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Weekend VinopolPick 5-26-18

In Today’s Newsletter:New Arrival Spotlight: Library Biondi-Santi
Only Five Days Left in the May Sale
Rosé of the Day! A Sancerre Benchmark
Killer Keller—New Reviews from VinousNew Arrivals From:
Reynvaan, Masson, Pradeaux, Germain,
Gour de Chaule, Muga and More!

Rugged Roussillon: Powerful Wine and Pretty Prices
Hot Wines for Warm Weather (Trending)
3 x 15 = More Winners from Felsina
The 98 and 99 Point Oreno(s)

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Featured New Arrival:

Back Vintage Biondi-Santi

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before:  We just secured a small parcel of Biondi-Santi Annata, including the legend-in-the-making 2010 and two back vintages.  Oh? You haven’t heard that one?  To be fair, we hadn’t either—the Biondi-Santi wines are hard enough to come by at release, much less as back vintage bottles from good years.  

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Vinopolis Monday Newsletter 5-21-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Port Perfection: 2003 Taylor Fladgate
New Week – New Arrivals
(Lucien Crochet, Cellared Remizieres & more!)
Great Grand Cru Riesling: Newly Reviewed Kruger-Rumpf
May Sale Highlight:
Newly Added – Il Poggione
Best Rioja in 2013? Muga, Of Course!
Muga Reserva: Wine of the Vintage Lands Friday
Staff Pick on Fenocchio: Superior Superiore 
#Trending:
Perrier-Jouet / Chateau Quinault & Chateau de L’Ou
Sicilian Exploration
New Praises from Wine Spectator for Domaine Collotte
BBQ Best Bets
Altos Las Hormigas
On the Docket – ETA Friday
Our Top Picks & Greatest Hits from the May Clearance Sale

Featured New Arrival

Port Perfection

Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port, Portugal 2003 750ML ($119.95) $99 special
Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port, Portugal 2003 1.5L ($299.95) $249 special
Robert Parker – Hedonist’s Gazette 100 points “I noticed the Chinese love to have both a sweet wine and a vintage port at the end of a meal, which is pretty much over-kill for me.
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Weekend Vinopolpick 5-11-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Durand’s Excellent Rhones Arrive
New May Sale Wines Including ’73 Lopez
Two Weeks ‘Till Reynvaan’s Cabernet Hits

New Arrivals, Including: 
Biondi-Santi, Perrier Jouet, Pesquie, Deutz, Aubry and More!

New Grapelive Reviews
A Coronation for the Queen of Piemonte
The 97 Point Passopisciaro Arrives Soon

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Just Arrived

Classy Northern Rhones

To Cause Dancing ‘Cross the Sand

(Durand Delivers)

The Durand brothers are making it look easy.  It’s hard to find Northern Rhone wines that combine soul and polish—it seems as if most of the new wines we taste are either hyper glossy or very rustic.  To hit that sweet spot, where your wines speak very loudly of place but are elegant, drinkable and ageworthy—that’s special indeed.  To make those sorts of wines at the prices that the Durand’s charge seems almost unthinkable.
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Monday VinopolPick 5-7-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Elio Grasso’s Majestic Riservas
Staff Pick: X Marks the Spot
“One of the Brunellos of the Vintage” At Unbeatable Pricing
Trending Wines of the Weekend
The May Sale Gets Hot
Deals Abound on Zind-Humbrecht: An Alsatian Icon
St. Cosme’s Legendary 2016’s
The Best Tignanello in Twenty Years?

Elio Grasso’s Majestic Riservas

Back Vintages of Runcot Here Now

“Elio Grasso was my first stop on my fall tasting trip. As has been the case for a number of years, Grasso’s Barolos sit at a very high level within the hierarchy of Piedmont’s top estates.” “Grasso is among the producers who deftly bridge modern and traditional styles with stylish, powerful wines that also age beautifully.” “Over the last decade or so, Grasso has stepped up quality in a meaningful way.
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VinopolPick Weekend 5-4-18

In Today’s Newsletter:

Featured New Arrivals
#Trending: Backyard Barbecue Edition
Staff Pick: Classic Chinon

New Arrivals From:
Thibaud Boudignon, Donnhoff, Crowley,
Pagliarese, Pradeaux and More!

The New York Times Loves German Dry Riesling (We Do Too!)
The Pride of Argentina is New to the May Sale
The 97 Point Passopisciaro Re-Arrives Soon

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Featured New Arrivals

Valdicava Madonna del Piano, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG 2007 750ML ($299.95) $219 special
James Suckling 98 points “An impressively structured wine. Aromas of blueberries and blackberries with hints of violets. Full body with velvety, rich tannins. Very tannic and powerful, yet the tannins are polished and pretty. Layers of everything here. Give this another three to four years before opening.”
Antonio Galloni 96 points “The 2007 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano is another super- finessed wine.
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