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Weekend VinopolPick 6-16-17

New Arrivals; DuMol Special Sale; Tempier Lands; Languedoc—France’s Vanguard; 2015 FX Pichler; Barolo by Cameron; Game of Rhones; Fall Arrivals from Bordeaux and Elsewhere

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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.

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New Weekend – New Arrivals

Domaine Bechtold Cremant d’Alsace Brut 2014 750ML ($27.95) $21.90 special
Neal Rosenthal “The soul of raciness and finesse, this wine is equal parts Chardonnay and Auxerrois from the 2013 vintage, bottled with no dosage, and disgorged in May of 2015.… Read the rest

MidWeek VinopolPick Addition 6-8-17

Weinbau Paetra’s Power Riesling; Stonestreet—What a Treat!; Lauer Power; Paitin’s Piedmontese Prowess; Howell Mountain from La Jota; Bigger is Better-Deals on Mags!

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Weinbau Paetra

German Spirit

Oregon Soil
Arriving Tomorrow:

There’s a story that’s often told in the Oregon wine industry about how a man falls in love with wine, learns a lot about it and eventually moves here to make wine.  Occasionally, though, the details of that story are remarkable enough that you pay attention to the man and the wines he creates and that’s very true of Bill Hooper, founder of Paetra wines.

Bill was so entranced by great Riesling that he dropped (read:sold) everything and moved to Germany to pursue formal training and apprenticeship in the Pfalz region—without speaking German!… Read the rest

Midweek VinopolPick 6-6-17

Rosé from Provence; New Rosé Reviews From Raynolds; Molitor Arrives; Case Picks; Vissoux’s Fantastic Beaujolais; Screaming Deals on Torii Mor; 2009 Bordeaux; New Rosenthal Selections—Including New Gravner;

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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 6-1-17

Subscriber-Only Magnum Special; Donnhoff Re-Arrivals; K Vintners: New Big Score; New Wine Advocate Reviews for Recent Masi Arrivals; Domaine Gramenon: Kermit Lynch’s Cult Cote du Rhone; Monteraponi: A Name to Watch in Chianti Classico; Nicolas Chemarin: Beaujolais Special Highlight; White Rhone Wines: New Arrivals & New Scores; Cayuse Pre-Arrivals: Arriving This Month!; Valdespino’s Very Old Rare Sherries

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Subscriber-Only Two Day Sale

Ends Friday at Midnight

Your special discount: 10% off listed price on all in-stock Magnums

Discount does not apply to pre-arrival offers
Discount will not appear in online shopping cart
We will apply it here before charging

Sale Ends Friday, June 2nd at 11:59 PM!

We offer 103 different wines in magnum in-stock and available here now – averaging about 5-10 magnums of each different wine!… Read the rest

MidWeek VinopolPick 5-30-17

New Oregon Arrivals; Pacenti’s Masterful Brunello; Study in Minerality: Knoll; Rose! Of! The! Day!; Summer of Rioja; Giacomo Conterno; Staff Picks; 2015 Beaujolais—Greatness Awaits; Fougeray de Beauclair; Pride of the Jura; Clape Your Hands, Say Yeah!

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Mid-Week New Arrivals

New Oregon Arrivals

Cameron Winery Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills 2015 750ML ($31.95) $24 special
VinopolNote: Declassified barrels of Abbey Ridge and Clos Electrique. This is the budget-friendly wine to pour to show the world what Oregon can do. Year in, year out, it’s one of the best values from the Dundee Hills. There’s red & black fruits, loamy soil and spice. Drink it now, save a case for later. Just do yourself a favor and stock up before it’s gone. Because Cameron wines never last on the shelf for long.… Read the rest