2017 Le Piane Maggiorina Boca, IT Regular Price $22.99 Sale price $17.99 This is an easy drinking blend of 13 grape varietals (but principally Nebbiolo) from the Alte Piemonte region of Boca in northwestern Italy. The name (Maggiorina) refers to the ancient (early Roman) method of trellessing, in which three vines are trained upward to[…]
2014 JB Becker Riesling Old Vine Kabinett Dry Wallufer Walkenberg, Rheingau, GR Regular Price $39.99You my or Sale price $31.99 We’ve been waiting for this wine excitedly since we ordered it about 6 months ago, and were not sure than it would arrive as late as this week. It’s here! This, my friends, is a[…]
Green Spot Single Pot Still Irish, 80 proof County Cork, Ireland Regular Price $63.99 ‘Green Spot is a fabulous single pot still whiskey and much loved by the critics. This Irish whiskey has come far from the days when it was only sold in Mitchell’s grocer shop in the heart of Dublin, though its flavour[…]
2018 Château La Gravelle Bordeaux Blanc Regular Price $13.99 Sale price $10.99 This blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Muscadelle is all about balance. Plush and polished, with lovely manderin orange, pear and floral aromas and flavors, it finishes crisply with citrus acidity and a nutty bitterness. Smooth and seamless, it’s immensely satisfying. 2014 Château[…]
2016 Villa Dugo Malvasia Friuli Isonzo Regular Price $19.99 Sale price $15.99 The Friuli Isonzo DOC is located in the far southeastern part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia bordering Slovenia and has been producing wines for far longer than it has been part of Italy. The wine is fresh and aromatic with floral and pears wafting from[…]
2018 Domaine les Aphillanthes ‘Clementia Blanc’ Cotes du Rhone, FR Regular Price $19.99 Sale price $15.99 This blend of Viognier, Roussanne & Clairette is bright and fresh yet full and rich, making it, if not really unique among white wines, surprising to those that have a narrow and less factual view of whites. The vineyards[…]
2018 Quinta Picouto de Cima Rosé Vinho Verde, PT Regular Price $13.99 Sale price $10.99 Vinho Verde, which means ‘green wine’ refers both to a place (in the upper northwest of Portugal) and the wine that is made there. Light, bright and fresh, Vinho Verde can de white, red or rosé and is made to[…]
2018 Château La Rame Blanc Bordeaux, FR Regular Price $22.99 Sale price $17.99 Bright, fresh and crisp, this is a refreshing example of 100% Sauvignon Blanc from the clay-limestone vineyards south-east of the city of Bordeaux. Well established as a superb growing area before the turn of the (last) century, the Arnaud family continues to[…]
2017 Kuentz-Bas Blanc Alsace, FR Regular Price $16.99 Sale price $12.99 Kuentz-Bas is a centuries old winery that has been rejuvenated since being purchased by Jean-Baptiste Adam in 2004. Already blessed with great vineyard sites, Adam worked at lowering yields and introducing organic practices and the wines are much better for his efforts.This blend or[…]
Villa Sandi ‘Il Fresco’ Prosecco, NV Treviso, IT Regular Price $16.99 Sale price $12.99 There’s an ocean of Prosecco out there and most of it is awfully mediocre. This one, on the other hand, is pretty good. It’s not overly sweet, it’s fresh and crisp, and it’s inexpensive. Sure, the package is pretty hideous, but[…]