Tag Archives: Mid-week Newsletter

Midweek Addition 10-30-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Piper-Heidsieck’s Top Wine
The Truly Rare “Rare” Rose

The Hidden Rhone Gems of St. Jean du Barroux

The Defining Wines of Valdeorras

Wine Spectator Reviews Resonance

Trending Wines

Staff Pick: The Loire in Oregon

Nervi Conterno: The New Giant of Gattinara

A Vinopolis-Exclusive German Star

Rich, Explosive 2017 Chateauneufs

 
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Piper-Heidsieck’s Top Wine

The Truly Rare “Rare” Rose

Piper-Heidsieck is best known for their red and gold labeled entry level wine, a bottling that always over delivers for its very modest price.  Among true aficionados of Champagne, though, they’re best known for their top end “Rare” bottlings—wines with incredible complexity, depth and nuance that are among the most coveted in Champagne.  We’ve secured some incredible prices on the 2007 Rare Rosé—the hardest to find wine in the P-H stable.  
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Midweek VinopolPick 10-29-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

An Assortment of Classic California Bottles

Staff Pick: Not Champagne, But Not Far Off

K Vintners – In Stock Now

Screaming Eagle’s “The Flight” – Arriving Next Week

Arriving Friday: St. Damien’s 2017 Gigondas

New Grapelive Review!

Trending Wines

Giacomo Fenocchio’s Traditional Barolos

The Star Burgundy of Clos de la Chapelle

Rose of the Day

The Return of a Vinopolis Classic Chateauneuf

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An Assortment of Classic California Bottles

Great names in California have earned their status for a reason—years, often decades, of producing excellent wine result in well-earned reputations.  Case in point? The four wines we’re offering today (two Cabernets from Snowden plus two Chardonnays) all deliver in that classic California style.

Snowden is one of the great names in Napa Cabernet, making wines that combine classical power with freshness and intricate fruit.  

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Midweek Addition 10-23-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Chateauneuf Spotlight:
The High Flying Domaine Grand Veneur

Rebholz: Masterpieces of Dry German Wine

Staff Pick

The Best Value in Chablis?

Wine Spectator Insider Gets on the 2017 Port Train

Trending Wines

Mazzei: Tuscan Overachievers

Two Exceptional Bordeaux Values

 
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Chateauneuf Spotlight:

The High Flying Domaine Grand Veneur

Alain Jaume’s Domaine Grand Veneur is a trailblazer in Chateauneuf du Pape that continues to make some of the finest wines in the appellation.  These are some of the most dramatic, powerful and opulent bottlings made in the Southern Rhone today and the prices they charge make them a steal compared to their nearest competitors.

Grand Veneur was one of the first in the region to use new oak barrels and consistently use more Syrah and Mourvèdre to than many of their peers, resulting in wines that have color and power than wines that driven by Grenache for their character.

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Midweek VinopolPick 10-22-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Boisset’s Top Rank, Top Value Burgundy

First Offer: Highlights of Bedrock’s Fall Release

New 2016 Burgundy Reviews from Neal Martin at Vinous

Two Iconic California Cabernets

Grapelive Love for Two Excellent Crozes-Hermitages

Staff Pick: Our Best-Selling Rose is Fizzy & Absurdly Delicious

Two Top Nikolaihof Bottlings, Arriving Tomorrow

Trending Offer: Profound, Classical Brunello

A Giant of the Rhone

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Boisset’s Top Rank, Top Value Burgundy

The best values in Burgundy might be coming out of the venerable negociant Jean-Claude Boisset, now helmed by Jean-Charles Boisset and winemaker Grégory Patriat.  Patriat, who did not go to school for enology (and instead worked for a number of venerable producers, including Leroy), crafts wines with much less intervention than many other negociants and the results are stunning.  
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Weekend VinopolPick 10-18-19

In Today’s Newsletter:

Profound, Classical Brunello

Cadence’s Bordeaux-Influenced Washington Vision

Staff Pick: Classic St. Estephe

Featured New Arrival: Fenocchio’s Traditional Barolos

Top Italian Values

First Offer: New Wines from Montevertine

Trending Wines

New Reviews for Az. Ag COS

Rose of the Day

A Top Winter Chateauneuf Pick

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Profound, Classical Brunello
Livio Sassetti is one of the founding fathers of Brunello and the wines coming off of his “Pertimali” estate define the genre.  This is a Grand Cru site in Montalcino and the wines are thrilling whenever you get a chance to taste them. We’ve worked hard to acquire some of both the ’14 and ’15 Brunello and finally get to offer them to you today.

These are wines that define what “traditional” means within the context of Brunello—robust personalities with delicate aromatics, long aging in botti and the capacity to age for a long time in a cool cellar.  

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