Author Archives: Bruce

VINO Value Case #79!!

Obviously there aren’t 12 bottles pictured above. But the 7 that aren’t there are coming, I promise! It’s been a minute since our last Value Case offer (approximately 67, 680 minutes to be more precise), so, yeah, a little overdue. With 12 wines per case, that means you’ve had about 5,600 minutes to get through…

Grenache, Syrah, & Friends- alone, together, and delicious!!

Now I know this sunny weather is getting you all excited (based on calls I’m already getting) for some Friday Flight patio time, but sorry to say it won’t be this Friday. For so many reasons… ~ Even with the warming weekend, tomorrow will still be cool-warm by the late afternoon/early evening. ~ It’s still…

Burgundy Bargain: 2020 Domaine Pillot Mercurey

2020 DOMAINE PILLOT MERCUREY
$29.95 Bottle/ $289.00 case

If only we could buy pinot noir from Oregon this good for such an amazing price. Instead we have to go halfway around the globe <sigh>. This is such a treat for all of you/us who think that true, character-filled, complex, and elegantly made red Burgundy is out of reach price-wise. One sniff and you…

2021 CANTINA VALLE ISARCO Kerner “Alto Adige”

$23.95 bottle/ $229.00 case

Every vintage this Italian beauty from Cantina Valle Isarco is one of my favorite wines, red or white, that I carry here at VINO. I love the pretty, pure whites produced by this great Alto Adige winery located in the heart of the stunning Dolomite mountains. Their brilliant Kerner, always so focused and precise, is…

FREE Weekend Wine Tasting!

>>> SATURDAY/SUNDAY SAMPLING <<< I’m gNot only will be able to taste through three os those Value Case bargains written up in this week’s VINO E-Special, but just dropping into my grateful lap is a Cotes du Rhone deal that I’m super excited by! Saturday from 11-5:30 and Sunday 12-5:00 the following fabulous foursome will…

The Next Level!!

The Next Level Case:  With the holidays coming fast it’s a time we all deserve a little treat to make sure we’re properly focused. And if no one else does, at least we can get ourselves what we richly deserve! And we certainly deserve something in our glass that reminds us that we are all…

World Wide Wine Pleasures!!

*** You’ll find two special mixed case offerings in this missive. One after the first six wines and one at the end. The savings abound! 2022 PASSIONATE WINES “Del Mono” Tinto $15.95 bottle/ $153.00 case This is a new-to-me wine that just came into view a month or so ago and I immediately wanted to…

European Explorations!

2021 LA COMARCAL Tinto “Delmoro” $20.95 bottle/ $201.00 case I don’t know if I’ve had this irresistible a bottle of Spanish red in years. I am just 100% smitten here! La Comarcal (“The District”) is made from 85% garnacha and 15% syrah that are organically farmed in the Valencian hills just outside the village of…