44% Off Total Wine on this $9.99 Cabernet!

03.22.2023

BR Cohn Silver Label Cabernet

Total Wine Price: $17.99 (Click HERE to see)*
winestore. Price: $9.99 (net)
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This is the lowest price we have ever been able to offer on this wine! And I'm not gonna tell you this is the best deal we're gonna offer this year, but it certainly is going to be near the top.

I've never seen this wine offered below $10 before! 🔥

Why are we so excited?

The Cohn family has a long history in the wine trade of Northern California (as well as a history of managing The Doobie Brothers but we must save that for another time...I'm serious). They were one of the original fruit sources for wineries like Sebastiani and Gundlach Bundschu and since 1984 they have been producing their own wines as well. Their first winemaker? Helen Turley. You read that correctly. She's like kind of a big deal right now...just like this wine!

Their Silver Label Cabernet is a staple of fine dining establishments across the country...one taste and it is easy to see why. It's rich, easy drinking and complex Cabernet at a friendly price point.

Only downside? There are only 112 cases at this deal price.

First come, first served. You guys know what to do!

Happy Wednesday!
 

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*Total Wine Price taken on Wednesday March 22nd at 8:27 am from their Wilmington, NC store location

$9.99 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo that is sure to please!

03.21.2023

2021 Giuliano Rosati Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Wine.com Price: $14.99 (Click HERE to see)
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Okay, we’ll admit it, Italian wine is confusing.

It’s not you; it’s them.

They’ve been making wine for thousands of years; and it’s as if they’ve been dreaming up names, places and grapes for that long as well. Take Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. You might think we’re referring to Vino Nobile de Montepulciano but, no, that’s a place in Tuscany where they make Sangiovese, nearby Chianti. There they call the grape Prugnolo Gentile. Confused yet? We’ve got this. 😂

Montepulciano is a town but it's also a grape not grown in that town. When that grape (Montepulciano) is grown in the Abruzzo region, it’s rich, plush, fun and juicy as all get out. And it’s also not respected enough by the Italians to charge you a lot of money. I think they’re confused too.

So if you're like me and always looking for delicious $9.99 wines to add to your lineup? Your ship has come in!

I know what I'm drinking tonight! Happy Tuesday y'all!
 

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Chateauneuf du Pape for $29.99! Run don't walk......

03.17.2023

2020 Gonnet "Val de Garrigues" Chateauneuf du Pape

Release Price: $50.00
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Last night I scoured nearly 17 years of our newsletters to see how many times we have been able to offer Chateaneuf du Pape (CDP) for less than $30. I was able to find one instance in 2014. 👀

CDP has just gotten expensive as its popularity has grown, so to be able to offer some juice at this price from a high quality producer like Guillaume Gonnet gets us extremely fired up!

How good is Gonnet?

There are plenty of people in the Rhone Valley with long histories in the wine biz. Guillaume Gonnet is a third-generation winemaker from the region and, after traveling for years in Bordeaux, Burgundy, Napa, and New Zealand, he met his wife in Australia. They came back to the Rhone, took over the family plot and, more importantly, they bought some Chateauneuf-du-Pape vines in 2015, with some of those vines a half century to nearly a century old.

They destem most of the grapes (principally the 70% Grenache) while the 10% Syrah gets to stay in clusters. The rest of the blend is 10% Mourvèdre and 10% Cinsault. So it’s both a modernistic style of  Chateauneuf (what with the Mourvedre and Cinsault, like the cool kids do it), and very traditional, because Mourvèdre and Cinsault were what the old folks did back in the 19th century too.

This wink to history with a focus on modernity creates a wine that absolutely shines at this price point. Elegant wines with equal parts intensity and freshness.

I don't know how long this deal will be around, but I'm gonna drink up while we can...and I know what I'm gonna be drinking tonight!

TGIF!
 

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Only 50 cases available and you're gonna want a bottle...

03.15.2023

2021 Domaine des Bernardins "Beaumes de Venise" Rouge

Release Price: $35.00
winestore. Price: $27.99 (net)
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Back in February we attended a trade show called Wine Paris (I know, someone had to do it...), and one of the standouts of the Rhone Valley for us was the 2021 Domaine des Bernardins "Beaumes de Venise".  

