New Week/New Arrivals plus Staff Picks, K Vintners & more! 5-19-25

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New Week – New Arrivals
Staff Selections: Pete’s Picks
K Vintners
Hubert Lignier



New Arrival Featurette:
 
Hundred Suns
 
Renée Saint-Amour and Grant Coulter’s  love of adventure and Oregon wines brought them to the Valley. Grant worked as winemaker at Beaux Freres and Flâneur before this wife-and-husband team launched Hundred Suns as a boutique winery and purchased Breaker Vineyard, a fifty-year-old site in the Eola-Amity Hills and now home to them, their kids, and their winery. They do everything by hand, from crafting their wines, distributing in town, and even their stunning label-design.
 
Their Pinots drink like a love letter to the Willamette Valley. These are unique, from an assortment of some of the most interesting vineyards in the Willamette Valley including one of our favorites, Bednarik, which rose to fame via Ken Wright’s bottlings, and Sequitur, Mike Etzel’s estate (Mike is best known as the founding winemaker of Beaux Freres).
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Dominus – Napa’s Classiest Estate on Sale Now 5-18-25

Dominus is a testament to the pioneering atmosphere of Napa Valley and the explorative spirit that has persisted in the region since its very beginnings. When Christian Moueix, proprietor of the legendary Château Petrus in Pomerol decided to start this project in California, his vision was to bring a Bordeaux winemaking approach to a region with warmer sunshine and verdant vineyards. The mission has been a success, as these wines taste distinctly unique in contrast to peers all across the valley. The acidity and finely bound structure of the wines is matched by the opulence of Napa fruit and powerful aromatics.

The vineyards are the principal driving force behind the beautiful wines. Planted on the Napanook vineyard in Yountville, this is one of the oldest sites in Napa Valley.
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Cornas Sale 5-17-25

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Cornas Sale
Rosé of the Day


 
The Goldilocks Wine of the Northern Rhone
 
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Cornas
 
Among the excellent villages producing Syrah wines in the Northern Rhone, Cornas provides the goldilocks of reds: not as rustic as Crozes, not as polished as Hermitage, and not as elegant as Côte Rôtie, but instead a glorious middle-ground between all three.
 
Here we find two of our favorite Syrah producers: Domaine Durand and Vincent Paris.
 
The brothers Eric and Joël Durand craft wines in a sweet spot, combining elegance, drinkability, and age-worthiness. Delivering ripe fruit, savory minerality and lifted aromatics, the meticulous work by these brothers is evident from first pour. Never hyper glossy or overly rustic, these epitomize Cornas in all the ways we love.
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Casanova di Neri & Fontodi Sale 5-16-25

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Casanova di Neri & Fontodi Sale
Collector’s Corner: Domaine Dujac


 
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Casanova di Neri & Fontodi
 
We’re placing two of the most elite producers in Tuscany on sale now: Casanova di Neri in Brunello and Fontodi in Chianti. Not familiar? Let’s explore!
 
Casanova di Neri
 
Casanova di Neri is one of Italy’s truly elite modern producers—an icon of Brunello. Their Tenuta Nuova and Cerretalto are profound, highly-sought after wines. The Cerretalto is an event of a wine.  Produced only in the best years, with extra aging before release, it’s one of the true landmark wines of Italy.
 
Fontodi
 
As one of Tuscany’s top estates, Fontodi crafts some of the finest wines in the world.
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Grower Champagnes of Hebrart, Piollot, and Savart Sale 5-15-25

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The Grower Champagnes of Hebrart, Piollot, and Savart
Grape of the Week: Sauvignon Blanc in California


 
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The Grower Champagnes of

Hebrart, Piollot, and Savart
 
Marc Hébrart
 
Marc Hébrart wines emphasizedbalance over power, and while there is plenty of complexity in his bottlings, they’re always drinkable and delightful. Peter Liem, author of the authoritative book Champagne, writes, “Hébrart’s wines have a broad appeal: if you like to think about your wines, they’re intellectually engaging enough to satisfy you; on the other hand, if you’re just looking to drink, they’re simply delicious. The wines are full and generous without being weighty, complex and soil-driven without being demanding. Overall, the entire range is of consistently high quality, and represents excellent value for the money.”
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