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Vinopolis Weekend 11-8-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Cameron Single Vineyard Sale Ends 6PM Saturday

New Antonio Galloni Barbaresco Reviews

Staff Pick: Oregon Single Vineyard Pinot Edition

New Grapelive Review for a Galician Star

James Suckling’s Top 100 Wines of the Year

Trending Wines

New Wine & Spirits and Wine Spectator Reviews

New Arrivals
Including Mellen Meyer,
Beaux Freres, Patricia Green
Eyrie, RH Coutier, Luneau-Papin,
Castello di Verduno and More!

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The Cameron Single Vineyard Sale

Ends 6PM Saturday

What’s the most anticipated Willamette Valley release in our shop? Cameron Winery’s single vineyard bottlings. This is one of our favorite offers of the year, and for good reason—Cameron makes some of the most profound wines in the Willamette Valley and their single vineyard Pinot and Chardonnay are the pinnacle of their yearly releases.  
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Vinopolis Cameron Special – 11-7-19

Cameron Single Vineyard Subscriber Sale

Sale Ended 11/9/2019

What’s the most anticipated Willamette Valley release in our shop? Cameron Winery’s single vineyard bottlings. This is one of our favorite offers of the year, and for good reason—Cameron makes some of the most profound wines in the Willamette Valley and their single vineyard Pinot and Chardonnay are the pinnacle of their yearly releases.  These 2017s are among the best we’ve tasted ever from Cameron and winemaker/owner John Paul is (somehow) more excited than we’ve seen him in years.  The best part? We’re putting these on pre-arrival sale through the close of business on Saturday.

If you’re a longtime fan of Cameron, this is a vintage to stock up on.  It’s classical in all the best ways—more elegant and detailed than the trio of hot vintages that preceded it, but with more depth and complexity than a year like ’13. 

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Midweek Vinopolis Addition 11-6-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Vinopolis Champagne Extravaganza
Part Two: Gimonnet and Geoffroy

Classic Ports from Ramos Pinto

John Gilman Reviews a Value Champagne Favorite

Trending Wines

Striking, Yet Overlooked, Brunello

The Most Undervalued Great Mosel Producer?

Bevan Cellars’ High Scoring Napa Cabernet

 
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Vinopolis Champagne Extravaganza

(Part Two)

We’re continuing our Champagne extravaganza by highlighting two more of our favorite producers, Gimonnet and Geoffroy.  Alphabetical proximity aside, these are two fantastic producers with very different styles.  Gimonnet is known for mineral, crystalline Blanc de Blancs and Geoffroy a richer, more bombastic approach.  Both are fantastic and making the best bubbles in the history of their houses.
Gimonnet
The Gimonnet wines are pure, classical Blanc de Blancs Champagne.  98% of their vines are Chardonnay and Didier Gimonnet’s devotion to cool, minerally Champange made from the grape borders on monastic.  
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Midweek VinopolPick 11-5-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Vinopolis Champagne Extravaganza
Part One: Vilmart, Bereche and Aubry

The Coveted Spanish Reds of Goyo Garcia Viadero

Trending Wines

The Wines of Charles Smith

Veuve Clicquot’s Top Wine in a Top Vintage

Pommery’s Cuvee Louise: An Insider Secret

Jaboulet’s Defining Northern Rhones

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Vinopolis Champagne Extravaganza

(Part One)

We’re just starting to get in our fall trove of Champagne.  We’ve got tons of great bubbly flowing into the store between now and the new year.  We’re starting to highlight these fantastic wines as they’re rolling in soon.  To kick off, we’re featuring three of our favorite growers, Vilmart, Bereche and Aubry—all of whom bring something very different to the landscape of Champagne.  We’ll be highlighting more over the coming weeks, but that just means you’ll have to load up a few times.
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Monday Newsletter 11-4-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

A New Gran Reserva from Remelluri

Staff Pick

Sicilian Star: Gulfi

Exploring the Lost Regions of Spain

Trending Wines of the Weekend

Cantina del Pino

The Scarce Wines of Clos Rougeard

Featured New Arrival

A New Gran Reserva from Remelluri

Telmo Rondriguez is one of the most talented winemakers in Spain.  Internationally trained, he returned to the family estate, Remelluri, and has taken it to new heights.  Remelluri is in Rioja Alavesa—the smallest part of Rioja which is known for intense, powerful wines and these are no exception.  The soils in their vineyards are exceptionally shallow, creating small berries and greater concentration in the wines and their organic farming and careful cellar work keeps a sense of brightness and energy even in warm vintages.
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