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Burklin-Wolf Sale 5-21-25

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Burklin-Wolf Sale
Nerd Alert Featurette: Envinate


 
A Great Estate & A Great Value, Too
 
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Burklin-Wolf
 
Dry German Riesling is one of the most complex white wines in the world, yet is also one of the most undervalued. Historic and well-respected producers here can turn heads and hearts without turning your wallet inside-out. One such estate is the innovative Dr. Bürklin-Wolf.

The estate of Dr. Bürklin-Wolf is a fixture in the Pfalz. Its quality and prestige have been lauded for centuries. Helmed since 1990 by Bettina Bürklin-von Guradze, she has only improved an already incredible winery. She oversaw the conversion to biodynamics and the shift to exclusively using estate-grown fruit.
 
The wines show nuanced texture, thrilling acidity, and uncompromisingly unique character across different sites.
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Arterberry Maresh & Tan Fruit Sale 5-20-25

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Arterberry Maresh & Tan Fruit Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Gaja


 
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Arterberry Maresh & Tan Fruit
 
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Jim Maresh knows a thing or two about wine.
 
As the third-generation in his family to make wine, Jim crafts Grand Cru-level Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the winery’s prized position in the Dundee Hills. His releases are praised by critics praise as “are some of the most impressive wines I’ve tried anywhere—not just in the US”, per Erin Brooks of the Wine Advocate.
 
The winery in question? Arterberry Maresh.
 
These are benchmark wines for the region that somehow capture Jim’s easy-going yet seriously-nerdy-under-the-skin personality.
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New Week/New Arrivals plus Staff Picks, K Vintners & more! 5-19-25

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New Week – New Arrivals
Staff Selections: Pete’s Picks
K Vintners
Hubert Lignier



New Arrival Featurette:
 
Hundred Suns
 
Renée Saint-Amour and Grant Coulter’s  love of adventure and Oregon wines brought them to the Valley. Grant worked as winemaker at Beaux Freres and Flâneur before this wife-and-husband team launched Hundred Suns as a boutique winery and purchased Breaker Vineyard, a fifty-year-old site in the Eola-Amity Hills and now home to them, their kids, and their winery. They do everything by hand, from crafting their wines, distributing in town, and even their stunning label-design.
 
Their Pinots drink like a love letter to the Willamette Valley. These are unique, from an assortment of some of the most interesting vineyards in the Willamette Valley including one of our favorites, Bednarik, which rose to fame via Ken Wright’s bottlings, and Sequitur, Mike Etzel’s estate (Mike is best known as the founding winemaker of Beaux Freres).
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Dominus – Napa’s Classiest Estate on Sale Now 5-18-25

Dominus is a testament to the pioneering atmosphere of Napa Valley and the explorative spirit that has persisted in the region since its very beginnings. When Christian Moueix, proprietor of the legendary Château Petrus in Pomerol decided to start this project in California, his vision was to bring a Bordeaux winemaking approach to a region with warmer sunshine and verdant vineyards. The mission has been a success, as these wines taste distinctly unique in contrast to peers all across the valley. The acidity and finely bound structure of the wines is matched by the opulence of Napa fruit and powerful aromatics.

The vineyards are the principal driving force behind the beautiful wines. Planted on the Napanook vineyard in Yountville, this is one of the oldest sites in Napa Valley.
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Cornas Sale 5-17-25

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Cornas Sale
Rosé of the Day


 
The Goldilocks Wine of the Northern Rhone
 
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Cornas
 
Among the excellent villages producing Syrah wines in the Northern Rhone, Cornas provides the goldilocks of reds: not as rustic as Crozes, not as polished as Hermitage, and not as elegant as Côte Rôtie, but instead a glorious middle-ground between all three.
 
Here we find two of our favorite Syrah producers: Domaine Durand and Vincent Paris.
 
The brothers Eric and Joël Durand craft wines in a sweet spot, combining elegance, drinkability, and age-worthiness. Delivering ripe fruit, savory minerality and lifted aromatics, the meticulous work by these brothers is evident from first pour. Never hyper glossy or overly rustic, these epitomize Cornas in all the ways we love.
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