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Thursday VinopolPick 4-5-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

A Trio of ’15 Felsina: Classics in the Making
Vigot’s Under the Radar Vosne, Now in the April Sale
New Vinous Reviews for 2013 Brunello
Durand’s Huge Value Northern Rhone
Dispatches from the ‘Other’ Spain – Raul Perez’s Genius

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A Trio of 2015 Felsina

To Buy, Drink, Hold and Buy Some More

Felsina is a top-three Chianti producer and a top-ten estate in Tuscany as a whole.  The value out of their wines, from top to bottom, is astounding.  We’re big fans of their top two wines, Rancia and Fontelloro, but their lower tier wines offer great value.  We already sold through the first tranche of the basic Chianti and now have their Chianti Riserva arriving as well—a serious value play that’s a step up from the entry level but still attractively priced.
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April 2nd Newsletter – 2018

In Today’s Newsletter:

A Winning Clearance: New to our April Clearance Sale
Weekend New Arrivals
Fruitiere’s Excellent Clisson Muscadet
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2014 Bordeaux: An Ideal Vintage for You and Me

Calabretta: Throwback Wines from Etna
Aldo Conterno: Here Friday!

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A Winning Clearance! 

New to Our April Clearance Sale

Von Winning makes some of our favorite dry Riesling on the planet.  The combination of incredible vineyard sites, meticulous winemaking and a commitment to producing only the finest wines yields exactly what you’d hope: Riesling of depth and profundity, with grace and mineral power.  These wines are dry, as the top producers of the Pfalz are wont to focus on, and unlike some of their neighbors, powerful fruit isn’t the goal here.  No, the Von Winning wines speak the language of the floral and mineral flavors that are both intense and furtive and also seemingly unable to be coaxed out of these vineyards by anyone else.  

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Weekend VinopolPick 3-31-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

A Lionnet Vertical: Hot Stuff from the Northern Rhone
2016 Marcus Molitor – First Offer, Incredible Wines
New April Sale Wines, Including: Jamet, Huet, Donnhoff and More!
You Better, You Better, You Betz: New Releases

New Arrivals Including:
New Rosé, Quilceda Creek, No Girls,
Louis Latour, Lapierre and More!

Last Chance at March Sale Prices on
 Montevertine, Heymann-Loewenstein, Montraponi and 61 Others!

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Featured New Arrival:

A Vertical of Lionnet Cornas

The New “It” Vigneron of the Northern Rhone

There’s no two ways around it—Cornas has become the hot AOC in the Northern Rhone, perhaps in France.  Allemand, Clape, Ooka, Paris, etc—prices have been going up, demand has been going up, and wines are in stock for shorter and shorter periods of time.  

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Tuesday VinopolPick 3-27-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

New Reviews for Lapierre and Freemark
New April Sale Wine: Back Vintage Beaux Monts
High Scoring, Can’t Miss Burgundy—Latour and Boisset
2016 Beaucastel Gets Even More Praise
March Sale Magnum Madness, Ending Soon
Do You Dehu? We Do.
Alain Jaume, Star of the Southern Rhone

New Reviews from Decanter and Grapelive
 

Freemark Abbey Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, California 2014 750ML ($39.95) $33 special, 36+ bottles in stock now
Decanter 95 points
“The estate known today as Freemark Abbey was established in 1886 by one of the first female wine-growers in Napa. Today Ted Edwards is head winemaker, working for the past three decades to develop relationships with growers, allowing exclusive sourcing rights to specific plots, which is crucial to the winery’s success.
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Monday Newsletter – 3-26-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

April Sales Start Now!
Crowley Wines: A Top Insider’s Pick in the Valley
Nikolaihof/Jungfernelese
New Jeb Dunnuck Reviews
Felsina: Last Call & First Call for 2015s

Fattoria dei Barbi: Last Call, Too
Domaine de Beaurenard
Aldo Conterno
March Clearance Sale, Continued

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April Sales Start Now!

No it’s not April yet, but we don’t care—these wines are on sale now through the end of next month (or, more likely, when they run out).  We’ve got an impeccable trio of wines to start out with, all from the acclaimed Tuscan producer Isole e Olena.  Two of these wines are in their Collezione Privata series, reserved for Super-Tuscan styled wines.  They’re always huge hits for the style and some of the best value in Cabernet/Syrah around.  

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