Category Archives: Special Features

Fontodi: Treasure of Tuscany on Sale Now 7-14-24

 


There are 8 bottles of 2009 Fontodi Flaccianello left in the Vinopolis cellar, and you could walk away with all of them at 10% off. We’re talking aged to perfection wine from one of Tuscany’s most coveted estates.The average price of Flaccianello is approximately ~$200 retail for any vintage in the USA, and with 10% off our price you’d be getting 2009 for ~$134. I don’t know about you, but a $66 dollars worth of savings per bottle is a screaming deal to me! We’ve got 3 other bottlings from Fontodi that are well worth your attention in addition. Mix and match or go all in on a single cuvee, the choice is yours and the savings are as well.

Fontodi is one of Tuscany’s most respected estates and produces some of the finest wines in the world.
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A Favorite in Faiveley – On Sale Now! 7-7-24



Francois, Eve, & Erwan Faiveley 

Good news! We’re putting the wines of Faiveley back on sale for a limited period for our loyal newsletter customers. Our prices have remain unchanged since our April feature of many of these wines, but you can gaurantee that Burgundy prices elsewhere are continuing to climb. With Faiveley you’re presented with a producer that embodies consistency – never missing in quality and pleasure from vintage to vintage – and offers unparalleled access to Burgundy’s crus – we’ve got over 26 different village and vineyard bottlings for you to enjoy – and wine styles. This is your chance to start a Burgundy cellar, or preserve one for years to come.

Background on Faiveley

In Burgundy, as in the cellars of Burgundy collectors, there is an illusion that time stops and that Burgundy never changes.
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Zero Patience for Siro Pacenti

    

Do you drink Brunello?

You should.

 

5% off any 3-5 in-stock Siro Pacenti wines
10% off any 6 or more in-stock Siro Pacenti wines
Sale ends Wednesday July 3rd at 9AM PST

 
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2019 is being heralded as one of the all-time great Brunello vintages, building off of similar success for the year in the region of Piedmont to the north. As such, we’ll be bringing in a wide variety of top producers and bottlings from 2019 that demonstrate the incredible character of Montalcino and its ageworthy wines. One producer that consistently grabs our attention and is a MUST BUY for any Brunello enthusiast, is Siro Pacenti. This winery, founded in 1970 by Siro and now run by his son Giancarlo makes deliciously structured Brunello of a more opulent quality than many of its peers.
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BOND Estates Sale! 6-16-24

BOND - Winery | Wine-Searcher
 
Napa Valley makes some some of the finest wines on planet Earth. Which means the best wines from Napa are literally some of the greatest wines on Earth. Bond Estates is in that category year after year. This project from Bill Harlan (yes THE Bill Harlan) is about as far humanity can currently reach into producing ultra high-end cabernet sauvignon with our current knowledge of viticulture and winemaking. Harlan employs 55 full-time vineyard workers to nurture and ultimately hand-select only the most pristine grape clusters for the finished single-vineyard wines. The vineyard sites themselves were curated after more than a decade of research and quality testing to uncover which plots produced wine of the utmost pedigree.

Naturally, these wines are extremely limited.
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Boulay 3 Day Sale! 5-26-24

 
 
 
We’ll get to Boulay, but first…..a few thoughts on Sancerre

It’s my belief that we’re witnessing a return to glory for the region of Sancerre. Not that the prestige ever quite went away, but wine drinking society certainly turned its back for a bit on what they perceived to be a region and a style that was almost too classic, too well understood. Part of the problem was that Sancerre experienced a major jump in production following the 90s and early 2000s that wasn’t always backed by top quality juice in the bottle. At its best, this region shows a wonderfully complex side of sauvignon blanc that no other place can. That steely lemon and grapefruit citrus, delicate white flowers, and subtle smoky aromas of gunflint.
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