Our best selling white wine returns...after being gone 6 months!

04.05.2022

2020 White & Sea

Release Price: $15.00 
winestore. Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 35%



*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

Finally...

Finally, after 6 long months of delays, our best selling white wine is rolling back into our stores this morning.

We found this gem at the world's largest wine trade show, ProWein, where so many of the world’s winemakers collect each spring in Germany. At Prowein we tasted and tasted and tasted (someone has to do it). We did all that tasting because you wanted us to find something 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 luggage and said take me home.

White and Sea fit that mold for us - and I think you all seem to agree with our assessment. Up until October of last year it was our best selling white wine in 2021...then supply chain chaos kept it away until now. 

What makes it so good?

It’s surprising that grapes like Sauvignon Blanc aren’t more widely planted in southern France, as they can be harvested fairly early to retain bright and citrusy acidity without really losing character or even complexity. So here they do only night harvests, and they keep fermentations at low temperatures, emphasizing the tropical side of the grape.

The wine also handles consumption at high velocity quite well - so with the warm weather now hopefully here for good, you may want to have a bottle handy :)

To order you can:



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The deal train rolls on...$9.99 per bottle!

04.01.2022

2020 Montcharme Malbec

Release Price: $20.00 
winestore. Price: $9.99 (net)
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*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

*SALE runs Friday April 1st - Sunday April 3rd 2022*

This is not an April Fool's joke. We just had to keep the deal train rolling this week and that meant putting the Malbec that is in my weekly rotation down to a just silly price.

Rich, fully extracted, easy drinking and delicious...it's everything the doctor ordered for a Friday night and in preparation for a basketball game tomorrow night that may shut down the State of North Carolina 😂

So grab yourself a bottle for the weekend, and as always THANK YOU for your business. It is truly a pleasure and an honor to have the opportunity to serve you. We do not take it for granted.

TGIF!

To order you can:



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I think it might really be that good...

03.31.2022

2017 Care Garnacha Nativa

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Last time we had this wine on deal was 6 years ago!

03.30.2022

2019 BR Cohn Silver Label Cabernet

Lowe's Foods Price: $19.99 (Click HERE to see)
Total Wine Price: $17.99 (Click HERE to see)*
winestore. Price: $12.99 (net)
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Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

So last time we were able to offer a deal on this wine it was 2016 and the deal price was $18! We're now able to bring you the iconic BR Cohn Silver Label at the lowest price in the US by $3 per bottle - $12.99. This is the lowest price we have ever been able to offer this wine!

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!
 

To order you can:

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Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479

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Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

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*Total Wine Price taken at 8:00am on Wednesday March 30th, 2022 from their Myers Park (Charlotte) location

Exciting new Pinot Noir Rosé for the win!

03.29.2022

2021 Lieu Dit Pinot Noir Rosé

Release Price: $25.00 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $19.99 (net)
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Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

I'll be honest. I love all things rosé...and I love all things Pinot Noir. So when they come together in a delicious wine like this I get super excited!

We’ve been hearing about Lieu Dit for a while, a partnership of Santa Barbara native Justin Willett and restaurant nerd Eric Railsback, two longtime friends. Justin has worked in wineries from Arcadian Winery to Tyler Winery and has always been focused solely upon Santa Barbara fruit.

Eric earned his chops at southern California mainstays like the Wine Cask and the Hungry Cat, but then really got famous at Osteria Mozza (crazy great wine list) and then Gordon Ramsey in LA - you know who that is, right? Ramsey doesn’t yell that much in real life.

Gordon Ramsay LA is where Eric started appearing on everyone’s radar as a smart and dedicated wine guy, and then he was off to Michael Mina’s RN74 in San Francisco – becoming a part of the inner circle of northern California sommeliers, building an international palate that could be harnessed to utilize any grape to its ideal iteration. He came back to Santa Barbara to open Les Marchands Wine Bar & Merchant and since 2011 he and Justin have earned a cultish following for these wines.

This unctuous pink wine is dry, stony, fruity, lengthy and 100% Pinot Noir deliciousness. 70 degrees and sunny this weekend...what are you drinking?

