Have we ever had a better Labor Day Sale?! 😳
08.28.2023
Labor Day Specials!
August 28th - September 4th, 2023*
ALL WEEK LONG!
ALL WINES ON SALE LISTED AT THE LOWEST PRICE IN THE US!
*Curbside Pickup Always Available*
I'm here to tell you this...in 17 years of being in business, we have NEVER had a selection this good. The sheer amount of high quality, affordable offerings available to you at the lowest prices in NC (and in the case of this sale the lowest prices in the United States) is simply mind boggling.
There is no better time to be a wine lover in the Carolinas than right now.
So as we celebrate the hard working people of this country this week - we also want to celebrate you guys, our customers. That you choose to spend your hard earned dollars with us is something we do not take lightly or for granted, and we are humbled by the opportunity to serve you all each and every week
So THANK YOU, and let's enjoy some wine!!!
*Please note our stores will be closed on Monday, September 4th 2023 but all sale prices will be active on our website through midnight on the 4th and available for pickup beginning Tuesday September 5th at 11am*
2022 La Culottée Rosé
Release Price: $18.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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This 100% Caladoc wine is barrel-fermented, though it is still recognizably rosé in style. Needless to say, barrel-fermented rosé is anomalous anywhere, much less in southern France. The barrels are over-sized, and the wine has no added sulfur or added yeast. Dry, clean and rather full for a rosé, you can nonetheless drink it chilly on a sunny day, just like you would the rest of the rosés you’re slamming this summer.
2022 Larme en Rose
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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If you stick around the wine business long enough, you’ll have seen it all. Where once wine coolers were cooler than Liebfraumilch, now hard seltzer is hot (served cold). White Zin was once de rigeur, though it was never French; it was from the good ol’ US of A. But then that became too sweet and the category died. Or seemed to. Because then rosé rose up like a zombie eager for fresh meat, though the current iteration of the pink stuff is more often French than not. Provence is the epicenter of it and the French have figured out how we like it: dry, pale pink, light and refreshing.
2021 Bonnet Hill Cabernet
Release Price: $35.00+?
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)
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Lake County lies just to the north of Napa, and while it shares none of the fame of its southern sibling, it’s a sleeper region for Cabernet. That might be why Napa legend Andy Beckstoffer started investing in the region, purchasing a 1,200-acre vineyard that he calls Amber Knolls in the Red Hills AVA. That’s where this comes from and, if it’s good enough for Andy Beckstoffer, Napa’s most important wine grower, then it’s good enough for us too.
2021 Sombrero Cabernet
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net) per bottle
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Over four generations of winemaking, the Vellas family have slowly assembled a strong group of properties in Languedoc and Roussillon. In beautiful sites like Mas du Pont they have created not only a vast set of vineyards but also farmlands, bull breeding, equestrian centers, olive groves and more. With Cabernet spread out across these sunny and Mediterranean climes, ripeness and aromatics are both in strong supply.
2021 Sonoma Cutrer Russian River Ranches Chardonnay
Winery Price: $28.00
SALE PRICE: $16.98 (net) per bottle
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It's Sonoma Cutrer - what more do we really need to say? Oak, Vanilla, butter - all that you expect from a great California Chard and then a little extra thrown in for good measure...
2022 Maison Belliac Chardonnay
Winery Price: $25.00
SALE PRICE: $9.99 (net) per bottle
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When the French decided to build the Canal du Midi, they unsurprisingly chose a portion of the Pays d’Oc that is flatter and less mountainous than much of the regional landscape. The climate is different, needless to say, but not so very different from sunny California, and the wine has some of that same buttery character that West Coast Chardonnay exemplifies.
2021 Highland Falls Cabernet
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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"Mountain-grown, it’s the richest kind,” as coffee commercials used to say, but it’s also true of Cabernet. Foley Family's pedigree doesn’t hurt either: the guys who bring you Merus, Chalone and Chalk Hill Wines are behind the powerhouse Highland Falls lineup too.
2021 Z/N Zinfandel
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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I know, I know, Zinfandel is the same grape as Italy’s Primitivo. But is it? Even the best Primitivo doesn’t have the fruitiness, the power, the sheer intensity of California’s best Zins. And how do we describe that fruitiness? I always find that it has something like more red fruits than black fruits, with a little hint of red currant jelly right at the end that is part of the easy friendliness of the grape.
2020 Darley Proprietary Red
Release Price: $75.00
SALE Price: $19.99 (net)
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We argue about vintages and that’s because we don’t all like the same style of wines. You may hate Napa Cabernet in 2011 because you think they're weak and insipid; I might find them elegant and sleek. You might champion Napa Cab 2013s; most people do. I might complain that some are too ripe. But 2020 is one of those vintages that makes fans of us all. Sonoma Cabernet in 2020 has richness but also balance. Check out Darley’s 2020 Knights Valley Cab and make your own mind up.
2021 Vellas Sauvignon Blanc
Release Price: $19.99
SALE Price: $12.99 (net) per bottle
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To most, the Languedoc is a large scale region with small scale ambitions. Even more importantly, there are ancient vineyards in the Languedoc that didn't get grubbed up and replaced with newer, sexier clones. Older vines have survived, and in the best spots, the climate is conducive to long life, and those vines that have provided the grapes for this wine have long been grown organically.
2021 Bleu Blanc Thau
Release Price: $14.99
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
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This blend of Picpoul, Terret, and Colombard is so tasty, so refreshingly crisp (but still weighty enough to matter) and, dare we say it, a freaking value that it practically crawled into our bag and said take me home the first time we tasted it. Say hello to your new house white wine.
