A New Look at Rioja

~$14 Artuke (Rioja 2013) – SOLD OUT ~$21 Artuke “Pies Negros” (Rioja 2011) – SOLD OUT Join us this Saturday to sample two singular red wines from a rising star in Rioja, Spain’s most well known winemaking region. Both…

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Posted on 2015.06.24 in Saturday Sips Wines, Spain DO, Rioja DOC  |  Read more...

Give Dad the Gift of Burgundy

~$40 Domaine Darviot-Perrin “Les Magnys” (Bourgogne Blanc 2011, Chardonnay) – SOLD OUT ~$26 Domaine Jean-Claude Regnaudot (Maranges “La Fussière” Premier Cru 2013, Pinot Noir) – SOLD OUT Dads like grilling and power tools. Dads like driving past rest areas…

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Posted on 2015.06.17 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

World-Class Corsican – Clos Canarelli

Clos Canarelli  2014 Biancu Gentile White ~$40/bottle 2014 Corse Figari White ~$40/bottle – SOLD OUT 2013 Corse Figari Red ~$35/bottle Despite the island of Corsica being France’s most southerly vineyard area, it is surprisingly not its hottest. Height and wind…

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Posted on 2015.06.10 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Corsica  |  Read more...

Vigne Marina Coppi “Fausto”

Vigne Marina Coppi “Fausto” (Colli Tortonesi 2011, Piedmont) ~$50/bottle — Only 6,600 bottles produced. – SOLD OUT Colli Tortonesi is a stone’s throw from the well-known region of Gavi in the easternmost part of Piedmont that links up with…

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Posted on in Piedmont, Italy  |  Read more...

Sandro Fay “Cà Moréi” (Valtellina Superiore Valgella 2011)

$40/bottle – SOLD OUT Less than 20 miles from the border of Switzerland, the upper Adda valley of Lombardy is a unique habitat for Italy’s northernmost wines produced from the Nebbiolo grape variety (locally known as Chiavennasca). The Valtellina…

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Posted on in Italy, Lombardy  |  Read more...

A White & Red Tour of the Abruzzo Hills of Italy

Tiberio “Pecorino” (2013 IGP Colline Pescaresi) ~$23/Bottle – SOLD OUT Tiberio (2012 DOP Montepulciano d’Abruzzo) ~$18/Bottle – SOLD OUT The small medieval village of Cugnoli sits about 20 miles west of the Adriatic Sea among the rolling Abruzzo hills….

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Posted on 2015.06.03 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Abruzzo  |  Read more...