Let's do this!
 

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Super Tuscan for $14.99 per bottle? TGIF!

03.25.2022

2021 Baracchi O'Lillo Toscana Rosso

Release Price: $21.99 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $14.99 (net)
SAVE 32%



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We've been trying hundreds of new products lately in order to select just a few for featured spots in the store (I know, someone has to do it!), and the Baracchi O'Lillo Toscana Rosso is one of the better wines we have tried.

Though the Baracchi family has been growing vines and making wine since 1860, the goal for Riccardo Baracchi has been to do new things, to push the family, if not the wider world of Tuscan wine, into new and sometimes weird places.

Growing Viognier in Chianti or making Sangiovese into a metodo classico sparkling wine is decidedly weird. But with vineyards on the hills facing Cortona and overlooking the panorama of the Val di Chiana stretching from Siena to Perugia in Umbria, they have benefited from their creativity as well as the smarts of famed oenologist and agronomist Stefano Chioccioli.

This red tuscan blend is 25 % Sangiovese, 25 % Syrah, 25 % Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon and 100% crushable. It's got something for everyone 😂

We'll have it up on the machines at all eight stores this weekend, just in case you don't believe us!

You guys know what to do! TGIF everyone!
 

To order you can:

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If you try just one sub $15 white wine this year...make it this one!

03.24.2022

2020 Pra' "Otto" Soave

Release Price: $22.99 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $14.99 (net)
SAVE 35%



Lowest Online Price in the USA!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

What if I told you that you could buy a delicious white wine, from a benchmark producer of the region, from certified organic grapes, for less than $15? That's what we have for you here today.

If there is one white wine under $15 you need to try this year - this is it!

You can read more about the epic Prà story here, but I'll just go ahead and let you know...this is the real deal.

Let's keep it short and sweet today, shall we? To recap:

- Top producer in the region
- Certified Organic
- Less than $15
- Super cool grape called garganega (impress your wine friends :)
- crisp, dry and delish

Happy Thursday all!
 

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Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479

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Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

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Drinks like Chateauneuf 2x the price...

03.23.2022

2018 Domaine du Grand Montmirail "Les Deux Juliette"

Release Price: $35.00
winestore. Price: $29.99 (net)
SAVE 14%



Lowest Online Prices in the USA!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

I don't really want to be all like "Oh you really need to buy this wine..." when it costs $30 per bottle...but honestly you really should try this wine...even though it is $30 per bottle.

It is one of the best red wines I have had this year, and drinks like a Chateauneuf du Pape 2x the price.

Heady Grenache and elegant Pinot Noir might seem as far away from each other as Moscow and Memphis. But Denis Cheron, the owner of Domaine du Grand Montmirail, had just moved from Burgundy when he created a co-op in the southern Rhone in the 60s. He handled a lot of different estates’ wines but he thought something very special was happening at Grand Montmirail and, when the owner decided to put it up for sale, he offered it first to Cheron who he felt had so improved his wines.
 
It’s a remarkable spot, with vineyards nestled underneath the great toothy Dentelles de Montmirail looming a hundred yards above them, and with Mount Ventoux jutting up in the distance. This isolated spot is on a long gentle slope, surrounded by rosemary, thyme and sage. The soils are well drained, uplifted ocean floor, littered with limestone and granite, but there are three underground springs so, while hot years can stress so many southern Rhone wines, Montmirail stays cool and calm.
 
Denis’ son Yves, who studied in Burgundy, has refurbished an old convent on the property and made it his family house. The domaine now covers almost 90 acres, all planted exclusively on the hillsides and terraces, known locally as banquettes. The vines benefit from a remarkably sunny exposure while being sheltered from the windy winter mistral by a sort of natural amphitheater.  The altitude of the vineyards varies between 1000 and 1200 feet — among the highest in Gigondas, something that helps the wine retain some acidity.
 
I know, I know; we got all wine geeky on you. But some wines just deserve it.

I know what I'm drinking tonight...and maybe this weekend too 😂
 

To order you can:

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Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479

Call MORRISVILLE @ 919-694-5028

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

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We could not resist...Benières at $9.99!

