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Vinopolis Cameron Special – 11-7-19

Cameron Single Vineyard Subscriber Sale

Sale Ended 11/9/2019

What’s the most anticipated Willamette Valley release in our shop? Cameron Winery’s single vineyard bottlings. This is one of our favorite offers of the year, and for good reason—Cameron makes some of the most profound wines in the Willamette Valley and their single vineyard Pinot and Chardonnay are the pinnacle of their yearly releases.  These 2017s are among the best we’ve tasted ever from Cameron and winemaker/owner John Paul is (somehow) more excited than we’ve seen him in years.  The best part? We’re putting these on pre-arrival sale through the close of business on Saturday.

If you’re a longtime fan of Cameron, this is a vintage to stock up on.  It’s classical in all the best ways—more elegant and detailed than the trio of hot vintages that preceded it, but with more depth and complexity than a year like ’13. 

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Midweek Vinopolis Addition 11-6-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Vinopolis Champagne Extravaganza
Part Two: Gimonnet and Geoffroy

Classic Ports from Ramos Pinto

John Gilman Reviews a Value Champagne Favorite

Trending Wines

Striking, Yet Overlooked, Brunello

The Most Undervalued Great Mosel Producer?

Bevan Cellars’ High Scoring Napa Cabernet

 
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Vinopolis Champagne Extravaganza

(Part Two)

We’re continuing our Champagne extravaganza by highlighting two more of our favorite producers, Gimonnet and Geoffroy.  Alphabetical proximity aside, these are two fantastic producers with very different styles.  Gimonnet is known for mineral, crystalline Blanc de Blancs and Geoffroy a richer, more bombastic approach.  Both are fantastic and making the best bubbles in the history of their houses.
Gimonnet
The Gimonnet wines are pure, classical Blanc de Blancs Champagne.  98% of their vines are Chardonnay and Didier Gimonnet’s devotion to cool, minerally Champange made from the grape borders on monastic.  
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Midweek VinopolPick 11-5-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Vinopolis Champagne Extravaganza
Part One: Vilmart, Bereche and Aubry

The Coveted Spanish Reds of Goyo Garcia Viadero

Trending Wines

The Wines of Charles Smith

Veuve Clicquot’s Top Wine in a Top Vintage

Pommery’s Cuvee Louise: An Insider Secret

Jaboulet’s Defining Northern Rhones

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Vinopolis Champagne Extravaganza

(Part One)

We’re just starting to get in our fall trove of Champagne.  We’ve got tons of great bubbly flowing into the store between now and the new year.  We’re starting to highlight these fantastic wines as they’re rolling in soon.  To kick off, we’re featuring three of our favorite growers, Vilmart, Bereche and Aubry—all of whom bring something very different to the landscape of Champagne.  We’ll be highlighting more over the coming weeks, but that just means you’ll have to load up a few times.
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Weekend VinopolPick 11-1-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

The Best Cristal Since…

Your New House White

The Perpetual Favorite, Coutier Blanc de Blancs

Staff Pick: A Star Montepulciano

Chateau Simone’s Iconic Rosé

Gatinois: The Glory of Äy

Trending Wines of the Week

2005 Defaix Chablis Returns

A New Review for a Syrah Value

Delas: Sleeping Giant of the Rhone

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The Best Cristal Since…
The 2008 edition of Cristal is a wine that needs little in the way of further hype.  It’s easily the best vintage since 2002, more likely the best since ’96 or 1990.  It’s a stunning wine, which was further evidenced when we tasted it in a lineup of other ’08 Tete du Cuvees.  It was easily the best in class, even among other wines in its prestige category.
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Midweek Addition 10-30-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Piper-Heidsieck’s Top Wine
The Truly Rare “Rare” Rose

The Hidden Rhone Gems of St. Jean du Barroux

The Defining Wines of Valdeorras

Wine Spectator Reviews Resonance

Trending Wines

Staff Pick: The Loire in Oregon

Nervi Conterno: The New Giant of Gattinara

A Vinopolis-Exclusive German Star

Rich, Explosive 2017 Chateauneufs

 
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Piper-Heidsieck’s Top Wine

The Truly Rare “Rare” Rose

Piper-Heidsieck is best known for their red and gold labeled entry level wine, a bottling that always over delivers for its very modest price.  Among true aficionados of Champagne, though, they’re best known for their top end “Rare” bottlings—wines with incredible complexity, depth and nuance that are among the most coveted in Champagne.  We’ve secured some incredible prices on the 2007 Rare Rosé—the hardest to find wine in the P-H stable.  
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