The name of the wine is super long, and the label is decidedly old school, but pay that no mind - this stuff is crazy delicious. While $27.99 is not my everyday price point, the quality of this offering has me lining this up for a Saturday night bottle for sure.

So what's the deal here?

It might seem like French wine is a fixed and well-established thing but it’s ever changing. The southern Rhone Valley is the prime example: new AOPs (yeah, we don’t call them AOCs anymore; that changed too), new styles and, ahem, new prices. Take Beaumes de Venise, as an example, where the name once meant one of the most delicious unknown sweet wines of Europe. But with the changes wrought by the fashion and climate change, there are lots of intense red wines being made in this hilly region nearby the more famed Gigondas AOP. Think of Beaumes de Venise as bargain Gigondas. Or really, really bargain Chateaneuf-du-Pape.

And given how much I love Chateauneuf du Pape, I'm all about that...especially at this price 😁

Only hiccup here is that we only have access to 50 cases of this wine for the entire vintage. So don't dawdle, if you know what I mean. At quantities like that small, I sometimes buy 3 or six so that I can drink a few immediately and then stash some away for Thanksgiving or something like that. (Actually, did I just find my Turkey Day wine in March?!?!?)

Happy Wednesday y'all! We hope you love this one as much as we do!

Let's do this!

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Escorlada for $14.99 - we're really doing it again!

03.14.2023

2021 Escorlada

Release Price: $30.00
winestore. Price: $19.99
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)
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Sale runs Tuesday March 14th - Sunday March 19th, 2023

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When Brooks Bank went on sale a few weeks ago the e-mails started rolling in..."What about Escorlada?" People were like "Spring Break is coming up, we need this sale to happen!"

Well, we're in the business of giving you guys what you want - so here we go! 😂

I love everything about Escorlada. I love the wine, I love the packaging (honestly, it may be the best wine package I have seen), I love the box it comes in, I love the whole thing.

When it is on sale like this? Find me another wine that tastes this good, looks this good, and impresses like this, for $14.99. I'm not sure it exists.



The wine has been rated among the top 1% of all wines in the world by Vivino, was our 2019 Wine of the Year and is an all around ridiculous value at $14.99 per bottle.

What's the background?

Bodegas Lo Nuevo is crucial to the modern success of Spanish wine, especially wines from the Levante, the Africa-facing south. Here the Almansa region grows Garnacha, among other traditional Spanish red grapes, but unlike the oxidized, alcoholic wines of yore, the new wines are bright and sunny with all the original fruits from the grape preserved. Lo Nuevo has few peers in this grand evolution from the ancient and occasionally noble to something populist, fruity and modern. But they would be the first to insist that their success is conditioned upon old vines grown at high altitudes. Here the Garnacha is at nearly 3500 feet, where the otherwise relentlessly warm temperatures see nighttime cooling into the 40s.

These old Garnacha vines produce BIG and RICH red wines that don't require the same price points as some of the California peers because, quite frankly, the costs to make them in Almansa are simply not as big as they are in Napa.

So here we go, for six days only, maybe my favorite wine in the store for what is an absolutely silly price.

Let's gooooooo!
 

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One of the best Zinfandel's we've tried in a loooooong time...

03.09.2023

2021 Z/N Zinfandel

Release Price: $20.00
winestore. Price: $12.99 (net)
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If you want to see the greatest Zinfandel commercial ever made you can click HERE :) (but let's be honest, maybe it's the only Zinfandel commercial ever made?)

I'm not sure whether or not I should be surprised, but over the last several years Zinfandel and Zinfandel based blends are on a tear. Heck, many of our best selling red wines are Zin based - and you might not even know you are drinking it! Think wines like Prisoner, Scout's Honor, Banknote.

So when the people behind P/N Wines showed us their new project - Z/N - we were interested. They've had a ton of Zin success with brands like Valravn, and they know good value. So I can't say we were shocked when we loved the wine. Like really loved it. 

It's all we could want out of a Zin. Full throttle, tons of fruit, but not so heavy that it feels like a meal in a glass (you guys know you've had wines like that!). It has the acidity that kept us coming back to the glass for more.

