2019 Michel Magnien Premier Cru Morey-Saint-Denis ‘Climats d’Or’ Côtes de Nuits, Burgundy Regular price: $100 Pre Sale price: $75 Wine isn’t really mysterious and certainly not magical. Its botany, chemistry, agriculture, meteorology and geology, and therefore, is knowable and quantifiable. It’s not art, it’s science. For the record, I don’t state the above facts in[…]
Fontaleoni Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2020 Regular Price $14.99 Case price $12.00 This is a classic white from just outside of the towered medieval town of San Gimignano. Fresh and full of peach and pear flavors, with wonderful texture and crisp and enlivening acidity. Best as an aperitif, or with light foods Terenzi ‘Balbino’ Vermentino[…]
Lesser Known Whites NV Michel Briday Cremant BrutOn Sale for $19.99 Rully / Côte Chalonnaise / France40% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir, 20% AligoteA lovely traditional method sparkling wine allowed to age for 16 months prior to disgorgement, the Briday Cremant is sourced from throughout the Côte Chalonnaise, Southern Burgundy. 2018 Bodegas Cota 45Ube de Uberrima On[…]
Spain 2021 GarciarevaloCasamaroOn Sale for $12.99 Rueda / Castilla y Leon / Spain85% Verdejo, 15% ViuraThe sandy soils of Rueda are the ideal setting forancient Verdejo vines to yield the nectar that is Casamaro. This is house wine defined; crisp, but with texture and length. 2021 Pazo das BruxasAlbarinoOn Sale for $19.99 Rias Baixas /[…]
Fresh Arrivals 2021 M.A.N Family WinesFree Run Steen$12 Paarl / Western Cape / South Africa100% Chenin BlancOnly free run juice (juice acquired solely from the weight of the grapes on top of each other rather than from the pressing of the grapes) is employed for this bottling, ensuring livelier acid and more vivid aromatics. 2020[…]
Vin d’Alsace 2020 Mann (3 Terres)Happy Lemon$31.99 Eguisheim / Alsace / France100% RieslingCreated from very young vines planted in a combination of sandstone and granite, this racy, freshly styled Riesling unsurprisingly shows aromas and flavors of lemon juice and skin. Farmed organically. 2018 Bott-GeylPoints Cardinaux MetissOn Sale for $19.99 Beblenheim / Alsace / FrancePinot Blanc,[…]
Piedmont 2021 ViettiArneis$25.99 Roero / Langhe / Italy100% ArneisSourced from the village of Santo Stefano Roero, Vietti’s Arneis is the product of 30+ year-old vines planted in the marine sediment soils. The resulting wine expresses minerality and subtly tropical fruit. 2021 Baudana Dragon BiancoOn Sale for $17.99 Serralunga / Barolo / ItalyChardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc,[…]
Loire Valley 2020 Domaine de la GrangeBrin d’ROn Sale for $12.99 Muscadet Sèvre et Maine / Loire Valley / 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 Luneau family of Grange celebrates 9 generations of winemaking in Muscadet.[…]
New Burgundy 2020 Louis Michel ChablisOn Sale for $31.99 Chablis / France100% ChardonnayDomaine Louis Michel possesses eight different plots within the Chablis Villages appellation located on both sides of the Serein River, the defining waterway of the zone. These vineyards, near those of the Premier Crus Forêts, Vaillons, and Montée de Tonnerre, are employed to[…]
Rosé NV Patrick PiuzeVal de Mar$27.99 Auxerre / France100% Pinot NoirKnown for his vibrant, terroir-focused Chablis, Patrick Piuze produces this fresh Rosé sparkler from Pinot Noir planted northwest of his base. Exuberant red fruit mingles with snappy acid. 2021 BagineuxRosé$19.99 Touraine-Azay-le-Rideau / Loire Valley / FranceGamay & GrolleauJuicy and tenderly textured, Bagineux’s 2021 Rosé offers[…]