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Newsletter 5/24/23
In This Newsletter:
Arriving Friday
Vega Sicilia, Opus One, and more
Staff Pick
Tutti Frutti
Featured Winery
Equipo Navazos
Arriving Friday
Vega Sicilia, Opus One, and more
Staff Pick
Tutti Frutti
Featured Winery
Equipo Navazos
May Sale- Rhone Wines
Final week to stock up on your favorites Rhones
June Sale- Spanish Wines
June savings– starts NOW
The Collectable Oregon
Arterberry Maresh and Tan Fruit- Wines built to last
“Vega Sicilia”
… Read the rest Final week to stock up on your favorites Rhones
June Sale- Spanish Wines
June savings– starts NOW
The Collectable Oregon
Arterberry Maresh and Tan Fruit- Wines built to last
Arriving May 26th
Spain
Spain
“Vega Sicilia”
Vega Sicilia Pintia Toro 2018 750ml $79 special, 12 bottles available
Wine Advocate 95 Points “The nose is very expressive, with bright cherry fruit, and the wine is fresher than the norm in the region, with integrated alcohol and oak, reflecting a very cool year, floral and perfumed. The palate is medium-bodied and reveals very fine and elegant tannins. This has to be one of the finest vintages of Pintia.”
Wine Advocate 95 Points “The nose is very expressive, with bright cherry fruit, and the wine is fresher than the norm in the region, with integrated alcohol and oak, reflecting a very cool year, floral and perfumed. The palate is medium-bodied and reveals very fine and elegant tannins. This has to be one of the finest vintages of Pintia.”
Markus Molitor Feature: Do I Detect delicious? May 2023
In This Newsletter:
Markus Molitor
Markus Molitor: Do I Detect delicious?
Do I detect delicious? This is the first question one must ask themselves upon examining any wine of any supposed caliber. Sometimes we can just make ourselves dizzy focusing on the technical verbiage associated with a drink that’s meant to give pleasure. Are those terpenes I’m picking up? I’ll swear on my life there’s some grapefruit pith in there. Anyone else have a headache?
Outside of the obsession with tasting note creativity, an epidemic afflicting the wine consuming community is the fixation on dry wine virtue signaling. Oh, how many times I’ve heard a restaurant guest or customer proclaim that they “only drink dry wines.” This type of statement is usually following by said individual picking up or ordering a zinfandel or cabernet-based wine with copious residual sugar.… Read the rest
Newsletter 5/22/23
In This Newsletter:
Arrivals
Arterberry Maresh Dundee Hills, Terre Nere, and Arnauld Lambert
Staff Pick
David + Veronica
Arrivals
Arterberry Maresh Dundee Hills, Terre Nere, and Arnauld Lambert
Staff Pick
David + Veronica
May Sale- Rhone Wines
Our highest rated Rhone wines
June Sale- Spanish Wines
June savings– starts NOW
Hidden Gems
A Devilish sparkler, a perfectly priced Willamette mainstay, and Barolo’s quiet neighbor
… Read the rest Our highest rated Rhone wines
June Sale- Spanish Wines
June savings– starts NOW
Hidden Gems
A Devilish sparkler, a perfectly priced Willamette mainstay, and Barolo’s quiet neighbor
New Arrivals
Italy
Italy
“From the ashes of Etna: A volcanic triumph for Italian wine lovers”
Terre Nere Etna Rosso 2021 750ml $24 special, 36+ bottles available
Vinopolnote “One of our favorite Italian red blends. Made from 95% Nerello mascalese and 5% Nerello Cappuccino grown in the volcanic soils of Mount Etna. Red fruits with complex herbaceous and mineral notes on the palate alongside polished, but firm tannins combine for a very satisfying finish.
Vinopolnote “One of our favorite Italian red blends. Made from 95% Nerello mascalese and 5% Nerello Cappuccino grown in the volcanic soils of Mount Etna. Red fruits with complex herbaceous and mineral notes on the palate alongside polished, but firm tannins combine for a very satisfying finish.
Newsletter 5/21/23
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The Neri family has two new wines to present. The biggest news is the introduction of the top-shelf Brunello Di Montalcino Giovanni Neri. The wine—and the vineyard site—is named after Giacomo Neri’s dad, and fruit comes from a seven-hectare vineyard that was planted in 1973 by a farmer named “Tocci.” After many, many failed attempts, the Neri family was finally able to buy this gem in 2017, despite claims by the old farmer that “he would never sell.”