In Today’s Newsletter:

Oregon Case Specials
Including Biggio Hamina’s Site-Expressive Pinot

The Best Deal in Champagne?
André Clouet Grand Cru

Can’t-Miss California Case Specials
Including an Exclusive from Raj Parr

Shrewd Buys from Burgundy
All $36 – $49

Collector’s Corner
2015 Produttori Case Specials

 

Oregon Case Specials

Including Biggio Hamina’s Site-Expressive Pinot

Todd Hamina is one of the most respected winemakers in the Willamette Valley—think of him as your favorite winemaker’s favorite winemaker. After a decade working for other people, including Beaux Frères, Archery Summit, and Maysara, he launched a label with his wife, Caroline Biggio—and has been making some of the most exciting Pinot Noir in the valley ever since.

His wines are perfumed, elegant and site-expressive: exactly what we look for in Willamette Valley Pinot.

In This Newsletter:

Mosel Masterpieces
Dr. H. Thanisch

Subscriber Special
Caparzo’s High-Scoring 2016 Brunello

Champagne’s Most Impressive Lineup?
Charles Heidsieck

The Flower of Brunello
New Riserva from La Fiorita

High-Scoring Beaujolais
Daniel Bouland’s 2019 Crus

Top Value Picks from Burgundy
All $19 – $33

Collector’s Corner
Rare: The Crown Jewel of Piper-Heidsieck

Mosel Masterpieces

Dr. H. Thanisch

Weingut Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch Erben Thanisch is classic Germany, a spectacular Riesling producer that is a mouthful to say. Named after the widow (wwe being the German abbreviation) who inherited the estate in the 19th century, Thanisch has been producing wine since 1636. Already considered one Germany’s most exceptional producers, Thanisch was one of the first estates to join the VDP Consortium in 1910, and the estate has continued to pursue excellence ever since.

In Today’s Newsletter:

Faiveley’s Long Awaited 2017s 
Arriving Friday

In-Store Shopping Returns Tuesday
Masks Required

Thibaud Boudignon
Superior Savennières

New Chablis Lands Friday
Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin

Some of Our Favorite Rosés
Are On The Way!

The Pinnacle of Champagne
Top Picks $125+

Masterpiece Barolos from Cappellano
Including 2016 Magnums Arriving in July

 

Faiveley’s Long Awaited 2017s 

Arriving Friday

The wines of Faiveley, while always of superlative quality, historically were known for their potential in the cellar and not always for their immediate approachability. Concentrated, stern, and ageable were the most common descriptors in reviews. It took the new generation, a team of siblings, Erwan and Eve Faiveley, to push the winery into modernity and thus introducing wines that were softer and more approachable in their youth, while still offering the potential to age with grace.

In This Newsletter:


A Trio of West Coast Staff Picks


Hundred Suns – Willamette Valley Star


New Rosé Reviews


New Reviews from Decanter and Grapelive


Featured New Arrival:

De Montille’s Hidden Red Value


New Lilbert Vintage Champagnes


Abbatucci’s Faustine Blanc
A World-Class White Priced to Move


Collector’s Corner
Poderi Colla:
One of the Piedmont’s Great Names



We are Opening for in-store shopping on Tuesday, June 8th!

Properly worn masks will be required at all times.
Our maximum capacity will be six customers at one time.

A Trio of West Coast Staff Picks
  

Brianne Day is one of the Oregon wine industry’s rising stars, building a reputation that lead to a recent James Beard nomination. Day describes their Momtazi bottling as their ‘flagship Pinot Noir from one of Willamette Valley’s most prized biodynamic vineyards and our most age-worthy wine.’  

In This Newsletter:

2018 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
First Offer

In-Store Shopping Returns Next Tuesday
Masks Required

Subscriber Special
Bernard Levet’s Cult Classic Côte-Rôtie

Oregon’s Most Age-Worthy Pinot Noir?
White Rose Estate

New Grapelive Review
François Merlin’s 2018 Saint-Joseph Rouge

Our Top Champagne Picks
Prestige Cuvées $119+

An Affordable Argentine Classic
Norton’s Privada Red

Collector’s Corner
‘Super Tuscan’ of the Decade: 2016 Ornellaia

2018 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti

First Offer

To say Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, or DRC, is the finest example of Burgundy is an understatement. These are the finest, most collectable wines in the world. Due to the astronomical demand that exists for DRC’s wines, they’re becoming more and more difficult to source every year. Fortunately, we were able to secure a modest allocation of their 2018s and are thrilled to offer them to our subscribers here today.