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Vinous describes this cheerful, fun, Abruzzo Montepulciano well: opens with a darkly floral blend of wilted violets and lavender, giving way to crushed blackberries and sage. It's soft and round with a silken texture and masses... Read More

Ten years in, Laura Brennan Bissell is making a name for herself for crafting wines of elegance, purity and honesty that remain full of California weight and fruit. This is her Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cab Franc blend from... Read More

The Jacquesson Cuvee 746 is perhaps a touch more concentrated than most 2018-base bottlings, but still wide open and delicious for the blend of golden fruit, citrus and toast flavors that arrive with panache and linger nicely.... Read More

From Napa’s great – soon to be legendary – 2023 vintage and a vineyard on Atlas Peak, this one-time bottling is built to enjoy tonight – 2030 or so. It’s 94% Cabernet Sauvignon with 3% each Petit... Read More

Lower ABV Jean-Pierre Vacher, his son Jerome and daughter-in-law, Karine, are making classic, focused, Sancerre that hold on to Sancerre's freshness, especially in cloudy years like 2024. Done all in steel, this delivers fresh... Read More

Dom Perignon - yes, he was a real winemaking monk! - pioneered the making of white Champagne from black Pinot Noir grapes in the 1600s. The techniques were refined by the large houses in Champagne's northern regions, but somehow... Read More

Precise, toasty, sexy. James Suckling's 95 point review tells the tale here: This a special bottling of 1.2 to 1.5 kilos of grapes per vine, all chardonnay vinified separately, having calculated the perfect kilo-per-vine balance... Read More

Lower ABV While the label here features a bowler hat (in French, “Chapeau Melon”), what you’re more likely to be wearing after you try a sip of this is a big ole smile. An almost Gascogne-style white blending... Read More

An “important” wine that delivers fully on its potential and price in 2023. For 50+ years, Jermann has been the benchmark for Friuli Venezia Giulia whites from the traditional Pinot Grigio to the pathbreaking Dreams... Read More

A stunning blend of 51% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot from Ballard Canyon on California’s Central Coast. In 2019, you’ll be struck by how intense and even tight the wine is... Read More

As Vinous says in their 92 point review, Jonata's entry-level Todos remains the hidden jewel in this range, as it offers tons of character at a very accessible price. Blending 45% Syrah, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Petit Verdot,... Read More

Traveling to Uruguay in search of Albarino delivers something a little different! To be honest, it smells more like Sauvignon Blanc with some wild grapefruit and fresh herb notes. Then Albarino's classic melon, white peach... Read More

Organic/Bio There’s a reason that ever since we introduced you to this wine in 2012, it’s been the best-selling Pinot Grigio in the shop every single year. Bolzano’s Kaltern co-op winery’s growers tend... Read More

The vines Jim Maresh planted on their own roots back in 1970 is today arguably the best, and certainly one of the most important, vineyards in the Dundee Hills. Jim’s grandson uses almost all the fruit for his Arterberry... Read More

Ken’s signature wine and, arguably, Willamette Valley’s signature vineyard. Wine Advocate has suggested that Shea is the Willamette Valley’s one potential “superstar” vineyard and Ken makes the benchmark... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Not a rosé, not Beaujolais and not really Zinfandel as you’ve come to expect it. But definitely delicious, gulpable, joyful fun here in very old-vine Zin made into wine as if it were Beaujolais... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Some varietal grapefruit and lemon citrus notes peek out here, but it’s the crunchy Granny Smith, crisp Golden Delicious and Honeydew melon aromas and flavors that hold center stage here. Nicely light... Read More

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Lower ABV One critic called this “easy-going” and another “no-frills yet easy-to-like” which nicely sums up this blend of fruit from Dundee Hills... Read More

Winter Restock Festival Mix/Match 2 Case Price = $19.98!

Sebastian here is the winemaker who has an infinite number of possibilities in blending Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot and Petit Verdot from Doug Rafanelli’s Cabernet... Read More

Lower ABV From the Wairau Bar, a gravel bank at the north tip of Marlborough on Cloudy Bay, this is super fresh and zippy New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. It’s loaded with ruby red grapefruit, tart pink grapefruit and laced... Read More

Lower ABV The Greeks brought Falanghina to the area around Naples and the Romans prized it for its blend of ripe fruit flavors and zesty acidity. From vines near the sea it gives something salty crisp, almost Albarino-like. From... Read More

Lower ABV From Valencia, this is a playful Spanish red that leads with ripe Garnacha (80%) fruit balanced by a touch of savory complexity from Syrah (20%). It’s done with 50% whole clusters, which add some herbal notes and... Read More

Organic/Bio An English guy ends up in the heart of Chile’s wine country, talks himself into planting Rhone Valley grapes when everyone else is growing Cabernet, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, and then teaches himself winemaking... Read More

Normally you see a nicely priced Chardonnay from the South of France and can safely assume it was done in tank to emphasize the ripe pineapple, pear and apple fruit. Here there was so much fruit – really, gobs of it –... Read More