Time for some epic Chablis!

07.27.2023

2021 Paul Nicolle Chablis VV

Release Price: $33.00 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $24.99 (net)

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$9.99 For Newton Chardonnay? It's never happened before...until today!

07.26.2023

2019 Newton Skyside Chardonnay

Total Wine Price: $17.99 (Click HERE to see)*
winestore. Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 44%



*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

Newton Skyside (formerly known as "Red Label") Chardonnay is an iconic California Chardonnay...and if you read the subject line, this is the first time we've ever been able to see this wine at this price in 17 years of doing business.

At this price, I anticipate this could be the fastest selling wine of all time for us...

Given how insane this deal is, I have to say I have no idea how long it is going to last, and Total Wine is going to totally lose their minds about this and complain, so let's get while the gettin' is good!!

Once upon a time (pre-Sideways days) Newton’s name was spoken in reverent tones as, alongside Pride Mountain, Pahlmeyer, Duckhorn and a few others; this is where Merlot excelled. But then people started treating Merlot like that awkward cousin who has too much to drink and then starts talking politics at the Thanksgiving table and great work stretching back to the 1980s was somehow forgotten.

Newton, like those others, has survived it, and besides, they make other tasty wines like this Chardonnay blended from fat Napa County juice and leaner, more structured Sonoma County lots.

Enjoy this one!!!

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*Total Wine Price taken on Tuesday July 25th @ 10:11am from their Charlotte, Promenade Location

The "if you know, you know" Rosé of 2023!

07.25.2023

2022 La Culottée Rosé

Release Price: $18.00
Lowest Online Price in US: $16.99 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $12.99 (net)

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137 cases went out the door the minute the new vintage landed...

07.21.2023

2021 Domaine Moulin Saint-Jean "La Reserve"

Release Price: $18.00
winestore. Price: $12.99 (net)

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Our #1 Rosé for $9.99!

07.20.2023

2022 Larme en Rose Rosé

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



Lowest Online Price in the USA!

SALE runs Wednesday July 19th - Sunday July 23rd, 2023

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

I've gotten no less than 267,422 e-mails since the middle of June asking if Larme will be on sale one last time during summer for $9.99. I replied back to 267,421 mentioning it probably will during our Labor Day sale and the general consensus was "we can't wait that long - it is too hot to wait..." 😂

I get it. It's our best selling rosé of all time...the wine is delicious...and at the sale price of $9.99 it is just a silly value.

Well, we are in the business of pretty much doing whatever you guys want (just like with the Belleplane from yesterday), so here we go!

$9.99 per bottle. 5 days only. You can grab yourself a small stockpile to make it until these crazy temps go away and for your one last jaunt to the beach.

Why is the wine so special?

Well, 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.

Larme has all this and more in spades.

So lets get to it!

Happy Wednesday!
 

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On SALE For $9.99...Ask and You Shall Receive!

07.18.2023

2021 Belleplane Red

Release Price: $25.00 
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 60%



SALE runs Tuesday July 18th - Sunday July 23rd, 2023

Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available!*
 
We worked a deal for the Belleplane Chardonnay at $9.99 as part of our July 4th Sale and lots of people were asking - can we do it with the red?!?!?! 

Well, ask and you shall recieve. The winery gave us the green light this week to run this special so through this Sunday, you can grab Belleplane Red Wine for $9.99.

I'm not sure I want to get too deep into the weeds here as to how much thunder this wine brings for this price. At $15 is an absolute stunner. For $9.99? It's tough to put into words.

We are constantly on the lookout for the next great value wine. You know, the stuff under $15 that really wows you.

As we have told you before, this is a wine that makes you do a double take. You take one sip and you're kinda like "Oh, hello there...". Belleplane Red (and the Chardonnay for that matter), did that for us. It was one that we all taste at the same time and everyone kinda looks around at each other without saying anything to try and see if everybody is thinking "You gettin' what I'm gettin'...?"

When it comes to red grapes, there are many in the Languedoc-Roussillon, an area that encompasses almost the entirety of Mediterranean France. But there are a few pockets of an unusual grape called Alicante Bouschet, one of only a handful of grapes that actually has colored juice (as opposed to the color coming from the skins). With 70% Alicante and 30% Syrah, and a half year or so in barrel, this wine is powerful, dense and chewy.

I'm in for a case. I can't have enough good $10 red wine in the wine fridge 😂

I know what I'm drinking tonight! 

