Domaine Mas Champart – A Lifetime Among the Vines

Domaine Mas Champart “Causse de Bousquet” (Saint-Chinian 2015) Special 6-Pack Price: $135 (~$22/bottle) Back in 1976, Isabelle Champart, a Parisian with a degree in Geography, and her husband Mathieu, from a family of farmers in Champagne, began cultivating vines on…

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Posted on 2018.02.21 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Languedoc-Roussillon  |  Read more...

Leading Producer in Burgundy + Modest Appellation = Great Value

Domaine François Lumpp “A Vigne Rouge” (Givry Premier Cru, 2015) Special 6-Pack Price: $297 (~$49/bottle) For close to 30 years François Lumpp and his wife Isabelle have been leaders in the Côte Chalonnaise region of Givry, illustrating how meticulous…

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Posted on 2018.02.14 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

Affordable White & Rosé Grower Champagne for Lovers

Stop by any time between now and Valentine’s Day to taste a Champagne ideal for sharing with your sweetheart or anyone that just loves good wine. Pickup a bottle or two at special discount prices. The Grower/Producer Champagne Goutorbe-Bouillot is…

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Posted on 2018.02.10 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Champagne  |  Read more...

Barbaresco – Hard to Find a Better Value of Soulful Nebbiolo than Silvio Giamello’s 2014 Vicenziana

Silvio Giamello “Vicenziana” (Barbaresco 2014) Special 6-Pack Price: $194 (~$32/bottle) Value is so much more than price. What makes a Nebbiolo-based wine from Italy’s Barbaresco region so special? It’s a tale of a grape variety wholly adapted to the specific…

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Posted on 2018.02.07 in Saturday Sips Wines, Piedmont, Italy  |  Read more...

The Champagne Society – February 2018 Selection: Champagne Jacquesson

Champagne Jacquesson “Cuvée 740” (Extra Brut) Price for The Champagne Society members: $67 (regular price $79) We take pride in the diversity of the wines that we offer to The Champagne Society, so it is a matter of no small consequence that we decided to revisit ChampagneJacquesson’s…

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Posted on 2018.02.01 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  |  Read more...