Chablis for Holiday Table! 🎄🍷🎅🏻
12.01.2023
2022 Robert Goulley Chablis
Release Price: $28.99 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $19.99 (net)
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Any time a wine takes off like this one has, before we even have a chance to tell you about it, usually means we have something special on our hands.
Chablis over the last few years has enjoyed the best of times and the worst of times, and sometimes at the same time. The 2022 vintage was badly damaged by frost, though the hail that hit much of Burgundy spared Chablis. Things were hot, but at least it wasn’t the drought of 2020. The result was a smaller crop than anyone had hoped, but what was there was super concentrated (this is a good thing!).
Some of the greatest Chardonnays in the world come from the fossil-rich, Kimmeridge hills of Chablis; from the famed names like Dauvissat and Raveneau and from recently discovered (for me very recently) producers like Robert Goulley. A top flight producer that is giving you all the old school flavor with a little bit of new world charm.
We’re lucky to grab some. You should too.
So let's keep it short and sweet this Friday, am I right?
Chances that I will be drinking this tonight? 💯
TGIF!
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Friday 12/1 9am - 8pm
Saturday 12/2 9am - 8pm
Sunday 12/3 11am - 6pm
Monday 12/4 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 12/5 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 12/6 9am - 8pm
Thursday 12/7 9am - 8pm
Friday 12/8 9am - 8pm
Saturday 12/9 9am - 8pm
Sunday 12/10 11am - 6pm
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Thursday 12/14 9am - 8pm
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Wednesday 12/20 9am - 8pm
Thursday 12/21 9am - 8pm
Friday 12/22 9am - 8pm
Saturday 12/23 9am - 8pm
Sunday 12/24 10am - 3pm
Monday 12/25 CLOSED - MERRY CHRISTMAS!
What a joyous wine this is...🎄
11.30.2023
2016 Chateau Gazin Rocquencourt
Release Price: $50.00
winestore. Price: $29.99 (net)
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Where can you find a collectible Bordeaux sealed in solid wood cases (picture below), from a heralded vintage, that has Michel Rolland on as a consultant, scored 94 points from Vinous (I’ll get to that in a second), and is only $29.99?
This is the only one I have ever found.
What’s crazy about the 2016 Chateau Gazin Rocquencourt are the scores. Notoriously hard grader Antonio Galloni from Vinous gave this wine a 94 point score. From the same vintage and the left bank he gave the 2016 Les Carmes Haut-Brion ($220 per bottle and a 99 point Jeb Dunnuck wine) the exact same score. That is just a reference point for the quality level we are talking about here.
I also loved his write up:
"The 2016 Gazin Rocquencourt is gorgeous, radiant and incredibly inviting, just as it was en primeur. Blackberry jam, chocolate, cloves, spice and new leather are all fused together, but it is the wine’s textural depth and impeccable balance that makes it absolutely irresistible. This is an especially overt, racy style. What a joyous wine this is.”
Like much of the best of Bordeaux, Chateau Gazin Rocquencourt has proven itself over centuries. The elegant mansion was built in 1660 but the estate’s origins go back to the Middle Ages, and it can reasonably be called one of the oldest wine estates in the great commune of Léognan, the beating heart of Graves. Like its name suggests, the region’s crucial vineyards are full of gravel, as with Gazin Rocquencourt’s hilltop site, and the estate benefits even more by sharing the winemaking team of Malartic-Lagravière (my new fave wine).
This is only the 3rd time I have ever seen this wine at this price in the US, and current vintages of Gazin Rocquencourt now start in the $60s (here).
You always hear Bordeaux collectors talking about “I used to pay $30 for that back in the day”.
Well, now we can too 😂 - I actually already took a case home and busted into it 👀 (pic below).
I know what I'm drinking tonight!
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Sunday 12/3 11am - 6pm
Monday 12/4 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 12/5 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 12/6 9am - 8pm
Thursday 12/7 9am - 8pm
Friday 12/8 9am - 8pm
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Thursday 12/21 9am - 8pm
Friday 12/22 9am - 8pm
Saturday 12/23 9am - 8pm
Sunday 12/24 10am - 3pm
Monday 12/25 CLOSED - MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Final Time in 2023! Escorlada for $14.99
11.29.2023
2021 Escorlada
Release Price: $30.00
winestore. Price: $19.99
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)
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Sale runs Wednesday Nov 29th - Sunday Dec 3rd, 2023
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The last two years we have put Escorlada on sale to usher in the first weekend in December, so we thought...why not do it again?!?!?!?!
I love everything about Escorlada. I love the wine, I love the packaging, 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 five days only, maybe my favorite wine in the store for what is an absolutely silly price.