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100% Organic Sauvignon Blanc for $14.99!

07.13.2023

2021 Vellas Organic Sauvignon Blanc

Release Price: $19.99 
winestore. Price: $14.99 (net)
SAVE 25%


 

Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

Much like the Sombrero Cabernet from earlier this week, Vellas Sauvignon Blanc took off last year like a rocket ship.

Only issue? It was impossible to keep in stock 👀

Domaine Vellas has fun with its labels but don’t think less of their wines for that.  They know their business, with sixty vineyards totaling 250 acres under their control, the character and value is known by one and all.
 
Les Naturels Sauvignon Blanc is blended from vineyards in the southern part of the vast and crucial Languedoc-Roussillon region and, if the Languedoc-Roussillon is somehow overlooked due to its ubiquity, it’s important to understand that some of France’s oldest vines are planted along its limestone slopes, many on vertiginous hillsides or nearly overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. This 100% organic wine is not some leftover souvenir from a producer’s vain attempt to create some over priced Sancerre clone. This is made to be seductive, slippery southern French Sauvignon Blanc.

What pairs perfectly with 95+ degree heat?? You know it!

Let's do this! 

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Only 5th Time Ever At $9.99 - And Only Time This Year!

07.12.2023

2020 Waccamaw Proprietary Red

Release Price: $25.00
winestore. Price: $14.99 (net)
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 60%



Just 30 cases per store available at this price!

Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

Since Waccamaw Proprietary Red was released in 2014 by the fine folks at Valkyrie, we have been able to sell it at this price just 4 other times. That means this is just the 5th time in almost a decade - and they have told us this will be the only time in 2023 you will be able to grab it for this price.

The winery released 250 cases at this price for the entire state (that's just 30 cases per store!). There is an internal bet if the cases even last until Sunday. (My guess is Saturday afternoon at 3:15pm - price is right rules!)

We'll keep it short and sweet today people! This is a "if you know, you know" situation! 😁

As always, thank you for your support! It is an honor and pleasure to continue to serve you.
 

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⚡️ in a bottle....Sombrero Cabernet Returns!

07.11.2023

2019 Sombrero Cabernet Sauvignon

Release Price: $20.00 
winestore. Price: $12.99 (net)
SAVE 35%

Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

Sometimes a wine just hits right, and takes off like a rocket ship. That was Sombrero Cabernet in 2022.

The wine arrived in May and through October it was literally walking itself out the door. We tried to order more, but apparently we were not the only people in the world having this success with the wine, and there was no more to be had!

Well, a long 9 months later, a container just arrived with a new shipment of Sombero, and we are ready for the madness.

What do you need to know about this wine?

First things first - Nicolas Vellas is one of the hottest winemakers in France right now.

Over four generations of winemaking, the Vellas family has slowly assembled a strong group of properties in Languedoc and Roussillon (Mediterranean France). In beautiful sites like Mas du Pont (near Montpellier) they have created not only a vast set of vineyards but also farmlands, bull breeding, equestrian centers, olive groves and more. They pull their Cabernet from areas such as Costiere de Nimes, Coteau Varois, Oc, Saint-Guilhem, Grès, Saint Drézery, Muscat de Lunel, Languedoc, Pic St. Loup and Faugères. With Cabernet spread out across these sunny and Mediterranean climes, ripeness and aromatics are both in strong supply.

So to recap:
1) One of the best winemakers in France right now
2) 100% Cabernet
3) Crazy Value

Let's do this! 

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A White Wine to Rock Your 🌎...

07.07.2023

2022 Maison Ventenac Cassandre

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

Yes, if you grab a bottle of Cassandre, you're gonna be drinking one of the top white wine value finds of 2023. Maybe one of the tops of the 2020s....

It's 100% certified organic. 100% Vermentino (that's the grape). It's also 100% outrageously delicious.

What's up, you ask?

Olivier and Stéphanie Ramé took over Maison Ventenac from Stéphanie's parents over a decade ago and within a few years, they had obtained a Terra Vitis certification and converted to organic viticultural practices for their vineyard. 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 of complexity and fruit.

Pro Tip - if drinking outdoors pour over a little bit of ice (I prefer pellet ice but to each his or her own) to get this stuff super cold and enjoy with abandon. 

I know what I'm drinking tonight! TGIF!

