VIN SUD DE FRANCE The south of France, that land of gloriously sensual delights, continues to blow us away with the absurd quality of what we can pour into our wine glasses, and how ridiculously affordable it all is! Bon appetit!! 2018 DOMAINE BERTHET-RAYNE Cairanne $18.95 bottle/ $182.00 case A very worthy and equally palate…
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Very pleased to offer you two gorgeous Sicilian wines that are absolutely ready for your dinner tables tonight and will bring all the warmth and soul of that ruggedly gorgeous island!! Beautiful Bianco ~ 2018 FEUDO MONTONI Grillo Sicilia $19.95 bottle/ $192.00 case This is an intense, mouthwatering, world class bottle of Sicilian…
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2016 CIGLIUTI Barbera d'Alba "Campass"
$26.95 bottle/ $257.00 case
As always, and this gets reinforced with seemingly every release, the Cigliuti sisters are making some of my very favorite Piedmontese wines at their small winery outside the village of Neive. As stated endlessly, I adore the Barbera grape, and nobody does it better than Claudia and her sister Silvia. Their wines, both Barbera and…
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2015 BODEGAS VALDEMAR Rioja Crianza "Conde de Valdemar"
$13.95 bottle/ $134.00 case
I’ve been waiting for a couple months for this Spanish sensation to arrive after reading various online reports about its splendidness. Well, turns out they were pretty spot on, as this is a beauty, at an almost unbelievable price! Classic tempranillo from Rioja in the bottle, with ripe plums, dusty earth, moss, saddle leather, and…
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