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Friday 12/1 9am - 8pm
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Sunday 12/3 11am - 6pm
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Tuesday 12/5 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 12/6 9am - 8pm
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Thursday 12/21 9am - 8pm
Friday 12/22 9am - 8pm
Saturday 12/23 9am - 8pm
Sunday 12/24 10am - 3pm
Monday 12/25 CLOSED - MERRY CHRISTMAS!
A $1,000 Golden Ticket in our 12 Nights Holiday Box 🎄😳
11.24.2023
"12 Nights of Wine" Holiday Box
Release Price of Wines in Box: $285.00
Regular winestore. Price: $171.88
12 Days Holiday Box Price: $134.99 (net)
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8 GOLDEN TICKETS AVAILABLE - REDEEMABLE FOR A $1,000 winestore. GIFT CARD
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This is the one thing I have been most excited for this holiday season - the launch of our first ever "12 Nights of Wine" Holiday Box!
It's a collection of best sellers packed into an advent calendar style box to make your holidays even more merry and bright! Each night you can enjoy being surprised with a new bottle. With a mix of both reds and whites, this holiday box is perfect for any wine drinker.
To celebrate this launch, we are going all Willy Wonka on this thing and placing 8 Golden Tickets (one for each store) in the boxes, and those Golden Tickets are redeemable for a $1,000 winestore. gift card.
You read that correctly. Worst case scenario you get 12 delicious bottles of wine at the lowest price in the US (and an extra discount from our already low price) - best case scenario is you get $1,000 shopping spree for any wines you want, plus 12 delicious bottles!
Is this the perfect holiday gift? I mean it may just be. I've already given 4 away to friends and family and they have been a huge hit.
Might be feeling a little bit like Charlie this holiday season!!
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From $19.95 to $9.99 - One Day Only! 🦃
11.22.2023
2020 Lillie's Collection
2020 Lillie's Collection Red
Release Price: $19.95 (Click HERE to see)
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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2020 Lillie's Collection Chardonnay
Release Price: $19.95 (Click HERE to see)
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We have a fully confirmed situation on our hands.
My family burned through our Thanksgiving wine last night, and we need to restock (a case of the first nights, perhaps? 😂)
As I noted on Monday, that means we need some value wine that does not sacrifice on the quality.
Enter a one day sale on Lillie's Collection!!
Langtry Farms was originally founded back in the 19th Century by entertainer Lillie Langtry, who purchased 4,200 acres in Northern California around 1888. Today, Langtry Estate makes up over 21,000 acres and is one of the largest contiguous land holdings in all of California.
Their Petite Sirah, which makes up the base of the red blend, is one of the best Petite values in the North Coast. Both powerful and well balanced, it's a prime example of what stunning values can come out of the North Coast when left at the hands of a master like winemaker Eric Stine.
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.
So $9.99 today only!!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Wednesday 11/22 9am - 8pm
Thursday 11/23 CLOSED - Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday 11/24. 9am - 8pm
From $46 down to $24.99 for Turkey Day! 🦃
11.21.2023
2018 Pontey Lamartine Pessac-Léognan
Release Price: $46.00
Lowest Online US Price: $39.99 (HERE) - that is a full case price
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We’ve got a doozie for you today.
A new project planted only in 2004, Pontey Lamartine has a prestigious set of neighbors, particularly Château de Léognan and the truly legendary Domaine de Chevalier (one of my all time faves). It might be new, but this portion of Bordeaux has been producing wine since at least the 14th century; owner Dominique Haverlan built upon the successes of the Gaubert family, who’ve been selling wine since 1796. Haverlan, with a long winegrowing history in Bordeaux, bought the Vieux Château Gaubert in 1988, restoring the house and the vineyard. Today Romain Haverlan handles the winemaking. 50% Merlot, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon (although they also claim 8% Petite Verdot 🤷), with one year in French Oak, one-quarter of that new.
We tasted this wine for the first time earlier this year and absolutely loved it, and we decided to mention it in this newsletter after I watched two customers buy straight cases of it over the weekend after just tasting it on the machine. It also doesn’t hurt that we have the lowest price in the US on this wine by $15 per bottle 😁. I also am not sure I can say anything that has not already been said about the 2018 vintage in Bordeaux.
Flying overseas to find wines like this has really transformed some of our offerings as of late. We’ve opined many times recently that the quality level of our $25-$75 collectible offerings has never been higher, and the value we currently have in store between $25 and $60 I would put up against anyone in the US right now. We used to be at the mercy of our distributors and importers, all of which offer a relatively limited selection of wines compared to what is available globally. Being able to find something like Pontey Lamartine Pessac, and be able to offer it for $24.99 per bottle, just gets me really excited.
I do hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family. If you’ve been saving a nice bottle for something special…open it this Thanksgiving! Our time here is limited, so make these special holidays count.