03.22.2022

We could not resist...Benières at $9.99!

2020 Benières Pinot Noir
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%



2019 Benières Chardonnay
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%



SALE Price good through Sunday March 27th, 2022

Lowest Online Prices in the USA!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

Honestly, we can't help ourselves. We just love doing deals...especially when prices on everything from Doritos to gasoline seem to be going through the roof. You guys know we are gonna look after your pocketbook as if it was our own!

So many people have been asking over the last several months "When is Benières going back on sale?" and we're all like "Probably Memorial Day" and finally we just decided - "Let's give the people what they want."



We told you back in December that for the 2nd year in a row Benières Pinot Noir and Chardonnay didn't win the voting here for our Wine of the Year, but maybe they should have. That we were not sure there is any brand we carry more on fire than Benieres - and that there is no brand bringing more thunder when it comes to the quality / price ratio than these wines right now.

The guy who wrote the review above about the Benières Pinot Noir clearly agrees 😂 My guess is he is buying a case at this price.

As always, thank you for your support. We work hard every single day to bring you the best possible customer service, the greatest quality wines, and the lowest possible prices...and it is because of you that we are able to make that happen.

You guys know the drill! Let's do this! Happy Tuesday!
 

To order you can:

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Call ahead for IN STORE / CURBSIDE PICKUP:

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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

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Lowest US Price Ever Offered on this Wine...

03.17.2022

2018 Bodegas Morca "Morca"

Release Price: $45.00
winestore. Price: $29.99 (net)
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*Curbside Pickup Always Available*
 
Lowest US Price EVER Offered On This Wine!

I’m certainly not shy about my love of all things Gil Family - especially Clio and El Nido. Given the supply constraints of those wines, I was excited to hear a few years ago that the Gil Family created a project to “compliment" those wines - Bodegas Morca.
 
As I’ve told you before, when I say compliment I also mean replicate 😂. For instance, the Bodegas Morca “Touran” is in the same bottle as El Nido, packed in the same two packs as El Nido, in the same 4 bottle case as El Nido. The “Morca” is packed in the same case as Clio etc. etc. You get the idea.
 
One of the foundations of our business model is when we get a better deal, you get a better deal. So when we were recently offered 224 six packs of Morca where we could offer them to you at the lowest price ever offered in the US, we jumped at the chance.
 
What’s the price? $29.99 per bottle. I would liken it to if Clio was offered at $29.99. It’s not in that “everyday” price category, but this pops into my “weekend” wine price range.
 
And the quality? At this price it is almost unmatched. As an example, in the last 5 vintages there are just NINE wines rated by Vinous, from ANY country, that scored higher than 94 for less than $30.


 
This is a one shot deal - wine arrives this morning.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

To order you can:



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Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479

Call MORRISVILLE @ 919-694-5028

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

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From $27 down to $14.99!

03.16.2022

2020 Le Ragose Valpolicella

Release Price: $27.00 
winestore. Price: $14.99 (net)

We recently saw one of our store favorites in a store in New York (picture above), and it just drove home the excitement we feel when we can bring you world class wine at the lowest prices in the US!

What makes Le Ragose Valpolicella so special?

Valpolicella may be the most misunderstood place in Italy. Seen in earlier days as a region of little importance beyond fruity wines, there are grave differences between places, producers and wines. Le Ragose is high elevation in a sweet spot: 70 acres in one entire holding at nearly 1200 feet. Enologist Arnaldo Galli and his wife Marta have owned this estate since 1969 and, while difficult to work, they chose it because of its difficulty: the terraced vines on steep slopes, above the fog.

They are one of the few growers (only 5) in all of Valpolicella that does not buy grapes. Marta Galli, often referred to as “La Signora del Vino,” was voted “Winemaker of the World” in 1990 by her peers, in part because of her influence in re-establishing Valpolicella as a classic in Italian wine and helping it achieve a DOC designation. At her level of Valpolicella, the wine is both utterly drinkable and complex.

So if you've ever wondered if you can buy world class wine for less than $15? This is it!

