July 29, 2009

MADCrush Week One - July 30

Wine List & Prices


wine name / taste / glass / bottle

NV sorelle bronca prosecco 3 / 9 / 45
NV paul goerg champagne blanc de blancs 3 / 12 / 45
2007 verdi pinot grigio 3 / 9 / 45
2008 muller-catoir riesling trocken 3 / 12 / 60
2007 fevre chablis champs royaux 3 / 12 / 60
2003 vodopivec vitovska 3 / 12 / 60
2008 antinori scalabrone bolgheri rosato 3 / 9 / 45
2008 occhipinti sp 68 rosso vittoria 3 / 9 / 45
2004 bachelet bourgogne rouge 3 / 12 / 60
2005 palari rosso del soprano 3/ 12 / 60
1999 cappellano barolo pie rupestris 6 / 18 / 90
2006 rinaldini lambrusco di grasparosso secco 3 / 9 / 45


Small Plates Menu

by Mark Ladner of Del Posto - $6 / plate

PASTA e FAGIOLI
Cesare's beans, whole wheat pasta, tomato condimento

Tuna TRAMEZZINI
kindai tuna salad, pullman bread, perilla

Pickled PIQUILLO PEPPER
stuffed with provolone & speck

Wild Salmon SFERE
chopped sockeye salmon, lemon conserva, summer truffles

Peperoni PASTELLA
sesame pate a choux & spicy salami

Cardamom BASTONCINO
semi-freddo, bitter cocoa, gold dust

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July 27, 2009

Summer Mixed Case 20% off!

Summer Mixed Case
BIG Savings on a Summertime Sampler
Every Bottle Discounted 20%!

No need to belabor the introduction here, we all know where the mercury is heading (yesterday was a pretty good preview). Suffice it to say that at this time of year, finding the right wine to refresh and invigorate is essential. Don't worry, we have you covered with today's summer mixed case.

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July 24, 2009

08 J.J. Prum: Middle Mosel Master

2008 J.J. Prum
"Futures" Pricing on this Middle Mosel Master
Special Pricing Ends Next Friday!

While we still have a few surprises lined up, today our 2008 German “Futures” program continues with J.J. Prüm.

Please note, while every bottle being offered has been discounted, you MUST order by July 31st to take advantage of this special pre-arrival pricing. (That’s one week from today!)

J.J. Prüm is the most iconic estate in Germany with a reputation for producing spectacular Rieslings that happen to be some of the most age-worthy white wines in the world. Rudi Wiest talks about a 1955 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese that was drinking lovely in 1981 and he's confident the 1949 TBA will drink well into this century.

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July 22, 2009

Cult German: Keller "von der Fels"

2008 Keller Riesling "von der Fels"
The $30 Cult Wine from Klaus-Peter Keller
"High class juice and a flat out steal in this vintage."
- John Gilman

"Flat out steal" is one way to put  it. Another way would be to say Keller's 2008 "von der Fels" presents near-Grand Cru quality at about half to a third of the price of Keller's top Grosses Gewächs - and this isn't hyperbole in the least.

As John Gilman points out in his 2008 German reviews, only about 20% of the production from any of the "Grand Cru" vineyards makes it into the Grosses Gewächs bottlings. A good portion of the rest ends up in the "von der Fels" and a few others. If you want to geek out even more with some Keller trivia: 2008 presents the first "von der Fels" with juice from about 1 hectare of Keller's famed Abtserde vineyard.

The "von der Fels" is Keller's quiet cult wine. There simply isn't a better dry Riesling value in the Keller arsenal and while people are begging to be put on waiting lists for the G-Max, those in the know are loading up on some of the few cases of "von der Fels" that come into the U.S. ever year. (Only a handful of retailers in the U.S. ever see any of Keller's wines, let alone the "von der Fels" and the Grosses Gewächs.)

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July 20, 2009

The Sancerre Legend: Revisited and (very) Limited!

2007 Gerard Boulay Sancerre "Comtesse"
A Hedonist's Vatan or Cotat?
The 3rd vintage of a legend in the making...

Limited Quantity - Special Offer to Loire Supporters only!

Today I'm proud to offer the 2007 edition of a white wine that is not only a personal favorite, but a favorite of many of the Crush Crew.

I described the 2005 Comtesse as having "the outrageous concentration of an Egon Müller Auslese matched to the citrusy verve of a 96 white Burg."

