Everyday Wines 2022 Neveu Grand Fricambault Blanc$31.99 / Case Price $25.60 Sancerre / Loire Valley / France100% Sauvignon BlancAll sourced from the Neveu’s 30+ acres in the prime subregion of Chavignol, the Grand Fricambault Sancerre Blanc shows the intense minerality of the zone along with a notably generous texture. 2021 Harvey & HarrietWhite BlendOn Sale[…]
Old World v. New World Classics 2021 Boussey Vieilles Vignes$32.99 / Case Price $26.40 Monthelie / Beaune / France100% ChardonnaySourced from a small three acre parcel of 50 year-old vines, Boussey’s Vieilles Vignes bottling is aged in a combination of used oak and stainless steel. Deep in fruit and mineral, this is as complete as[…]
Summer Flings 2021 Coulaudin-Bussy Vieilles Vignes$37.99 / Case Price $30.40 Milly / Chablis / France100% ChardonnayA wine usually intended for extended cellaring, the warm, sunny conditions of the 2021 growing season have allowed this well proportioned Chardonnay to present a wealth of youthfully exuberant fruit and honey notions – though with time more minerality will[…]
Little-Known Wine Regions 2022 Chevilly Quincy $22.99 / Case Price $18.40 Quincy / Loire Valley / France 100% Sauvignon Blanc Located in the Upper Loire, Chevilly is considered a forerunner for this Sancerre adjacent appellation. Tasting blind,..lemon, lime and even chalk appear. The vines are 24 years old and are aged primarily in stainless steel.[…]
Lesser Known Spain 2022 Garciarevalo CasamaroOn Sale for $12.99 Rueda / Castilla y Leon / Spain 85% Verdejo, 15% ViuraThe sandy soils of Rueda are the ideal setting for ancient Verdejo vines to yield the nectar that is Casamaro. This is house wine defined; crisp, but with texture and length. 2018 Gramona La Cuvee$29.99 /[…]
Everyday Italian 2022 Santa Maria Palma Aragosta$15.99 / Case Price $12.80 Sardinia / Italy100% VermentinoSprightly and delightfully alive, this coastal Vermentino offers ideal refreshment. Serve as an aperitif or with your shellfish of choice…the label suggests you should. 2021 Brigaldara SoaveOn Sale for $15.99 Soave / Veneto / Italy100% GarganegaDeceptively complex, Brigaldara’s Soave offers a[…]
Loire Valley 2021 Domaine Vinet Domaine de la Quilla$16.99 / Case Price $13.60 Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine / France100% Melon de BourgogneCrisp and salty, with just a touch of yeasty lees, this remarkably complex white offers minerality and crunchy orchard fruit characteristics. The Vinet family has owned the venerable Domaine de la Quilla since 1948. 2022 Cazin[…]
Lesser Known Whites 2022 Stadt Krems Gruner Veltliner$17.99 / Case Price $14.40 Kremstal / Austria100% Gruner VeltlinerStadt Krems is an over 500 year-old winery which possesses steep, terraced vineyards which overlook the Danube river. Aged in stainless steel on its fine lees for 4 months, this is a bracing, intense Gruner. 2021 Von Winning Sauvignon[…]
Iberian Peninsula Wines 2021 Nortico Alvarinho$14.99 / Case Price $12 Monção / Minho / Portugal100% AlvarinhoThe southern banks of the Minho river reside in northern Portugal and are home to a number of tiny plots of Alvarinho vines. From these old “jardins” this crisp, mineral driven white is born. 2022 Ostatu Blanco$19.99 / Case Price[…]
New Arrivals 2022 Thomas-Labaille“L’Authentique”$32.99 / Case Price $25.60 Sancerre / Loire Valley / France100% Sauvignon BlancThe “L’Authentique” cuvée is sourced from 15 acres of 25 year-old vines planted in both clay and the famed Kimmeridgian limestone of the zone. The wine is fermented using native yeast before being aged for 4-6 months on the lees[…]