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Weekend Newsletter 5-24-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

New Arrival Feature: Hartford Court

Rosé of the Day: Sperino

May Sale Featurette

#Trendy New Arrivals

Umani Ronchi Verdicchio

Staff Pick

Pre-Cellared Stars to Drink Tonight

Jeb Dunnuck on Peter Weygandt

Last Call
Terre Nere’s Daily Drinker

May Sale Recap

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VWS Will Be Open for Memorial Day

For our regularly scheduled hours

10 am – 6 pm daily

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New Arrival Feature

Stop What You’re Doing & Load Up
Hartford Court is a leader in top tier Pinot and Chardonnay from Sonoma—regularly making wines that out score names like Martinelli, Kosta Browne, Williams-Selyem and more.  Based on scores and critical press, Hartford belongs in the conversation with names like Peter Michel—except that they do it for a steep discount over names like that.
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Monday Newsletter May 20th 2019

In Today’s Newsletter:

New Vintage – New Offer – Dominus 2016

Exclusive Chapoutier

Ridge’s Baby Monte Bello

New Week – New Arrivals

I’m Kind of a Big Deal
Vinopolis Case Deals

New Week – New Reviews!

Pax – New Reviews

The Powerful and Complex Muller-Catoir ’17s

YOLO Sette Ponti Crognolo

New Vintage – New Offer – Napa Perfection

Dominus!

Arriving Friday, June 7th

Dominus Estate Christian Moueix, Napa Valley 2016 750ML ($319.95) $289 pre-arrival special
Wine Advocate 100 points “A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 8% Cabernet Franc aged in 40% new oak, the 2016 Proprietary Red Wine is deep purple-black in color and quite reticent at this youthful stage to begin, offering up subtle notions of potpourri, Indian spices, cigar box and iron ore over a core of crushed blackberries and black cherries with intermittent wafts of black and red currants, new leather and smoked meats.
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Weekend VinopolPick 5-17-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Robert Parker’s Favorite Region

Highlights of the Tuscan Coast

Rosé of the Day: Venetian Sunshine

Trending Wines

Memorial Day Magnums of a Wine Spectator Top 20 Wine

The Hottest Winemaker in Spain?

Bandol’s Secret Summer Style

Top Values from Eric Solomon

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Chateauneuf du Pape

Robert Parker’s Favorite Region

Robert Parker officially announced his retirement yesterday.  We don’t need to sing his praises—everyone with a passing interest in wine knows his name and that sort of impact will be lauded for good reason.  To celebrate Parker and wish him well, we wanted to feature his favorite region, which he nearly single-handedly championed into its current place in the international pecking order: Chateauneuf du Pape.

When Robert Parker started writing about wine in the late 70’s, Chateauneuf was a region known for somewhat rustic, often funky wines that were great values and had historical cache.  

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Midweek Vinopolpick Addition 5-15-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

A Sale So Popular, We’re Running it Again!

Old School, 95 Point Gigondas – Under $30!

The Sleeping Giant of Barolo, Awoken

Can’t Live Without Il Poggione

Trending Wines

Rosé of the Day: A Provencal Classic

Staff Pick: Mencia’s Other Home

Decanter Reviews Top Dry German Rieslings

A Subscriber Super-Tuscan Secret

May Sale Roundup

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A Sale So Popular, We’re Running it Again!

Subscriber-Only Larkmead Sale

Ends Friday, May 17th at 11:59 PM

Prices So Good, They Can’t be on Our Website

We’re not allowed to publish these massively discounted prices online and that’s fine with us because we will just offer it to you! All of the Larkmead wines we carry are at the lowest prices in the country on this sale—some as much as $47/btl below our closest competitor.  
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Midweek VinopolPick 5-14-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Durand: A Northern Rhone Secret

Darnaud 24 Hour Subscriber Flash Sale

Three (Favorite) New Rosé Arrivals!

One of the Finest In Germany: The Multitudes of Molitor

Terre Nerre’s Benchmark Etna Wines

Trending Wines

May Sale Recap

The Great Scott Paul Selloff

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Durand: A Northern Rhone Secret

We just received the new 2016’s from the Durands and are very, very impressed.  They’re definitely a producer on the rise and the last two vintages (’15 and ’16) are the best wines they’ve ever produced.  It’s become harder and harder to find this sort of value in the Northern Rhone as the markets locates inefficiencies quicker than ever.  Nevertheless, here we are—these are fantastic bottles at prices far below what comparable St.
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