On Sale for $7.99 - because we love you!

04.20.2023

2020 Pocapita Rioja

Release Price: $15.00 
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
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SALE price runs from Wednesday April 19th - Sunday April 23rd, 2023

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One thing we've heard a lot over the last few weeks, is that people have been loving the list of crazy values available right now. It's almost as if you guys are just like me, and you can't get enough delicious $7.99 wine in your life 😂

So we're gonna keep the value train running, and one of my weeknight staples is pulling into the station.

I'm still amazed that value like this is floating around out there, and if we have anything to do with it that will continue to be the case!

Rioja, Spain’s oldest and best-known red wine quality region, is undergoing massive change, all of it good. New upstarts are challenging the old guard - and Bodegas Lo Nuevo is right in the mix. Their wonderful Rioja wines reflect the character of old vines from ancient vineyards, honestly and correctly made. Pocapita offers 100% Tempranillo, powerful, compact, and oh so easy drinking.

So if you're into wines that outdrink their price point, this is a must try. For me, Pocapita offers the perfect compliment to some of the deeper and darker reds in my lineup (I'm looking at you, Carmita). It's also at the price where I can grab a case, drink at home, bring over to the cookout etc.

You guys know what to do!
 

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New Dry Rosé Arrival in a 1L Bottle!

04.20.2023

2022 Brunn Zweigelt Rosé

Release Price: $17.99 
winestore. Price: $14.99 (net)
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When it gets this hot outside, it gets me thinking about swimming pools, beaches (not the movie), summertime, beach music and...of course...rosé.

While rosé has now become a year 'round beverage, it really shines and struts its stuff in the hot weather.

Enter the new 2022 Brunn Rosé - made from the Zweigelt grape...one you may not have heard of, but now you're in the know.

Karl and Godfried Steinschaden’s family has lived and farmed the land in Engabrunn for six generations. With traditional practices in the winery, and organic farming being adopted, they are all about how the past can inform the present. They own the oldest traditional basket press in this region, dating back to 1564 A.D. It was originally used by the Benedictine Abbey of Gottweig near Krems, but now is used in this crafty winery, north of the Danube, in Kamptal, to make a charming, pinkish expression of the vibrant Zweigelt grape.

Added bonus to all this? It comes in a 1 Liter bottle - so more bang for your buck!

Mid 80s across most of North Carolina today! I know what I'm drinking tonight!

We'll have some bottles chilled and waiting for you!
 

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A $20 Cabernet you really need to try!

04.18.2023

2021 Gail "Doris" Cabernet Sauvignon

Release Price: $27.00 (Click HERE to see) 
SALE Price: $19.99 (net)
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We tried Gail "Doris" Cabernet for the first time two years ago. It was a random sample sent to us a in box full of random samples, and all I can tell you is that for $20 this wine was on point. It was one of the best Cabernets we tried in all of 2021.

Added bonus? It is organic and 100% single vineyard fruit.

You all seemed to agree, as we ran out of the wine in 3 weeks. Second vintage came around - and it was the same story. Fast sell out, and delicious wine.

So today we super pleased to be able to tell you - the 2021 vintage has finally arrived!

You can read more about Gail Wines HERE, but long story short is this: Dan O’Brien is a working class Boston area fellow who fell into the wine trade via the restaurant biz. He moved to the Bay Area to help run a wine program at an elite restaurant and found himself next to restaurant and wine superstars who showed him the opportunities growing just up the road, and he eventually took the red pill and jumped in as a winemaker. 

There is plenty of stuff coming out of Sonoma and even more so Napa at 4x the price that I would put this up against...I'm not kidding, not even a little bit. It’s also rare to see single vineyard organic Cabernet offerings hit this price point.
 
If Cabernet Sauvignon is your thing, you’re gonna want to give this a try!

If Cabernet Sauvignon is not your thing, maybe try it anyway? I kinda think it's that good. One of those wines that everyone will like (famous last words...)
 
Happy Tuesday All!!

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Chardonnay from Legend Paul Hobbs...It's Go Time!

04.13.2023

2021 Paul Hobbs "Crossbarn" Chardonnay

Wine.com Price: $26.99 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $18.99 (net)
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Paul Hobbs is unquestionably one of the guys who gives the flying winemaker a good name. His work in Argentina has helped set the entire country on the quality course it currently enjoys. His own wines have achieved cult status since launching in 1991.

So twenty years ago, he decided to produce wines without the lofty pricing of his own label. Crossbarn wines are made at an old apple processing facility in Sebastopol, California, and are essentially made like Hobbs top-flight wines, night harvested, hand sorted, fermented in small lots, long lees aging. The main difference is the low percentage of new oak and the mix of vineyards from the Sonoma Coast.

That is basically wine speak to tell you that the plan Hobbs developed here was to deliver outstanding value - and mission accomplished.

Lowest Price in the US! You all know what to do!

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Is this indeed the best white value in the store?

04.12.2023

2021 Bleu Blanc Thau

Release Price: $14.99 
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
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Sale runs Wednesday April 12th - Sunday April 16th, 2023

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You may have noticed, but we have a lot of store favorites coming back in stock after a long winter of waiting!

