In This Newsletter:

Back-Vintage Arrivals from Cayuse
Limited Quantities Won’t Last Long

Kruger-Rumpf
Stunning Terroir-Driven Riesling

Staff Favorites from the Rhône
All $35 – $50

The Timeless Wines of Rioja
CVNE, Murrieta & Muga

Alsace’s Best Value?
Albert Mann’s Thrilling Pinot Gris

Back-Vintage Arrivals from Cayuse

Limited Quantities Won’t Last Long

Cayuse is one of the most in-demand wineries in North America, producing wines from both Rhône and Bordeaux varieties that are among the finest in the world and selling them almost exclusively through their mailing list. Even if you wanted to buy their wines directly off that list, you’d be looking at a long wait before getting an opportunity—so this is a rare treat.

We’re always on the hunt for more of these hyper-rare bottlings—and this set of wines is a prime example of why they’re so exciting.

In Today’s Newsletter:

Alzinger: Hidden Star of the Wachau

Two Exceptional Bordeaux Values
L’Hêtre & Saint Jacques de Siran

Smart Buys from the Rhône
$25 – $35

Oregon’s Best Value?
Biggio Hamina’s Site-Expressive Pinot Noir

Collector’s Corner #1
Duval-Leroy’s Rare Femme de Champagne

Collector’s Corner #2
Four 100-Point Bordeaux Reds

 

Alzinger: Hidden Star of the Wachau

The beauty of Austria is something to experience, but there is one area that truly stands out, both for its charm and the amazing wine: the Wachau. This is where you’ll find legends like F.X Pichler and Weingut Knoll within strolling distance of one another. And there is little doubt that having Knoll across the street, creating one of the most iconic white wines in the world, inspired a young Leo Alzinger.

In Today’s Newsletter:

Classics from Chinon
New Wines from Bernard Baudry

Vocoret’s Delicious (and Affordable) Chablis

The Loire’s Best Natural Wine?
Phillipe Tessier

Spring Arrivals from Bordeaux
Including Cos d’Estournel’s 100-Point 2016

Recently Reduced Pricing
Guímaro’s World-Class Spanish Reds

Exceptional Rhône Values
All Under $25

Collector’s Corner
Oddero’s Majestic Barolo

 

Classics from Chinon

New Wines from Bernard Baudry

“One of Chinon’s classic, benchmark producers, Bernard Baudry, somewhat surprisingly, only purchased his first two hectares in 1975. Now comprising 32 hectares, the estate is run by his son Matthieu, who joined his father in 2000. Organic since 2006, the Baudrys remain traditionalists, and are blessed with a diversity of terroir surrounding their village of Cravant-les-Coteaux: five vineyard sites variously endowed with clay limestone, sandy limestone, silex and gravel.