Category Archives: Featured Wine

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…

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…

Vin Blanc/Vino Bianco/Vino Blanco

Vin Blanc/Vino Bianco/Vino Blanco However you want to say it in Europe, here’s three more whites very deserving of your attention, and your wine glasses! 2021 DOMAINE TABORDET Pouilly-Fumé SOLD OUT!! 2021 GIRLAN Pinot Bianco “Sudtirol-Alto Adige” $16.95 bottle/ $163.00 case You know I’m all about the crisp, minerally whites from the wineries that sit…

Marvelous Merlot: 2018 L’ECOLE #41 Merlot “Columbia Valley”

2018 L'ECOLE #41 Merlot "Columbia Valley"
$25.95 bottle/ $249.00 case

Quite possibly my favorite Washington merlot right here, and a wine that the experienced hands at L’Ecole totally have dialed in. This is richly textured and flavored, impeccably balanced, and a perfect red with your next steak or chop off the grill!  $25.95 >> 91 pts- Vinous: “Delivers some seriously good value! Rich black cherry…

Sudtirol Sublimity: Colterenzio Schiava!

2019 COLTERENZIO Schiava “St Magdelener”
$17.95 bottle/ $172.00 case

I fell in love with the reds made from the schiava grape when I was in northeastern Italy’s gorgeous Alto Adige region last year. It was the perfect red to imbibe after a day spent hiking in the stunning Dolomite Mountains. So fresh and bright, with gushes of cranberry, cherry, spice, and minerals. Plus coming…

Well Accessorized!!

Most, but not all of these, come through an importing company called Haus Alpenz ( alpenz.com ), where you can find further descriptions and cocktail ideas. Others you can google and get loads of info! LACUESTA Vermut Rojo (sweet vermouth) , Spain…$21.95 bottle MIRÓ Vermut Extra Seco, Spain… $16.95 GONZALEZ BYASS Vermouth Rojo “La Copa”,…