We’re humbled to be able to serve you, and sincerely appreciate the opportunity.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Tuesday. 11/21 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 11/22 9am - 8pm
Thursday 11/23 CLOSED - Happy Thanksgiving!
One Day Only - Absolu for $12.99 per bottle!
11.20.2023
2022 Florès "Absolu" Chardonnay
2022 Florès "Absolu" Chardonnay
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
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If your family is anything like ours, it goes like this.
1) You buy wine for Thanksgiving the week before Thanksgiving
2) Family starts rolling into town
3) You run out of wine before Thanksgiving even gets here...
That is where wines like Absolu Chardonnay come in. Absolutely delicious, and at a price point where Uncle Jake can open up the extra bottle and nobody is really going to care 😂
Absolu kind of ended up here by mistake.
When the winery behind our best selling white wine, Bleu Blanc Thau, just casually dropped to us that they make Chardonnay and are like "Oh yeah we also make this do we want to try it?"
Ummm, yeah, we do.
As it turns out, Bleu Blanc Thau was not a fluke, and these people really know what they are doing.
Many of our team members here have opined that this may be their new favorite wine, and it makes sense. The stuff is silly good.
Absolu is Chardonnay grown on eroded limestone and clay in one of the newer classified spots along the Mediterranean Sea. Night harvesting helps retain acidity and that’s important in a place that might as well be a beach in Capri were it not for the surrounding vines and the winds coming down off the mountains to the north and west. They say the winds are from the Atlantic, but that seems illogical since those mountains are in the way but, regardless, the nighttime winds are indeed very cool and refreshing. This is fermented partly in stainless steel and partly in barrel, but all of the wine spends a year in French oak.
All of those things combine together to make an epic, rich and round Chardonnay at a price point these guys dominate.
Absolu checks a lot of boxes for me. On the quality to price scale the wine is off the charts. The packaging is nice (when I serve it nobody would ever guess this wine was only $12.99 😁) It's just one of those wines where I feel confident when I open the bottle I am going to really enjoy the overall experience...and that always keeps me coming back!
So let's do this people! Don't leave your family thirsty 😁
One Day Only!
To order you can:
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Monday 11/20 9am - 8pm
Tuesday. 11/21 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 11/22 9am - 8pm
Thursday 11/23 CLOSED - Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving Deal #5 - Unparalleled value at $7.99 👀
11.18.2023
2022 White & Sea
Release Price: $15.00
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
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Thanksgiving SALE runs through Midnight on Sunday November 19th, 2023
THANKSGIVING SALE LINEUP AVAILABLE: HERE
Feature wines: Canteperdrix Vim Solis, Maison Belliac Chardonnay, Rue 37, Bonnet Hill
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All I can tell you is that if you don't know White & Sea...you need to.
The wine has been at or near the top of our white wine sales for nearly six years running, and it shows no signs of slowing down.
The winery actually told us this is one of the hottest white wines in the UK right now, with many stores like the ones here, and here, selling the wine for between £11 and £12 which equates to around $14 to $15 per bottle.
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. I believe the reason is the level of value this wine brings at $7.99 per bottle is unparalleled.
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, which makes it perfect for Thanksgiving with the family!! 😂
You guys know what to do!
To order you can:
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Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944
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HOLIDAY HOURS!
Saturday 11/18 9am - 8pm
Sunday 11/19 10am - 6pm
Monday 11/20 9am - 8pm
Tuesday. 11/21 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 11/22 9am - 8pm
Thursday 11/23 CLOSED - Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving Deal #3 - DO NOT MISS... 🤯
11.16.2023
2022 Maison de Rue 37 Rasteau
Release Price: $35.00
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)
Lowest Online Price in the USA!
Thanksgiving SALE runs through Midnight on Sunday November 19th, 2023
THANKSGIVING SALE LINEUP AVAILABLE: HERE
Feature wines: Canteperdrix Vim Solis, Maison Belliac Chardonnay
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There is one wine in our Thanksgiving sale that falls into the "run, don't walk" category, and that is Rue 37.
Easily in the running for our wine of the year, this wine represents everything we could ever want in a bold red wine...and on sale for $14.99 it suddenly becomes what could be the top Rasteau value available in the US right now.
Don't believe me? Just start by trying to find a wine from Rasteau for less than $15...👀
Aside from sounding like Dustin Hoffman’s character in Midnight Cowboy (hey, I'm walking here!), Rasteau is one of the genuine values in red wine. More or less baby Chateauneuf, Rasteau these days mimics the blend that has evolved in Chateauneuf-du-Pape and now extends to other critical areas of the Southern Rhone: 70% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 5% other (in this case, Cinsault). It reflects a perceived truism of wine: if you want to create complexity in warm climates, you need additional grapes. It helps that these vines are between 30 and 50 years old, facing a most helpful southeast towards the famed Dentelles de Montmirail (the “teeth of Montmirail”, don’t you know), so they pick up all the morning sun and avoid the harsh sunlight of the late afternoon.
