In This Newsletter:

New Piedmont Wines Arrive Thursday
Elvio Cogno & Armando Parusso

Lucien le Moine’s Regal Chablis

Produttori’s Best Normale Ever?
2016 Returns Thursday

Smart Buys from Tuscany
All $20 – $25

Recently Reduced Pricing from France

Spotlight on German Magnums

New Piedmont Wines Arrive Thursday

Including Elvio Cogno & Produttori

Elvio Cogno

Elvio Cogno was instrumental in putting the Ravera cru on the map. Born and raised in Novello, the village associated with the famous vineyard, he left his partnership with Marcarini in his sixties to start his namesake winery in 1990. He purchased Cascina Nuova, an underperforming but historic estate, and started making classically-styled wines under his own name from the Ravera cru.

The resulting wines have been stupendous ever since, prompting a rush on land in Novello (and Ravera in particular), but no wineries have surpassed the original master and his son-in-law (winemaker since 1996 Valter Fissore—who is arguably even more talented than Elvio).

In Today’s Newsletter:

Subscriber Special #1
Paitin: Top Level Barbaresco at Mid-Level Pricing

Featured Pre-Arrival
Fèlsina’s 2017 Riserva Rancia

Subscriber Special #2
Saint Cosme’s Spectacular Rhône Values

Can’t-Miss Price Reductions from California
Including Kapcsandy & Philip Togni

Celebrating Spring’s Arrival
Sale Pricing on Simone Palette Rosé Magnums

Outstanding German Auslese
All $29 – $50

Collector’s Corner
Château d’Yquem Magnum Sale

 

Subscriber Special #1

Paitin: Top Level Barbaresco at Mid-Level Pricing

Understanding how a family’s tie to their land can influence their wines is terribly important when tasting and appreciating old-world producers. When the family’s ownership over their vineyards predates their country’s unification, you start to understand their grasp of the nuances that can be squeezed out of 42 acres of Italian hillsides.

In This Newsletter:

New Diamond Creek Reviews
Napa’s Most Underrated ‘Cult’ Producer

Barolo’s Best Value?
Bruna Grimaldi

Azienda Agricola Gulfi
Sicily’s Terroir-Driven Master

Staff Pick
A Delicious Sub-$20 Rioja

Spectacular German Spätlese
All $29 – $33

National Best Pricing
Bevan Cellars’ Superb Napa Reds

Collector’s Corner
Vega Sicilia: The King of Spanish Wine

New Diamond Creek Reviews

Napa’s Most Underrated ‘Cult’ Producer

Diamond Creek invented much of what we think of as pillars of cult California Cabernet. The single vineyard bottlings, the exclusive mailing list, and the elevated prices all seemed to spring from this tiny estate on the hillsides of Diamond Mountain. The wines are as iconic as ever—monuments to the greatness of their Napa terroir.

We’ve featured their 2018s before, predicting that the lineup would garner high praise once reviewers got their hands on them.