03.18.10
"Cuts Like a Knife" 2007 V. Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru Séchet This is linear to the point of austerity and there is a cuts-like-a-knife quality to the chiseled backend. -Burghound If 2007 Chablis is as aggressive as it is classic,...
03.17.10
Sancerre So Rare... that it's RED! 2008 Labaille Sancerre Rouge l'Authentique Juicy Loire Pinot Noir with Serious Verve and Crackle (and a sizzling value at as low as $20.80 a bottle!) Joe Dressner rightly calls Sancerre Rouge "A curiosity and...
03.16.10
Full-Throttle Pinot Noir! 2008 Melville Pinot Noir Terraces and Indigène Special Pre-Arrival Pricing Ends Friday! Raw, high-voltage, hands-on, full-contact, full-throttle... This is Pinot Noir with an intensity born under the California sun. Yet what is so shocking is the... ...finesse!...
03.15.10
Rieslings for Advanced Learners 2008 Weingut Peter Lauer Fass 9 "Kern" THE Germany Discovery, Part II: Crush Exclusive! The cut-from-stone, unapologetically mineral, bracing and bright Rieslings of Florian Lauer in Germany's Saar were our greatest German discovery of 2009. Today,...
03.12.10
The Wine that Stole the Show 1999 Bollinger Grande Annee Gift Set Great Champagne with Two Large Riedel Flutes... at Ludicrous Pricing - $94.95 As veritable Champagne fanatics, we frequently field questions about bubbly. What’s the best we’ve ever tasted?...
03.11.10
"...the elixirs of dreams..." 2007 Sine Qua Non Syrah Labels The New Release from California's Cult Winemaker "Tasting here is one of the highlights of my year, and all my expectations were satisfied if not eclipsed by what Krankl has...