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Midweek VinopolPick 3-12-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

John Grochau’s Timeless Oregon Pinot

Classic Beaujolais, Inspired by Burgundy

Grapelive Reviews a Northern Rhone Sleeper 

New Releases From Cavallotto, a Piemontese Icon

Trending Wines of the Week

Rosso di Montalcino – Top Tuscan Value

Cantalupo’s Ghemme: The Future of Piemonte

Some of Fourrier’s Hardest to Find Wines

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Featured New Arrival

John Grochau’s Timeless Oregon Pinot

John Grochau is a winemaker’s winemaker.  He started his career as the assistant winemaker at Brick House before launching his eponymous winery over 15 years ago and since then has developed a reputation as a superb craftsman.  His wines are always in the beautiful mean between ripe and bright, with fantastic texture and enough fruit to keep you engaged.  We’re offering you a deal on some library wine from the fantastic Zenith vineyard (you might know it under its old name, O’Connor, and the fantastic wines St.
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Midweek Vinopolis Addition 3-7-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Prized West Coast Wines
(Colgin, Pride, Cayuse and More!)

The Cult Reds of Vérité – A California’s Crown Jewel

Staff Pick: An Easy Mid-Week White

The Best Price in the Country on a Benchmark Chianti Riserva

What Does the Savvy Piedmont Buyer Stock Up On?

Two Outstanding, Under the Radar, Willamette Pinot Deals

Library Grand Crus from Domaine Jacques Prieur

RoseRock “Zephrine” – First Offer

New Wine Spectator Review for a Prum Classic

A US Exclusive for a Riesling Cup Winning Sensation

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Prized West Coast Wines

Several times per year, we’re lucky enough to acquire assortments of prized, collectible reds that are rarely seen at retail.  Whether that means back vintage California Cabernet, offerings from Cayuse or “mailing-list-only” wines from cult Napa producers, this round of wines contains something to stir the heart of any lover of big red wines.
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Mid-Week VinopolPick 03-05-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

The Best Values in Bierzo?

Cote Rotie: Premier Vin of the Northern Rhone

Lucien Le Moine’s More-Than-Bourgogne Rouge

Trending Wines of the Weekend

Staff Pick – The Magic of Massican

Lewelling’s Underpriced, Culty Cabernet

Five Times in Forty Years: Heidsieck’s Millenaires

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Casar’s Mencia

The Best Values in Bierzo
Bierzo is quickly becoming our go-to for value in medium-bodied Spanish wine.  The Palacios Petalos is a perpetual best seller and Raul Perez’s wines deliver enormous quality for the prices, as well—but we have a new entrant into the area, providing perhaps the best quality-to-price ratio of them all.

Casar de Burbia is guided by talented winemaker Isidro Fernandez, who aims to make wines that show true to the terroir of Bierzo while providing rich, plush textures and serious, age-worthy depths.  

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Midweek Vinopolpick Addition 2-28-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Ex-Cellar Releases From DRC

The Best-Value Name in Brunello?

You Keep Selling It Out / We Keep Bringing It Back

Mature Chablis from the Winery’s Cellar

Back Vintage Raymond Lafon Sauternes

Cotes du Rhone from the President of Latour

Faiveley’s Charmes Chambertin and More ’16 Grand Crus

#Trending Wines

Staff Pick: Old-School Bandol

The February Sale Ends Tomorrow

The Best Value in Bubbles: “Undiscovered” Champagne

February Sale Recap

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Domaine de la Romanee Conti

Exclusive Ex-Cellar Release 

We cannot list these bottles online. This offer is first-come, first-served.
To order, please call us at 503-223-6002

Arriving in March

As a prelude to the release of 2016s (which will be in disappointingly short supply) the Domaine has put out ex-cellar allocations of some other recent vintages.

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Midweek VinopolPick 2-26-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Saint Cosme’s Best Value Cotes du Rhone

We’ve Got More Lapierre Lined Up

Our Best Selling Bordeaux of 2018 Returns

The Gold Medal Winning Umani Ronchi Verdicchio

Two Powerful Portuguese Reds

The Best of New York?

Trending Wines of the Weekend

The February Sale Ends Friday

New Marcus Molitor Arriving Tomorrow

One of the Best Values in Top End Rioja?

February Sale Recap

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New Review and New Stock Available

On St. Cosme’s Best Value Cotes du Rhone
Saint Cosme’s Cotes du Rhone has become a perpetual best seller here at Vinopolis.  Between the quality and the price, it goes out the door quickly.  The 2017 vintage is one of the best in a while (up there with 2015, etc) and the first round sold out in a flash.  
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