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Mid-Week VinopolPick 11-16-16

One Hundred Pointers: Hundred Acre Kayli Morgan Cab, Sine Qua Non Grenache and Syrah, Eisele Vineyard (Araujo) 2013 Cabernet; Best Buys Today: Vouette et Sorbee, Grange des Peres, Servin, DuMOL, La Pepiere, etc.; Cayuse Vineyards Latest Release, 2014s Now In Stock: Bionic Frog, En Cerise, Flying Pig, and more…


Whole Lotta Hundreds

A Handful of Just-Arrived 100-Point Wines
Hundred Acre Kayli Morgan Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2013 750ML ($519.95) $459 special, 6 bottles available
Robert Parker 100 points “The perfect 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Kayli Morgan spent 32 months in French oak prior to being bottled unfiltered. Like all of the Woodbridge wines, it can be noted for its inky/bluish purple color, extraordinary fragrance of white flowers, crème de cassis, blackberry and graphite.… Read the rest

VinopolPick Weekend 11-12-16

Featured November Sales; Dry Riesling: Welcome to Mineral City; Nicolas-Jay: Meo-Camuzet Comes to Oregon; The K Vintners Comprehensive New Releases; November Sales; New Grapelive Review: The Ever-Flexible Clos Sainte Magdeleine; Magnum Madness Continues (Includes Vinopolis-Exclusive Wine!); Trending Wines Under 25; Domaine Huet; Felsina Breaking News: Gran Selezione; November Sales Recap

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Featured November Sales

From Lopez de Heredia:

R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia ‘Vina Cubillo’ Crianza, Rioja DOCa 2007 750ML ($29.95) Was $24, Now $20.90, 36+ bottles available
Wine Advocate 91+ points “The 2007 Viña Cubillo Crianza is the most affordable red. It is a wine that was born to go with tapas and to be sold at local restaurants showing a combination of fruit and the earth where the vines grow.… Read the rest

VinopolPick Monday-11-07-16

New Week – New Arrivals; New November Sales; Magnum Madness: Kapcsandy Magnums Have Just Arrived!; Classics Corner: Hard to Find Wines from DRC, Chateau Haut Brion, Sine Qua Non, Colgin, and more!; Thanksgiving Approaches – Stock Up on Great Pairings and Party Pleasers; New Reviews from James Suckling: 2014 Willamette Valley (and one 2013 Chardonnay); Great Ganevat: Just Arrived; Our Super-Secret Vatan Offer; Stella di Campalto: Benchmark Brunello Riservas Arriving in January; November Sales Recap
New Week – New Arrivals

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Oregon

Johan Vineyards Estate Gruner Veltliner, Willamette Valley 2014 750ML ($29.95) $27 special
John Gilman 93 points “The 2014 Grüner Veltliner from Johan Vineyards is barrel-fermented and comes in at a very civilized 11.8 percent alcohol in this vintage. The wine offers up a really lovely nose of apple, pink grapefruit, a nice touch of the varietal’s herbal complications (mostly fresh rosemary), really lovely soil tones, citrus peel and a smoky topnote.… Read the rest

Mid-Week VinopolPick 11-2-16

Jump Start Subscriber-Only Sale: Colgin – 100 Point; Break Out the Magnums; New November Sales: Remoissenet; F.X. Pichler: Power & Wonder from Wachau; John Gilman Comes to Portland – New Reviews for Oregon Winemakers; Veyder-Malberg: Genius and Insanity; Bonus November Sales; 2015 Muller-Catoir; Magnum Madness; November Sales Recap

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Jump Start Subscriber-Only Sale!

For Them $579 / For You $549

Wine Arrives Mid-November

Colgin Cellars IX Estate Red, Napa Valley 2013 750ML ($699.95) Was $619, Now $549 subscriber-only sale!
Robert Parker 100 points “Another perfect wine from Ann Colgin and her winemaking team is the 2013 IX Proprietary Red Estate, a blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 8% Petit Verdot. An absolutely compelling wine, with notes of lead pencil shavings, spring flowers, blueberry, blackberry and cassis, it has the full smorgasbord of black and blue fruits, wonderfully integrated, toasty oak, acidity and tannin, a floral note that is unmistakable, and great richness, density and purity.… Read the rest

VinopolPick Weekend 10-29-16

Special Announcement: Only Two Days Remain!; Jump Start Sale: Feudi di San Gregorio; Haut-Brion 1989; Featured New Arrivals: Screaming Eagle Second Flight, Bartolo Mascarello, Coulet 2009; Karthauserhof Sale; Take a Look – It’s Inglenook; New Wine Advocate & Robert Parker Reviews for CaliforniaNewly Arrived: Vincent Pinot Noir; Dominus Estate’s Triple Perfection; Cayuse – New Offers Arriving Friday; Joseph Swan Zinfandel – New Releases Arriving Next Week; Coutier Champagne; Isole e Olena: New Offers; October Sales Recap

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Special Announcement:

Only Two Days Remain for our October Sales
Produttori del Barbaresco ‘Barbaresco DOCG’, Piedmont 2011 750ML ($37.95) Was $29, Now $26
Wine Spectator 93 points “Marked by ripe cherry, strawberry, floral and tar flavors, this red is graceful and detailed, with the fruit intensity persisting on the finish.… Read the rest