Category Archives: Newsletter Archive

Tuesday VinopolPick 5-15-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Head to the “Cs” for the Best Brunello Values
Rare Cellared Vintages of a Rhone Legend

Three Landmark Wineries Land This Week:
Zind-Humbrecht, Passopisciaro, and Lopez de Heredia

2016+JJ Prum=A Winning Formula

New 2012 Brunello Riservas: Top Wines from a Classic Vintage

Best Value in Brunello?

Head for the Cs

Caprili Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany 2012 750ML ($59.95) $33.50 special
Case-6 Caprili Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany 2012 750ML ($319.95) $189 special (that’s only $31.50/bottle!)
Wine Spectator 94 points “Appealing aromas and flavors of cherry, almond, leather, iron and earth are the hallmarks of this muscular red. Remains fresh and persists on the aftertaste, with echoes of iron and tobacco. Best from 2021 through 2035. 3,500 cases made.”
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Monday Newsletter 5-14-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Supersized May Clearance: Sine Qua Non Mags
White Rhone: Highlight New Raynolds Reviews
Staff Pick: Felsina’s New Project Is Spot On
#Trending
Insider’s Preview: Lopez de Heredia & Other Epic Wines Arriving This Week
Muga Reserva: Wine of the Vintage
Emanuel Darnaud Arriving in June
Rave New Brunello Reviews!
White Rhone Reviews Part 2

We’ve Supersized the May Clearance Sale

With these Sine Qua Non Magnums!

Sine Qua Non Poker Face Syrah, Santa Barbara County 2004 1.5L ($2,199.95) Was $1,599, Now $1,349, 1 magnum in stock
Wine Advocate 97 points “Starting off the Syrah-based wines, the 2004 Poker Face (Syrah) is aging beautifully. A blend of 96% Syrah, 2.5% Mourvedre and 1.5% Viognier (from the Eleven Confessions, White Hawk, Alban, Bien Nacido, and Alta Mesa vineyards) that was aged in 80% new French oak, it offers up a perfumed, fresh bouquet of sweet blackberry liqueur, creme de cassis, spring flowers and licorice that gives way to a full-bodied, seamless, gorgeously textured feel on the palate.
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Weekend Vinopolpick 5-11-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Durand’s Excellent Rhones Arrive
New May Sale Wines Including ’73 Lopez
Two Weeks ‘Till Reynvaan’s Cabernet Hits

New Arrivals, Including: 
Biondi-Santi, Perrier Jouet, Pesquie, Deutz, Aubry and More!

New Grapelive Reviews
A Coronation for the Queen of Piemonte
The 97 Point Passopisciaro Arrives Soon

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Just Arrived

Classy Northern Rhones

To Cause Dancing ‘Cross the Sand

(Durand Delivers)

The Durand brothers are making it look easy.  It’s hard to find Northern Rhone wines that combine soul and polish—it seems as if most of the new wines we taste are either hyper glossy or very rustic.  To hit that sweet spot, where your wines speak very loudly of place but are elegant, drinkable and ageworthy—that’s special indeed.  To make those sorts of wines at the prices that the Durand’s charge seems almost unthinkable.
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Thursday VinopolPick 5-9-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Grüner Veltliner’s Grand Classic Wines
Return to Regnie (and Other, Also Interest Crus)
#Trending: The Lowdown on Hot Rosé
Value Champagne for Mothers and Others
Yves Cuilleron Makes Incredible White Rhones

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Grüner Veltliner:

Post-Hip, Pre-Retro, Seriously Awesome
Grüner had a moment, in the late 90’s, when it was a very trendy grape.  That was possibly the best and the worst thing possible for the grape.  On one hand, everyone knows the grape and has at least passing familiarity with its potential for pairings on the table.  On the other, it has become too easy to dismiss the variety as something that was merely trendy.

Let it be known, though: Grüner is a noble grape with classical structure and grand potential.  

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Tuesday VinopolPick 5-8-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

2015 Resonance-Just Arrived!
Mother’s Day Champagne Deals
Cameron’s Dundee Hills: First Offer
Biondi-Santi’s Old Testament Brunello
The Hottest Rosé of the Spring
May Sale: The Deals Continue
Staff Pick: Sumoll Tide
Summer of Brunello—the 2013’s Arrive All Summer

Just Arrived!

Mother’s Day Champagne Deals

We’ve got two new stellar bottles of bubbly arriving this Friday.  Perfect for any and all of the mothers in your life, or yourself if you already have your Mother’s Day plans wrapped up (or if you are a mother).  Really, any excuse should do—these are some Champagnes that are not to be missed.  We managed to score some end-of-lot deals from our distributor, so these two represent excellent buys for any Champagne lover.
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