Category Archives: Newsletter Archive

Saturday Newsletter – 7-8-17

Featured New Arrival: Opus 2013; Avignonesi Vin Santos; New Weekend – New Arrivals; New Wine Advocate Reviews: Piedmont; Stonestreet Cabernet: Wine of the Week – Sale of the Week; #Trending; Cascina delle Rose; Domaine du Collier: The Next Rougeard; Produttori del Barbaresco: 2008 Library Releases; Bernard Moreau: Chassagne Excellence in Red and White; Two Ks / 198 Points

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Summer Shipping Special:

Midwest, East, & South

For the summer season we are offering UPS Three Day Select Service for the price of UPS Ground for shipments normally traveling 4 or more business days by ground.

Free service upgrade only applies on single orders purchased and shipped during the promotional period.  Additional fees will apply to orders held for any reason until after the promotional period and shipped by Three Day Select.  … Read the rest

Midweek VinopolPick Addition 7-6-17

100 point Quilceda Creek; Beaujolais’ Young Garde; Overlooked and Undervalued; The Natural Wines of Damien Delecheneau; Canary Islands in the Sun; Vieux Chateau Mazerat; Well apPointed Wines; Over the Horizon Pre-Arrivals

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Summer Shipping Special:

Midwest, East, & South

For the summer season we are offering UPS Three Day Select Service for the price of UPS Ground for shipments normally traveling 4 or more business days by ground.

Free service upgrade only applies on single orders purchased and shipped during the promotional period.  Additional fees will apply to orders held for any reason until after the promotional period and shipped by Three Day Select.  Offer not valid on items purchased before the promotional period or on pre-arrival items that arrive after the promotional period ends.… Read the rest

Midweek VinopolPick Addition 6-29-17

Budget Rhones for Everyday Drinking; New Rosé Reviews; Bond in its Prime; Foreau’s Vivid Vouvray; Cuilleron Rosé!; Mad for Mencia; Staff Picks; Karthauserhof’s Lean Mean Riesling

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Featured New Arrivals

Just in time for your July 4th festivities!

Budget-Friendly Rhone

(And Rhone-Adjacent) Wine

Domaine Boisson Cotes du Rhone Villages Massif d’Uchaux Clos de la Brussiere, Rhone 2009 750ML ($24.95) $18 special
Case-12 Domaine Boisson Cotes du Rhone Villages Massif d’Uchaux Clos de la Brussiere, Rhone 2009 750ML ($299.95) $199 special (that’s only $16.58/bottle!)
Robert Parker 91 points “Even better is the 2009 Cairanne Clos de la Brussiere from the Massif d’Uchaux, the newest Cotes du Rhone-Villages appellation. A dark ruby/purple color is followed by deliciously ripe fruit in this seriously stacked and packed effort.… Read the rest

Saturday Newsletter – 6-24-17

Breaking News! Produttori Super Specials for 2013 Crus; Budget-Friends Rhone (And Rhone-Adjacent) Wine Arriving Wednesday; Round Two: New Reviews from David Schildknecht For 2015 Mosel Wines; 2015 FX Pichlers Are Here!; Staff Pick: Swan Zin For the Win; Giacomo Conterno: An Italian Tradition

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Summer Shipping Special:

Midwest, East, & South

For the summer season we are offering UPS Three Day Select Service for the price of UPS Ground for shipments normally traveling 4 or more business days by ground.

Free service upgrade only applies on single orders purchased and shipped during the promotional period.  Additional fees will apply to orders held for any reason until after the promotional period and shipped by Three Day Select.  Offer not valid on items purchased before the promotional period or on pre-arrival items that arrive after the promotional period ends.… Read the rest

Mid-Week Addition Edition 6-22-17

2007 Altesino – Arriving Tuesday; New David Schildknecht Reviews for 2015 Mosel Wines; Raul Perez: New Grapelive Review; Arriving Tomorrow: Avignonesi Vin Santo; Stellar Tuscan: Fattoria Le Pupille (96 Points!)

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2007 Altesino

Cut Down in its Prime

Arriving Tuesday
Altesino Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany 2007 750ML ($59.95) $33 pre-arrival special
Case-6 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany 2007 750ML ($359.95) $179 pre-arrival special (that’s only $/bottle!)
Antonio Galloni 92 points “The 2007 Brunello di Montalcino is beautiful in this vintage. Layers of dark red cherries, flowers, licorice and tobacco caress the palate in this generous, expressive Brunello. The 2007 presents an intriguing combination of classic Sangiovese aromas and flavors with the generosity and radiance of the vintage. The 2007 Brunello was made from vineyards in several sub-zones in Montalcino and was aged in cask.”… Read the rest