Old vines, low yields, perfect location? What is not to love. Just in case you don't believe us, we'll have it on the tasting machines for just $0.01 through Sunday. We want everyone to see what all the fuss is about!
As for me? I can't wait to drop this one on the Thanksgiving table. It looks like a $100 wine, drinks like a $50 Chateauneuf and is only gonna cost me $14.99. Aunt Peggy absolutely won't believe it!
All that said - I'm also having a glass tonight 😂. Is it the weekend yet?
To order you can:
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E-mail us HERE
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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
HOLIDAY HOURS!
Saturday 11/18 9am - 8pm
Sunday 11/19 10am - 6pm
Monday 11/20 9am - 8pm
Tuesday. 11/21 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 11/22 9am - 8pm
Thursday 11/23 CLOSED - Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving Deal #2 - I'm not even sure what to say...👀
11.15.2023
2022 Maison Belliac Chardonnay
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
Lowest Online Price in the USA!
Thanksgiving SALE runs through Midnight on Sunday November 19th, 2023
THANKSGIVING SALE LINEUP AVAILABLE: HERE
Feature wines: Canteperdrix Vim Solis
I feel like everything we shop for out in the world right now kinda feels like we are getting less value for more money. So when a wine like this shows up, and unquestionably delivers more for less, it gets me excited. Yes, you can pay only $9.99 for a bottle of Chardonnay and it is going to bring the thunder.
So, like, what is up here?
Two months ago we asked you, "Can a $10 Chardonnay Taste like an $80 Chardonnay?". After that question I told you the following...
"The wine I have potentially been most excited for in 2023 is Maison Belliac Chardonnay: 1) Because I love good Chardonnay and 2) It's something both my wife and I love to drink so we can share the bottle!
So can a Chardonnay we have on sale this Thanksgiving for $9.99 taste just like an $80 bottle of Kistler Chardonnay?
The answer is - no. 🤣
While it doesn't taste exactly the same, it does taste extremely close."
Many of you since then have agreed with this assessment. Some of you have not 😁
But what has been almost unanimous is that this wine, on sale for $9.99, is on a whole other level of value.
So serve it to your friends and family this Thanksgiving. They're gonna think you are taking such good care of them serving nice wine like this...and, you are taking great care of them. You just don't have to break the bank while doing it!
While I'm gonna buy a few for next week....I also 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
Thanksgiving Deal #1 - $12.99 to rock your world...
11.14.2023
2021 Canteperdrix Vinsobres
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
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All week long we will be featuring our favorite wines in our Thanksgiving Sale, and the first one out of the gates may be the best.
If you're like me and love wines from Cotes du Rhone, Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas, Rasteau etc., this may be the value play to end all value plays in that arena. At $12.99 we are offering it to you at the lowest price the wine has ever been offered in the US (and as far as I can tell anywhere at all), and it's gonna blow your family and friends away!
So what's the deal here?
One of the former villages among the Côtes du Rhone Villages, Vinsobres is a red wine only appellation that sees a more diverse set of soils than most of the other Rhone AOCs. From rocky elevated plateaux to alluvial fans and crumbled limestone, this area around the Aygues River is hard to simplify. The usual intense Mistral wind is accompanied by a cooler, gentler Pontias wind, making this one of the cooler sites of the southern Rhone. The wines have a bit more nerve: think of cranberry (yay Thanksgiving!) instead of black cherry, more tangy Grenache than rich, robust Syrah.
Now, as this region has become more popular, you can find wines from Vinsobres for $70 and more (Total Wine has one here), but we don't need to be playing that game, do we?
This Vinsobres from Canteperdrix is 100% Organic, a traditional blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre, and drinks as easy as any wine I've had recently. Between the taste, the label, the etched glass etc - it could easily pass for something 2-3x the price.
Will this be on my Thanksgiving table? 100% yes. Is the price attractive enough that I will let Uncle Leo pop another bottle because he just can't help himself? 100% yes. 😂
Let's do this!
To order you can:
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Thanksgiving Wine Deals!
11.13.2023
Thanksgiving Wine Deals!
SALE runs Monday November 13th - Sunday November 19th, 2023
*Curbside Pickup Always Available*
*All wines posted at the lowest online price in the US!*
Is it really almost Thanksgiving?! I feel summer was like last week, am I right?
Either way, it means it is time for our annual Thanksgiving Wine Sale!
I'll go on record for this one. You will not find a better selection of oustanding value anywhere in NC, and I'd put these offerings and prices up against anything being offered in the United States right now.
In a world where we already work hard to guarantee you the absolute lowest prices, we are pulling out all the stops!! Inflation has no home here at winestore! I mean, several wines on here simply boggle the mind in terms of the quality to price ratio.
