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The Grand Cru of Vin Jaune: 2005 Macle Chateau Chalon

Vin Jaune's Grand Cru
2005 Macle Château-Chalon
"Yellow Wine" at its Most Elegant
and Ageworthy

Château Chalon is simply

Metras, in MAGNUM: 2011 Fleurie VV & Ultime

Revelatory & Even Rarer - 1.5L
2011 Yvon Métras Fleurie VV
& Ultime MAGNUMS

The deal with Metras is simple: He makes awesome Beaujolais and he hates

31 Days of German Riesling Concert Cruise 2012

31 Days of German Riesling
Concert Cruise 2012
THIS Tuesday! July 24, 2012, 8-11pm

All-you-can-drink Riesling, 2 live bands, a 3-hour-long cruise!

Mountain Value: 2011 Masson Apremont cuvee Lisa

Mineral-Laden Mountain Value
2011 Masson Apremont Cuvée Lisa
High-Altitude Value

"These constitute as a group the most fascinatingly delicious Jacquere-b

AJ Adam and Malevolence in the Mosel - 2011 Piesporter

The story of vandalism, malevolence and petty ego that led to Adam's Goldtröpchen GG being declassified into a simpler Piesporter Feinherb is hardly worth recounting. Especially as the single parcel that made it through is so pure, so elegant... so good. 

2011 Metras VV & Ultime: Revelatory and Rare Fleurie

Revelatory and Rare Fleurie
2011 Yvon Métras Fleurie
Vieilles Vignes & Ultime

The deal with Yvon Métras is simple: he makes awesome Beaujolais

2011 Willi Schaefer - "An astonishingly brilliant collection surpassing anything I’ve ever tasted..."

A Historic Vintage for Willi Schaefer
2011 Willi Schaefer Kabinett & Spätlesen

"So, the winery of the vintage is clearly Willi Schaefer, for an astonishingly brilliant collection surpassing

FREE Summer Spirits Tasting Thursday, 7/19, at Crush!

A Night of Spirituous Alchemy
FREE Spirits & Cocktail Tasting
Thursday, 7/19, 6:00-8:00pm
Greenhook Ginsmiths, Square One Basil Vodka,

The greatest young Bouchard wines - 2010 Bouchard Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

White Magic
2010 Bouchard Corton-Charlemagne
THE great Grand Cru Burgundy value

"The entire range is stunning and they are amongst the most beautiful group of

Macle's wines seem to rifle through a repertoire of the natural world - 09 Macle Cotes du Jura

The Return of Jura's Old Wiseman
2009 Macle Côtes du Jura
An Important Vintage for a Jura Benchmark

"[Macle's wines] seem to rifle through a repertoire of th

Don't Miss - Northern Nebbiolo Value: 08 Monsecco Pratogrande & 08 Clerico Costa Sesia Ca du Leria

The Thrill of the Obscure
-Nebbiolo Value
2008 Clerico Costa Sesia Ca du Leria & 2008 Monsecco Pratogrande

For wine lovers who like to drink wine with din

Long-Haul Beaujolais MAGS: 2011 Roilette Cuvee Tardive

The ANTI-Nouveau
Long-Haul Beaujolais Magnums
2011 Roilette Fleurie
"Cuvée Tardive" MAGNUMS

At this point there's not muc

2011 Prüm "Back Up the Truck" & HUGE NEWS from the Mosel!

Prüm "Back Up the Truck!"
2011 Prüm Kabinett


Our first-ever Prüm "Back Up the Truck" and HUGE NEWS from the Mosel...

The fact that this is our first-ever Prüm "Back Up the

Rare 09 Foillard 3,14 MAGS

Rare - Elite Beaujolais Mags
2009 Foillard Morgon 3,14 Magnums

As rare as the 750s are, mags of Foillard's epic 3,14 are much, much rarer...

Which is why this offer is only going ou

Coche-Dury Gone Red

Coche-Dury in Red
99, 02 & 09 Volnay 1er Cru,
2009 Monthelie, Meursault Rouge &
Bourgogne Rouge

"Given their consi

Superb - A Grand Cru Value: 2010 Bouchard Le Corton

"Don't Miss" - Epic Grand Cru Value
2010 Bouchard Le Corton
A Multifaceted Distance Runner

"Bouchard has long made an outstanding example of Corton and the 20

1995 Nikolaihof Riesling Vinothek: The Second Coming...

Seventeen Years in Cask...
1995 Nikolaihof Riesling "Vinothek"

This is one of the more curious bottlings in the world of fine wine.

It has only happened three times before: 1990, 19

Champagne's Rising Star: Benoit Lahaye Naturessence

Champagne's Rising Star
Benoît Lahaye NV Naturessence

"Lahaye is rapidly becoming one of the top grower-producers in the Montagne de Reims." -Peter Liem

Benoît Lahaye's reputation

2008 Nikolaihof Steiner Hund: Again, a "torrential force of nature"...

Again, "a torrential force of nature"
2008 Nikolaihof Steiner Hund Reserve

"...doubtless one of the 5-10 greatest bits of land on which Riesling grows."

Or at least so says

The War of the Rosés is Over - An Austrian Surprise

An Austrian Surprise
2011 Umathum Rosa
Runner Up, but Far from Second Best

Our yearly rosé bash, the War of the Rosés, ends with a vote and the crowning of

Utterly Spellbinding - 2006 Montevertine Pergole Torte

"Utterly Spellbinding"
- The Heights of Sangiovese Revisited
2006 Montevertine Le Pergole Torte

"In a week during which I tasted most of the reference point S

2011 Adam: Riesling in Ecstasy

The young A.J. Adam has quickly become one of Germany's most important growers. Beginning with less than a hectare of land about a decade ago in the off-the-beaten-track village of Dhron, his rise has been simply meteoric.

Rare Back-Vintage Jura: Loye Arbois Rouge Cuvee St. Paul 1988 & 1989

Back-Vintage Jura Rarity
1988 & 1989 Camille Loye
Arbois Rouge Cuvée St. Paul

Today, Camille Loye is in his nineties. He's been retired for decades, but

4th of July Single Bottle Sale

Independence Day
Single Bottle Sale!
Roumier | Dom Perignon | Keller | Soldera | Guigal La Madone
| Vouette et Sorbée | Giacosa | and More..