In Today’s Newsletter:

Subscriber Special #1
The World’s Best Chenin Blanc?

New Price Reductions from France & California

Subscriber Special #2
Germany Edition

More Price Drops from Burgundy
Including Top Wines from Louis Jadot

Staff Pick
Vie di Romans: A Friuli Favorite

New Case Pricing
Páganos’ 96-Point El Puntido Gran Reserva

New Grapelive Review
Château Pradeaux’s 2019 Bandol Rosé

Collector’s Corner
Gaja’s 2014 Sperss at (By Far) the Best Price Nationally

Subscriber Special

The World’s Best Chenin Blanc?

“Domaine Huet’ means ‘I make the best damn Chenin Blanc on the planet’ …” Mike Steinberger, Wine Diarist

Huet makes some of the most undervalued great wine in the world. Take any metric you’d use to adjudicate greatness (complexity, age-worthiness, terroir, aromatic intensity, world-wide praise, etc) and Huet’s Vouvray is on the list, at prices far below almost anything else in their class.

In Today’s Newsletter:


Volnay’s Rising Star Clos de la Chapelle
At Reduced Prices

Additional Price Drops on Burgundy
Including Dugat-Py & Château De La Tour

More Price Reductions? More Price Reductions!
From France, Germany and Beyond

Cristom’s 2017 Single Vineyards

A Popular Subscriber Special Encore
Durand’s Distinguished Northern Rhônes

Volnay’s Rising Star Clos de la Chapelle

At Reduced Prices

Every now and then, we encounter a producer that’s clearly Going Places—like the star student in a high school class, it’s painfully obvious that some domaines are driven in a fundamentally different way from their peers. The current incarnation of Clos de la Chapelle is clearly one of those estates—the praise keeps coming and it won’t be long before these are thought of with wines like D’Angerville, Lafon and Lafarge as some of the top bottlings in Volnay.

In Today’s Newsletter:


Isole e Olena’s Modern Marvels
Restocked

The Legendary Wines of Henri Gouges
Further Reduced

More Price Reductions from France, Italy & Beyond

Averaen’s Powerful Willamette Valley Pinots

Super Subscriber Special
An Incredible Value from Rhône Star Delas

Collector’s Corner
Charlopin’s Affordable Grand Crus Burgundy




Isole e Olena’s Modern Marvels

Restocked

No winery symbolizes the modern quality of Tuscany like Isole e Olena. Since the arrival of Paolo de Marchi in 1976, Isole e Olena has been a quality leader in the region. Stylistically, Isole e Olena occupies a place that is at once traditional and modern. Their Chianti Classico and flagship Cepparello are both firmly rooted in the primacy of Sangiovese and the idea of Tuscan typicity. Elegance wedded to power, both wines show the nuance and bright fruit you’d expect from a classic wine of the region combined with the density and complexity of top tier, noble wines.