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Wine of the Year #3 - Ian's Pick...

Ian's Wine of the Year...
2009 Pavelot Savigny-les-Beaune
1er Cru La Dominode
Everything that Makes 09 a Blockbuster - Except the Price

2010 Testalonga Rossese: Engaging the Obscure

Screaming Terroir (with Subtlety)
2010 Testalonga Rossese di Dolceacqua
Savory, Delicate, Intriguing, Delicious

I think of a love child between Poulsard from

Stephen's Wine of the Year: "The German Montrachet"

Stephen's Wine of the Year
2010 Keller Riesling Hubacker GG
"[Keller's] wines are the German Montrachets."
Jancis Robinson, Financial Times

Wine of the Year Begins! Joe's Pick is...

Wine of the Year #1: Joe's Pick
Valdespino Fino "Inocente"
Ageworthy, Single-Vineyard, World-Class Sherry


Even for the educated and passionate wine-drin

2004 Trimbach Clos Ste. Hune: Lowest Price in the Nation

Alsace at its Greatest
2004 Trimbach Clos Ste. Hune
Lowest Price in the Nation

"The 2004 Riesling Clos Ste-Hune smells deliciously, mysteriously and complexly

What Great Zinfandel is Supposed To Do: 2010 Bedrock Old Vines

What Great Zinfandel is Supposed To Do
2010 Bedrock Sonoma Valley Old-Vine Zinfandel
"Spice, Structure, Dramatic Aromatics...
at a Ver

Aldo Sohm & Gerhard Kracher: Austria Reconsidered

Austria Revisited, Reconsidered
2009 Sohm & Kracher Grüner Veltiner
Our Single Parcel Arrives Friday

This is one of the most important new projects to co

09 Dujac Morey-St-Denis: "Village" Only in Name

Captivating Grace in a "Simple" Village Burg
2009 Dujac Morey-Saint-Denis
Former WOTY, Current Vintage: Upping the Ante

"This is signature Dujac, attacking al

Dujac in Provence: 2007 Triennes at $13 (Back Up the Truck!)

A Provençal Winter
2007 Triennes St. Auguste
Two Words: STOCK UP


Jacques and Jeremy Seysses (Domaine Dujac) and Aubert de Villaine (Domaine de la Roman

Grand Cru Sherry: Valdespino Coliseo, Cardenal - 1st Time in U.S.

Rare Treasures from Jerez
Valdespino Amontillado Coliseo VORS &
Palo Cortado Cardenal VORS
The Grand Crus and First Growths of Sherry

Karlsson's Gold Potato Vodka

Stop in on Friday, November 25th between 5:30 and 7:30pm. Tom Michaelsen will be at Crush to pour Karlsson's Gold Potato Vodka.

Gaja 1961-1993: Single-Owner Cellar, Perfect Provenance

Gaja 1961-1993
From the Piedmont, with Love...
Single-Owner Cellar of Gaja Bought Direct from Gaja

This cellar just arrived.

Yes,

Stunning Pommard: 09 de Montille 1er Les Grands Epenots

The Complete Pommard
2009 de Montille Pommard
1er Cru Les Grands Épenots
Allure, Authority, Staying Power, Value

"Sexy an

Grand Cru California Chardonnay: 2010 Sandhi Santa Barbara County

Grand Cru California
2010 Sandhi Chardonnay Santa Barbara County

"I am convinced they are onto something." -Jancis Robinson

Such was Jancis Robinson's enthusiastic review o

122 Years and Counting: 2010 Bedrock Heirloom

122 Years and Counting
2010 Bedrock Wine Co. "Bedrock Heirloom"

"Ravenwood's renowned Joel Peterson must be proud of what his son, Morgan, has achieved with the Bedrock Wine Company in such a sh

07 Bellus Girasole: SERIOUS Tuscan Value

Serious, Versatile and Much Acclaimed
2007 Bellus Girasole
Super Delicious, Super Value, Super Tuscan

Here's a wine that artfully integrates Sangiovese, Caber

00 Ponsot Clos de la Roche STEAL

From the Cellar
2000 Ponsot Clos de la Roche

"...potentially - and indeed very often in practice - one of the very best not only in Morey but among the whole of the Côte." -Clive Coates

Bias-Destroying: 09 Guttarolo Amphora Primitivo

Swimming Against the Current in Puglia
2009 Guttarolo Amphora Primitivo
Joyous Purity, Dark Mineral Streak... Oh, and Delicious

Sometimes, you taste a wine th

a wine for lovers of liquefied iron and pulverized rocks - AJ Adam Grand Cru Dry Riesling

"a wine for lovers of liquefied iron and pulverized rocks..."
2010 AJ Adam Hofberg "GG"


I believe this vintage actually played to the strengths of AJ Adam and this may very well be his mas

That Rarest and Most Wonderful of Wines - Hidalgo La Panesa Fino

A Superb Ambassador for Sherry
Emilio Hidalgo La Panesa Especial Fino
Saline Snap of Fino, Complexity and Depth of Old Age

"It may gradually grow stronger in

The Essence of a Meursault - 07 Kumeau River Chardonnay

New Zealand, Paging White Burgundy
2007 Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay
Tension, Delicacy, Nuance (Easy on the Wallet)

"Capturing the essence of a Meursault..."

Bring the Party: MAGNUMS 07 Drouhin Clos St.-Denis (Only Mags in World)

Party-Ready: Grand Cru Red Burg MAGNUMS
2007 Drouhin Clos Saint-Denis 1.5Ls

Because The Holidays Are Basically Here...

04 Cedric Bouchard Parcelle: A New Era.

Uncompromising Perfectionist Now in Control
Cedric Bouchard Inflorescence Parcelle 2004

We’re happy to offer the small amount of Cedric Bouchard's 20

The Greatest Red Wines in Austria: New Moric Release

For me, Roland Velich is making the greatest red wines in Austria by a factor of ten... or more. (Obviously I am not alone: see Schildknecht's quote above, Asimov's quotes below.) There are certainly Austrian reds that are fruitier and richer, there are Austrian reds that flaunt more new wood and that come off as more, well, smooooooth.