All prices are good through Sunday, November 19th! (no, they are not good on the 20th)
It should also be noted that as always, there are going to be some insane "in store only" specials rolling.
2022 Sonoma Cutrer Russian River Ranches Chardonnay
Winery Price: $28.00
SALE PRICE: $16.98 (net) per bottle
SAVE 39%
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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...
2021 Benieres Pinot Noir
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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Fresh and fruity Pinot Noir from the Pays d'Oc, a region warm enough and varied enough to allow even persnickety Pinot Noir to find its happy place.
2020 Bonterra "The Roost" Chardonnay
Release Price: $50.00 (Click HERE to see)
SALE Price: $24.75 (net)
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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 tangy cut that’s typical of Mendocino Chardonnay.
2020 Pocapita Rioja
Release Price: $15.00
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
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Pocapita is a great example of how much the Rioja region has upped its game in the last decade. Like many of their wines of late, this 100% Tempranillo is rich, powerful, intense, heady and every bit a modern version of concentrated Rioja, but one that nevertheless still tastes like Rioja.
2021 Highland Falls Proprietary Red
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 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.
2022 Prejuges Chardonnay
Release Price: $18.00
winestore. 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.
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.
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.
2022 C'est Pas La Mer Picpoul
Release Price: $18.00
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Here’s what you should know about Picpoul de Pinet: it’s never bad; and only sometimes good. So there’s a lot to be said for grapes that never suck. About the time I decided I was no longer going to think about the Picpoul grape, I tasted this Picpoul de Pinet and it was utterly delicious.
2022 Maison Ventenac Cassandre
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $10.99 (net)
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Within Cabardès, a prime site in the ocean of vines that is Languedoc-Roussillon, the Ramés are growing many of the same grapes as their neighbors but using them to sometimes unusual ends. They call some of these wines “les Dissidents” which are “delicate blends concocted in jars of 150 or 500 litres, and in casks of 2,000 litres.” This one is 100% Vermentino (they call it Rolle there) and it has layers and layers.
2021 Cape Charles Cabernet
Release Price: $105.00
SALE Price: $24.99 (net)
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It’s tough for me to contain my excitement about this one. It is unanimous amongst our team - this is the single best under $25 wine (of any varietal) we have ever offered. It may be the best sub $50 Cabernet we have ever offered. Our long time partner, Baron Ziegler, brought it to us from one of the top Cabernet producers in the United States - but it's a name we cannot give you for all sorts of wine related legal reasons. The winery has been making wine since 1977. They’ve notched multiple 100 point scores. Some have opined that their 1978 Cabernet Sauvignon was one of the most important wines ever made in America. This particular lot, is the exact same wine the winery will be selling for $135.00. Your price is $24.99. That is correct. This is not a typo. $24.99.
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 Bleu Blanc Thau
Release Price: $14.99
winestore. 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.
2022 White and Sea White Blend
Release Price: $15.00
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
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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. Maybe wines like this will encourage more winemakers to try working with crisp and aromatic white grapes in Languedoc-Roussillon.
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 Le Cabas Sauvignon Blanc
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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Gascony ain't just the Three Muskateers, 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.
2021 Kingstree Cabernet
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
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This is a tasty little gem unearthed by the pros at Banshee Wines. Banshee, started by three guys who just happened to like wine and wanted an excuse to be out west, hasn't been around long but they sure have kicked off righteously during their short career. They’ve always been focused upon cooler climate sites, especially with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and at the prices they offer their wines, it’s no surprise that things have gone swimmingly well.
2021 Vim Solis Canteperdrix
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
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Vinsobres is a red wine only appellation that sees a more diverse set of soils than most of the other Rhone AOCs. The usual intense Mistral wind is accompanied by a cooler, gentler Pontias wind, making this one of the cooler sites of the southern Rhone. The wines have a bit more nerve: think of cranberry instead of black cherry, more tangy Grenache than rich, robust Syrah.
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.
2022 Maison Belliac Chardonnay
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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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 Brooks Bank Cabernet Sauvignon
Release Price: $39.99
SALE Price: $17.99 (net) per bottle
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This 100% Cabernet is full of dark berry flavors to offset its tough guy tannins. This is BIG wine for little money. It’s basically the wine equivalent to Patrick Swayze in “Roadhouse.” Best movie EVER.
