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Weekend VinopolPick – 4-30-16

Saturday, April 30th, 2016

Cult Wines – Newly Arrived; New Shipping Promotion; Newly Arrived from Sottimano; Evesham Wood and Pattes Loup Sale; Cellar Selections: Rhone Whites (Includes a 100 pointer not listed anywhere else!); Arriving This Week: Pegau, Champagnes, Burgundiess, Italians, and Muga Rose; Time to Say Good Buy: Biondi Santi Super Discount Ends May 1st ($180 lower than the next best listed price!); West Coast Case Deals
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Cult Wines – Newly Arrived
Harlan Estate, Napa Valley 2002 750ML ($699.95) $579 special, 6 bottles available
Robert Parker 100 points “The extraordinary Harlan Estate, which I awarded 100 points seven years ago, offers no justifiable reason to doubt its perfect score. It is still a baby, with an inky purple color and notes of smoky camphor intermixed with creme de cassis, Asian soy and a hint of cedar beginning to emerge as well as some espresso and subtle damp forest floor notes.
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Mid-Week Newsletter for April 26th, 2016

4/26/16

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Staff Pick; Cayuse Arriving May 5th; Island Vibes: Lower, Spring-appropriate Prices on Three Antoine Arena Wines; Agathe Bursin Feature; Arriving This Friday; Dujac & Montille & Marojallia in May – Oh My!; Chateauneuf-du-Pape Pre-Arrivals; Saint-Siffrein; One Last Chance for Biondi-Santi Riserva ‘06

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Staff Pick
Girl, You Know It’s True

JB Becker Martinsthaler Rodchen Spatlese Trocken 1990 750ML ($59.95) $49 special, 34 bottles available (This is the lowest listed price in the USA today!)

My, how time flies! Much as I don’t want to make anyone feel old, I’d like to highlight the fact that Milli Vanilli were the biggest thing in the world at the time this wine was made. While the R&B duo from West Germany may have soared –peaked-crashed-and-burned, Hans-Joseph Becker from the Rheingau has only now begun to enjoy the spotlight.… Read the rest

Vinopolis Newsletter – 4-25-16

4/25/16

One- Week Sale: JF Mugnier ‘Clos Marechale’ 2011; Newly-Arrived Italian Heavy Hitters; 42 Different Brand-New Arrivals; One-Week Sale: Philippe Foreau Clos Naudin Reserve Moelleux 2003 + 2009; This Week’s Highlight Re-Arrivals; Arriving April 29th: Sottimano, Reynvaan, Mugneret-Gibourg, and More!; One-Week Sale: Grange des Peres Rouge 2011

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One Week Sale:
JF Mugnier ‘Clos de la Marechale’ 2011
Price Expires at Midnight 5/1

Domaine Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Clos de la Marechale, Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru 2011 750ML ($119.95) Was $77, Now $66; 36+ bottles available

This is the lowest listed price in the USA today!
The average price is almost 50% higher at $99

There are three more extra-special One Week Sales – see below!
But first, your regularly-scheduled programming…

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Newly Arrived Italian Heavy Hitters
Lowest Listed Price Across the Board!… Read the rest

Vinopolis Wine Shop Newsletter – April 23rd, 2016

4/23/16

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Produttori 2011’s Have Arrived; Eric Asimov’s Wine School; Global Six-Pack Deals; Jadot Sale Ending; Heitz Pre-Arrival; Philipponnat 1996 + 2006 Pre-Arrivals; Vinopolis Greatest Hits for April; Last Call for Biondi Santi

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Three Cheers, They’re Here!

2011 Single-Vineyard Produttori

“Overall, the 2011 Barbarescos are racy and seductive. The richness and intensity of the year are perceptible, but the wines retain plenty of site-specific signatures, albeit with softer edges than is typically the case. My impression is that the 2011s will drink well pretty much out of the gate, which should be welcomed by readers cellaring wines from more structured Barbaresco and Barolo vintages.”– Antonio Galloni – Vinous

“In Barbaresco, the 2011s combine opulent textures and mostly refined tannins. From what I’ve tasted to date, they have more personality than the 2009s.”… Read the rest

Vinopolis Newsletter 4-18-16

Vinopolis Newsletter for 4/18/16

New Chapoutier Arrivals; Wine of the Day; Italian Heavy-Hitters – Mascarello + Biondi Santi + Giacosa; Can’t Get Enough Rose!; White Case Deals; Badia a Coltibuono Vin Santo; Betz Sale Ends Friday; Altesino Arriving Next Week

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Instant Classics from Chapoutier
Just Arrived!

M. Chapoutier Ermitage Le Meal Blanc, Rhone 2011 750ML ($219.95) $159 special
Wine Advocate 99 points “Surprisingly, I preferred the 2011 Ermitage le Meal Blanc over the 2012 on this occasion and it showed a more flamboyant, sexy style in its caramelized pineapple, tropical, honeyed and floral personality. Big, rich and decadent, with fabulous fruit intensity and length, this rock star flirts with perfection and will keep for another 3-4 decades.”… Read the rest