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$50 down to $24.99 - Lowest Price in 🇺🇸

07.06.2023

2021 AIAIAI Priorat

Release Price: $50.00
Lowest US Price on any vintage: $41.99 (HERE)
winestore. Price: $24.99 (net)

It’s been a minute since we’ve had a new wine from Priorat to offer you, but good things come to those who wait.
 
Back in November of last year the head of Gil Family Estates in Spain introduced us to a woman by the name of Sílvia Puig. Sílvia was looking to move some of her wine and Miguel Gil thought we would be good partners. She sent us her samples and two of the wines were absolutely lights out - including the one we are offering you today, the 2021 AIAIAI Priorat.
 
This winery is a tiny project started in 2008 by Silvia Puig in her small garage in one of the villages of Priorat, the site of Spain’s most intense wines. She was consulting for some of the more important wineries there, like Clos Figueras, and wanted to make wine in “limited quantities so that the artisan element is valued.” En Números Vermells remains a handcrafted producer, with the Aiaiai wine being blended from Garnacha, Cariñena and Syrah. "I have specialized in small productions for people who share my philosophy", she explains, so the wines are available only in a handful of markets. But they are classic Priorat: big, rich, expansive, almost as mineral driven as they are fruit-laden.
 
This happens to be one of the only times someone has quoted a price and we just took it. I honestly thought there was a typo based on the other comps that are out there.
 
We can offer you this wine for $24.99 per bottle. You can see the average reported price by all Vivino users online is $40.16 per bottle (that is globally!). Other US retailers have sold previous vintages “On Sale” for $41.99.
 
So if Priorat is your thing, and it is definitely mine, this is one of the best values we’ve had from the region in a long while.
 
I know what I’m drinking tonight!


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#6 On the July 4th Best Sellers List!

07.03.2023

2021 Seigneur du Feu Cabernet

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



Lowest Price in the US!

July 4th Specials: Click HERE

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

How does a wine become the #6 selling wine on our July 4th Specials when it is a brand new item and we haven't even sent out a communication about it? 

It happens because people taste it on the machine and buy a bunch of it!

(also is it really hot outside or is it just me?)

What's the story behind the wine?

Throughout the last two centuries of winedom, French wine has been aged in French oak. Or has it? In the 19th century, French forests, planted for warships, were plentiful enough for barrels too. In the early 20th century, barrels made from Eastern European oak became more common, especially after WWI decimated French forests. But they were replanted with purpose; the barrel industry returned and has dominated the idea of top flight wine ever since. Yet, American oak is crucial to many other wine regions: Spain, Australia, the U.S., maybe even Silver Oak (they love that vanilla smell). So this is a southern French Cab with American oak’s lashing of coconut and sawdust – the classic aromas of American oak barrels.

Maybe think Silver Oak from France, but only costs $9.99?

See for yourself!

Happy 4th Everyone!!
 

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You need to be drinking this $9.99 rosé this weekend!

06.30.2023

2021 Balcon Sur La Mer Rosé

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



Lowest Online Price in the US!

July 4th Specials: Click HERE

*Curbside Pickup Always Available!*

As we barrel towards what looks to be a wonderful holiday weekend with friends and family, there is only one thing I know for certain...and that is I am going to be drinking rosé.

Which rosé, you may ask?

Balcon sur la Mer.

Let's set aside for the moment that I love the package, and it kinda transports me to some place I'd like to go for vacation but I'm not quite sure I can afford 😂

Balcon 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.

Oh, and it's $9.99 as part of our July 4th SALE.

So I'm gonna open a bottle this weekend, or maybe two. Who are we kidding, I'm buying a six pack. 🤣 

Let's get to this!! Happy July 4th!

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Pinot Noir for $9.99 that your friends have been buying up!

06.28.2023

Les Peyrautins Pinot Noir

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



Lowest Price in the US!

July 4th Specials: Click HERE

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

We told you we were rolling out some of the most extreme values you can find during our 4th of July Sale, and Les Peyrautins is darn near the top of that list.

Heck, there is even a wine shop in Australia that is selling this stuff for $21 per bottle - by the case (see HERE).

So let's just say at $9.99, I'm backing up the truck!

What's makes Les Peyrautins so good?
 