2022 Maison de Rue 37 Rasteau
Release Price: $30.00
SALE Price: $14.99 (net) per bottle
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Aside from sounding like Dustin Hoffman’s character in Midnight Cowboy, Rasteau is one of the genuine values in red wine. More or less baby Chateauneuf, Rasteau these days mimics the blend that has evolved in Chateauneuf-du-Pape and now extends to other critical areas of the Southern Rhone: 70% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 5% other (in this case, Cinsault). It reflects a perceived truism of wine: if you want to create complexity in warm climates, you need additional grapes. It helps that these vines are between 30 and 50 years old, facing a most helpful southeast towards the famed Dentelles de Montmirail (the “teeth of Montmirail”, don’t you know), so they pick up all the morning sun and avoid the harsh sunlight of the late afternoon.
Second wines are always fun... 🤩
11.10.2023
2018 Le Comte de Malartic
Release Price: $40.00
winestore. Price: $24.99 (net)
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Napa winemaking icon Jayson Pahlmeyer had a quote about second label wines (specifically about the Jayson red blend that was his $50 second label to the $150 Pahlmeyer Prop Red) that I love. He said "“The Jayson goes into the same brand new French oak barrels [as the main label, Pahlmeyer], has the same barrel-aging regimen, same blending, same care and dedication from my winemaker,” Pahlmeyer explains. “It’s 90 percent of the quality at 50 percent of the price.”
90% of the quality at 50% of the price is a standard I can get behind.
I told you last week that one of the best wines I tasted in 2023 was the 2018 Chateau Malartic La Graviere, but at $59.99 that is not in my weekly wine budget.
Enter the 2018 Le Comte de Malartic, the second label from this famed estate.
In 2018 for this wine, we’re talking about almost the exact same grape blend, same vat period, same vilification methods, and really the only difference being yields (the Comte is from some of the younger vines on the Estate that have higher yields), and aging time - the Comte sees 15 months vs 18 months for the big boy.
After tasting the wine I think Jayson Pahlmeyer is pretty spot on.
Is it as good as the flagship wine? It is not.
But at $24.99 vs. $59.99 it suddenly becomes probably one of the 5 best sub $25 wines we carry in the entire store. I had a bottle two Sundays ago with some Cheeseburgers and it was divine. Honestly, the fact that it is below $25 makes me love it even more.
It reminds me a bit of a wine called Mas Doix Salanques from Priorat. Not in that they taste the same, but Salanques was a second label to the $100 Mas Doix, and at $29.99 it was not only delicious, I have bottles that are now 20 years old and still taste fresh and young. As a collector and wine lover, finding $25 wines that can go the distance is part of the fun!
No other bottles of this vintage are currently for sale in the United States. Wine.com does have the 2019 vintage available for $34.99 per bottle.
A great wine for your cellar / wine fridge, for this weekend, for Holiday gifts, or maybe your Thanksgiving table (that all depends on how much your relatives drink 😂).
All that said, I know what I'm drinking tonight!
To order you can:
Order ONLINE for IN STORE or CURBSIDE PICKUP / SHIPPING
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You're gonna want to try this one.....trust me!
11.09.2023
2018 Expression de Chateau Grand Bourdieu Rouge
Vivino Avg Retail Price: $37.57 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $14.99 (net)
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On a buying trip back in February we uncovered a lot of great value gems, but the wine we are presenting to you today, to me, was the best value wine we tasted the entire trip (and honestly one of the best wines all around).
It's been awhile since I've found something under $15.00 that checks several boxes for me:
1) Is really a food wine, but also can drink well by itself (I tested this last night!)
2) Is pleasant and complex with acidity that can excite multiple different flavor preferences (people that love light bodied wine and full bodied wine could be united here!)
3) Great packaging and a great deal
I took the below photo from our first taste of the wine with a note attached to the photo "2018 Expression - buy it all"
Sadly they would not let us buy it all, they only let us buy 250 cases. Which while it sounds like a lot, for a wine this good I even wonder if it will make it until Dec 31st. Here's to hoping!
So what is the background here?
There are around 10,000 wine brands in Bordeaux; you’ve probably not heard of most of them. In 2018, a lot of them made big, juicy wines, thanks to warmer weather, and garnered exciting scores. But a goodly number of those wines were just big and lacked complexity; the top sites were riper than most winemakers there are accustomed to handling. The so-called lesser sites were riper than they’re used to as well, but not so crazy ripe. Grand Bourdieu is planted on a mix of clay and gravel, like this part of Graves enjoys, that can handle the wet May-June-July but without holding too much water. They’ve been making wine since the 17th century and these days it’s heavy on the Merlot (70%), backed up with Cabernet Sauvignon (30%).
So if you're thinking about Holiday table wines, changing up your weeknight wines, looking for new tasty treats or just love great bottles...your ship has come in.
I continue to opine that our lineup of value right now in the store is the best that it has ever been - and the 2018 Grand Bourdieu is leading the charge!
I know what I'm drinking tonight (and I drank it last night too 😂).
