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Ruinart Blanc de Blancs: Limited Edition Nendo Gift Set

Ruinart with Nendo: Form, Function, Elegance
Ruinart Blanc de Blancs Kotoli Gift Set
Extremely Limited Edition
Portion of Proceeds Benefits Earthquake/Tsunami Victims in Japan

"There are so many small '!' moments hidden in our e

La Bota Fino #27: New Release from the Cult Sherry Team

Single Vineyard, Cult Sherry
La Bota de Fino "Macharnudo Alto" #27
This is Where the Sherry Re-Awakening Starts

#27 is the newest release from one of the most intriguing, most compelling projects in the world of wine...

And slowly - eve

Back-Vintage Bordeaux Value: "Undeniably the Finest in 30-40 Years"

The Overlooked Bordeaux?
2000 Château Prieuré-Lichine
Pristine Bottles, Bought En Primeur, Professionally Stored

"Undeniably the finest Prieuré-Lichine in 30-40 years."
- Robert Parker

Bordeaux is

an altogether superb effort that delivers knock-out quality - 2001 Jadot Clos de Beze

Grand Cru. Back Vintage. Ex-Cellar. Beautiful.
2001 Jadot Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
The Only Pricing in the Country

"Robust, intense, broad-shouldered, supremely complex, solidly structured...An altogether superb effort that delivers knock-out qu

Hudelot-Noellat: More 09 Red Burgundy Within Reach

2009 Hudelot-Noëllat
Clos Vougeot, Nuits St. Georges 1er Murgers,
Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Suchots, Vosne-Romanée
2009 Burgundy within Reach

"Hudelot-Hudelot-Noëllat deserves greater recognition."
-Cliv

The Black Label: 07 Ferrando Carema - First Dibs

The Black Label
2007 Ferrando Carema Etichetta Nera
...My answer is: Carema." - Neal Rosenthal

If you think of the White Label as a Chambolle-Musigny - elegant feminine, eminently graceful, the Black Label is Bonnes Mares.

2009 Bize Latricieres-Chambertin - "Two Words: Serious and Pure"

Grand Cru within Reach
2009 Simon Bize Latricières-Chambertin

"Two words: serious and pure."

That's how Patrick Bize summed up his wines from the 2009 vintage.

The Burghound echoes this sentiment: “the Bize 09s are sim

99 Egly-Ouriet MAGS: Rare!

Back-Vintage, Grower Ambonnay MAGS
1999 Egly-Ouriet Brut Grand Cru Millésime 1.5Ls
The Only Magnums in the Country

"You must first make a good wine before you can make a good Champagne. Making bubbles is a technical process. I

2007 Ferrando White Label: Grace of Mountain Nebbiolo

The Grace of Mountain Nebbiolo
2007 Ferrando Carema Etichetta Bianca
"When I am asked which wine would I choose were I to be restricted to a single one, my answer is: Carema." -Neal Rosenthal

Carema is the product of backbreaking work on steep, terra

2009 Roilette Fleurie Griffe du Marquis

Inaugural Vintage from Beaujolais Legend
2009 Roilette Fleurie Griffe du Marquis

Domaine Roilette's Alain Coudert compares the 09 vintage to 1991, a vintage that serves as a benchmark for the estate.

In response to the quality of the vintage,

Smart Money: 08 Carillon Puligny - Sub-$50

Smart Money is on Carillon
2008 Carillon Puligny-Montrachet
White Burgundy for the Cellar or Table, at Under $50

Time and time again, there it is: Carillon, stashed in well-considered cellars right alongside Leflaive, Coche, Ramonet, Lafon.

NEW Find - Mountain Nebbiolo: 2007 Antoniotti Bramaterra

New Mountain Nebbiolo Find
2007 Antoniotti Bramaterra Rosso
From the Haunts of N. Piedmont, 100 Miles North of Barolo

Mountain Nebbiolo delivers something exceptional, something truly fascinating: a perfume, a steeliness, a clarity and detail th

Keller: One of the More Unique Bottles in the Arsenal (Red Soils Speak)

The "Other" Kirchspiel
2010 Keller Riesling Kirchspiel "RR"
A Single Parcel Sourced from a .33-Hectare Site

"If you have access to the 2010 RR, do not miss it!" - John Gilman, View from the Cellar

Well, here is your acces

VALUE in 09 Red Burgundy: Bouchard Volnay 1er Clos des Chenes

Value in 09 Red Burgundy: Part II
2009 Bouchard Volnay 1er Clos des Chênes
Yes, Value is out there in 2009 Burgundy

"The estate decided to hold the line in 2009, so there are serious values to be had at Bouchard." - Crush Press, Vol

2005 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile

Trimbach New Release!
2005 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
Highest-Scoring Freddy Yet

One of the best "Freddy Emile's" ever released.

Trimbach's Freddy Emile has become something

Dagueneau: Back-Vintage MAGNUMS - Silex, Pur Sang

Back-Vintage Dagueneau MAGNUMS
2005 Pur Sang - 2005 Silex - 2006 Silex
A Format Befitting Didier

In many ways, Didier Dagueneau was larger than life.

Today we have precious few, but they are just too cool to not email.

Crush Press: Inaugural Edition(Focus: The Truth about 2009 Burgundy)

Crush Press - a new experience

This is our inaugural offering; a quarterly e-journal that articulates all that we think is authentic, delicious and profound in the world of wine. This issue focuses on the much anticipated 2009 Burgundies

2009 Ponsot: Within Reach - Starting at $35

2009 Ponsot within Reach
Morey-St-Denis 1er Alouettes, Gevrey l'Abeille,
Chambolle Cigale, Bourgogne Rouge Pinson

Where is the value in 2009 Burgundy?
Nearly everyone we talked to began with the same option: "Go to the great producers, b

Schloss Lieser: The Upper Pradikats - RARE 2010

Electric, High-Wire Rieslings
2010 Schloss Lieser Spätlese - Auslese GK
100,000 Volts from the Mosel

"...a few bottlings will not be for the faint of heart."

Naturally, those are the ones we're focusing on today.

The ab

The Greatest La Chapelle Since 1990, 1978 - 09 Jaboulet Hermitage

Jaboulet: Back and Even Better
2009 Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle
The Best Since the "Perfect" 1990 and 1978?

"If you have been off the Jaboulet bandwagon over the last decade or so, now is the time to jump back on."
- Robert Parker

Regarding 120-Year-Old Vines and Paolo Bea

120-Year-Old Vines and Paolo Bea
2006 Paolo Bea "Arboreus"
Farming - Saving - the Treasures of Montefalco

Paolo Bea is one of Italy's great cult winemakers, widely known for producing Sagrantinos of incredible depth and nuance.

93 Drouhin Beaune 1er Greves - Perfect Provenance

On Point
1993 Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Grèves
Ex-Domaine, Perfect Provenance

The 1993s were released around 16 years ago. But it's only now that they've officially arrived.

1993 was perhaps a bit misunderstood in its

Dry Riesling Breakthrough: Immich-Batterieberg and Why We Love Dynamite

Riesling Loves Dynamite: The 2nd Vintage
2010 Immich-Batterieberg Dry Rieslings
A Breakthrough Collection in the Mosel

This is nothing less than an epic collection. So far, these are the most thrilling dry Rieslings I have tasted fro