You have been told that Pinot Noir is the most finicky of grapes; indeed, it’s supposed to be the “heartbreak grape.” The statement is not false but it’s also not completely true. To make great Pinot Noir is bloody difficult and to do it consistently is virtually impossible, unless you’re in some famous (and very expensive) place. But that’s true of most grapes. It’s true that Pinot Noir grown in the wrong place is pretty dreadful, maybe more dreadful than most other grapes. But the middle ground has plenty of wealth to it – you need a friendly place for grape growing but not too friendly. With France’s Pays d’Oc, there are places where it’s easy to ripen grapes and areas that offer just enough challenge to coax Pinot Noir into an outrageous value - creating a fresh, fruity and delicious wine....and that's what we have here.

Les Peyrautins 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 bad boy was $9.99! 😁) 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 if you're like me, and in your weekly wine rotation you are looking for a) value but also b) delicious wine - this wine is your huckleberry!

Happy Wednesday everyone!
 

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Is this Meiomi Pinot Noir Price For Real 👀?

06.27.2023

2021 Meiomi Pinot Noir

Harris Teeter VIC Price: $18.99 (Click HERE to see) 
winestore. Price: $14.85 (net)

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4th of July Deal Train is rolling along...$9.99 per bottle!

06.24.2023

2021 Montcharme Malbec

Release Price: $20.00 
winestore. Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%



July 4th Specials: Click HERE

Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

How does a wine become one of the top selling wines in the store over the last 3 years, and we've only sent newsletters about it twice?

By bringing the thunder on the quality to price ratio scale - that's how!

Rich, fully extracted, easy drinking and delicious...it's everything the doctor ordered for a Saturday night and an end to a week of crazy weather!

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.

Happy Saturday!

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This red is going to change the game...

06.21.2023

2022 Histoire de Grains Marselan

Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99

July 4th Specials: Click HERE

A new addition to our store in the last week, and this one is going to change the game for a lot of people.

The 2022 Histoire de Grains (which is 100% Marselan), is a testament that amazing wine simply does not need to be expensive.

Wait.........what in the world is Marselan?

Throughout the expansive Roussillon-Languedoc are some of the more adventurous French grapes with which you might not be familiar – Marselan is at the top of the heap. It’s a crossing of Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache and in the last quarter century is being looked to as one of the grapes that might save France from climate change. Will it? Who the heck knows. But it certainly is interesting stuff: a bit lighter than Cabernet Sauvignon but with some of its strengths and backbone. Bordeaux has just recently chosen it as a newly approved grape there; they see its character and future importance as well.

So many wines in our July 4th lineup are off the charts in terms of their quality to price ratio, and we're leading with this one for a reason. It's an absolute game changer at this price.

I know what I'm drinking tonight!

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

July 4th Specials!

06.20.2023

July 4th Specials!

*Please note our stores will be closed on July 4th, 2023 - but the sale prices will all be active on our website through midnight on July 4th.*

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

What you're about to see below may be one of the greatest lineup of value wines we have ever offered!

Way back in 2020, with the 4th falling on a Saturday, we wanted to make sure those of you who celebrated the week before the 4th and the week after the 4th could get in on the action. So what did that mean? Running the sale for almost two weeks, of course :)

In 2021 and 2022 we stuck with the two week sale and the feedback was tremendous.....so here we are again!!

That means you get to purchase wine at silly prices for 15 days AND you get to celebrate the 4th for a couple of weeks! You have our permission. Some of you may wish to celebrate the whole summer, and we are on board with that plan 😁

Quick note - ALL of these sale items are offered to you at the lowest online prices in the USA. Boom! (that was a big firework going off, just fyi)

So Happy Birthday America! And of course, THANK YOU ALL for the opportunity to serve you. We are humbled by your support and we strive to earn your business each and every day.

Let's do this people!

2021 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.



2021 SWIMBAD Rosé
Release Price: $15.00
SALE 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.



2021 L'Azerolle de Minervois
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

The town of Minerve is named after the Greek goddess Minerva, and the vine probably arrived with the Greeks in the 6th century BC. The area prospered under the Roman Empire and its thirst for all such local wines. Here, the two most important Rhone grapes, Syrah and Grenache, are given the stage along with the no less intense grape Cinsault, all are drawn from 50-year-old vines.



2021 Bleu Blanc Thau
Release Price: $14.99
winestore. Price: $7.99 (net)
SAVE 47%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

This blend of Picpoul,Terre, 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.



2021 Sonoma Cutrer Russian River Ranches Chardonnay
Winery Price: $28.00
SALE PRICE: $16.98 (net) per bottle
SAVE 40%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

It's Sonoma Cutrer - what more do we really need to say? Oak, Vanilla, butter - all that you expect from a great California Chard and then a little extra thrown in for good measure...



