New Week New Arrivals:  Arriving Thursday

France- Chablis

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Montmains Chablis Premier Cru 2015 750ML ($49.95) $39 pre-arrival special

Neal Martin-Vinous 91 points “The 2015 Chablis Montmains 1er Cru is showing more oakiness on the nose than its peers, though the oak is neatly entwined with the tropical-tinged fruit. The palate has the fatness and weight you anticipate from a 2015 Chablis, if perhaps a little less acidity compared to other Montmains. A touch of orange zest and mandarin furnishes the satisfying finish. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.”

Burghound 90 points “This too reflects notes of mineral reduction along with pretty pear, floral and iodine scents. There is good intensity to the more refined if less mineral-driven flavors that are rich, generous and delicious while offering fine depth and length on the balanced finale.… Read the rest

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

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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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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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Marc Colin: New Vintage Arriving
Beaune’s Best kept secret 


Down the Rhine and Through the Doneau:
Vinopolis Tours Germany


Shades of Summer:
Rose ‘Round the world


Staff Pick: 
Bobet’s Blowout Blend


Best in Bordeaux? 
Chateau Palmer’s Challenge to Margaux


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Domaine du Pegau
Paragon of Châteauneuf


Collectors Corner:
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Marc Colin: New Vintage Arriving
Beaune’s Best kept secret 

ETA Early August

You would be hard pressed to find a more quintessential St. Aubin producer than Marc Colin. Founded in 1970 and working with family holdings that have been in the family for over a century, they have since expanded from their home village of St. Aubin and now farm over 36 acres across Burgundy.

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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

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Staff Pick:
Triton Tinta De Toro

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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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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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Bordeaux to Bekka:
Chateau Musar’s Journey  


Down the Rhine and through the Doneau:
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Müller? Müller? Müller?
Muller-Catoir, The Princes of the Pfalz
Now on sale!


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Rosé for all day


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Mountain Reds from across Napa

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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.