“Merkelbach’s wines are like the world before anyone wrote poems about it.” –Terry Theise
 
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Merkelbach
 

We adore the wines of Weingut Alfred Merkelbach. They set the curve for the term “old-school,” having made their wines in similar style for almost 70 years. These wines capture the delicacy and etherealness of Riesling like few other wines we’ve tried. Terry Theise, when importing the wines for Skurnik, described their wines as “like VAPING Mosel Riesling.”
 
The tiny estate boasts mostly ancient (and sometimes ungrafted) vines grown on steep terraces along the Mosel River in Urzig and in Kinheim. When most of the Ürziger Würzgarten vineyards were replanted during the re-alignment of the vineyards, Merkelbach’s vines remained on original rootstock.

 

Vouvray’s Finest Sale
 
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Huet & Foreau
 

What is one of the world’s most complex, age-worthy, terroir-driven, aromatically intense, and praised white wines? Vouvray, and its famous grape variety, Chenin Blanc. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more wildly expressive and flexible grape than Chenin. Esteemed for its profundity at all sweetness levels, its wines range from bone-dry (Sec), lightly- to medium-sweet (Demi-Sec), and dessert style (Moelleux).
 
Granted AOC status in 1936, this commune in the Loire Valley is home to Domaine Huet and Philippe Foreau, two of the finest producers within this glorious region.
 
They offer the pinnacle of quality for the appellation, though their styles and approaches differ.

 

“I don’t think there is another winemaker in Italy who can match [Paolo de Marchi’s of Isole e Olena] skill across that many different varieties… Don’t miss these wines.” –Antonio Galloni, Vinous
 
“Among the many excellent estates located in Panzano is Fontodi, one of the finest wine estates in the world…” –Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
 
Tuscan Treasures Sale
 
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Isole e Olena & Fontodi
 
5% off any 3-5 in-stock bottles of Isole e Olena & Fontodi
10% off any 6 or more in-stock bottles of Isole e Olena & Fontodi
 
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Exceptional Wine from Exceptional Folks:
 
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Weingut Gunther Steinmetz
 

Stefan and Sammie Steinmetz’s excellent cuvees first landed on our shelves in 2022. As purveyors of one of the largest, deepest, and finest collection of German Rieslings in the United States, it’s pretty hard to impress us. But impress, they did.
 
Their wines are from incredibly steep terrain along the banks of the Mosel on vines grown without fertilizers, herbicides or insecticides. Their environmentally-friendly mindset is carried into the winery, where the wines are fermented with naturally occurring yeasts and without additives or animal proteins (often found in fining agents). Their commitment to organic viticulture on challenging, steep slopes and minimal intervention winemaking yields wines of extraordinary concentration and breathtaking character.