You guys know what to do!


To order you can:

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 CAMERON VILLAGE @ 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

Sancerre for $24.99? Yes, Please!

03.10.2022

2020 Lucien Reymond Sancerre Blanc

Release Price: $30.00 
winestore. Price: $24.99 (net)

Finding Sancerre for less $25 these days is kinda like hunting for truffles - its extremely difficult, but if you are successful you are in for a treat...and we are in for a treat today!

Sancerre is a funny thing, 100% Sauvignon Blanc for the white wines, theoretically, a bit softer and rounder than their next-door neighbor Pouilly Fume (though I defy anyone to really tell the difference outside of people who live there), but more and more tasting like something from the New World.

How, you ask?

It’s okay, let’s just say you asked. With climate change, the wines are getting even rounder and fruitier than before – I’m not sure that’s a bad thing, the wine part of it anyway. But whereas Olivier Richard’s family legacy in the southern Rhone has been, like all wineries down there, sometimes threatened by increasing temperatures and climate extremes, other places have benefited. Richard’s Rhone wine-making grandfather, family lore says, always wanted to grow Sauvignon Blanc and so, as Richard has grown a small negociant business that expanded to include wines from Sancerre, he had to name the wines after his grandfather. Thus it is Lucien Reymond Sancerre, not Olivier Richard Sancerre. Grandpa’s smiling somewhere.

If Sauvignon Blanc is your thing (and remember, warm weather is coming 😁), you'll want to try a bottle of this!

Happy Thursday y'all!

To order you can:

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 CAMERON VILLAGE @ 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

Quilt Cabernet for the equivalent of $25 per bottle!

03.09.2022

2019 Quilt Cabernet Magnum

Release Price: $110.00 (1.5L) (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $49.99 (net)

2019 Quilt Cabernet for $49.99 per magnum? Yes, please!

That's the equivalent of $24.99 for a bottle - and at that price this is a screaming deal.

Not familiar with Quilt? This is the Napa Valley Cabernet Joe Wagner founded after he sold Meiomi, and of all the brands he has started recently this is the one that has caught on like wildfire. It's big, it's rich and everything you could ever want out of a full throttle Cabernet.

Based on the popularity of this wine we are pretty sure these are going to sell out today, so let's keep and it short and sweet, ok?

You guys know what to do!

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 CAMERON VILLAGE @ 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

Snowvale at $9.99 - let the madness begin...

03.08.2022

2019 Snowvale Cabernet

Release Price: $20.00 
winestore. Price: $12.99 (net)
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)

In the near decade we have carried this wine, it has gone on sale at the $9.99 price point just four times. Yes - four times in a decade. Each time was like a feeding frenzy. Like we literally could not keep the wine on the shelf.

It was chaos. Controlled chaos, but chaos nonetheless.

I get it. Snowvale at $9.99 represents some pretty unreal value. We've even seen someone selling this wine for $31! (Picture below)

The wine just works. Tuesday night spaghetti? Boom. Wednesday night burgers. Done. Saturday night Netflix. But of course.

We have 560 cases to hopefully get us to Sunday.

Seems like a lot? Last time we ran this sale the average customer bought 7.2 bottles. That means basically 115 customers per store will get their 7.2 bottles and then we will be out!

I wish we had more, but we don't look gift horses in the mouth over here :)

So let's get to it! Get while the gettin' is good!

Happy Tuesday!

You guys know what to do!



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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 CAMERON VILLAGE @ 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

From $75 for 750ml down to $20 - Plus a FREE Tasting!

03.04.2022

2014 Legacy Chardonnay Magnum

Release Price: $150.00 (1.5L)
winestore. Price: $39.99 (net)

Taste the wine for FREE This Saturday March 5th from 12pm - 2pm at all 8 locations!

Do we have an unbelievable deal for you this Friday morning? Yes! TGIF!

Tomorrow are we hosting our first free tasting since the pandemic began to celebrate the deal? Yes!

So what's up?
 
Our ever expanding relationship with the Spire Collection (read more about them here), the luxury portfolio from Jackson Family Wines, continues to bear fruit.
 
