Category Archives: Sales

Pichler-Krutzler 5-6-24

Complexity Meets Affordability
 
On Sale Now
 
Elisabeth Pichler-Krutzler, daughter of Franz Xaver (F.X.) Pichler, married the highly-regarded Austrian winemaker Erich Krutzler. In 2007, the pair founded the estate of Pichler-Krutlzer. Their winery is based around the great vineyards of the Wachau and produces some of Austria’s most highly regarded wines.
 
The pair prefer brighter, fresher wines than the style classically produced at FX (which itself is increasingly tending towards lower ripeness and higher acidity). These wines tend to have a little less power and a lot more versatility at the table. They’re breathtakingly complex, soulful wines that, like the humble wines of Selbach-Oster, are designed to be enjoyed with food.
 
“The quality of the wines [is] undeniably high, even in 2021, a vintage that combines the ripeness of 2019 with the acidity of 2010 or even 2014.
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Chablis Sale 5-4-24

Your Three-Day Discount Starts Now
 
Classically, Chablis is a crisp clean white Burgundy, made from vines grown in extremely chalky, limestone soil. With a cooler growing season than in the Côte-d’Or, unique soil composition and a plethora of exceptional sites, Chablis is an essential item for anyone’s cellar. Sure, the wines are more angular than the Cote d’Or, but for sheer terroir-infused bang for your buck, they’re impossible to beat.
 
With a tremendous amount of variance in terms of flavor expression, 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 bottle age.
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Max Richter Sale 5-2-24

In This Newsletter:
 
Our Favorite 2018s: Max Ferd. Richter Three-Day Sale
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Gaultallary in Profile:
Explore the Extremes of Argentine Terroir with Altos Las Hormigas

 
Max Out Your Savings on

Max Ferd. Richter Wines
 
Your Three-Day Discount Starts Now
 
We’re slashing our already rock-bottom prices on all in-stock wines from this uber-classical estate!
 
The first thing that jumps out about Max Ferd. Richter wines is the incredible real estate the winery holds. It is ancient, dating back over 300 years and now under the helm of 10th-generation winemaker Constantin Richter. Vineyard management is focused on maximizing quality. Harvest is completely by hand with multiple, meticulous passes through the vineyard to ensure only the finest grapes are harvested. As an example, botrytized grapes are hand-selected at the single berry level.
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Vinopolis Close-Out Wines Sale 5-1-24

Your Three-Day Discount Starts Now
 
We’re slashing our already deeply discounted prices on our Close-Out Sale wines starting today. Fill up your cart and save!
 
5% off any 6-11 in-stock Close-Out Sale wines
10% off any 12 or more in-stock Close-Out Sale wines
 
Discount will not display online or in your cart,
We will adjust your invoice before processing your charge.
 
Sale ends Saturday, May 4th at 9 am Pacific.
 
We offer 214 wines on our Close-Out sale, including staff picks such as:
 
California
 
Screaming Eagle ‘The Flight’, Napa Valley 2019 750ml Was $1,099, Displayed Price: $999, that’s $949.05 at 5% off and $899.10 at 10% off, 3 bottles in stock now
James Suckling 99 points “Extremely floral and aromatic with violets and lavender throughout.
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Pabiot Sale 4-30-24

In This Newsletter:
 
Pabiot’s Picnic-Perfect Pouilly-Fumé On Sale Now
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Blast Off With This Champagne Staff Pick: Clouet’s V6
 


Jonathan Didier Pabiot
 
On Sale Now
 
But there is only one region in the world of Sauvignon Blanc that is whispered of reverently and can only rarely be found on shelves: Pouilly-Fumé. Made cult by Didier Dagueneau’s benchmark Silex bottling, you can be forgiven for expecting most top-rates PFs to set you back somewhere in the three figures a bottle range.
 
Would you even believe me if I said you could find an illustrious producer, one who is of the only 1% of producers in the region to work organically and biodynamically (the first in the region), one who wows the reviewers, and, most importantly, one whose top two bottlings have yet to surpass $70 at our shop?
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