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Inception Cocktail

As much as we'd like to, Team Spirit can't take credit for The Inception. For this recipe, we're going all the way back to the first time one spiritous liquor was introduced to another, in the same glass. Sometime around 1830 Antoine Amadie Peychaud, the world's first mixologist

The Fighter Cocktail

The Fighter

• One 375m

Elite Chassagne Value: 08 Niellon 1er

Clarity, Detail, Nuance, Understatement...
2008 Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet
1er Cru Les Champgains

"Small is beautiful in this case."
- Clive Coates, in reference to the Niellon estate

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Fantastic: 2009 Miani

Extreme (Concentration, Balance, Rarity)
2009 Miani Friulano Filip
The Cult Producer of Italy's Friuli

"Enzo Pontoni crafts some of the most profound, monumental wines readers are likely to come across."
-Antonio Galloni, Wine Advocate

Black Swan Cocktail

Like any cocktail enthusiast, we in the booze department at Crush (aka "Team Spirit") have a profound appreciation for the dramatic arts, which is why Oscar night is one of our most highly anticipated Sunday nights of the year.

Mugneret-Gibourg 1993-2001 LARGE FORMAT

Big Burgundy Rarity
Mugneret-Gibourg Large Format 1993-2001
Grand Crus Ruchottes, Echézeaux, Clos de Vougeot...
in Magnums and Double-Magnums

It's La Paulée weekend in New York. Time to pull out the big guns.

An "Amazingly Multi-Faceted Triumph" - 08 Chidaine Vouvray

A Monument of the Vintage
2008 Chidaine Vouvray Le Bouchet Demi-Sec
Chidaine Stakes a Claim to Greatness

"You have to look to the historical collections of regional leaders Foreau and Huet to find comparable consistently high quality, making it clear that Chi

2009 Donnhoff: Beyond Hermannshohle

Beyond Hermannshöhle
2009 Dönnhoff DELLCHEN Grosses Gewächs

"A great wine." - John Gilman, View from the Cellar

Little can be said about Helmut Dönnhoff that isn't already widely known: He's one of Germany's g

06 Amalie Robert: Purist's Pinot .. Back Up the Truck!

Back Up the Truck! Purist's Willamette Pinot
2006 Amalie Robert Pinot Noir Dijon Clones

"Wines true to the soil and true to the vintage."

Sounds downright Burgundian to us...

...but the motto actually doesn't belong to any producer in Burgu

2003 Dal Forno Amarone

Veneto's Dark Prince
2003 Dal Forno Amarone
Density, Layer, Nuance

"A joy to taste... a sumptuous expression of dark fruit, bitter chocolate, minerals, licorice, tar and smoke. The wine possesses stunning depth and a finish that lasts forever

2009 Pacalet: Beyond the Burgundy Mainstream

Beyond the Burgundy Mainstream
2009 Philippe Pacalet Village, 1er and Grand Crus
Pommard, Gevrey, Gevrey 1er, Chambolle 1er and
Grand Crus Echézeaux, Charmes and Ruchottes

Nothing that is not essential.

That s

Emidio Pepe: "Bucking every trend and modern convention"

Unyieldingly Individual
2007 Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Soulful, Uncompromising, Irreproducible

"Bucking every trend and modern convention, the wines of Emidio Pepe represent one of the most singular expressions in winemaking today."

Angerville Ducs: "Nothing short of remarkable"

"...nothing short of remarkable..."
2007 Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs

"The d'Angerville '07s are flat out terrific wines, from the bottom to the top of the range and I highly recommend them to you." -Burghound

Angerville's 2

Dujac Combottes: "I like the balance and punch."

"I like the balance and punch."
2008 Dujac Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Combottes

Dujac's Combottes is a special wine.

It just has that magic - like Ramonet Ruchottes (featured this week and sold out), Lafarge Clos des Chênes, Drouhin C

2005 Foillard: History in a Bottle

Rare Debut Vintage
2005 Foillard Fleurie
The Most Feminine Voice of Beaujolais

2005 Foillard Fleurie - this is a rare bird to say the least.

Finding any Beaujolais from the monumental 2005 vintage is hard enough, sourcing

2008 Dauvissat Chablis Under $35

Everyday Dauvissat (Yes, Really)
2008 Dauvissat Chablis
SERIOUS Rigor - SERIOUS Value

When I chose my Wine of the Year in December, I practically wrote a whole thesis on why I love Chablis and why I'm especially obsessed with Dauvissat's 08s.

2007 Clape Cornas: Saturday Steal

"There should be a stone to
Auguste Clape in the northern Rhône."
2007 Clape Cornas
A Saturday Steal on a Classic Cornas

Beyond Vin Jaune: 1999 Ganevat - Do Not Miss

Beyond Vin Jaune
1999 Ganevat "Vignes des Mon Pere"
A Case for Savagnin's "Indisputable Nobility"

Leave it to Jean-Francois Ganevat to take Jura's iconic Vin Jaune and flip it on its head with his 99 Vignes des Mon Pere. Where Vin Jaune spend

Slate, Polished: 2009 Schafer-Frohlich GG

Slate, Polished
2009 Schäfer-Fröhlich GG
Tim's Greatest Dry Riesling, Year in and Year Out...
LOWEST PRICE IN THE NATION

2009 represents Tim's most mature collection; if past vintages have been fierce and angular, there is a new

07 Coche Bourg Blanc: An Introduction to the Master

An Introduction to the Master of Meursault
2007 Coche-Dury Bourgogne Blanc
Jean-François Brings His Whole Game
to His "Most Basic" Wine

What to say about Coche-Dury that you don't already know?

As with Picasso or Miles Davis or Mich

The Northern Rhone's Old Guard: Marcel and Olga Juge

Rhône's Old Guard
Marcel and Olga Juge Cornas 2004 & 2005
The Old (Traditional) Northern Rhône Lives!

Are you a fan of Trollat, Verset or Gentaz-Derivieux?

Keep reading.

You know there is something truly special about the wines

03-05 Chave Hermitage: Special Pricing on a Pristine Parcel

A String of Knockouts from the Champ
Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 2003-2005
Back-Vintage Parcel: Perfect Provenance, Sharp Pricing

"No tricks. Other than the existence of Hermitage itself."
-Andrew Jefford, The New France

Patrick Piuze is not Raveneau or Dauvissat

"...these are fast becoming some of the most compelling wines made in all of Chablis."
2008 Patrick Piuze Chablis Les Clos,
2009 Patrick Piuze Chablis 1er Montée de Tonnerre
Top Cuvées, Debut Vintages, Serious Values

Patrick Piu

Spain's Toro

Toro is a region in Spain's Castilla y Leon, a northwestern province that hugs Portugal and spans east to Rioja's western border.