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2000 Engel Clos de Vougeot - Cult Red Burgundy

Cult Red Burgundy
2000 Engel Clos de Vougeot

When it comes to soulful and decidedly individual Red Burgundy, few wines stand out more than Engels.

The Geekiest La Bota to Date - La Bota de Florpower #53 Mas Alla

The Geekiest La Bota to Date
La Bota de Florpower Mas Alla #53

Equipo Navazos and the La Bota series has changed the landscape of sherry.

They are some of

One of the great wines of Champagne - 2000 Philipponnat Clos des Goisses

Sneakily Epic:
"One of the great wines of Champagne"
2000 Philipponnat Clos des Goisses

The Clos des Goisses vineyard is without equ

Explosive Complexity, Ruthless Minerality: 2011 Colin-Morey Corton-Charlemagne

Explosive Complexity, Ruthless

One of the most beautiful and distinctive wines... - Vouette et Sorbée Blanc d'Argile (2011)

"One of the most beautiful and
distinctive wines in Champagne."
Vouette et Sorbée Blanc d'Argile Extra Brut (2011)

Vouette et Sorb

A Testimony to Skill and Insight - 2013 Piuze: Preuses, Blanchots & Butteaux

A Testimony to Skill and Insight
2013 Piuze Chablis:
Preuses, Blanchots & Butteaux

We've been huge fans of Patrick Piuze's wines

Rock Dog: Riesling Holy Ground - 2010 Nikolaihof Riesling Steiner Hund Reserve

Rock Dog: Riesling Holy Ground
2010 Nikolaihof Riesling Steiner Hund Reserve
2010 At Its Most Brilliant
When you

Cote-Rotie At Its Most Riveting -
2011 Benetiere Cote-Rotie Cordeloux

There may very well be no Côte-Rôtie being made today that can match Bénetière in terms of focus, balance and streamlined mineral elegance. People who know Bénetière hunt his wines down intensely. With only 2.5ha that doesn't leave much left.

The Metamorphosis -1998 Dom Pérignon P2 (formerly Oenothèque)

The Metamorphosis
1998 Dom Pérignon P2 (formerly Oenothèque)
The Second Coming of '98

The life of Dom Périgno

Meursault Master - Lowest Price: 2011 Lafon Meursault 1er Cru Porusots

Meursault Master - Lowest Price
2011 Lafon Meursault 1er Cru Porusots
"...a very major wine in the firmament of Meursault"

I had h

Chablis' Best Kept Secret - 2010 Tribut Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy

Chablis' Best Kept Secret
2010 Tribut Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy

Last year, we did an offering of Tribut's 2010 1er Cru Beauroy. It quickly became a customer and staff fav

Fair Quinoa Vodka

Come by on Friday, August 15th between 5:30 & 7:30 to try Fair Quinoa Vodka made with ethica

Painfully Limited, Devastatingly Beautiful - 2013 Willi Schaefer Domprobst Spatlese #5

Painfully Limited, Devastatingly Beautiful
2013 Willi Schaefer
Graacher Domprobst Spätlese #5

"This is a stunning collection...

Utterly mesmerizing - 2002 Salon Blanc de Blancs

"Utterly mesmerizing" -Antonio Galloni
Salon Blanc de Blancs 2002

Is there a Champagne that is as ruthlessly focused, as brutally mineral, as shockingly beautiful as Sa

A superb vintage - 2012 Chevillon Nuits St. Georges VV

"This looks to be a superb vintage here."
-Stephen Tanzer
2012 Chevillon Nuits-St.-Georges VV

By now, there is little doubt that Che

Slate-Imbued Refreshment - Rose Discovery: 2013 Stein Rose

Slate-Imbued Refreshment
2013 Ulli Stein Rosé
Mosel's Rebel, Rosé Colored

This is a rosé with electric, slate-imbued acidity an

Rarely Seen Foillard: 2012 Foillard Morgon Classique

Rarely Seen Foillard
2012 F

Among the top wines... - 2013 Weiser-Kunstler Ellergrub Kabinett

"Among the top wines produced anywhere in the Mosel..."
2013 Weiser-Künstler Ellergrub Kabinett

At this point, it seems almost trite to call Weiser-Künstler one of th

Fidèle Comes of Age - Don't Miss:
Vouette Sorbee Fidèle Extra Brut (10)

Revelatory Purity

"Loaded with class and elegance. This striking wine from Vouette et Sorbée is oozing with personality." -Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media

One to Watch: 2008 Leroux Clos St. Denis

One to Watch
2008 Leroux Clos St. Denis
Burgundian Rockstar

Benjamin Leroux is "one of, if not the, most gifted winemaker in all o

There is no estate in the entire Rhone Valley making finer wines - 2011 Allemand Cornas Chaillots

The Perfect Stage for Cornas' Master
2011 Allemand Cornas Chaillots
Showstopping Balance & Clarity

"A year of terroir" -Thierr

The Grand Finale of a Stunning Collection - 2012 Keller: Hubacker GG & Hipping R

The Finale of a Stunning Collection
2012 Keller: Hubacker GG & Hipping R

"Clearly among the most brilliant wines Klaus-Peter Keller has yet fashioned during his

Sweet Spot: 2011 Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Ruchottes

Sweet Spot - Insider Ramonet
2011

Adam Goes Electric: 2013 Adam Dhron Hofberg Kabinett

Andreas Adam's 2013 Kabinett is easily one of the most electric and tension filled editions of this wine that we've tasted. It's exactly how we like it.