Have no doubt: The "Comtesse" is to Sancerre what Ferrari is to automobiles, or Mario Cippolini was to the pro cycling peloton. This is very special juice sourced from 50-year-old vines in Sancerre's famed "Monts Damnés" vineyard - only a few barrels are made each year. This is one of the grandest and perhaps most outrageous expressions of Sauvignon Blanc on earth.

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July 17, 2009

04 Sandrone: Greatest le Vigne - Greatest Price

Luciano Sandrone's 2004 Barolo le Vigne
"Sublime" Wine Advocate
Lowest Price in the Nation!

Today we offer what is the finest Sandrone Barolo Le Vigne ever produced, at the lowest price in the nation, as low as $109.99.

This is a do not miss opportunity for Piedmont fanatics and those looking for serious Barolo at an absurd price for this wine.

In top vintages like 2004 Sandrone's Le Vigne is simply a thundering value of a Barolo - it's a bottling I've gone back to again and again since its inaugural vintage nearly two decades ago and it continuously over-delivers, making an impact lavished with velvet.

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July 16, 2009

Coconut Water Comparison via Blind Tasting

When he's not tasting wine or making deals, you can find Crush GM Tom Stephenson running or biking around NYC for exercise. When he's thirsty and he needs something even more crisp than muscadet, he goes for clean and refreshing coconut water to replenish his electrolytes and stay hydrated.

Recently while shopping for sports drinks, Tom noticed that his favorite brand of coconut water, O.N.E., was priced significantly higher than some other brands available on the market. Was O.N.E. really worth the higher premium? As the leader of a crew of sharp palates, the solution was simple:

The Coconut Water Blind Tasting at Crush

Bounding into the store earlier this week, Tom announced his plan to the tasting room denizens, but Molly Sider, the laid-back West Coaster advised that the cheapest and freshest coconut water comes straight from the coconut, not some package. And so the stage was set: a blind tasting of coconut water from brown coconuts, young coconuts and four different kinds of packaged juice.

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July 14, 2009

Auslese of Vintage: AJ Adam 2008 Dhroner Hofberg

Auslese of the Vintage?
2008 AJ Adam Dhroner Hofberg Auslese

"If there were any doubts about young Andreas Adam's exceptional abilities or his stylistically striking success in channeling the great Hofberg vineyard in Dhron and the wine making spirit of an earlier age, they have been thoroughly dispelled..." David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate

Today we offer one of the greatest Auslese from the class of 2008 - it's as simple as that.

Adam's Auslese shatters the limitations and assumptions of the vintage with ease and grace.  This is one of the most startlingly beautiful Rieslings of 2008 and while most growers in the Mosel couldn't coax enough botrytis to flesh out their Gold Capsule Auslesen, boy-wonder AJ Adam somehow managed to select about 80% botrytis for his 2008 Auslese - and a shimmering, golden and incredibly pure botrytis at that.

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July 13, 2009

Cult Champagne From A Selosse Disciple at 20-25% Off!

Champagnes Vouette & Sorbee
'4 star' Biodynamic Beauties from a Selosse Disciple At 20-25% off
Another Crush Discovery: Come Join the Cult With Us!

Many of you know from our offers (Cornilissen, Macle, Caloz, and Vodopivec to name a few) that we're always on the "bleeding edge" of the wine world (and some might argue that we tread on the edge of reason). You probably also know that we go to great lengths to source wines at the absolute best prices, often found anywhere on the globe.

Today we present the Champagnes of cult producer Vouette et Sorbée – biodynamic beauties, made by Jacques Selosse disciple Bertrand Gautherot at prices 20-25% lower than our competitors.

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July 8, 2009

Veuve Clicquot Half-Bottle Madness

Veuve Clicquot Half-Bottle Madness
The Famous Yellow Label at only $16.80!
The Perfect Summer-Fun Format

What could be better than Veuve Clicquot, in the ultimate personal format, at only $16.80? Perfect for aperitifs, picnics, sunsets, quiet Tuesday night celebrations...Priced like this, feel free to think of it as a regular-sized bottle for under $34 (that's about 15% off!) SUMMER SPECIAL! ***Wine arrives mid-August.

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July 7, 2009

Schafer-Frohlich Gold Capsule: Lightning Strikes Again

Schafer-Frohlich Strikes Gold in 2008
2008 Bockenauer Felseneck Gold Capsule
A Collectible Treasure of 2008 for under $50

"Tim Frohlich's 2008s are near-perfect. This is one of the only estates where I might say the 2008s are even better than the 2007s - and the 2007s were scary-good."

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July 1, 2009

Nahe

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