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Chablis Sale



Stock Up & Save On:
 
Chablis
 

Classically, Chablis is a crisp, clean white Burgundy, made from Chardonnay vines grown in extremely chalky, limestone soil. With a unique soil composition and a plethora of exceptional sites, Chablis is an essential item for anyone’s cellar. Given the cooler growing season, the wines are more angular than the Côte-d’Or, offering a lifted brightness that makes them excellent pairings with appetizers, lighter pasta dishes, and seafood. For sheer terroir-infused bang for your buck, they’re impossible to beat.
 
With a tremendous variety of flavors, the best Chablis are characterized by their high acids, pervasive minerality, and a fruit profile that tends to skew towards citrus and orchard fruit. As they age, the mineral and tertiary characters of the wines blossom, with the best examples having decades of potential.

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Zinfandel Sale



Zinfandel Sale:
 
The Blood Lust is Upon Us!
 

Red Zinfandels are dense, succulent reds oozing with spicy flavor and bold, jammy fruit. Despite its Transylvanian, sorry, Croatian roots, this devastatingly dark and tempting grape might as well be considered a Californian variety – it certainly boasts an impressive number of ancient vines. Plantings date back over 150 years, with some of these timeless vines still in production. Additional plantings began in earnest in the 1970s when an off-dry rosé style known as “blush” or “white Zinfandel” exploded in popularity.
 
We have those 1970s plantings to thank for why dry red Zins are so delicious yet still affordable. Dozens of heritage sites are still producing, preventing scarcity from inflating prices.

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Boo-jolais Sale
Tales from the Cellar


 
Boo-jolais Sale:
 
Don’t Be Scared (They’re Just French)
 

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Kopke Sale
Mad Scientist Featurette: Cameron Winery



Kopke:
 
Wines from the Crypt
 
Delve into one of the world’s oldest wineries…
 

There are wineries that have lasted centuries. These estates have been loved and sought-after for generations. Think of Saint Cosme in Gigondas, Schloss Gobelsburg in the Kamptal region of Austria, Karthäuserhof in the Mosel, Ricasoli and Antinori in Tuscany, and Kopke, the oldest Port House in the Douro or the world.
 
Kopke, founded in 1638, makes what might be the most vibrant and long-lived port wines available. They have been through adverse times in their nearly 400-year history, seeing dramatic shifts in the climate, swings in the popularity of their product, and the rise and fall of wars and dictators.