2019 Willowlake Pinot Noir
Release Price: $39.99
SALE Price: $19.99 (net)
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Finally! A wine that rivals Belle Glos at a much friendlier price point. Pinot lovers unite!
2022 Tatiana Guillot Julienas
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net) per bottle
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Most Americans have no idea how great the Beaujolais region has become. The last two decades have seen it grow, crafting some of the most intriguing AND affordable wines of France. It’s important to understand not all Beaujolais is the same, if you think Beaujolais Nouveau represents the character of Beaujolais, you’re dead wrong. Like the best Beaujolais, Julienas is firm, intense, tannic and nothing at all like the simple fruity wine from past.
2020 Pabellon Rioja
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net) per bottle
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The powers behind Bodegas Lo Nuevo have a remarkable set of vineyards in many of the sexiest parts of Spain, and they always bring some crazy value to it. This is no exception, and is one of the most exciting sub $15 red wines we have tasted in a long time!
2021 Prejuges Chardonnay
Release Price: $18.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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Cabardès has not always been a favored site but its intense limestone soils are beginning to consistently offer Burgundy-like nerve. It’s tasty wine, but maybe the best part of the story is that Cabardès is named for the 13th Century Lords of Cabaret – seriously. Picture Joel Grey or Alan Cumming astride white stallions, swords a-glinter in the sunlight, horses prancing. Okay, you just can’t un-see that image, can you? Drink this incredibly tasty number and try to forget we said this.
2022 Le Cabas Sauvignon Blanc
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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Gascony ain't just the Three Musketeers, though they have a place in our hearts as well. More than anything, Gascony is foie gras, delicious plums and apricots, rich dinners with Armagnac to follow. But the white grapes grown here are not just for great brandy, they have always been consumed as wine too and the last decade or so has seen an embrace of clean, cold winemaking to preserve the aromas of otherwise neutral grapes like Ugni Blanc or Folle Blanche. It's also seen new plantings of Sauvignon Blanc, a grape that requires no heroic measures to reveal its aromatic riches. Whats fun here is that these same winemaking methods generate something bright and vibrant but without much resemblance to other such Sauvignon Blancs (I'm looking at you, New Zealand), many of which have begun to seem like self-caricature. This one is comfortably itself, needing only an ice bucket and a big glass.
Overbrook Cabernet
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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In the world of sub- $15 wine, Overbrook Cabernet is a revelation. I guess this is what happens when you put world class vineyard sites in a partnership with world class winemaking team and an extreme focus on quality and value. We need more of these in the world!!
2021 Snowvale Sierra Foothills
Release Price: $80.00
SALE Price: $19.99 (net)
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Since the 2012 vintage we have been partnering with Baron Ziegler and Rob Fischer to select some insane high end left over barrels from prestigious wineries and bottle them under their Snowvale and Willowlake labels. The results have been pretty eye opening. We’ve seen wine from Dominus, Hidden Ridge, maybe or maybe not Dunn and some other crazy names.
Mata'Or Red Blend
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
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Among the diverse operations the Vellas family manages on their estates in Languedoc and Roussillon is an equestrian center and a “Manades” or farm where they breed Camargue bulls, bred solely for the "course camarguaise" (Camargue style of bullfighting). It’s not the bloody affair that we associate with bullfighting (at least, that’s the goal). In the arena, the bull gives chase with a dozen “razeteurs” (Camargue bullfighters) who try to remove a cockade that has been attached between its horns with strings. Not for the faint of heart. The wine too is a big, bold blend from the highly regarded Costiere de Nimes AOP – horns not included.
2021 Belcoop White
Release Price: $15.00
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
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Grenache Blanc is a work in progress, but only because the consumer is still discovering it. With enough sunshine, Grenache Blanc can develop weight and power. The wine is fermented like Chardonnay in some ways, though the stainless steel variety; its lees are stirred in the tank, creating greater richness and texture, and Grenache Blanc is very happy that way. You will be too.
2020 Waccamaw Proprietary Red
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
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Put together a bunch of passionate kids (some with backgrounds selling wines for legends such as Eric Solomon and Martine Saunier) deeply immersed in the California biz and you can find some pretty tasty wines. That's what they did and that's what we have here.
2019 Double Ripasse GSM
Release Price: $35.00
SALE Price: $19.99 (net) per bottle
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Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre are happy bedfellows from anywhere, and the Vellas family has sites throughout Mediterranean France that allow balance as well as intensity to be achieved.
2020 Solanilla
Release Price: $24.99
SALE Price: $9.99 (net) per bottle
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Verdejo can have a layered texture all its own, and this dead ringer for high end California Chardonnay proves that Spain is the current global King of insane quality for extreme value.
2021 Kingstree Proprietary Red
Release Price: $35.00
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)
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I'll be honest. Wines of this quality at this price are few and far between as vintners continue to try and stretch their prices further and further. It's a big and bold red from your friends at Foley Family...these guys know what they are doing!
2020 P/N Pinot Noir
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
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Put together a bunch of passionate kids (some with backgrounds selling wines for legends such as Eric Solomon and Martine Saunier) deeply immersed in the California biz and you can find some pretty tasty wines. That's what they did and that's what we have here.
2021 Belcoop Red
Release Price: $15.00
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
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The massive Pays d’Oc covers the greater part of Mediterranean France. After the railroad was built, linking the south to Paris, wines of the Languedoc filled the carafes of Parisian bistros, and they still do today. But the last century has seen vast improvements to the wines that once were built only for value. The rest is traditionally made; though used and funky barrels are no longer the norm in the Languedoc, where this tasty wine is crafted.