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Marie-Courtin – Exhilarating and Vinous Champagnes 9-24-24

“Dominique Moreau [makes] tiny amounts of Champagne under the Marie-Courtin label that are gorgeous, precise and elegant, and that I cannot get out of my head.”
– Eric Asimov, New York Times
 
Marie-Courtin:
 

Exhilarating and Vinous Champagnes
 
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The Aube: once a sleepy backwater department of the Champagne region where generations of vineyard owners and caretakers subsisted by selling their crops to the luxury Grandes Marques headquartered in Reims. Now it is a cradle to a movement. A movement of estate growers escorting their grapes through to the finished wine, and in so doing expressing their grapes, their ground, and their aesthetic.
 
The Aube is not alone in this turnabout. It is happening in tiny plots of land all over Champagne.
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Vinopolis 9-23-24

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Special Arrival
There’s a new Sake in Town

New Arrivals
Chimney Rock, Andre Clouet, Falkenstein, Domaine Marc Colin, and more!
Special Arrival
 
 
Shimizu-No-Mai
 


Dawn’s first light descends,
Sake’s warmth melts winter’s snow…
A gentle embrace

“Shimizu-No-Mai was the first brewery established in Akita with its own rice-polishing facilities ensuring that they can control the quality of their product from start to finish. Shimizu-No-Mai polishes their rice a minimum of 5% more than required by law to create Junmai Sake of the highest quality.” –Importer’s Note
 
Shimizu-No-Mai ‘Pure Dawn’ Junmai Ginjo Sake, Akita Prefecture, Japan 720ml $24 special, 11 bottles available
Winery Note “Firm structure of taste with subtle fruity aroma of apple, pear and melon as an accent.
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Marietta: California’s Best Value 9-23-24

There’s No Competition:
 
Marietta is California’s Best Value in Wine
 

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The late Chris Bilbro is one of California wine’s unsung heroes. He founded Marietta Cellars in 1978 and grew the winery into one of the preeminent producers of excellent value, honestly made California wine. Chris sadly passed away in 2019, and today his son, Scot Bilbro, runs the winery. The lineup is as good as it’s ever been: full of delicious, gutsy wines that over-deliver at all prices (that max out at a mere $40). If these had “Napa” on the label, you wouldn’t blink if these were double the price.
 
The Marietta wines have been customer favorites at the shop for some time due, from their sub-$20 Zinfandel-based old vine blend (which defined the category for California), all the way up to their sub-$40 Gibson Block Syrah, which hails from a dry-farmed parcel planted in the 1880s.
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Massive Mosel Markdowns 9-21-24

Massive Mosel Markdowns:
 
Merkelbach, Molitor, and Max Richter
 

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We offer 127 options (that’s over 2,000 bottles!!) from these three amazing Mosel makers.
 
Shop the list below or hop over to our webstore to claim your discount.
 
5% off any 3-5 in-stock bottles from Merkelbach, Molitor, and/or Max Richter
10% off any 6 or more in-stock bottles from Merkelbach, Molitor, and/or Max Richter

 
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Sale ends Tuesday, September 24th at 9 am Pacific.

We offer twenty options from Merkelbach, ninty-seven from Molitor, and ten Max Richter in-stock and on sale now, including:
 
Merkelbach: The Truchot of the Mosel
 
“Should we all buy more Merkelbach?
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Vinopolis Newsletter 9-20-24

In This Newsletter:


Sparkle-Stravaganza
New Arrivals in Champagne, Prosecco, and Sekt!

Special Arrival
This South African Chardonnay is “Heaven On Earth”

New Arrivals
Domaine Luneau-Papin, Pattes Loup, Marc Hebrard, and more!

 
We are proud to announce our recent awards for Best European, Best French, and Best Overall List in Portland this year!
 
We want to offer a very special thank you to all of our loyal subscribers and customers for their support over the years.
 
We could not do it without you!

 ALL NEW!


Sparkle-Stravaganza!


Treat Yourself a little bit
 
Hebrart ‘Noces de Craie’ Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut, Champagne, France 2016 750ml $125 special, 1 bottle available
Lisa Perrotti-Brown–The Wine Independent 95 Points “The 2016 Noces de Craies Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Extra Brut is made from 100% Pinot Noir from Grand Cru Ay and was disgorged on 16 March 2021.
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