Back in September the told us they had 600 magnums of 2014 Legacy Chardonnay they wanted to move out at a deep price (if we took them all). Legacy, if you are not familiar, is the flagship program from Spire in the Alexander Valley.
 
The wine was tied as the second highest rated Chardonnay from California by Antonio Galloni in 2014 (and that is saying something), so of course we were interested. It is ranked up there with names like Aubert, Kistler, Rochioli etc.

I included a list of the top California Chardonnay in 2014 from Galloni HERE.
 
We needed to taste the wine first, so they sent us a sample.
 
All I can tell you is that if you like Chardonnay, and you have the occasion to drink a magnum, you should not miss this wine for the equivalent of $20.00 per 750ml bottle.
 
Magnums are the way to go for multiple wine scenarios.

- Long term aging? Bigger is better.
- Dinner party or family event where you need minimum 2 bottles? Bigger is also better.

And they just look awesome.
 
We have 42 six packs left (58 six packs went out the door before we could even get this newsletter out!) - one shot deal.

You guys know what to do!

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 CAMERON VILLAGE @ 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

Warm weather incoming...time for a rosé sale!

03.02.2022

Rosé Sale!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

Sale Runs Wednesday March 2nd - Sunday March 6th 2022

I've got spring fever. I can't lie to you. I'm ready for warm weather. I'm ready for swimming pools. I'm ready for more rosé and all the happy things it brings 😂

So when I looked on my phone yesterday morning and saw all this sunshine and potential for 80 degree weather I said to myself "Rosé is going on sale!" 

So grab yo' self a few bottles, enjoy it outdoors, and I'll see you poolside asap!


2020 Le Cabas Rosé
Release Price: $15.00
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
SAVE 47%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

Grenache is a remarkable grape with the ability to generate rich, dark and powerful wine when the crop yields are modest, but just as equally it can make vast quantities of pleasant wine, with less color but vibrantly fruity aromas. As a basis for rosé, it’s very nearly perfect, and it’s been the grape of choice for southern French rosés for a century or more. A touch of texture, some brief gratings of black peppercorns and lots of raspberries and strawberries.



2020 Balcon Sur La Mer Rosé
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

Balcon delivers everything you want in a great rosé 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.



2020 SWIMBAD Rosé
Release Price: $15.00
winestore. Price: $8.99 (net)
SAVE 40%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

Rosé is the tipple of the tempting whether we are in Touraine, Tempe, Tuscaloosa, Tuscany or Saint-Tropez. Provence, the archetypal French vacationland, is the poster child for what modern rosé ought to be. Pale, quenching, lip-smacking.



2020 Larme en Rose
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

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.



2020 Raffaello Prosecco Rosé
Release Price: $15.00
SALE Price: $8.99 (net)
SAVE 40%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

So Raphael dal Bo is a real guy, born and raised in Conegliano, the beating heart of Prosecco, who makes some of the best sparkling in the game. They have recently used their winemaking prowess to create a super wine - a prosecco and a rosé...that is the same wine!


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 CAMERON VILLAGE @ 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

Carmita - $7.99 through Sunday!

02.24.2022

2020 Carmita

Release Price: 15.00
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)

"When is it going back on sale?"

There is no wine we get asked that about more than Carmita. I think because at the sale price of $7.99 per bottle, we are talking about absolutely silly value.

So for those of you that have been asking - today through Sunday!

Why is it on sale? Just because we wanted to (and I need to stock up on a little bit)...no better time than now.

It's tough for me to explain how much I like this wine. It very well may be the best value wine I have ever tasted. Find me some other wine that delivers this kind of experience at $7.99...I just don't think it's possible.

Centuries ago the DO of Almansa produced high quality wines, albeit at that time they were sweet ones. The locals used Alicante Bouschet, but today they call it Garnacha Tintorera, and for the most part all the producers have nixed the sweet part of the equation. In the case of Carmita, they mix the Garnacha with 30% Monastrell to make this wickedly powerful red wine.

It's easy drinking, big, rich and all around delicious.

