Mid-Week Newsletter 5-29-25

In This Newsletter:

Inspired Champagne
Molitor for the Masses
Grape of the Week: Petite Sirah
Multitude of Magnums


 
Inspired Champagne
 
Check out these staff-pick Champagnes, in-stock now:
 
Beaux Regards is the most precise Champagne in the Bérêche portfolio. Sourced from two old-vine plots in their home village, this is intensely mineral, chalky, and profound.
Bérêche et Fils Les Beaux Regards Blanc de Blancs 2020 750ml $124.50 special, 3 bottles in stock now
Antonio Galloni-Vinous 93 points “The 2020 Extra-Brut Beaux Regards (100% Chardonnay) is bright, floral and lifted. Chalky soils in Ludes planted with 60-year-old vines yield a Champagne of exquisite finesse and nuance. White flowers, mint, crushed rocks, white pepper, chalk and slate are all beautifully delineated in this understated, sculpted Chardonnay from Bérêche.” 
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Donnhoff Sale 5-28-25

In This Newsletter:

Donnhoff Sale
Nerd Alert Featurette: Boudignon


 
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The Impeccable Nahe Wines of Weingut Dönnhoff
 
Though the Mosel might get all the attention, the Nahe region of Germany offers something no other can boast: winemakers Helmut and Cornelius Dönnhoff. Anyone who knows their wines knows that this compliment is well deserved.
 
Dönnhoff is one of our favorite German producers, one we stock by the pallet-load. And we’re not the only ones obsessed. Folks frequently tell us that a bottle of aged Hermannshohle GG or the humble yet delicious Estate Trocken or the fiercely mineral and refined Oberhauser Brucke Spätlese was THE Riesling that sparked their passion for German terroir (that last was mine :). Despite their extensive lineup, there’s rarely a wine made here that isn’t the finest of its type and terroir each vintage.
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Sequitur Sale 5-27-25

In This Newsletter:

Sequitur Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Muller-Catoir


 
Legendary Willamette Valley
 
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Sequitur
 
Mike Etzel, the founder and winemaker of Sequitur, is a living legend in the Willamette Valley. He co-founded Beaux Frères in the late 1980s and was the winemaker there until recently passing the duties to his son. Never one to rest on his laurels, though, he began planting a vineyard adjacent to Beaux Frères in 2010—a project that became what we know as Sequitur.

It’s helpful to think of Sequitur as a distillation of everything Mike Etzel learned while starting and producing Beaux Frères over the decades. The Sequitur vineyard sits right next to the Beaux Frères “Upper Terrace” but is planted to a wider array of clones at tighter spacing.
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New Arrivals plus Roederer’s L’Ermitage, Ayres, and more! 5-26-25

In This Newsletter:

New Week – New Arrivals
Roederer’s L’Ermitage on the way
Ayres: Enchanting Ribbon Ridge
#Trending Domestic Finds



New Arrival Featurette:

Turley
 
Few wineries have the name recognition and body of work of Turley. Founded by Larry Turley (co-founder of such classic wineries as Frog’s Leap and Helen’s Brother) with a devotion to single vineyard, old-vine Zinfandel, Turley became one of California’s defining wineries in the 90’s.

Today, their fans are no less rabid. Turley is one of those producers who could make as much wine as they’d like and still have people thirsty for it. The gorgeous wines are hugely expressive and can be aged with ease. Though we never feel like there’s enough, the following just arrived and we are excited to share.
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Jadot Memorial Day Sale 5-25-25

PLUS an early look at Giacomo Conterno wines arriving in July!

 


Burgundy is the most complicated wine region in the entire world and attempting to understand it is a task that knows no end. The main reason for this complexity is the overwhelming number of vineyard sites with entirely unique expressions. The formation of these plots can trace their history back to the early ecclesiastical land holdings of the Catholic Church, and subsequent discovery and parcelization by monks. As these vineyard sites gained renown and increased in value, wealthy French nobles purchased vast swathes of land on which to form prestigious domaines. This was not to last though, as the French Revolution in the 18th century forced the vineyard land from the hands of the wealthy and into the possession of newer and more modest owners.… Read the rest