Tag Archives: Mid-week Newsletter

Midweek VinopolPick Addition 7-6-17

100 point Quilceda Creek; Beaujolais’ Young Garde; Overlooked and Undervalued; The Natural Wines of Damien Delecheneau; Canary Islands in the Sun; Vieux Chateau Mazerat; Well apPointed Wines; Over the Horizon Pre-Arrivals

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Summer Shipping Special:

Midwest, East, & South

For the summer season we are offering UPS Three Day Select Service for the price of UPS Ground for shipments normally traveling 4 or more business days by ground.

Free service upgrade only applies on single orders purchased and shipped during the promotional period.  Additional fees will apply to orders held for any reason until after the promotional period and shipped by Three Day Select.  Offer not valid on items purchased before the promotional period or on pre-arrival items that arrive after the promotional period ends.… Read the rest

Midweek VinopolPick Addition 6-29-17

Budget Rhones for Everyday Drinking; New Rosé Reviews; Bond in its Prime; Foreau’s Vivid Vouvray; Cuilleron Rosé!; Mad for Mencia; Staff Picks; Karthauserhof’s Lean Mean Riesling

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Featured New Arrivals

Just in time for your July 4th festivities!

Budget-Friendly Rhone

(And Rhone-Adjacent) Wine

Domaine Boisson Cotes du Rhone Villages Massif d’Uchaux Clos de la Brussiere, Rhone 2009 750ML ($24.95) $18 special
Case-12 Domaine Boisson Cotes du Rhone Villages Massif d’Uchaux Clos de la Brussiere, Rhone 2009 750ML ($299.95) $199 special (that’s only $16.58/bottle!)
Robert Parker 91 points “Even better is the 2009 Cairanne Clos de la Brussiere from the Massif d’Uchaux, the newest Cotes du Rhone-Villages appellation. A dark ruby/purple color is followed by deliciously ripe fruit in this seriously stacked and packed effort.… Read the rest

MidWeek VinopolPick Addition 6-8-17

Weinbau Paetra’s Power Riesling; Stonestreet—What a Treat!; Lauer Power; Paitin’s Piedmontese Prowess; Howell Mountain from La Jota; Bigger is Better-Deals on Mags!

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Weinbau Paetra

German Spirit

Oregon Soil
Arriving Tomorrow:

There’s a story that’s often told in the Oregon wine industry about how a man falls in love with wine, learns a lot about it and eventually moves here to make wine.  Occasionally, though, the details of that story are remarkable enough that you pay attention to the man and the wines he creates and that’s very true of Bill Hooper, founder of Paetra wines.

Bill was so entranced by great Riesling that he dropped (read:sold) everything and moved to Germany to pursue formal training and apprenticeship in the Pfalz region—without speaking German!… Read the rest

Midweek VinopolPick 6-6-17

Rosé from Provence; New Rosé Reviews From Raynolds; Molitor Arrives; Case Picks; Vissoux’s Fantastic Beaujolais; Screaming Deals on Torii Mor; 2009 Bordeaux; New Rosenthal Selections—Including New Gravner;

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Summer Shipping Special:

Midwest, East, & South

For the summer season we are offering UPS Three Day Select Service for the price of UPS Ground for shipments normally traveling 4 or more business days by ground.

Free service upgrade only applies on single orders purchased and shipped during the promotional period.  Additional fees will apply to orders held for any reason until after the promotional period and shipped by Three Day Select.  Offer not valid on items purchased before the promotional period or on pre-arrival items that arrive after the promotional period ends.… Read the rest

MidWeek VinopolPick 5-30-17

New Oregon Arrivals; Pacenti’s Masterful Brunello; Study in Minerality: Knoll; Rose! Of! The! Day!; Summer of Rioja; Giacomo Conterno; Staff Picks; 2015 Beaujolais—Greatness Awaits; Fougeray de Beauclair; Pride of the Jura; Clape Your Hands, Say Yeah!

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Mid-Week New Arrivals

New Oregon Arrivals

Cameron Winery Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills 2015 750ML ($31.95) $24 special
VinopolNote: Declassified barrels of Abbey Ridge and Clos Electrique. This is the budget-friendly wine to pour to show the world what Oregon can do. Year in, year out, it’s one of the best values from the Dundee Hills. There’s red & black fruits, loamy soil and spice. Drink it now, save a case for later. Just do yourself a favor and stock up before it’s gone. Because Cameron wines never last on the shelf for long.… Read the rest