Sleek Mineral White Burgundy

September 1-7, 2014 2011 Domaine Jean Pascal Puligny-Montrachet “Les Enseigneres” $50.15/bottle – 15% off regular price of $59 SOLD OUT Joseph Pascal Morvan arrived in the village of Puligny-Montrachet in 1920 to make wine. In 1950, after a stint…

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Posted on 2014.08.31 in France, Burgundy  |  Read more...

Rioja for Your Backyard BBQ

August 25-31, 2014 2012 Artuke Maceración Carbónica Price: $18.99/Bottle – SOLD OUT What is classic red Rioja wine? Is it the the Gran Reservas aged for years before bottling and full of dark, raisin-like fruit with amazing complexity? Or…

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Posted on 2014.08.24 in Spain DO, Rioja DOC  |  Read more...

Wines of Sun and Stone – Corbières

August 4-10, 2014 Maxime Magnon – La Vallée du Paradis “La Démarrante” $26.10/bottle – 10% off regular price of $29 SOLD OUT The Hautes Corbières – a massive, wind-swept limestone block only good, agriculturally speaking, for growing vines, raising…

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Posted on 2014.08.03 in France, Languedoc-Roussillon  |  Read more...

Saturday Sips: Modern Day Classic

2005 Marqués de Murrieta Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial Price: $85/Bottle – SOLD OUT Modern Rioja’s story begins around 1850 when landowner Luciano (eventually the Marqués de) Murrieta, who had studied winemaking in Bordeaux, rented a Bodega in the…

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Posted on 2014.08.01 in Saturday Sips Wines, Spain DO, Rioja DOC  |  Read more...