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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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Vinopolis Newsletter 2-5-25 PM

Arriving Friday

 
Italy
 
Reverdito Barolo
 


“The land is our origin, the beginning of everything. It is the most important thing we have.” -Michele Reverdito.
 
Established in 2000 by brother and sister team Michele and Sabina Reverdito, La Morra’s Reverdito Winery is a founding member of the Piedmont Green Experience project. As one of over 70 members of the project, they are dedicated to organic, eco-friendly practices in their cru holdings in La Morra, Serralunga, and Monforte, as well as well as the commune of Verduno. Their respect for the land shows in every bottle they produce and has put them on the map as one of Piedmont’s fastest rising stars.
 
Estelle Imports notes that “With Dante Scaglione (former winemaker for Bruno Giacosa) now leading the Reverdito team, Reverdito Barolo has gained elegance.
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The L’ La Sale 2-5-25

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L’Aventure and La Jota Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Tua Rita

 
The L’ La’s of California
 
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L’Aventure and La Jota
 
L’Aventure
 
French winemaker Stephan Asseo founded the tiny and beloved estate of L’Aventure in the 1990s. He settled on Paso Robles for his estate due to its ideal condition for Rhone varieties with a dash of Bordeaux varieties, where he cut his teeth winemaking. He works exclusively with estate-grown fruit from the rolling hills that surround the winery. Aging takes place in the recently dug caves. These maintain a stable temperature and humidity ideal for the slumbering wine without additional energy expenditure. The resulting wines from the gorgeously appointed bottles are stunning. Bold, but with a classic profile of lifted acidity, these show off Paso Robles with panache.
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