So if you love any of these things:
1) Great Zinfandel
2) Great Value
3) Great Red Wine
4) Labels that have purple on them

You're gonna want to check out this brand new release! We'll have it up on the tasting machines at all 8 stores all week long, just in case you don't believe us 😁.

As always, THANK YOU for the opportunity to serve you. We don't take it for granted, and we will continue to work hard for you every single day!

Happy Thursday all!



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Yes, Highland Falls is on sale for $9.99 - let's go!

03.07.2023

2021 Highland Falls Cabernet

Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99
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In a world where I feel like everything is starting to cost an arm and a leg, we try and celebrate value here at winestore.

I'm not talking about just paying less for a product for the sake of paying less - I'm talking about true value. That feeling when you know you're paying less money for a high quality product and you get that ever so satisfied feeling.😁

Highland Falls at $9.99 is darn near the top of that value list for me.

It was our 2020 Wine of the Year, it sold more bottles than any other wine in 2021, and the momentum seems to only be picking up speed... (so much so the winery was out of stock for 4 months in 2022) 

What's up with the wine?

"Mountain-grown, it’s the richest kind,” as coffee commercials used to say, but it’s also true of Cabernet. You rarely, if ever, can find mountain fruit in $12 wines. Like, I can't even think of one off the top of my head.

Foley Family's winemaking pedigree being involved doesn’t hurt either: the guys who bring you Merus, Chalone and Chalk Hill Wines are behind the powerhouse Highland Falls lineup too.

It's kinda like if the people behind Dom Perignon launched a $12 sparkler - or the winemaking team behind Rombauer rolled out a $12 Cali Chardonnay.....these are the best of the best in the Cabernet world, bringing you world class value.

At this price, it still holds the red wine sales record for a 5 day stretch...I'm thinking it may do it again...

Off we go!
 

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Is this the Chardonnay deal of the year? (hint...yes, it is)

03.03.2023

2020 Bonterra "The Roost" Chardonnay

Release Price: $50.00 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $24.99 (net)
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Let's cut to the chase, shall we?

If you are into California Chardonnay, I am here to tell you that you will find no Chardonnay under $25 of this quality. I also don’t know of many single vineyard biodynamic wines under $25 - red or white. Honestly, I can’t think of one. So let's start with that....

The 2020 Bonterra “The Roost” Chardonnay is a 100% certified biodynamic single vineyard Chardonnay from the Blue Heron Vineyard in Mendocino County, CA. It is $50 at the winery (here) and we cut a deal with the winery on their last 1,300 six packs so that we could bring it to you for $24.99 per bottle. This also happens to be the lowest price we have ever seen on this wine. Ever.

Bonterra is as close to an OG among the wineries devoted to sustainability and true regenerative viticulture as any among American wineries. This single vineyard wine comes from a spot nestled between the shore of the upper Russian River and a blue heron nesting site and preserve; hence the name of Blue Heron Ranch. It’s Biodynamically farmed, and shows the sort of rich and delicious cut that’s typical of Mendocino Chardonnay.

Is this the Chardonnay deal of the year? Yes, I think so. It's certainly the best we have offered in a looooooong time. It's the kind of deal that reminds us of why we love what we do so much. We can bring you extremely high quality offerings like this for a price that is unmatched.

I know what I'm drinking tonight!

TGIF!

Let's do this!

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Belle Glos Balade for $29.99!

03.02.2023

2021 Belle Glos Balade Pinot Noir

Release Price: $49.99
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I feel like it's been a long week, and we need to drink something nice this weekend. How about some Belle Glos Balade for $29.99?

I think that should do the trick 😂

Should we keep it short and sweet today?

Let's do this! Happy Thursday everyone!!

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Brooks Bank ON SALE for $14.99 (62% Off) - Let the mayhem begin!

03.01.2023

2020 Brooks Bank Cabernet

Release Price: $39.99
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)

It is powerful, poised and persuasive Cabernet and to put it frankly, stupid cheap for the money. Honestly, I wish this was one of those things that would never run out of supply.

The Vivino reviews are stellar as well. And the avg reported price from users is almost $22!

