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Mid-Week VinopolPick – April 1st

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

Kapcsandy Family Winery

Lou Kapcsandy has quite the self-made success story, involving a focused vision, perseverance and a lifelong passion for wine. After fleeing his homeland days after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Kapcscandy came to America and eventually settled in the San Francisco Bay Area. A former Hungarian National Soccer team player, he was drafted to the U.S Army knowing only a few English words, played a bit of professional football with the AFL San Diego Chargers before beginning his working career in chemical engineering, and is now proprietor to a highly acclaimed Napa vineyard and winery, along with his wife Roberta.

His vision was rooted from a visit to Bordeaux at the centuries-old estate Leoville Las Cases in St.… Read the rest

Vinopolpick March 30th

March 30, 2015

Flash Sale
Collectors’ Corner – Best Buy

The OWC is available to the first buyer taking all six bottles

Hundred Acre Kayli 2004 ($349.95) Was $299, Now $279, 6 bottles available
Robert Parker 98 points “The wild man of Napa Valley, Jayson Woodbridge, has turned out one of the superstars of 2004, with the 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Kayli Morgan. His wines always tend to be gorgeous young, offering up an impression that they’re not going to last. But his first vintage, 2000, seems to get better and better, even though it was spectacular when released. The 2004, which was harvested in September, shows an almost Pomerol-like sweet mocha, kirsch, black currant and deeply fruited mouthfeel. It is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, but the clay soils of his vineyard seem to give a sweetness of tannin and a voluptuous character to the texture.… Read the rest

Mid-Week VinopolPick – 3-25

March 25th, 2015

Ornellaia Masseto
Best Price in the USA
“With the 2011 vintage, Masseto returns to a typically Mediterranean expression of a warm year in the Bolgheri terroir. Yet the overall impression is one of superb balance and measure, notwithstanding the wine’s rich concentration and ripeness.” –From the wineryAfter the early success of his cousin’s wine Sassicaia, Lodovico Antinori founded the Tenuta Dell’Ornellaia in Bolgheri in 1981 (now known as Ornellaia e Masseto).  He was convinced the recently discovered, backwater region could produce world-class Brodeaux-style wines.  Assisted by the internationally famed wine-making consultant Andre Tchelistcheff, he replanted a farm of olive trees and grape vines with Bordeaux varietals Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.  The land had the perfect terroir for producing the style of wine he desired: warm temperatures, cooling ocean breezes and calcium rich clay and sandy soils.  
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Vinopolpick March 23rd

Flash Sale
Collectors’ Corner – Best Buy
Three magnums are available in pristine condition, shipped here directly from the winery.
The OWC is available to the first buyer taking all three magnums

Harlan Estate, Napa Valley 2004 1.5L ($1499.95) $999 special, 3 magnums available
Robert Parker 98 points “Very deep garnet-black colour with a purple rim. Though still very youthful and muted, this vintage is already subtly revealing a wide array of aromas including blackberry tart, cedar, violets, truffles, liquorice and all spice. In the mouth however this is no shrinking violet–the ’04 is a big, concentrated and highly structured wine with somewhat impenetrable, tightly grained tannins and medium to high acid supporting its rich weight. Very, very long finish displaying hints of savoury earthiness and that signature minerality that appears to surface in better years.

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Weekend VinopolPick – Saturday, March 21st

Saturday, March 21st, 2015

Newly Arrived Southern France Wines

First Time Available in the USA

Corbieres is an AOC within the Southern French region of the Languedoc-Roussillon: mostly known for its rich and herbal red wines. The Corbieres region produces only small amounts of white and rose wines. The northern portion, known as Alaric, has plains to the north and south-facing slopes along the Montagne d’Alaric. This is an excellent area for Mourvedre as well as other Southern French varietals such as Grenache and Carignan. In the center of the AOC is the Corbieres-Boutenac AOC, created in 2005. Corbieres-Boutenac is recognized for producing high quality wines from the ten communes that surround a limestone ridge covered in garrigue (a term for the scrubland herbs such as rosemary and lavender that is often used to describe aromas found in the wines).… Read the rest