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Staff Selections

We taste hundreds of wines each month to choose the best values for you.  While every wine in the store is a “Staff Selection,” the wines listed here are some of our favorites for quality, value, and pure delight.

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Andre Roger - Champagne Grand Cru VV Rose Brut 0
Andre Roger - Champagne Grand Cru VV Rose Brut NV (750ml)
Sparkling Wine 

A glorious rose Champagne from 100% Pinot Noir vines 60+ years-old all on Grand Cru sites in Ay harvested in 2020 and disgorged mid-2023. The dark salmon color and tiny bubbles make it beautiful in the glass. The aromas feature... Read More

 
Sale price:  $64.98
(Reg: $79.99)
You Save: $15.01 (19%)
Bassermann-Jordan - Riesling Pfalz 2021
Bassermann-Jordan - Riesling Pfalz 2021 (750ml)
White Wine 

Lower ABV With more than 300 years of history, the Jordan family is one of the most important and influential estates in Germany's Pfalz region. This is a great introduction to their work in the off-dry style. It tastes and... Read More

 
Sale price:  $21.98
(Reg: $24.99)
You Save: $3.01 (12%)
Bzikot - Bourgogne Blanc Cote d'Or 2021
Bzikot - Bourgogne Blanc Cote d'Or 2021 (750ml)
White Wine 
JR
16.5

Lower ABV It’s so tempting to call this “baby Puligny Montrachet” that…well, what the heck. It’s baby Puligny Montrachet from a trio of vineyards that all abut the village AOC boundary. Like his... Read More

 
Sale price:  $32.98
(Reg: $38.99)
You Save: $6.01 (15%)
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12 or more:  $27.98
Violin - Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2021
Violin - Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2021 (750ml)
Red Wine 

Lower ABV This is the most seriously delicious “Willamette Valley” Pinot Noirs we tasted from Oregon’s great 2021 harvest and you’re going to love it. The “serious” part starts with the vineyards,... Read More

 
Sale price:  $32.98
(Reg: $36.99)
You Save: $4.01 (11%)
6 or more:  $30.98
12 or more:  $28.98
Caterwaul - Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2021
Caterwaul - Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2021 (750ml)
Red Wine 

Made by multiple 100 point Cab winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown, this is a big, bold, wine that will benefit from a little time in glass or decanter or cellar to really show its class. As Vinous said a few years ago, “The Caterwaul... Read More

 
$59.99
Violin - Pinot Noir Sojeau 2019
Violin - Pinot Noir Sojeau 2019 (750ml)
Red Wine 

Lower ABV Will Hamilton’s Violin is one of our new favorite Willamette Valley wineries, consistently delivering Pinot Noir of beautiful clarity and purity that also has oodles of overt deliciousness and fruit. Here he’s... Read More

 
$66.99
Jean Vesselle - Rose de Saignee Brut 0
Jean Vesselle - Rose de Saignee Brut NV (750ml)
Sparkling Wine 

Think of this as French Pinot Noir with bubbles and you’ll be on the right track. In contrast to Vesselle’s ever-popular Oeil de Perdrix (the lightest rosé Champagne we know of), this is the darkest and most... Read More

 
$69.99
Bzikot - Puligny Montrachet Village 2021
Bzikot - Puligny Montrachet Village 2021 (750ml)
White Wine 
JR
17.5

In this very short harvest, there's a little more oak influence to Sylvain's village Puligny (not more new wood, but more second and third use barrels that needed to be kept full!). It just makes this lovely Chardonnay... Read More

 
Sale price:  $74.98
(Reg: $84.99)
You Save: $10.01 (12%)
6 or more:  $69.98
12 or more:  $64.98
Dom d'Ourea - Vacqueyras 2021
Dom d'Ourea - Vacqueyras 2021 (750ml)
Red Wine 
JR
16.5

Organic/Bio Since he inherited his grandfather’s vines and launched his winery in 2009, Adrien Roustan has tended his vines with organic farming and loads of care and made wines in a straight-ahead way intended to let his... Read More

 
Sale price:  $21.98
(Reg: $29.99)
You Save: $8.01 (27%)
Cantina Terlano - Cuvee Terlaner DOC 2022
Cantina Terlano - Cuvee Terlaner DOC 2022 (750ml)
White Wine 

One of the most deliciously exciting Italian white wines we’ve tried in a long while, this blend of Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay and a splash of Sauvignon Blanc delivers a compelling blend of richness and vivacity, fruit and... Read More