So let's kick off March the right way, shall we?

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LAST CALL! An Italian Masterpiecce...lowest US Price!

02.28.2023

2019 Poggio Scalette "Il Carbonaione"

Release Price: $75.00
winestore. Price: $44.99 (net)
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LAST CALL!

I love this wine...and this crazy deal we struck at the end of 2022 is sadly about to run dry.

I wish I could drink Il Carbonaione every single day, but that's not my reality. But when we do have it at this price, I try and make a point to drink a few and then put a couple in the wine cooler.
 
I went back and looked, and I still have 6 bottles of the first vintage I ever bought. According to Cellartracker, I paid wholesale $43.26 per bottle for that case of wine nearly 15 years ago .
 
So to be able to bring it to you at $44.99 retail? I'm all in (well, as "all in" as I can be at $45 per bottle 😂)

What's the big deal?

The highly-regarded Carbonaione vineyard is small, about 13 acres of stony, sandy silty loam at about 1500 feet elevation up above the little town of Greve in Chianti, facing west-southwest. It was planted back in 1928, so there are vines of more than 90 years of age, and that on its own is enough. But this is one of the few sites in Chianti planted solely to Sangiovese di Lamole, a clone that may be (researchers are still trying to sort it out) one of the older clones of the grape, and which falls under the Sangiovese Grosso heading (also known as Brunello di Montalcino). The vineyard plot “Il Carbonaione” is so named because the owners found evidence indicating a charcoal pit (in Italian ‘carbone’) located there.
 
The winemaking is straightforward, with a nod towards Chianti’s traditions – both stainless steel tanks and cement vats are used. The same with the barrels: no barriques but larger 350L barrels. The nod towards modernism lies in the use of 90% French and 10% American oak, rather than some Italian chestnut or such. Though the family’s ownership of the vineyard and this bottling date only back to 1992, the wine has already proven quite capable of long aging. You can drink it now with virtually anything rich and flavorful, as powerful as it is, but something silkier and more seductive awaits in a decade or more (if you can wait that long :)

We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! 
 

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It is finally back in stock!

02.24.2023

2021 Maison Latour Renard Blanc

Release Price: $20.00
winestore. Price: $14.99 (net)

Maybe the hottest white wine pickup for us in the fall of 2022 was Maison Latour Renard Blanc. It's delicious, the package is awesome, and the price is right.

Only major downside of you all loving it this much is our distributor ran out right around the Holidays, and we have been out of stock ever since.

Today I am here on this beautiful Friday to tell you that the darkness of winter is over. Maison Latour is back in stock, and ready to rock for the weekend!

What makes it so good?

A white blend of Vermentino and Clairette from the region called Saint Guilhem le Désert is something maybe you haven’t heard of - and that’s okay. But you might want to know that perhaps the most famous and most highly regarded wine in all of Languedoc-Roussillon, Mas de Daumas, is part of this area. Those wines? $40 and up.

What I find most interesting though is how a wine that is packaged this beautifully, that is this well made, from a small medieval town in the middle of almost nowhere south of France can show up half way across the planet on the shelf for only $14.99. It's tough to really comprehend...but lets not look a gift horse in the mouth!

I know what I'm drinking tonight!

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$9.99 Through Sunday!

02.23.2023

2021 Balcon Sur La Mer Rosé

Release Price: $20.00 
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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SALE runs Thursday February 23rd - Sunday February 26th, 2023

I'm not going to lie. I'm ready for spring...and these 80 degree days have me doubly ready!

With warmer weather, of course, comes unlimited amounts of rosé...and Balcon is one of my favorites!

Balcon, our #2 selling rosé, has all the things we love about dry rosé. It delivers everything you want in spades. This unctuous pink wine is dry, stony, fruity, lengthy. Comprised of Grenache, Grenache Gris and Mourvedre, there’s a lot more here than many a rosé that you’ve tasted before.

So I'm gonna open a bottle tonight, I might even try to enjoy a glass outdoors, and I'm gonna pretend I'm on that boat on the label :)

You guys know what to do!

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They don't make enough of this stuff!

