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Midweek VinopolPick 6-25-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

94+ Point Spanish Values Under $20

Do Not Miss: 2016 Dagueneau

A Stellar Montepulciano, Arriving Friday

Trending Wines

Rosé of the Day: Southwestern (French) Pink

Staff Pick: Massican’s Magic

Bosquets: Star of the Southern Rhone

The June Sale Ends This Week

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94+ Point Spanish Values

All Under $20

Priorat and its neighbor, Montsant, make some of the most profound wines in Spain, at prices that make them exceptionally good buys.  The deals we’re offering today, though, push the quality to price ratio beyond the rational: three wines, all under $20, all with 94 point or higher scores from a reviewer (Jeb Dunnuck) who used to work for the Advocate and isn’t known for score inflation.

The top two wines are part of the “Black Slate” project that Eric Solomon created to highlight different terroirs in Priorat.  

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Midweek Vinopolis Addition 6-19-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

The Cult Reds of Vérité

Faiveley’s Clos de Cortons

New to the June Sale: Chateau Thivin

Samuel Billaud’s Top Chablis

Trending Wines

Staff Pick: Baby Barolo

Petrolo Boggina C – Pure Sangiovese, Pure Class

New Reviews for Vinopolis Classics

The Mystical Clos des Fees

The Glory of Mature Champagne

June Sale Highlights

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One of California’s Crown Jewels

The Cult Reds of Vérité

“When one considers the winemaking effort that goes into producing these cuvées of Vérité, from Bordelais Pierre Seillan, the fastidious attention to detail and the use of only the crème de la crème of fruit from some of the finest vineyards in the Jackson family empire, the results are not that surprising. …. All of these wines, basically, are aged in 100% new French oak, given 3-4 day cold pre-fermentation, cold macerations, treated like spoiled children during élevage, and bottled with no fining or filtration.…These
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Midweek VinopolPick 6-18-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Oregon’s Top Pinots Continue to Arrive

Trending Wines

What Does a Savvy Piedmont Buyer Stock Up On?

More-Affordable, Still Legendary: Eisele Altagracia

Superb Super Tuscans from Setti Ponti

A Steal of a St. Joseph

JJ Prum 2017’s – Arriving Tomorrow

June Sale Recap

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Oregon’s Top Pinots

Continue to Arrive

Josh Raynold’s recent Oregon Pinot reviews have confirmed what we’ve been saying all along—our state makes some of the finest Pinot Noir in the word, especially when price is factored into the equation.  Simply put, the combination of high quality vintages and winemakers has turned the Willamette Valley into one of the best sources of top-flight wines we’ve found.  We highlighted a number of in-stock wines last week and today we’re focusing on an assortment of top wines arriving Friday.  
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Vinopolis Newsletter Mid-Week Addition 6-12-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

New Wine Spectator Insider Reviews for Produttori  

Schaller: A Name to Watch in Chablis

First Offer: Thibaud Boudignon

#Trending

Walla Walla’s Hottest Winery?

Peter Lauer: Master of Saar Riesling

Rich, Bold and Dramatic: Vincent Paris’ 2017’s

94 Point Bordeaux – Under $20?

June Sale Recap

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New Wine Spectator Insider Reviews for Produttori

“Produttori del Barbaresco recently released its 2014 range of Barbaresco riservas. The cooperative, founded in 1958, makes some of the best traditional-style wines in the region. In all, there are nine single-vineyard riservas coming entirely from the commune of Barbaresco. The 2014 vintage in Piedmont was challenged by rain, but the Barbaresco region fared better than neighboring Barolo…

“The wines are more elegant, vibrant and detailed, and more approachable than the austere and structured 2013s, and they’re lighter than the powerful, fleshy and fruity 2011s, the last two vintages released of the Produttori’s single-vineyard riservas.

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Midweek VinopolPick 6-11-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

First Offer: 2017 Vintage Ports

Two Top Morey-St. Denis Grand Crus

Rose of the Day : A Sicilian Treat

Trending Wines

The Produttori of Burgundy

A New Grapelive Review for a Rosé Favorite

The Wine Advocate Raves about ’17 Huet

June Sale Highlights

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An Im-Port-Tant Announcement

First Offer: 2017 Vintage Ports

2017 is looking to be an astoundingly good year for vintage Port.  With the major Port houses deciding in 2016 to issue a General Declaration (as a group, rather than individual houses declaring on their own), the idea that ’17 would be declared as well would only happen if it was a legendary, beyond-top-class vintage—and now there’s a General Declaration for 2017.  The last time there were back to back General Declarations in Port was in the 1870’s, which gives you an idea of how spectacular the upcoming wines look to be.  
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