Domaine Delalex ‘Marin’, Vin de Savoie 2014 Regular Price $22.99 Sale Price $17.99 The wine region of Savoie is located in the foothills of the Alps. The Delalex brothers, Samuel and Benoit, are among the very few trying to make wine at the highest level in the Chablais – along the Lac Léman, on the[…]
October’s Box of Exploration Loire Valley Six wines, six sensational producers, one region…explore, experience and enjoy the wines that you’ve perhaps wondered about…or revisit and reconnect with wines that you’re nearly forgotten. $150.00 (plus MD state alcohol sales tax, of course) regular price $188.94 Lauverjat Sancerre Rosé ‘Moulin des Vrilles’ 2016 Regular price $22.99 Sancerre is,[…]
Goisot Bourgogne Côtes d’Auxerre ‘Corps de Garde’ 2014 Regular Price $28.99 Sale Price $22.99 Just outside of Chablis there are two AOC’s: Saint-Bris, for Sauvignon and Bourgogne Côtes d’Auxerre (Burgundy from the hills of Auxerre) for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The soils here are extremely rocky and rich in the same types of limestone found[…]
Young Thierry Tissot returned home to the family estate in 2001, determined to make high quality wines. He reclaimed a long abandoned hill side vineyard above town called Mataret and replanted it with the native grapes Mondeuse and Altesse. Fifteens years of dedication and backbreaking work has been rewarded. This wine, from his original[…]
I have a unpleasant task in front of me; I must apologize for my wine sins. I’m guilty of wine bigotry. This has largely been fueled by personal bias. I’m afraid that when facing a wine that I just don’t like, I stereotype the wine, and condemn not only the offending wine but others that[…]
This blend of 45% Viognier, 45% Roussanne, and 10% Clairette is exactly what I have in mind for fall. Helene and Daniel Boulle’s Domaine de Aphillanthes has a well earned reputation for producing rich, bold yet balanced wines from their deeply rooted vines just outside of Rasteau. This wine illustrates the attributes of the grapes[…]
Mas La Chevalière Pinot Noir Laroche, Pays d’Oc 2014 Regular Price $17.99 Sale Price $13.99 Bright and juicy, this unoaked Pinot from the southwest of France is simple and refreshing. It’s easy cherry flavors and integrated tannins make it a wine of pleasure rather than distinction. Philippe Gavignet Pinot Noir, Bourgogne 2015 Regular Price $28.99[…]
One of the enduring mysteries about wine is why people find it so…mysterious. Wine has been around for at least 5,000 years, long before wine critics thought up ‘points’ and Napa Valley became the Disneyland of Vines. There is really not much mystery to it…the technical process has been pretty much worked out and agreed[…]
Château La Rame Bordeaux Blanc 2016 Regular Price $19.99 Sale price $15.99 100% Sauvignon Blanc from an estate that sits just across the Garonne River. Southern exposure on the sloped vineyards ensures ripeness, but the wine is restrained rather than exuberant. Its richness comes from 6 months on its lees prior to bottling, and it[…]
Brooklyn Brewing Oktoberfest Brooklyn, NY 5.5% ABV Regular Price $9.99 Sale Price $8.99 Brewed from the finest German malt and hops, Brooklyn Oktoberfest is true to the original style, full-bodied and malty, with a bready aroma and light, brisk hop bitterness. Victory Festbier, Downingtown, PA 5.6% ABV Regular Price $9.99 Sale Price $8.99 VIctory brews[…]