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The wine hits all cylinders Lowest Price: 2010 Lascombes

"The wine hits all cylinders"
Lowest Price in the Nation
2010 Lascombes
Finesse of Margaux Meets Old-School Vintage

Nebbiolo's Wild Child: 2010 Massa Freisa L’Avvelenata

31 Demijohns
- Stunning Piedmont Value
2010 Massa Freisa L’Avvelenata
Nebbiolo's Wild Child

It's easiest to think of Fre

This wine's blend of power and finesse is something else - 2010 Clos Erasmus

Definition of Great Priorat
2010 Clos Erasmus
Priorat's Queen: Majestic, Refined and Beguiling

"This wine's blend of power and finesse is something else.

A Legend in the Making - 2011 Felseneck GG Reconsidered

Felseneck GG Revisited:
A Legend in the Making
2011 Schäfer-Fröhlich Felseneck GG

"I daresay, if there are Grosse Gewachs in our time that will give cha

Chambertin Value: Tortochot Chambertin 2010

Chambertin Value
2010 Tortochot Chambertin
Lowest Price in the Nation

"There is good richness to the round and seductively textured flavors that exude a f

La Bota: Stunning and Limited Recent Releases: Manzanilla Pasada #39 & 40 & Amontillado #37

La Bota: Stunning and Limited
Amontillado # 37
Manzanilla Pasada "Bota No" #39
Manzanilla Pasada "Bota Punta" #40

The thre

Obscurity to Obsession: Unknown Austria - 2011 Donabaum Neuburger Federspiel

Obscurity to Obsession
2011 Donabaum Neuburger Federspiel

Compared to Grüner and Riesling, Neuburger is beyond obscure.

Yet, for the

The balance of focus and power is simply stunning - High-Wire Nebbiolo: 2008 Le Piane Boca

High-Wire Nebbiolo
2008 Le Piane Boca

"The balance of focus and power is simply stunning... This is a magnificent effort" -Antonio Galloni

Le Piane's Boca is high-wire Nebb

Best Buy Pomerol of the Vintage? Vieux Chateau Certan's La Gravette de Certan

The Best Buy in Pomerol?
Vieux Chateau Certan's
2010 La Gravette de Certan
The Spirit of the 1970 VVC Lives...

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Perhaps the finest vintage ever made Super-Tuscan Steal: Lowest Price in the Nation

"Simply put, it is fabulous juice!"
2008 Sette Ponti Oreno
Elegant & Refined Super-Tuscan

"These superb releases from Sette Ponti include a fabulous v

Sub-$30 1er Cru: Back Up The Truck? 2010 Juillot Mercurey 1er Cru Clos Tonnerre

"Holy Grail" Red Burgundy
2010 Juillot Mercurey 1er Cru
Clos Tonnerre
Stunning 2010 Red Burg - Sub-$30

This is a tough off

The La-La's Not So Little Brother: 09 Guigal Cote-Rotie D’Ampuis

The La-La's Not So Little Brother
2009 Guigal Côte-Rôtie D’Ampuis

Marcel Guigal believes 2009 is the best edition of D'Ampuis ever.

Guigal has essentially defined Côte-Rôtie

Having had to pinch myself - 2010 Abbatucci Cuvee Collection Blanc General de la Revolution & Rouge Ministre Imperial

"Having had to pinch myself"
-A Small Island Joins the Big Boys
2010 Abbatucci:
Blanc Général de la Révolution
& Rouge Min

Great Value - Drink Now Barbaresco

Ready to Drink
Great Value Barbaresco
2000 Produttori del Barbaresco
Magical Nebbiolo

"The Produttori del Barbare

Among the top wines produced anywhere in the Mosel - 2011 Weiser-Kunstler Ellergrub Spâtlese Trocken

Break-Out Vintage
2011 Weiser-Künstler Ellergrub
Spätlese Trocken
Insider Estate Shines in 2011

"These are consistently

Monsters Ball: 2010 Courcel Pommard 1er Epenots Mags

Monsters Ball
2010 Courcel Pommard 1er Cru Epenots
THE ONLY MAGNUMS IN THE US

The main course has been served... and it is POMMARD.

Pomma

Barolo of the Vintage? - 2008 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo

Barolo of the Vintage?
2008 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo
Lowest Price in the Nation

"Mascarello’s 2008 Barolo is a wine of extraordinary elegance... It boa

Pinot from a Bomb Shelter - Vosne in Baden: 2009 Ziereisen Spatburgunder Schulen

Vosne in Baden
2009 Ziereisen Spätburgunder Schulen
Pinot from a Bomb Shelter - Texture, Value

We've long been fascinated by German Pinot. Its quality, its v

Don't Miss. Cult Northern Rhône Steal - 2011 Gonon Saint-Joseph

Cult Northern Rhône Steal
2011 Gonon Saint-Joseph
Soulful, Elegant Northern Rhône Syrah

Over the last six years, Gonon's Saint-Josephs have gained a very se

A stellar group of pure, sappy and transparent 2010s - 2010 Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin VV

A Master Meets the Perfect Vintage
2010 Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin VV
"Outstanding" - A Small Parcel

"They are a stellar group of pure, sappy and transparent

Manzanilla in Winter: Barbadillo Manzanilla en Rama de Invierno

Sanlúcar in Winter
Barbadillo Manzanilla en Rama
Saca de Invierno
Rare, Utterly Compelling Manzanilla - Winter Edition

Ba

Austria at 1,500 Feet: 2011 Prager Bodenstein

Austria at 1,500 Feet
2011 Prager Riesling
Wachstum Bodenstein Smaragd

In 1990 when Prager's Toni Bodenstein planted a vineyard at 1,500 feet altitude, his ne

One of Champagne’s Elite Cult Wines - 2004 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvee

"One of Champagne’s Elite
Cult Wines" -Peter Liem
2004 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvée
The Heart of the Matter

"A weightless

The most accomplished French vigneron... - 2007 Ganevat Chardonnay Grusse en Billat & Grands Teppes

Simply a Force of Nature
2007 Ganevat Chardonnay
Grusse en Billat & Grands Teppes
Only Bottles in the World

"I’m wil