2022 Histoire de Grains Marselan
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 50%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

Throughout the expansive Roussillon-Languedoc are some of the more adventurous French grapes with which you might not be familiar – Marselan is at the top of the heap. It’s a crossing of Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache and in the last quarter century is being looked to as one of the grapes that might save France from climate change. Will it? Who knows. But it certainly is interesting stuff: a bit lighter than Cabernet Sauvignon but with some of its strengths and backbone. Bordeaux has just recently chosen it as a newly approved grape there; they see its character and future importance as well.



2021 Montcharme Malbec
winestore. Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 50%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

Malbec may turn out to be an excellent tool for Languedoc Roussillon winemakers. Is it for sure? Not at all. Malbec is a southwestern France grape and a tertiary grape at that; Mediterranean France has little experience with it. But the region has elevation, so maybe we’re going to see more like this tasty little thing. let’s be clear about this: Malbec likes altitude. Why? No one really knows.



2021 Z/N Zinfandel
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

I know, I know, Zinfandel is the same grape as Italy’s Primitivo. But is it? Even the best Primitivo doesn’t have the fruitiness, the power, the sheer intensity of California’s best Zins. And how do we describe that fruitiness? I always find that it has something like more red fruits than black fruits, with a little hint of red currant jelly right at the end that is part of the easy friendliness of the grape.



2022 Rocoiseau Viognier
Release Price: $12.99
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
SAVE 38%
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More than a half century ago Viognier was forgotten; near extinct. In the 1980s things blew up, with acreages quintupling. There were a few successes, but most just didn't do justice to the grape. Winegrowers eventually found the ideal conditions, while the Viogniers of the Rhone have become pricey and sought-after. Elevated spots in the Pays d’Oc are this wine’s source; to a great degree this is the grape’s frontier now.

2021 Seigneur de Feu Cabernet
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
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Throughout the last two centuries of winedom, French wine has been aged in French oak. Or has it? In the 19th century, French forests, planted for warships, were plentiful enough for barrels too. In the early 20th centuries, barrels made from Eastern European oak became more common, especially after WWI decimated French forests. But they were replanted with purpose; the barrel industry returned and has dominated the idea of top flight wine ever since. Yet, American oak is crucial to many other wine regions: Spain, Australia, the U.S., maybe even Silver Oak (they love that vanilla smell). So this is a southern French Cab with American oak’s lashing of coconut and sawdust – the classic aromas of American oak barrels.



2021 Les Peyrautins Pinot Noir
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!
 
You have been told that Pinot Noir is the most finicky of grapes; indeed, it’s supposed to be the “heartbreak grape.” The statement is not false but it’s also not completely true. To make great Pinot Noir is bloody difficult and to do it consistently is virtually impossible, unless you’re in some famous place. But that’s true of most grapes. It’s true that Pinot Noir grown in the wrong place is pretty dreadful, maybe more dreadful than most other grapes. But the middle ground has plenty of wealth to it – you need a friendly place for grape growing but not too friendly. With France’s Pays d’Oc, there are places where it’s easy to ripen grapes and areas that offer just enough challenge to coax Pinot Noir into showing its friendly and compelling side. This is an ideal example.



2020 Waccamaw Proprietary Red
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
SAVE 48%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

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.



2020 Bonterra "The Roost" Chardonnay
Release Price: $50.00 (Click HERE to see)
SALE Price: $24.75 (net)
SAVE 50%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

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)
SAVE 46%
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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)
SAVE 50%
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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.



2020 Corasado Monastrell
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 48%
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Bodegas Lo Nuevo has unquestionably modernized their winery; it’s practically a technical marvel now. But what makes these wines special is the place, Jumilla, with its intense weather. It’s tough ground for most grapes, but Monastrell (the French, who borrowed it from Spain, call it Mourvedre) and Cariñena (once again, a borrowed grape dubbed Carignan by the French) can thrive here.



2021 Castelet Saint Peyran
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 60%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

We like the Vellas family; we buy a lot of their wines. Why? Because they have 100s of acres at their disposal in southern France? Yes, true. Is it because they consistently offer us wines that reflect their place (places like Pic-Saint-Loup)? Sure, that too. But, actually, it’s because value in French wine can be hard to find and the Vellas family just keeps bringing it to us. Rich, expansive Syrah for this kind of money? Yeah, yeah, that’s why.



