Vinopolis Newsletter – Friday 1/12/2024

 In This Newsletter:

Special Arrival
Harvey & Harriet by My Favorite Neighbor
Arrivals
Perrault-Jadaud, Grayner, Giulia Negri, Luigi Oddero, Donhoff and more!
Featured Winery
Champagne Fresne Ducret
Close-Out Sales
Large Format Peyrassol Rose
Collector’s Corner
Coming Soon: Fine Champagne and Burgundy
Special Arrival
 
Harvey & Harriet
 

“A Paso Robles-born bottling that drinks like wines three times its price”
-Drink Hacker

A delicious blend of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Syrah, 17% Petite Sirah, 8% Petit Verdot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 5% Malbec.
My Favourite Neighbour ‘Harvey & Harriet’ Red Blend, Paso Robles, United States 2020 750ml $21.90 special, 36 bottles available
Wine Advocate 95 Points “Medium ruby-purple, the 2020 Red Blend is savory and less defined than the rest of the lineup, with aromas of bell pepper, chargrill and tar over a core of red and black currants.
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Saumur Breeze Sale 1-11-24

Saumur Breeze Sale

 

5% off any 1-11 in-stock Saumur and Saumur-Champigny wines
10% off any 12 or more in-stock Saumur and Saumur-Champigny wines
 
Discount does not apply to any case discounts (case-3, case-6, case-12),
to sparkling wines, nor to pre-arrival wines.
Discount will not display online or in your cart,
We will adjust your invoice before processing your card.
 
Discount ends Saturday, January 13th at 9 am Pacific

 
By many counts, the Loire Valley is France’s most diverse region for wine, home to a plethora of winemaking styles, a wide range of grape varieties, and a multitude of terroirs. Within the Valley is the appellation of Saumur, which encapsulates Saumur-Champigny and the famous communes of Brézé and Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg. Here Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc rule, offering up aromatic wines of great finesse.… Read the rest

Felsina: Chianti Elevated 1-10-24

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Felsina: Chianti Elevated



Don’t miss our Vouvray Superstars Sale:

Ends Tomorrow!

 

5% off any 3-9 bottles of in-stock Huet and/or Foreau wines
10% off any 10+ bottles of in-stock Huet and/or Foreau wines
 
Discount will not display online or in your cart,
We will adjust your invoice before processing your card.
Sale ends Thursday at 9 am Pacific

Shop the sale here!

 

Fèlsina:
 
Chianti Elevated

 
Chianti produces the widest array of styles in part due to stratified geological, topographical and administrative processes. Fèlsina is a major leader in Chianti’s quality revolution. They offer some of the most collectible in the appellation, as well as age worthy.
 
Year in, year out, few producers worldwide can claim to have the quality and consistency of Fèlsina.… Read the rest

Huet & Foreau Sale 1-9-24

Huet and Foreau:

Vouvray Superstars Sale

 

5% off any 3-9 bottles of in-stock Huet and/or Foreau wines
10% off any 10+ bottles of in-stock Huet and/or Foreau wines
 
Offer does not apply to case discounts (case-3, case-6, or case-12) or to pre-arrival wines.
Discount will not display online or in your cart,
We will adjust your invoice before processing your card.
Sale ends Thursday at 9 am Pacific

 
Vouvray: one of the world’s most complex, age-worthy, terroir-driven, aromatically intense, and praised white wines. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more wildly expressive and flexible grape than the Chenin Blanc that composes practically all white wines from Vouvray. Chenin from Vouvray is esteemed for its profundity at all sweetness levels, from bone-dry (Sec), lightly- to medium-sweet (Demi-Sec), and dessert style (Moelleux).… Read the rest

Mark’s Top Ten Picks 1-7-24


Some wines from my wedding. Do you trust this man?
We all have different tastes and preferences when it comes to wine. This indeed is the element of the wine experience which fuels endless intrigue, novelty, and persistence to keep tasting more. Our tastes become signatures of who we are; but just like how each of us changes markedly over time as individuals, so do our tastes. A professed love of Chardonnay might evolve into a fascination with Chenin Blanc; a romance with Pinot Noir might turn to a passionate affair with Alto-Piemonte Nebbiolo. Our palates all change over time and most often that change is realized when we rediscover the wines that first moved us. Everything is fair game.

Where am I going with this?

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