2019-base) NV 750ml $59 pre-arrival special
Bereche et Fils Brut Reserve, Champagne (2018-base) NV 1.5L $149 pre-arrival special, only 6 magnums available
William Kelley-Wine Advocate 92 points “Disgorged in July 2020 with seven grams per liter dosage, the NV Brut Réserve (2018 base) is the latest rendition of this wine.
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Wednesday Night Newsletter – 10-26-22

In This Newsletter:

New Arrival Special Featurette:  
Envinate

Steinmetz: Historic Mosel Riesling

New Grapelive Review:
Mijita Wine Company

In the beginning there was Biondi Santi….  

Autumn Breeze, Makes Me Feel Fine
Rosés for the Fall: Bandol Edition

 

New Arrival Special Featurette: 

 Envinate

Envínate is a small group of winemaking friends (Alfonso Torrente, José Ángel Martínez, Laura Ramos, and Roberto Santana). Envínate wines are highly sought after as authentic expressions of their terroirs and forerunners of the “New Spanish” wine movement. The friends produce wines of purity with low-intervention winemaking and vineyard management using ancient vineyards.  They seek to highlight the individual terroirs of their home regions in Spain, including the Canary Islands. 

Despite being warm, tropical islands, the Canaries are home to several wine-growing regions, particularly along the foggy cliffs and slopes that line the Atlantic Ocean along the northern coastline on the main island, Tenerefe.
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Sunday Night Newsletter 10-23-22

 In This Newsletter:

Value Hunter Specials

New Arrival Special Feature:
Thibaud Boudignon’s Electrifying Chenin

La Fortuna’s Versatile, Structured Red

New Weekend – New Arrivals

Domaine Anita

Autumn Breeze, Makes Me Feel Fine
Rosés for the Fall: Italian Edition



Value Hunter Specials

WHAT TO DO ABOUT INFLATION?
Push it to the ground – and then stomp on it!

Mainly merlot along with 35% cabernet, delicious merlot from Tuscany. The grape varieties from Bordeaux have taken root all over Italy but nowhere better than ‘under the Tuscan sun.’
Castello di Camigliano Poderuccio Toscana IGT, Tuscany 2018 750ml $16 special, 36+ bottles in stock now
Case-6 Castello di Camigliano Poderuccio Toscana IGT, Tuscany 2018 750ml $91.50 special (that’s only $15.25/bottle!)
Case-12 Castello di Camigliano Poderuccio Toscana IGT, Tuscany 2018 750ml $175 special (that’s only $14.58/bottle!)
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Friday Night Newsletter 10-21-22

In This Newsletter:

New Week – New Arrivals

New Arrival Featurette: Kumeu River

Pete’s Picks:
Saturday Staff Picks
 


New Week – New Arrivals

Washington

Reynvaan The Unnamed Series Merlot/ Cabernet Sauvignon/ Cabernet Franc, Walla Walla Valley 2019 750ml $28 special, 36 bottles in stock now
Wine Spectator 94 points “Expressive and multilayered, with vibrant red currant, black olive, violet and licorice tones that build polish and richness toward refined tannins. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2030. 525 cases made.”
Jeb Dunnuck 92 points “From the team at Reynvaan and a blend of 42% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 20% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 Merlot The Unnamed Series /Cab Sauv/Cab Franc sports a ruby/plum hue to go with some classic Rocks notes of mulled plums, blueberries, lavender, iron, and tapenade.
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