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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

Back-Vintage Ponsot at 20% Off: 01 Chezeaux Griotte-Chambertin

One of Burgundy's (Big) Little Secrets
2001 Chézeaux (Ponsot) Griotte-Chambertin
"Produced, Aged and Bottled by Dom. Ponsot"

Today's wine is not what it appears to be...

It's better.

While the label declares

Delightful Jolt of Discovery - 09 Abbatucci Ajaccio Blanc

Corsican Vermentinu: Resolutely Unique
2009 Comte Abbatucci Ajaccio Blanc Faustine
Fanatical Winemaking / SOMETHING Terroir

"I can think of few if any wines that have given me a more delightful jolt of discovery in the past year than those of

2009 Dagueneau: Not to be Forgotten...

Not to be Forgotten...
2009 Dagueneau Silex & Pur Sang
New Vintage Release...

"The 2009 collection promises to be the best group of Sauvignons rendered in that year."
-David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate

There are

Vega Sicilia Unico 1962-1985

"the Lafite of Spain"
Vega-Sicilia Unico: Selections from 1962 - 1985
A Singular Cellar of Unico Rarities

Rarely do you see a collection like this.

These wines were bought a long time ago by a single collector. They are in

Fall 2011 Mixed Case

Fall Mixed Case
Big Savings on our Autumnal Sampler
Favorites for Fall - Every Bottle Discounted 20%!

I saw a pile of winter squash at the farmer's market this weekend. Which is when it hit me: We're not in

2001 Guigal: Tension in the Northern Rhone

Back-Vintage Côte-Rôtie
2001 Guigal Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis
Baby "La La's" at 50-80% Off

"A qualitative locomotive..."

That’s what Robert Parker has called Marcel Guigal.

Guigal h

The Cult Site's Best Red Yet? 09 Drouhin Clos des Mouches Rouge

Since 1920
2009 Drouhin Beaune
1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge
This is a Special Vineyard, a Special Drouhin

This is one of the greatest Clos des Mouches, ever.

Which is saying something.

Drouhin bottles

2010 Emrich-Schonleber "Mineral" Trocken Riesling

"Emrich-Schönleber is one of the very finest producers of dry Riesling in Germany." - John Gilman, View from the Cellar The 2009 edition of this wine was epic - it was my Wine of the Year in 2010 though really this is a wine I obsess over every release, for two reasons.

2005 Lafarge / 2006-07 Bachelet Charmes: Two Favorites

Two Favorites
2005 Lafarge Volnay Chenes & Caillerets
2006-2007 Bachelet Charmes-Chambertin

A rather random offer for this Friday - the common thread here is that these two producers are among our very favorites.

Both make profound exampl