To order you can:
Order ONLINE for IN STORE or CURBSIDE PICKUP / SHIPPING
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Call ASHEVILLE @ 828-417-7305
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The Two Best Selling Wines in the Store...ON SALE for $9.99 🔥
11.07.2023
Our Two Best Selling Wines - ON SALE!
2021 Snowvale Cabernet
Release Price: $20.00
winestore. Price: $12.99 (net)
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
2022 Benières Chardonnay
Release Price: $20.00
winestore. Price: $12.99 (net)
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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For the third year in a row, we are going to take our two best selling wines year to date, and put them on sale this week.
Snowvale Cabernet has remained at the top of the heap for the third year in a row (like this wine just dominates), but this year a Chardonnay has slipped into the #2 spot.
In a world where every single day a vendor tells us prices are going up because "their prices are going up and we have to do it", the ability to bring you these two wines for only $9.99 per bottle is what gets us excited about our store set right now!
So let's toast to all things that are awesome and inexpensive, am I right?
6 days only - lets gooooooo!
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 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
Something special for you this Friday! 😍
11.03.2023
2021 Maison de Palais Voleur
Release Price: $40.00
winestore. Price: $24.99 (net)
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Chateauneuf du Pape was one of the wine regions that got me into wine in the first place. I had a bottle of Domaine de Marcoux that knocked my socks off, and I was hooked from then on. That said, over the last decade or so, many of those Chateauneuf wines have priced me out. I have had to seek out value elsewhere...and elsewhere just happens to be right next door to Chateauneuf, in Gigondas.
Only a few years ago, we could say that Gigondas, nearby and reflecting the terroir and grapes of Chateauneuf, was the great bargain of the Southern Rhone Valley. But the price creep has started there as well, and now you have to look harder to find those values. But the quaint little village Gigondas deserves some attention; the Romans certainly thought so. They called it In “Jocunditas” which means joy or rejoicing, so we can guess that somebody liked the wine even then. It’s hard to say what the grapes were in Roman times; the Maison de Palais Voleur though is 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, and 10% Mourvedre.
We've talked a lot recently about discovering wines that have the "it" factor, but don't cost an arm and a leg. Here we have a wine, in the Gigondas bottle with the etched glass, with juice that reminds me of Chateauneuf, all below $25. That's the kind of stuff I need in my life. While $24.99 is not my Monday price point, it surely fits squarely in my "weekend" price point.
Just for fun, we'll have the Palais on the tasting machine at all 8 locations for only $0.01 to taste. That's right, spend a penny and see what all the fuss is about!
So I don't know about you, but I know what I'm drinking tonight!
TGIF!
To order you can:
Order ONLINE for IN STORE or CURBSIDE PICKUP / SHIPPING
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One of the 3 best red wines I've had this year...🤩
11.02.2023
2018 Chateau Malartic-Lagravière
750ml Bottle
Release Price: $85.00
Total Wine Price: $69.97 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $59.99 (net)
1.5L Bottle (MAGNUM)
Release Price: $170.00
Total Wine Price: $169.99 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $119.99 (net)
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We rarely focus on expensive wines in this newsletter, mostly because expensive wines are supposed to taste good. If you spend $60 on a bottle of wine, expectations are sky high. It is much tougher to find those gems that outkick their coverage at the $10-$15 price range.
That said, every now and again we come across a wine that is so special, you just have to know about it.
Back in May we released for you the 2015 and 2016 Chateau Malartic LaGraviere, the best collectible Bordeaux bottles we tasted on a buying trip to France back in February. We approached the Chateau (after you all bought everything we had) and asked if they had anything else we could taste, and amongst a smattering of samples they mailed us was the 2018 vintage of their flagship wine.
I can easily say this is one of the 3 best red wines I’ve had this year, and it may be the best. No hyperbole. This stuff is the real deal.
As we told you before regarding this estate, the thing about Bordeaux is that there is so much history and, unlike Burgundy, we actually know the details. That’s because Bordeaux has always been the domain of the upper crust, and people keep track of such things. This chateau started its life as Domaine de Lagraviere but after the Malartic family bought it in the 1850s, they appended their name to it, in honor of their favored son, Comte Anne-Joseph-Hippolyte Maures de Malartic (what a name), a well-known French Navy Admiral (that’s why they have a boat on their logo). The Bonnie family (soap magnates) bought it in 1997 and have dropped $20 million on fancying it up. It’s worked. Each of their last twenty vintages, whether strong or shaky, are beyond excellent.
It’s tough for me to explain how excited a wine like this makes me, especially from Bordeaux. Prices for the prize gems in the region have gone parabolic, and it’s tough to weed through some of the more “affordable" wines and find something that really stands out. Prior to February I had never even heard of this estate, and if we’re being honest the only reason we tasted it is we thought the label was cool (the label is cool). Boy, am I glad we did.