2021 Snowvale Sierra Foothills
Release Price: $80.00
SALE Price: $19.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 75%
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A century and a half ago, the Sierra Foothills was the scene of a whole lot of winemaking. Why? Because there were many, many thirsty men there, all assembled around a pan and a creek or a little seam of possible gold. Sad to say, we don’t know what those wines were like. But we do know that there are still many century old vines in them thar hills.



2021 Terrasses de la Mer
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
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So, is it okay if I predict that Sauvignon Blanc becomes the world’s most widely planted grape in the next decade? In southern France, with the collection of hills, valleys, and plains rolling down to the Mediterranean, it thrives. Sure, the plains are not where you grow Sauvignon Blanc, but there are plenty of other spots where you do. There these wines are vibrant, expressive and tangy – and it’s rare that those three descriptors go together.



2022 Belleplane Chardonnay
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 60%
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In France, the grape is sometimes secondary - it’s the place that counts. The French label police have loosened up and they’re okay with Chardonnay being on this label. It matters if you’re close to the coast, or up in the mountains, and with a grape like Chardonnay, cooler, higher elevation sites are best. A third of the wine is barrel-fermented - the rest is in stainless steel, with enough lees-stirring to fatten up the wine and round it out.



2020 Clerus Saint Chinian
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

I'm not trying to be hyperbolic, but we just had a shipment of wines come in containing some of the best value wines you are going to try this year, and Clerus is one of them. I'm a huge fan of wines that are just plain delicious, regardless of their price - and this fits that bill.

This will be THE rosé of summer...

06.16.2023

2022 Bleu Blanc Thau Rosé

Release Price: $15.00
winestore. Price: $9.99

You can mark it down - I think this is going to be THE rosé of summer 2023...

When we learned that the winery behind white wine value superstar Bleu Blanc Thau also made a rosé, we had to try it. So we did...and it was amazing (these guys are good).

Then we found out we could retail it for $9.99 per bottle...and folks, this is a back up the truck type of situation if there ever was one!

The south of France has been home to a sea of vines for centuries, though its heyday was the late 19th century after the newly built railroad allowed shipments to fill the carafes of Parisian cafes. Cotes de Thau is gaining notoriety for its rosé wines grown beneath the former volcano of Agde, with a mix of garrigue, sand, nearby sea and lagoons. The Bleu Blanc Thau Rosé is a blend of Cinsault and Merlot made in a crisp, clean, even racy style of pink wine.

So if rosé is your thing (and in the summer it is definitely my thing), you'll want to jump on this bandwagon.

It's gonna be warm and sunny all weekend - let's do this!

I know what I'm drinking tonight!

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

Is this the hardest wine to keep in stock...???

06.14.2023

2022 Boulée-Cordot

Release Price: $15.00 
winestore. Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 33%



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*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

This may be the toughest wine we carry to keep in stock right now.

Boulée-Cordot was already crushing it. The price is right (who doesn't love $9.99), the wine is delicious, and the package is great.

But its success went into hyperdrive when we put it in a Belle Glos Pinot Noir Blind Tasting as a ringer (this wine is not Pinot Noir) and it TIED Belle Glos for 3rd place 👀

When we originally stumbled upon this blend of Syrah and Alicante, we got a little more than excited. We're always looking for great value wines, but finding wine that tastes great for less than $9.99 is kinda like finding an old school restaurant that still serves amazing cheeseburgers for $3.00 and $5.00 with a milkshake and fries - they are out there, but you got to do some digging.

As France evolves into the modern world, there are times when it seems that they’ve merely arrived in the late 20th century. Blends like this one wouldn't have been seen only a few scant years ago. Instead, the wine would have been named after the place where it originated; perhaps the grapes would have been listed on the back label if they were noted at all. But somebody in France got the memo – the modern world wants more information, and the old place names, unless they’re the famous ones, don't mean much.

So basically even if we had seen this blend, we wouldn't have known we were drinking it, even if we were :) Syrah is planted throughout Mediterranean France, and has a strong reputation dating back to the mid-19th century when Bordeaux chateaux would blend a small amount into their wines to improve them. Alicante? It’s one of the rare Teinturier grapes, having red juice as well as red skins and in the right spots it can be powerful and juicy, not just inky. Together they make for a very modern, fascinating, if nontraditional, wine.

So Boulée is back in stock - lets see how long it lasts this time!
 

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