Category Archives: Special Features

La La Land of Opportunity 4-7-24



    


Do you drink Brunello?

You should.



Last October we ran a feature on the wines of La Fortuna and La Gerla from Brunello that met great success. A great number of die hard fans were born for these wineries and the excellent value they represent. This week we’d like to double down by putting the remaining quantity of these wines on sale for those with the ambition to seize a deal on ageworthy and highly rated Brunello. Many of these wines are back vintages which have been acquired after gentle aging in the winery’s cellars, and have rested in our temperature controlled storage. You won’t find a better opportunity to drink immaculately aged Sangiovese Grosso at attractive pricing anywhere else. Our full write-up on these wines can be found below.
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Daniel-Etienne Defaix Sale 3-31-24




5% off any 6-11 in-stock Daniel-Etienne Defaix wines
10% off any 12 or more in-stock Daniel-Etienne Defaix wines
Sale ends Wednesday April 3rd at 9AM PST

 
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The wines featured below are all wines included in the sale.

 
Not all of us can afford Raveneau. Hell, not many of us can even find it if we wanted to! But that doesn’t mean we have to compromise, because savvy drinkers like us are well informed on the delicacy of Defaix’s Chablis. Daniel-Etienne Defaix has vineyard holdings in some of the top premier cru sites across the region and his wines are utterly unique in the fact that he ages them in bottle until they’ve reached total perfection.
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Palacio & Palacios Sale 3-24-24


Palacio Quemado - Bodegas Alvear
Vineyards in Extremadura

5% off any 6-11 in-stock Palacio/Palacios wines
10% off any 12 or more in-stock Palacio/Palacio wines
Sale ends Wednesday March 27th at 9AM PST

 
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The wines featured below are all wines included in the sale.

 
Last Sunday we did a spotlight sale on the grape of Mencia and featured several wineries that are helping to reinvent the identity of Spain. The party will continue this week for many of those bottles as we continue to discount the wines of Alvaro Palacios. Alongside him we’d like to introduce another Spanish wine label we’re impressed with: Bodegas Alvear Palacio. We’ve got a Tale of Two Palacio(s) on our hands.
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Mencia, Spain’s Answer to Pinot 3-17-24

Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Bierzo
Vineyards in Bierzo

5% off any 6-11 in-stock Mencia wines
10% off any 12 or more in-stock Mencia wines
Sale ends Wednesday March 20th at 9AM PST

 
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Spain is a much more diverse wine country than many people make the effort to realize. Beyond the famous muscular reds of tempranillo in Rioja and Ribera Del Duero and the luscious garnacha and monastrell of Priorat, Navarra, and Castilla La Mancha, there are beautiful varieties which offer a completely different red wine experience. For instance, all you have to do is look a little West, and look a little higher in altitude.
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Envinate in Unstoppable (Sale!) 3-10-24


 

5% off any 6-11 in-stock Envinate wines
10% off any 12 or more in-stock Envinate wines
Sale ends Wednesday March 13th at 9AM PST

 
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Back in 2019 when I first tasted the wines of Envinate I was impressed but cautious with my enthusiasm. I told myself that these spicy, exotic red and white wines from the Canary Islands and smaller appellations in Spain would be a temporary moment in the zeitgeist of wine trends. A blip on the timeline for new wave wines coming out of Spain. I was wrong. These wines have continued to improve vintage after vintage and now represent the revolutionizing wine movement in Spain as it’s foremost exciting producer.
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