Past Offers

Miss the St. Damiens? Well here’s ‘last call’ on a trio of our top-selling bang-for-the-buck Gigondas from this illustrious vintage…these 2016’s are quickly disappearing…and, while the 2017’s are also excellent, well, there’s nothing like having the best….

There is a joke amongst our suppliers in the biz that if you have Cabernet Franc in your bag of wine samples, go see Tristen! My love for great ‘Franc’ is no secret but unfortunately this is a temperamental grape. In some parts of the world Cabernet Franc gets too ripe, while in other areas, it doesn’t get ripe

It’s hard to get noticed if you are the quiet players in a field of more flamboyant wineries that make more flamboyant styles. Yet the Varner brothers did just that, two pretty laid back guys that fashioned attention-getting Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs from the not-particularly-in-the-spotlight Santa Cruz Mountains. Over the years, the various plot-designated Varner bottlings have accumulated serious critical

Here’s a monster, slam-dunk Cabernet pick-up from one of Washington’s best winemakers, Chris Upchurch.

If you have ever watched variety programs or late night talks shows, you have likely noticed that while a broad mix of ‘guest stars’ are constantly cycling through, there are certain personalities that appear with regularity. For a long time the wines of Cune have been that around here.

History, as the saying goes, is up to the interpretation of whoever writes it. You could say that Saint Damien only goes back to 1979 when the property was renamed by Clovis Saurel after an expansion of the vineyards after a chapel that had stood on the grounds prior. But the family had been farming the land since

“For my money, though, the real standout in this (2016 Felsina) range when it comes to quality and for the price is the Chianti Classico Riserva, which is a mini-Rancia of sorts that opens a bit earlier in bottle but that can also age.” – Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media

This particular domaine has a special place in our hearts. Our journey in the Southern Rhone has spanned four decades, but one of our first ‘aha’ moments with the region way back when was with Andre Brunel’s Les Cailloux Chateauneuf.

For virtually as long as we have been in the wine business, we have been exposed to what we call ‘cause’ wines. It isn’t a brand new idea to create a product, in this case a fermented beverage, where some or all of the proceeds go to some worthy charity. Believe us when we tell you we have

Some wines are just that. A staple. A wine that we almost literally cannot go without. A wine that fills a niche remarkably well, a wine designed, through brilliant grape growing and top wine making, to appeal to just about every wine drinker on the planet, but at a truly silly price given the quality.