Oh, did we mention that the winemaking team behind this gem are involved in some of the most celebrated wine projects in Spain? So the street cred, in addition to everything else, is off the charts.

So there you go! Today through Sunday. You guys know what to do!

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 CAMERON VILLAGE @ 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

2020 Sonoma Cutrer Russian River Ranches Chardonnay for $16.99!

02.23.2022

2020 Sonoma Cutrer Russian River Ranches Chardonnay

Harris Teeter Price: $28.99 (Click HERE to see)
Total Wine Price: $21.99 (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, last year 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 40% off Harris Teeter, and 23% off Total Wine, any day you want to...because that is just how we roll.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

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 CAMERON VILLAGE @ 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

Breakout $9.99 star is back in stock and ready to rock!

02.16.2022

2019 Chazeaux des Beuchottes

Release Price: $15.00
winestore. Price: $9.99

Maybe the breakout value star for us in the last two years has been Chazeaux. We sent you an e-mail about it one time in 2020 and you all clearly like what you tasted the first time you bought it. You came back for more and more in 2021 to the tune of over 30,000 bottles.

That kind of sales velocity matched with the global supply issues going on right now (like when is that going to end?) sent the wine out of stock over and over again.

Well, we are here to announce to you that Chazeaux is back! Prepare to buy your favorite inexpensive Pinot with abandon.

Beuchottes hails from the Languedoc-Roussillon, a region of France where Pinot Noir can prosper, but only in the cooler spots. As you have probably guessed, the components for this little gem come from some of the coolest areas in the region. That said, the main goal here was to marry a traditional and elegant French style of winemaking while highlighting some of the vibrant complexity you find in larger reds from the Languedoc - and Beuchottes accomplishes that in spades.

Things I love include Pinot Noir, and great wines under $9.99. This is in my wheelhouse!!

Happy Wednesday!

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 CAMERON VILLAGE @ 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

From $45 down to $19.99...last shot!

02.15.2022

2018 Trefethen Napa Valley Merlot

Winery Price: $45.00 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $19.99 (net)

Like everything right now, Trefethen has announced the deal on this wine is going away at the end of the month! So this is the last shot!

Flashback 23 years (which sadly was 1999 - and I'm almost POSITIVE 1999 was, like, just a hot minute ago) and Merlot was the hottest thing in California red wine. People seemed to forget that Merlot had already long been one of the coveted bedrock grapes in Bordeaux, producing some of the world's most complex and expensive wines. California was making its move - in a big way - and that's all that mattered. During the 1990s, Merlot in California went from 30,000 tons harvested to over 300,000 tons harvested (yes - 10x). The gold rush was on.

Then, like only Hollywood could plan it, the movie "Sideways" was released in 2004 (which also feels like it was yesterday - where does time go?!?!?), the exact same year Merlot tonnage peaked at 423,000 tons harvested. I actually really like the movie Sideways. As a wine lover, it produced some great scenes that I loved like this one. It also produced maybe the scene that, to this day, has sent Merlot sales into an absolute tailspin. You can watch the clip here, but be warned there is some NSFW language :)

In Sonoma County alone, Merlot acreage from the moment the movie was released in 2004 through 2010 plummeted 48%. Yes, you read that correctly - Merlot acreage in Sonoma County was halved in just 6 years...and it still has not recovered. Tonnage in 2019 was still down 48% from the peak in 2004.

Well, we're here to tell you that while Merlot sales even to this day continue to feel the pain Miles inflicted on them in that parking lot, the people making Merlot are producing wines that are better than ever and absolutely first class. Case in point, the 2018 Trefethen Merlot.

The Trefethen family made their reputation with remarkable Chardonnay but increasingly it has become clear that it's their reds, especially their Merlots and Cabs, that ought to gain them fame. If you haven't had Oak Knoll Merlot before, just think about great Napa Cabernet but with more velvetly smoothness.

So basically what I am trying to say is that if high end Napa Cabernet is your thing, this is a do not miss....#justsayin'.

Happy Tuesday y'all!

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 CAMERON VILLAGE @ 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