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We <3 Cayuse Sale 2-10-25

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We <3 Cayuse Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Schatzel

 
Cayuse / Horsepower / Hors Categorie / No Girls / Champagne Christophe Baron
 
“Baron’s wines are among the best of the best.” -Tim Fish, Wine Spectator
 
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The Wines of Christophe Baron
 
We’ve long adored the wines from Christophe Baron. This Champenois-turned-Oregonian more or less put The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater on the map. His Walla Walla portfolio includes Grenache, Syrah, Cabernet, and red blends sourced from Oregon and Washington. Representing the pinnacle of the region’s reds, we’re never surprised when top notch scores are released. No, we’re just pleased as punch that we can continue to offer you these mailing list-mostly gems.
 
Not satisfied with crafting some of the most famous and sought-after wines in Walla Walla for roughly twenty years, Christophe returned to the Marne Valley of Champagne to craft exquisitely mineral Champagnes from his family’s vines.
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Spanish Kings Of Garnacha at 10% Off! 2-9-25

We’re all familiar with the grenache based wines of Southern France. In fact, I’d imagine this is the first place that the wine nerd’s brain descends upon when discussing grenache as a varietal and the styles of wine we feel are emblematic of it. But this is actually not the grape’s true place of heritage! Ampelographical evidence suggests that the grape was first born in Spain’s Northeastern regions of Aragon & Catalonia, where seed remains of Garnacha have been carbon dated back to 153 BC. This predates written records in Europe. It was in the 1300s onwards that the grape began to expand its presence, taking root in outher parts of Southern Europe like Sardinia, Greece, and France.

Tasting a grape from its place of origin brings a sense of enormity and significance that cannot be replicated.… Read the rest

Red, White, and Pink Wines of Provence Sale 2-8-25

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Provence Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Gaja the Great

 
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Red, White, and Pink Wines of Provence
 
The southern French winemaking region of Provence has been home to carefully tended grapevines for over 2,600 years. Many of today’s estates rest on the ancient remains of 1,000-year-old wineries. Here, one finds well known and obscure varieties such as Grenache, Syrah, and Tibouren. Cinsault makes its mark, bringing lively acidity and rustic spice notes to rosé blends. The region is also a perfect home for Mourvèdre, where long-lived, expansive reds and rosés take flight.
 
Two of our favorite estates in the region include Peyrassol, known for its classic and affordable Provencal pinks, and Tempier, beloved for its long-lived rosés yet peerless for its bold and rustic reds.
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Vinopolis 2-7-25

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Arrivals
Weingut Fidesser, Donnhoff, Emrich-Schonleber, Agatha Bursin, and more!

The Rhone to Perfection
All of your Southern favorites
 
New Arrivals
 
 
Austria
 
Weingut Fidesser
 

“Siblings Rudi and Sophie Fidesser come from 700 years of winemaking in Platt, a tiny village in the Weinviertel, just a stone’s throw from the Czechia border, surrounded by hundreds of hectares of farmland. Weinviertel is Austria’s biggest growing region and over half of the Grüner Veltliner grown in Austria is planted here. It’s bordered by the more famous regions of Lower Austria (Wachau, Kamptal, Kremstal) in the south, Czechia and Slovakia to the north and east respectively, and the Waldviertel (cooling forests) to the west.
 
“Rudi and Sophie’s parents grew up in farming and winemaking and were the first to become certified organic in 1993.
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L’Aventure and La Jota Sale 2-6-25

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Scavino Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Leflaive – The One & Only

 
The “Barolo Boy” is back on sale
 
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Scavino
 
Scavino is one of the truly great estates in Barolo, a region with no shortage of famous names. (Though this estate, fortunately, has yet to climb the heights of pricing.) Despite a recent trend towards a more traditional approach, the wines still skew modernist. Rich and powerful in their youth, the wines are built to age. Their true greatness develops after time in the cellar – something that can’t be said about all of Scavino’s modernist peers.
 
With access to some of Barolo’s most prized vineyards and a winemaking team that embraces the best of both modern and traditional techniques, the Scavino wines are arguably the smartest buys in Barolo today.
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