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GD Vajra Sale
Rosé of the Day


 
Benchmark Italian Wines from Piedmont
 
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GD Vajra
 

G.D. Vajra is responsible for some of the finest Barolos we offer and crafts some of the best quality entry-level wines from Italy’s Piedmont. Their lineup as a whole is unrivaled in Piedmont. At all price points, they craft benchmark wines against which all others are judged.

As we climb the ladder, there are small-production wines from rare grapes (Freisa) and the cellar-defender Barbera d’Abla selections and village-level Barolos. At the top end, we find single-vineyard Barolos including the Ravera, which goes for triple digits from others addresses. The Bricco delle Viole is the highest vineyard in Barolo, named for the violets that blossom across its southern exposure.

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Ridge Sale
Collector’s Corner: Delamotte


 
Ridge’s Hallowed Wines of California
 
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Ridge Vineyards Wines
 

There are few producers with a portfolio as storied and extensive as Ridge Vineyards. Championing organic practices and limited inputs since 1962 they were among the first to recognize the potential of meticulously farmed old-vine sites. Their holdings include some of the oldest and most storied vineyards in all of California with their crown jewel being the Monte Bello Vineyard (Yes that Monte Bello from the landmark Judgement of Paris in 1976).
 

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Vosne-Romanée
Trending Oregon Wines
Grape of the Week: Verdicchio
German Vintage Guide: 2016’s Charm & Longevity


 
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Languedoc-Roussillon Sale
Nerd Alert Featurette: Filipa Pato & William Wouter



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Languedoc-Roussillon
 

The south of France is home to the Languedoc-Roussillon: a collection of unique sub-regions with distinctive and delicious wines. Generally speaking, the climate is warm with the Mediterranean providing the most significant influence to its weather.
 
This is the home of some of France’s best values in wine and some of the more modern-influenced styles. Subregions have stricter controls on grape types and styles, but many winemakers bottle under the various IGP designations. (IGP tells you where the wine in from but has looser restrictions for winemakers, which allows them to use alternative grape varieties and winemaking techniques.) It’s also where winemakers from more established regions go to stretch their wings, as seen by Chapoutier and Rene Rostaing.

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Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot Sale
Close-Out Featurette: Rocca di Montegrossi



Explore the Ancient Magics of Jura
 
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Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot
 

The Jura wine region in eastern France is easy to overlook. Home to unusual wines, unusual labels, and unusual characters (we’re looking at you, Ganevat), it doesn’t scream “user friendly.” But to leave the region entirely to the wine nerds is a serious disservice to the wonderous and elegant experiences captured within these oddly-shaped bottles.
 
At the crossroads of authentic terroir expression and uncommon though not impenetrable deliciousness are the wines of Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot. Are the wines unusual? Yes, but not in the love it or hate it sense. Unlike most Jura producers, the Tissots shy away from the more typical oxidative styles that at best add sherry-like notes of bruised apples and toasted walnuts (described unhelpfully by the esoteric wine term “rancio”).