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Midweek VinopolPick 6-25-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

94+ Point Spanish Values Under $20

Do Not Miss: 2016 Dagueneau

A Stellar Montepulciano, Arriving Friday

Trending Wines

Rosé of the Day: Southwestern (French) Pink

Staff Pick: Massican’s Magic

Bosquets: Star of the Southern Rhone

The June Sale Ends This Week

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94+ Point Spanish Values

All Under $20

Priorat and its neighbor, Montsant, make some of the most profound wines in Spain, at prices that make them exceptionally good buys.  The deals we’re offering today, though, push the quality to price ratio beyond the rational: three wines, all under $20, all with 94 point or higher scores from a reviewer (Jeb Dunnuck) who used to work for the Advocate and isn’t known for score inflation.

The top two wines are part of the “Black Slate” project that Eric Solomon created to highlight different terroirs in Priorat.  

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Monday Newsletter 6-24-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Final Week for the June Sale!

Weingut Keller:
A Staff Pick Estate

Cordero di Montezemolo

St. Damien Magnums

Oregon Spotlight:
Belle Pente

Trending Wines

Schaller’s Back

Thibaud Boudignon

La Fortuna Brunello

THE Rioja For You

June Sale Recap

Final Week for the June Sale!

Don’t miss these and other highlights:

Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly, Beaujolais 2017 750ML ($31.95) Was $28, Now $24 June Sale Special
Wine Advocate 94 points “The 2017 Côte de Brouilly is superb, unfurling in the glass with aromas of ripe cassis, candied violets and plums. On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, rich and concentrated, structured around fine-grained but chewy tannins and tangy balancing acids, with considerable depth and substance at the core.
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Midweek VinopolPick 6-18-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Oregon’s Top Pinots Continue to Arrive

Trending Wines

What Does a Savvy Piedmont Buyer Stock Up On?

More-Affordable, Still Legendary: Eisele Altagracia

Superb Super Tuscans from Setti Ponti

A Steal of a St. Joseph

JJ Prum 2017’s – Arriving Tomorrow

June Sale Recap

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Oregon’s Top Pinots

Continue to Arrive

Josh Raynold’s recent Oregon Pinot reviews have confirmed what we’ve been saying all along—our state makes some of the finest Pinot Noir in the word, especially when price is factored into the equation.  Simply put, the combination of high quality vintages and winemakers has turned the Willamette Valley into one of the best sources of top-flight wines we’ve found.  We highlighted a number of in-stock wines last week and today we’re focusing on an assortment of top wines arriving Friday.  
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Monday Newsletter 6-17-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

New Arrival:
2016 Dominus

Muller-Catoir June Sale

Saint Cosme New Arrivals

Rosé Of the Day!

Newly Arrived Southern French Whites

Willamette Valley Winning Wines

Trending Wines

St. Theodoric

Cascina delle Rose

A Case of Vinsanity

June Sale Recap

New Arrival:

2016 Dominus

“If I could give more than 100 for this one, I would.” – Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate

Dominus has been on a roll.  Both the 2015 and now the 2016 vintages of this landmark wine are some of the best wines in Napa ever, at prices that should make cult-cabs blush.  The 2016 just showed up and it’s stunning—an easy 100 pointer that will outlive its slightly older brother.  This is a wine that perfectly synthesizes old-school Napa sensibilities with new-wave drinkability and style.  

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Weekend Vinopolpick 6-14-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

New Rave Reviews for Oregon Favorites

Trending: Top Father’s Day Picks

New 98 Point Reviews for Hartford Court

Rosé of the Day – Northern Rhone Pink

Four Fantastic, Newly Arrived 2008 Champagnes

Staff Pick: Cameron Ramato

New Arrivals
Including Kelley Fox, Hubert Lignier
Gabriel Gomez, Perrier Jouet and More!

First Offer: A 98 Point Super Tuscan

June Sale Roundup

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New Rave Reviews for Oregon Favorites

“Two thousand sixteen is yet another link in an unprecedented chain of outstanding vintages in the Willamette Valley that began in 2014 and has now extended to 2018. Compared to the ‘14s and ‘15s, the ‘16s, while on the rich side for Pinot Noir, show more freshness than wines of the previous years at a similar stage.”
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