02.22.2023

2019 Vicchiomaggio Agostino Petri

Release Price: $31.99 (Click HERE to see)
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If you're a Chianti fan like I am, this is a do not miss wine.

Castello Vicchiomaggio is a part of Tuscan history, even if that is a place that these days more often serves as a film backdrop or wedding venue than as the beating heart of a great wine estate. But they’ve always had the money to do really good wine, and indeed they have done that at times. It’s just that you have to stay on top of what they are doing if you want to get that really good wine. From the late 1990s a new family took over this nearly millennia old estate, and they want to be taken seriously – this wine is a good start; they would argue that they started moving towards excellence as soon as they took over. They may be right; nothing in wine is fixed: the great have their off vintages. The decent producers can suddenly do excellent wine. That’s our job: find them.
 
Agostino Petri Chianti Classico is Vicchiomaggio with a Riserva designation, Sangiovese with a dollop of Cabernet Sauvignon, and from a single, great vineyard. This wine is aged in the used La Prima barrels, and then aged in larger format barrels for another half year or so. This is the Italian way and these both reflect that heritage. But they also reflect how much Italy has changed in the last twenty years and how modern and exciting the wines have become.

So.......full bodied Chianti Classico Riserva for less than $20 from an epic producer? Yes, please!

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$7.99 and I can't get enough!

02.21.2023

2020 Swimbad White Wine

Release Price: $15.00
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
SAVE 47%



Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

A record breaking heat wave is set for North Carolina this week, and that has me dreaming of Spring and Summer!

So we reached out to the supplier of our favorite warm weather wine, Swimbad, and were able to cut a deal! (Did I mention how much I love these PET bottles? They fit in the fridge so well!)

This blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Colombard is just an overall pleasurable experience. It kinda embodies both the classic style of traditional French white wine and the very modern pursuit of fresh fruity flavors.

As we've said before, there is so much about wine that is subjective. If we are to understand how traditional wines came to be, it’s to know that pleasure is the goal. Of course, we could demand more but why is that necessary? Isn’t pleasure enough? Shouldn’t we enjoy wines for what they are and what they offer? If the last two years have taught us nothing else, it is that seeing the downside of everything is easy. Our goal is to find the positive. As James Joyce said of his epic Ulysses, the book should end with the most positive word in the English language. "Yes.”

So I'm going to continue to say "yes" to SWIMBAD white this Spring and Summer (and winter for that matter) - more often than not...and at $7.99 I think I'm going to say "yes" to a six pack 😂

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Call MORRISVILLE @ 919-694-5028

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

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Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

2021 Sonoma Cutrer Russian River Chardonnay for $16.99!

02.17.2023

2021 Sonoma Cutrer Russian River Ranches Chardonnay

Wine.com Price: $25.99 (Click HERE to see)
Total Wine Price: $19.99 (Click HERE to see)*
winestore. Price: $16.99 (net)

Over the years we had been including Sonoma Cutrer Russian River Ranches Chardonnay in some sale events at $16.99 per bottle and the wine was absolutely flying off the shelves. Then, two years ago we were like "why don't we just make it $16.99 every single day?"

So we went ahead and did that 😁 

We absolutely love low prices and we absolutely love you guys, so this only made sense.

So save over 35% off Wine.com, and 23% off Total Wine, any day you want to...because that is just how we roll.

Happy Friday everyone!

Let's do this!

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Order ONLINE for IN STORE or CURBSIDE PICKUP / SHIPPING



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Call ahead for IN STORE / CURBSIDE PICKUP:

Call ASHEVILLE @ 828-417-7305

Call RALEIGH @ 919-747-9077

Call CHAPEL HILL @ 984-234-0446

Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479

Call MORRISVILLE @ 919-694-5028

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

*Total Wine Price taken at 9:36am on Friday February 17th, 2023

Mer Soleil Chardonnay for $14.99 - This is not a drill!

02.10.2023

2021 Mer Soleil Chardonnay

Wine.com Price: $19.99 (Click HERE to see)
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)
SAVE 25%



Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

The Wagner Family has been on quite the roll as of late. I mean, of course there is the perennial powerhouse Caymus Cabernet - but their brand development has been off the charts the last decade. Think Meiomi, Belle Glos, Quilt...and the wine we have for you today, Mer Soleil.