 
Sale price:  $27.98
(Reg: $34.99)
You Save: $7.01 (20%)
6 or more:  $26.98
12 or more:  $24.98
Dom Marcel Giraudon - Bourgogne Chitry 2022
Dom Marcel Giraudon - Bourgogne Chitry 2022 (750ml)
Red Wine 

Organic/BioIn the 19th Century, the wines of Chitry were sold as “Chablis” and, even today, most wine grown in Chitry is a very Chablis-like Chardonnay. But warmer slopes and ancient limestone soils bring Pinot Noir... Read More

 
Sale price:  $19.98
(Reg: $24.99)
You Save: $5.01 (20%)
Ch Les Valentines - Cotes de Provence La Londe Rose 2022
Ch Les Valentines - Cotes de Provence La Londe Rose 2022 (750ml)
Rose Wine 

Organic/Bio Once again, simply the best rosé we’ll offer this year. Actually, perhaps the best Provençal rosé we’ve offered ever! Because the 2022 edition of this pink classic is simply sublime.... Read More

 
Sale price:  $24.98
(Reg: $32.99)
You Save: $8.01 (24%)
Girolamo Russo - Etna Rosso San Lorenzo 2020
Girolamo Russo - Etna Rosso San Lorenzo 2020 (750ml)
Red Wine 
WA
96
JS
94

Organic/Bio Former concert pianist Girolamo Russo started this winery on the slopes of Mt. Etna in 2005. He farms his scattered plots of Nerello Mascalese organically, including his 8 hectare holding in one of Etna's most... Read More

 
$79.99
Dom Nicolas Boudeau - Brouilly Garanches 2021
Dom Nicolas Boudeau - Brouilly Garanches 2021 (750ml)
Red Wine 
JS
95

Organic/Bio This wine really should come with a warning label: Caution: Dangerously delicious. Maintain at least two bottles on hand at all time. Recommend at least one bottle per guest to avoid bottle wrestling over the dinner... Read More

 
Sale price:  $24.98
(Reg: $28.99)
You Save: $4.01 (14%)
6 or more:  $23.98
12 or more:  $21.98
Ch de Mattes-Sabran - Corbieres Le Clos Redon 2020
Ch de Mattes-Sabran - Corbieres Le Clos Redon 2020 (750ml)
Red Wine 

In the heart of the Corbieres region and with 1,000 years of history behind it, Mattes-Sabran crafts wonderfully authentic and satisfying Languedoc wines. This is a great example from 100% Syrah, 20-50 year-old vines, and vineyards... Read More

 
Sale price:  $18.98
(Reg: $21.99)
You Save: $3.01 (14%)
Tenuta Tascante - Etna Rosso Ghiaia Nera 2020
Tenuta Tascante - Etna Rosso Ghiaia Nera 2020 (750ml)
Red Wine 
WA
91
JS
94

Lower ABV One of the finest values in Etna reds, this is 100% Nerello Mascalese built for drinking now as well as over the next decade. Lots of intensity to the ripe fruit flavors that are pefectly balanced by savory wild herb... Read More

 
Sale price:  $21.98
(Reg: $28.99)
You Save: $7.01 (24%)
Bzikot - Cremant de Bourgogne Blanc de Blancs 0
Bzikot - Cremant de Bourgogne Blanc de Blancs NV (750ml)
Sparkling Wine 

If Sylvain’s other white Burgundies are seriously good, his sparkling Cremant de Bourgogne is seriously fun. It’s a wine Sylvain makes to welcome friends to his home, to celebrate bud break, successful flowering, and... Read More

 
Sale price:  $29.98
(Reg: $34.99)
You Save: $5.01 (14%)
6 or more:  $26.98
Fresne Ducret - 1er Cru Extra Brut Le Chemin Du Chemin NV 0
Fresne Ducret - 1er Cru Extra Brut Le Chemin Du Chemin NV (750ml)
Sparkling Wine 
WE
94

This is STAGGERING value in very high-end Champagne that is nicely mature in profile but still fresh, mouthwatering, and far too easy to drink. The Domaine is small - just 15 acres of vines - divided into 25 plots that are farmed,... Read More

 
Sale price:  $51.98
(Reg: $56.99)
You Save: $5.01 (9%)
6 or more:  $49.98
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