Category Archives: Newsletter Archive

Monday Newsletter 10-2-17

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Subscriber-Only Two Day Special; New Weekend – New Arrivals; Bow & Arrow: New Releases; Antoniolo – The Towering Wines of Gattinara: New Releases; #Trending; New Review from Grapelive: Love & Squalor PN; 2008 Produttori Crus; Stately Statement Wines: Mags of German Riesling Arriving Oct 4th; Cali Cabs – New Releases & Cellar Selections Arriving Oct 6th; More Champagne to Fight Over: New Bereche Releases

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Subscriber-Only Two Day Special

Sale Ends Tuesday, October 3rd at 11:59 PM!

Your special discount:
10% off listed price on all in-stock
California Zinfandels and California Syrahs

Discount does not apply to pre-arrival offers
Discount only applies to wines listed under these categories on our web site
Discount will not appear in online shopping cart
We will apply it here before charging

Your 10% off includes these gems:

sine qua non poker faceCali Cult Classic!… Read the rest

Thursday Newsletter – 9-28-17

New Releases of Agathe Bursin Arriving Tomorrow; Hot New Review: Dagueneau; Staff Pick; Domaine Guiberteau; #Trending – Spanish Edition; Rivesaltes ’31/’33/’45/’49….; Ganevat – Rare, Precious & Affordable; Champagne Season – October Arrivals; Late Breaking News: Best-Price Beaucastel VV & 96 Point d’Alessandro Tuscan Syrah

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New Releases of Agathe Bursin Arriving Tomorrow

Secret Superstar of Alsace

“Alsace continues to be one of the world’s finest but most underrated, small wine regions.” – Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate

alsace winesAgathe Bursin is a wonderful producer of Alsatian wines, with a strong following in France, but somehow remains slightly unknown in the US.  Her production sells out before it’s even bottled—mostly to private clients in Europe, but a little makes its way over to our shores.  … Read the rest

Tuesday Newsletter 9-26-17

Ramey’s Pedregal Vyd; Featured Premier Round: Three Way Face-Off; Staff Pick; Trending All-Stars – Our Most Popular, Popular Picks; A Portland Importer’s Exclusive: Xavier Vignon; Gramercy Cellars – New Releases from this Rising Star; Mini Mes – 375MLs of Cristom; Piedmont Picks: Winery-Released Back Vintages of Elio Grasso & Bonus Best-Priced Barbera from A&G Fantino; Late Breaking News: 2015 Pegau Cuvee Reservee!

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Best Price on the West Coast!

Arriving October 6th

Ramey Pedregal Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville 2013 750ML ($199.95) $159 pre-arrival special
Antonio Galloni 95 points “The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Pedregal Vineyard has turned out beautifully. It is also much more accessible young than I expected, despite its considerable size. Bright red stone fruit and pomegranate notes are pushed forward.… Read the rest

Tuesday Vinopolpick 9-19-17

Mountain Wines of the Jura; The Silky and Sublime Occhipinti Wines; Antoniolo’s Towering Nebbiolo of Gattinara; Introduction to Etna: Terre Nere’s Everyday Bottlings; Araujo, Forman, Ramey—Three Napa Titans; The 98+ Point Ermitage Le Pavillon of Chapoutier

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Mountain Wines of the Jura

Resting between Burgundy and the border of Switzerland in eastern France is the less-obscure-than-it-used-to-be wine producing region of the Jura.  It’s a small area, as vineyards are mostly planted in a 50 mile strip along the lower-lying western section of the Jura Mountains, though it used to be much more prominent in the world of wine—the  vineyard land today is still only one-tenth of its historic pre-phylloxera size.

Due to the region’s isolation, much of its traditional winemaking techniques are still in common practice and its three traditional grape varieties still dominate the landscape.  … Read the rest

Vinopolis Newsletter 9-18-17

Gulfi: New Arrivals; 2013 Rinaldi Barolo Arrives; Cristom’s Epic 2015’s; Guigal and Catena—Three Coveted Wines Return; Bordeaux and Those Like Them; Screaming Eagle Second Flight

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Gulfi: New Arrivals from Sicilian Masters of Nero and Etna

“Since 1996, we have been making the wines we love at Gulfi. We never accepted irrigation, we always have considered the best practices of other organic and biodynamic environments. We went our own way like the best wine estates have done in differents parts of the world. Of course we are influenced by the most delicate burgundy wines as well as by the greatest Rhone Valley wines, particularly Chateauneuf du Pape, but our wines have first of all a taste of their true origins, of their deep Sicilian roots.”… Read the rest