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Weekend Newsletter 8-27-21

In This Newsletter:


Featured New Arrival:
Quilceda Creek’s 100 Point 2018
“As Good as it Gets for Washington Cabernet Sauvignon”


New, 95-Point Super Tuscan
From a Chianti Favorite


New Arrivals
Including Dagueneau, Vajra,
Produttori del Barbaresco, Caze-Thibaut,
Cristom, Foradori and More!


Vinopolis Face-Off: The Tête de Cuvee Extravaganza, Part 1

Two Classic Rosés from Very Different Places

Just Arrived:
Classical St.-Emilion from Chateau Grandchamp


Trending Wines

Collector’s Corner: Veuve Clicquot’s Top Wine

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We’re Open for In-Store Shopping!


10AM – 6PM Daily

We also offer Curbside Pickup
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Featured New Arrival

Quilceda Creek’s 100 Point 2018


“As Good as it Gets for Washington Cabernet Sauvignon”

There’s a reason that Quilceda Creek is the number one name in Washington Cabernet—the standard by which all others are judged.
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08/20/21 VinpolPick Newsletter

 

Back in stock and newly arrived:

 

Von Winning Spatburgunder Rose Deidesheim 2020 750ML ($24.95) $18.50 special

Skurnik Wines note “Region: Pfalz. Grape Variety: Spätburgunder. Vineyards: Mix of sites in Diedesheim and Rupertsberg. Soil Types: Red sandstone, limestone, loess and clay. Age of Vines: 25 years. Farming Technique: Sustainable. Fermentation & Elevage: respectful cooperation with nature in the vineyard and minimal interference with the wine’s inner structure in the cellar.”

 

This is the lowest listed price on the West Coast today!

 

 

Domaine Tempier Bandol Rose Provence 2020 750ML ($59.95) $49 special

Josh Raynolds-Vinous 93 points “Light orange-pink. Expressive, mineral-accented orange zest, red currant, nectarine and succulent floral and herb aromas take on a spicy nuance with air. Lively and sharply focused in the mouth, offering concentrated red berry, pit fruit, tangerine and honeysuckle flavors and a hint of tarragon.… Read the rest

Weekend VinopolPick 8-6-21

In This Newsletter:

La Fortuna’s Landmark Brunello Riserva

Marcus Molitor’s Perfect Beerenauslese
One of the Rarest Wines in Germany Arrives Next Week


Crowley’s Stunning Four Winds Vineyard

Chartogne-Taillet – Merfy’s Champagne Renaissance

New Week – New Arrivals
Including Twill, Vieux Moulin, Vajra

Produttori del Barbaresco, La Poderina and More! 

Sharp Pricing Alerts!

New Reviews from Grapelive

Rosés of the Day!

Down the Rhine and through the Donau: Rheingau Edition



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We are back open for in-store shopping


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La Fortuna’s Landmark Brunello Riserva

La Fortuna is a top producer of Brunello, having turned their small (11 hectare) estate into one of the most consistently excellent in all of Tuscany.  The winery makes beautiful wines, with rich, ripe fruit and plush textures that maintain an earthiness to them grounded and allows them to age beautifully.
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Weekend Vinopolpick 7-30-21

In This Newsletter:

Featured New Arrival: 
Get Schisty with Clos Erasmus


Down the Rhine and Through the Doneau:
Vinopolis tours Germany 


JB Becker:
The Rheingau’s Baron of Bone-Dry Riesling


New Week – New Arrivals

Staff Pick:
Triton Tinta De Toro


Wine on the Horizon: Coming Soon to Vinopolis

The ABC’s of 2016 Produttori Crus:
Astounding, Beautiful, Collectible

Shades of Summer: 
Oregon Grown Goodness


Never Enough Napa:
Cabernet for Every Occasion

The Height of Tuscan Fashion


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We are back open for in-store shopping


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Featured New Arrival: 

Get Schisty with Clos Erasmus


Priorat or Tarraconensis as it was once called has cultivated winegrapes since the Roman Empire first occupied the area, but it was Clos Erasmus and their collegues who transformed Priorat from sleepy backwater to a global wine powerhouse in the 1980’s and 90’s.
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Vinopolpick Mid-Week 7-28-21

In This Newsletter:


Bordeaux to Bekka:
Chateau Musar’s Journey  



Down the Rhine and through the Doneau:
Vinopolis tours Germany 



Müller? Müller? Müller?
Muller-Catoir, The Princes of the Pfalz
Now on sale!



Shades of Summer:
Ros
é for all day


Trending:
2017 Vajra’s Venturing Over  



Staff Pick: 
G.D. Vajra Freisa



Arriving this Friday:
Mountain Reds from across Napa



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Bordeaux to Bekka:

Chateau Musar’s Journey  

Looking for a cult producer that’s still affordable? There are very few producers who are synonymous with the production of their entire region’s output. Dal Forno in Valpolicella, Dönnhoff and the Nahe, Cayuse and Walla Walla, the list is as long as there are production zones. In that same vein you cannot talk about Lebanese wine without mentioning Chateau Musar.
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