Cascina delle Rose Sale 4-14-25

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Cascina delle Rose Sale
Easter Pairings Featurette: Sequitur


 
“Cascina delle Rose is without question one of the emerging estates in Barbaresco. Readers who have not tasted these wines should make a point of doing so, as they encapsulate everything that makes Barbaresco so alluring.” –Antonio Galloni
 
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Cascina delle Rose
 
The Rizzolio family purchased Cascina delle Rose in the 1940s, but didn’t produce commercial releases until the 1980s when the vines were mature enough to offer consist and complex crops. Today, the estate is led by Giovanna Rizzolio alongside her partner, Italo Sobrino, and their sons, Riccardo and Davide.
 
Although Cascina delle Rose flies under the radar for most, those that know or have visited the estate buy the wines in bulk.
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Limited Time Sale on Domaine Hubert Lignier 4-13-25




 
Today we’re featuring a Burgundy estate that elicits whispers of awe and envy in the global wine collector community. An estate which embodies Burgundy’s resurrection to quality and relevance over the last 150 years. Domaine Hubert Lignier.

The story of Domaine Hubert Lignier begins in the 1880s, during one of the most challenging periods in French viticulture. As the Phylloxera epidemic ravaged vineyards across the country, Jacques Lignier, a viticulturist from Morey-Saint-Denis, saw opportunity in forgotten parcels of top vineyard sites that were in need of a revival. He purchased a neglected estate at a bargain price and, with the help of his sons, restored vine material left abandoned following the aftermath of phylloxera’s deadly touch. What began as an act of perseverance would eventually evolve into one of Burgundy’s most revered domaines.
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Island Vibes: Sicilian Wine Sale 4-12-25

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Sicily Sale
Collector’s Corner: Screaming Eagle


 
Island Vibes
 
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Sicilian Wines
 
The Italian island of Sicily seems to have it all when it comes to wine: fun and fruity Frappato, serious, volcanic-influenced Nerellos from the slopes of Mount Etna, iconic dessert wines, and just about everything in between. With the recent, island-wide push for quality all across the price spectrum, there has never been a better time to explore these wines.
 
For lovers of volcanic-influenced wines, Sicily’s Mount Etna is a cherished place. Home to the Burgundy-esque varieties of Nerello Mascalese and Carricante, these are gorgeous, terroir-driven wines. The two grapes offer layers of spice and high acidity, partly due to being grown on the highest vineyards in all of Europe.
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Vinopolis Newsletter 4-11-25

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Arrivals
Springtime wines
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Billecart Salmon, Bow& Arrow, Palacios, and more!

Willamette Wineries We Love
Ayres has layers
Special Arrivals
 
 
We Love Vincent Paris in the Springtime
 

The wines of Vincent Paris are often described as bold, but what does it mean to be bold? For the soft-spoken Vincent, one of the Rhône’s fastest rising stars, he would prefer to let his stunningly focused and evocative wines do the talking. And they are wines that beg to be noticed.
 
Vincent prunes his branches to just 4 bunches of grapes per vine (versus a typical five to seven bunches) which encourages a dense and powerful concentration in the fruit, but these are not heavy-handed. Quite the opposite, these are wines with a lift and freshness that complements the bolder aspects of the wine’s expression without tamping down its largesse.
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Vinopolis Newsletter 4-9-25

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Arrivals
Spanish history in a bottle
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Beat the tariffs with Oregon and California wines! 
Special Arrivals
 
 
Spain
 
Lopez Heredia: Spanish history in a bottle!
 

The French vineyards? Destroyed by bugs. Spain? Untouched potential.
Rafael’s choice was clear.
 
The story of Lopez Heredia starts with a bug. Actually millions of little parasites called “Grape Phylloxera” that ate about 60% of France’s grape vines in the late nineteenth century. Now in survival mode, French estates were presented with two options: ruin or innovation. Many sold or abandoned their land, while others set their eyes on viticultural regions still untouched by the Phylloxera.
 
It was this opportunity that savvy businessmen like Lopez Heredia’s founder, Rafael López de Heredia y Landet, took advantage of: buying land in Spain to grow grapes, producing and selling wines for French Vignerons, and most importantly, learning all about what it was that made the wines of Bordeaux the most sought after wines on the planet.
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