2017 La Grange Tiphaine ‘Bel Air’ Touraine-Amboise
Loire Valley, FR
Regular Price $24.99
Sale price $19.99
This is a family run winery, managed by fourth generation Damien Delecheneau with his wife Coralie. Organic since 2002, they make true-to-form and delicious wines from old vine Chenin Blanc among other grapes. Full and waxy with beautiful pear and honey tones, the wine finishes with apple peel acidity. Perfect for the turkey
2016 Airlie Pinot Blanc, Willamette Valley
Oregon, USA
Regular Price $18.99
Sale price $14.99
Pinot Blanc gets a bad rap; because it’s so friendly, many people don’t take it seriously (and of course, many wine bigots won’t touch it because it’s a white wine!). But in addition to its friendliness, Pinot Blanc is highly adaptable, to both its growing environment and to your table. It’s a chameleon with enough fruit to satisfy the New World palate and enough acidity to satisfy…me.
2017 Domaine Collotte Marsannay Rosé
Burgundy, FR
Regular Price $22.99
Sale price $17.99
The Thanksgiving table is notorious for its, er, plenty. It’s an exercise in excess. And while the featured flavors are generally not ‘over-the-top’ (excepting the sweet potato and marshmallow), they are rich and herbal and filling. A big, jammy, highly alcoholic wine will bury the food and aid the tryptophan*; you’ll be dozing way before halftime. However, a fresh and bright rosé, with floral and herbal aromatics; tart cherry and subtle earthy flavors and cleansing and refreshing acidity supports the flavors on the table without challenging them.
2015 Feudi di San Gregorio ‘Rubrato’ Aglianico
Irpinia, IT
Regular Price $22.99
Sale price $17.99
This wine is a mouthful. Its name is as well…the winery is Feudi di San Gregorio, located in Irpinia, in Campania. The name of the wine is Rubrato ($17.99, 750 ml), which means…I’m really not sure what. But the wine is full and bold and tannic yet unoaked and fresh and herbal and…did I say tannic? It’s really a great wine for fall (even if its not at all like Nebbiolo. I mean, not even a little bit. Except for the tannins. And its red.)
2016 Domaine de Fa Beaujolais
Beaujolais, FR
Regular Price $27.99
Sale price $21.99
This wine seems a cosmic joke…a wine from Beaujolais made by one of the iconic producers from the Northern Rhone. But then one realizes the proximity between the two regions as well as the historic ties and the similarities between the soil types, and…well, it all adds up. 100% Gamay (of course), this wine drinks like a ‘cru’ Beaujolais with good depth of flavor and expressed minerality. Good winemakers make good wine.
2016 Martinet Bru
Priorat, SP
Regular Price $39.99
Sale price $29.99
The Martinet Bru (“Bru” meaning “dark”) is from a single vineyard called Mas Torrent in the village of Falset. It is a farm adjacent to the D.O. Montsant with slate soil and Montsant climate influence, stony and cool. Aged in 4,000 liter oak vats for 19 months. Unfined and unfiltered. It’s a beautiful wine.