Mer Soleil has solidified its place in the butter and oak Chardonnay royalty of California Chardonnay - and at our sale price of $14.99 (the lowest online price in the US!), it is a real treat. 

You guys know the wine, you guys love the wine, and we only have a limited amount at this price. So let's keep it short and sweet today, shall we?

I know what I'm drinking tonight! TGIF!

To order you can:



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Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479

Call MORRISVILLE @ 919-694-5028

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

Is this the Super Tuscan to end all Super Tuscans?

02.09.2023

2019 Il Fauno di Arcanum

Release: $49.99 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $24.99 (net)
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If Super Tuscan wines are your thing, this is a wine you need to be drinking. Il Fauno is one of those wines that has a universal effect on people. It makes the drinker think, "Why haven't I known about this until now?" and sometimes "Why do I need to spend more than $25 on wine when stuff like this exists!". 

It's that good.

Tenuta di Arceno is an ancient Tuscan estate, massive in scale at over 2500 acres, producing some of the most interesting and powerful wines in the Chianti Classico DOCG region and under the Toscana IGT designation. The estate is in the southern portion of Chianti Classico in the all-important commune of Castelnuovo Berardenga where Il Fauno is produced.
 
Here Merlot is the dominant grape, at about half the blend, with Cabernet Franc playing a supporting role and only a bit of Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. It’s grown in the rather warmer sunnier portion of the estate and, with more clay, famously a soil that Merlot can, in the right places, do great things.

So let us drink a wonderful Super Tuscan tonight, and perhaps begin planning that great family vacation to Italy we always wanted to take. Or let's just drink some good wine because it is Thursday and we want to 😁

You guys are gonna love this one! Let's get to it!

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Call RALEIGH @ 919-747-9077

Call CHAPEL HILL @ 984-234-0446

Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479

Call MORRISVILLE @ 919-694-5028

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

This Chardonnay is going to rock your world...

02.08.2023

2020 Langtry "Lillie's Collection" Chardonnay

Release Price: $19.95 (Click HERE to see)
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%



Lowest Online Price in the USA!

Sale runs Wednesday February 8th - Sunday February 12th, 2023

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

So it turns out Langtry makes a Lillie's Collection Chardonnay. They asked if we wanted to try it, and based on the success of their red wine with our customers, we of course said yes.

That said, high quality Chardonnay is TOUGH y'all. Inexpensive high quality Chardonnay is even tougher. If we can find a winner in that category once every couple of years, that is considered a huge win.

This Chardonnay? From California? At $9.99 on sale? I can only tell you it will make a run as the best domestic Chardonnay we have ever carried that can retail for less than $10.

It has all the richness and power that you seek out of a Rombauer or Sonoma Cutrer, without any harsh edges at all. 

Like I don't know how long they will keep making this beauty at this price, but we are all in for as long as we can run with it!

We'll have it on the tasting machines at all 8 locations for the rest of the week, just in case you don't trust us 😁!

Let's get to it!

To order you can:



E-mail us HERE

Call ahead for IN STORE / CURBSIDE PICKUP:

Call ASHEVILLE @ 828-417-7305

Call RALEIGH @ 919-747-9077

Call CHAPEL HILL @ 984-234-0446

Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479

Call MORRISVILLE @ 919-694-5028

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

This wine has taken off like a rocket ship...

02.07.2023

2020 Daou Pessimist

Release Price: $30.00 (Click HERE to see)
Total Wine Price: $19.97 (Click HERE to see)*
winestore. Price: $15.99 (net)

I know what I'm drinking tonight!

Let's do this!

To order you can:

Order ONLINE for IN STORE or CURBSIDE PICKUP / SHIPPING



E-mail us HERE

Call ahead for IN STORE / CURBSIDE PICKUP:

Call ASHEVILLE @ 828-417-7305

Call RALEIGH @ 919-747-9077

Call CHAPEL HILL @ 984-234-0446

Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479

Call MORRISVILLE @ 919-694-5028

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

*Total Wine Price taken on February 7th, 2022 at 8:11 am from their Wilmington, NC location