Age-worthy Bordeaux of this quality for less than $60 and magnums for less than $120, both packed in sealed wooden boxes, is what I want to be collecting, drinking, and sharing with friends. No, it’s not an everyday wine price point - but this is a price point where wine lovers of all sophistication can dip their toe in and find a world class wine that can last as long as they would ever want to age it.
I bought a case and two six packs of magnums for myself…and while my wife may never forgive me, I feel like it needed to be done 😂. I mean, the holidays are coming up, right?!?!?!?
We've only had the wine in stock for a few weeks but you know you're onto something good when people take the time to e-mail you after they drink something. Some responses we have gotten over the last few days include:
So get while the gettin's is good!
I'm not drinking this tonight, but I will be this weekend!
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Total Wine - $17.99 vs. winestore. - $12.97....let's go!
11.01.2023
2021 Meiomi Chardonnay
Total Wine Price: $17.99 (Click HERE to see)*
winestore. Price: $12.97 (net)
Lowest Online Price in the USA!
*Curbside Pickup Always Available*
We hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween! 🎃 👻
So for a post Halloween deal, how about Meiomi Chardonnay for $12.97 per bottle? But of course!
Back in 2015, Joe Wagner, whose father owns Caymus and who had been instrumental in developing new brands for the Wagner family (like Meiomi), sold the brand to Constellation Brands for $315 million in 2015. Let that sink in for a second.
Constellation, one of the largest beer, wine and spirits companies in the world (oh, yeah, they have massive cannabis holdings in Canada too) bought only the brand for crazy money; no vineyards, no winery, nothing but some wine with labels on it. Now, what does that say about Meiomi and its style of wine? Somebody bet really, really, really big on it and, so far, the bet has worked out. Unlike their cannabis project in Canada.
Happy Wednesday everybody! Let's get to it!
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 from their Wilmington, NC location at 8:10am on Wed Nov 1st. 2023
This is what value in wine looks like...💥
10.31.2023
2020 Chateau Fombrion La Grivelière
Release Price: $30.00
winestore. Price: $12.99 (net)
Lowest Online Price in the USA!
*Curbside Pickup Always Available*
I've said it time and time again. We have never, in the history of our company, had a more outstanding selection of wine under $20 in the store. The number of sub $15 values that exist right now has me almost giddy just thinking about it!
All that said, the Cuvee La Grivelière from Chateau Fombrion appears at first glance to be an off the charts type deal. According to the people at Vivino the avg. price paid by their users for this wine is $97.18 per bottle. We have it for you for $12.99 per bottle! 👀
Now, clearly there is something off in their data, but we can still tell you this is the lowest price in the United States and a straight up steal for $12.99.
Bordeaux is of another era; though it’s not meant as an insult. It was controlled by the British for centuries, and commerce there still has a very orderly tenor. Chateaux make wine; courtiers (brokers) sell the wine to the rest of the world. But these bright lines get fuzzy and most of the courtiers have vineyards and chateaux of their own; those can offer very seductive value in this pricey realm.
This Cabernet and Merlot blend is owned by the courtiers Horeau-Beylot (founded in 1740), one of the oldest such in Bordeaux. The chateau is over a century old too and is part of the Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux appellation, just across the narrow Gironde River from Margaux, and a satellite region of Pomerol and St.-Émilion, home of the world’s greatest Merlot.
So today we have a wine from $97 down to $12.99 😂. Or can we just say today we have for you a seductive value, from a pricey realm, that pairs very well with Halloween candy.
I know what I'm drinking tonight!
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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
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It is the Scariest Wine in the Store 🎃 - On SALE!
10.27.2023
2019 Double Ripasse GSM
Release Price: $30.00 (Click HERE to see)
SALE Price: $17.99 (net)
SAVE 40%
Sale runs Friday October 27th - Tuesday October 31st, 2023
Lowest Price in the US!
*Curbside Pickup Always Available*
Three years ago we took the photo above of some decorations in Wilmington that happened to include a bottle of wine that we carry and decided we just HAD to put it on sale during the week of Halloween. We had so much fun with it we decided we should do it every year!
What's up with the wine?
I'm not gonna lie. This label is a little out there. Maybe it's a lot out there. But when we saw it in a box of samples sitting on our desk a few months ago it certainly stood out. But would the wine be any good?
It was insane.
The Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre varietals are happy bedfellows from anywhere, and the Vellas family sites throughout Mediterranean help create wine with balance as well as intensity. As for the name Double Ripasse? In wine terms, ripasse is to press or to squeeze, and that typically means someone has made wine from grapes but held onto the skins. Then they dump fresh must onto those once-squeezed skins, using the new juice to soak more flavor (and often tannin) from the skins.
Do it twice? Double the pleasure, double the fun :)
So spice up your front porch decorations a bit, and drink some nice wine while you're at it!
TGIF everyone!
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