Maybe the one we have been getting asked about the most, is Bleu Blanc Thau.

And as with most new arrivals, we celebrate with a sale! 😁🔥

I think Bleu Blanc Thau at the sale price of $7.99 may be the best white value and one of the best overall value wines in the store.

Like, it's almost impossible for me to describe how good this is for $7.99!

What's up with the wine?

We found the Vivarés brothers from Cotes de Thau – you’ve probably not heard of it but it’s the hilly coastal part of Languedoc in Mediterranean France. They live in Pézenas, which you should visit someday because it’s the charming birthplace of France’s greatest playwright, Molière. Robert Vivarés has a B&B with a fine restaurant and Paul travels the world for his business tasting a lot of wines. They needed a house wine that reflected the place where they grew up. So they blended Picpoul, Terret and Colombard from the hills around them and called it Bleu Blanc and its straight up silly value.

Happy Wednesday All!

When does the weekend start?

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3 Days Only! Raffaello Prosecco for $9.99!

04.07.2023

Raphael dal Bo "Raffaello" Prosecco

Release Price: $15.00 
Lowest Online Price in the US: $12.98 (net)
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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SALE runs Friday April 7th - Sunday April 9th, 2023 at midnight!*

Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available!*

*Please note our stores will be closed on Sunday April 9th but sale prices for Darley, Raffaello and Benieres will all still be live on our website.

We're keeping the Holiday Weekend sale train rolling!

We thought this needed to be part of the package 1) because people love bubbles and mimosas and 2) to really highlight what an insane value this wine is.

The other day I saw LaMarca Prosecco at Harris Teeter for $14.99 per bottle (here). The world has gone mad. Can't we still get delicious bubbly for only $9.99 per bottle?!?!?

Sometimes I just think we are extra lucky to have found this producer. They are a small producer in a sea of Prosecco producers, and the quality to value on this item is simply off the charts.

Dare I say this is the best under $10 sparkling wine I have had? I'm willing to put that out there into the universe.

Raphael dal Bo is a real guy, born and raised in Conegliano, the beating heart of Prosecco, the place that still produces the indisputably best version of the Glera grape that gives us this absolutely cheery bubbly. That certainly explains why he was the first to receive organic certification for his Organic Prosecco and why he remains solely focused upon Prosecco still today.

But what is up with Prosecco in general?

After decades as an only vaguely popular international wine, in 2009 Prosecco was redefined; its lesser regions becoming DOCs and its more specialized areas, Conegliano-Valdobbiadene and Colli Asolani, gaining DOCG status. There was plenty of good news in that: no more would lesser areas be available for bottling as Prosecco, and Italy could go to war against other countries (like Australia) labeling their white wines as Prosecco. For Australian producers (and others), Prosecco was a grape, not a place. Concomitant with these changes, Italy had re-titled the grape as Glera, thus mooting any possibility of other countries insisting that they were just naming their wines Prosecco as a varietal designation. Maybe it helped, but Prosecco blew up, internationally speaking.
 
This labeling scheme was good lawyering stuff, for sure. But the larger issue is that Prosecco is now rather complicated, if it is more protected and (theoretically at least), more controlled and likely to be of higher quality. Prosecco producers also began labeling their wines by sugar levels: Raffaello’s Extra Dry (made of 100% Glera) has about the same amount of sugar in it as most Champagnes, so it’s not sweet. But Prosecco of old was generally dry and the higher end DOCG stuff remains so. Confused yet? You should be. This is all wine law in full frontal evolution and it’s anybody’s guess if this makes Prosecco sexier or more popular than it already is. That said, it's still the first choice for most folks.

So if you're looking for inexpensive bubbly for this Holiday Weekend (or any really any reason at all), this is a do not miss!!

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Today will be off the charts....Benières for $9.99!

04.05.2023

Best Value Wine of All Time?

2021 Benières Pinot Noir
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%



2021 Benières Chardonnay
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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SALE Price good through Monday April 10th, 2023

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Benières Pinot Noir, which you all have gobbled up to the tune of more than 150,000 bottles in the last 24 months, has been out of stock for 3 months 👀

So to celebrate it's return, we are putting it on sale to show why it, and it's Chardonnay sibling, are simply two of the best value wines on planet earth right now.



We told you back in December that for the 3rd 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 guaranteed lowest 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 Wednesday!
 

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Their best vintage yet...Last Call!

04.04.2023

2020 Ladron del Palacio

Release Price: $50.00
winestore. Price: $29.99 (net)

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Our #1 Selling Rosé is Back...and on SALE for $9.99!

03.30.2023

2022 Larme en Rose Rosé

Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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SALE runs Wednesday March 29th - Sunday April 2nd, 2023

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When your best selling rosé of all time comes back in stock after a brief hiatus, you just have to celebrate, don't you?

I get why we all love it so much...I mean, the wine is delicious...and at the sale price of $9.99 it is just a silly value.

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.

$9.99 per bottle. 5 days only. 

So lets get to it! Happy Wednesday all!
 

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Pinot Noir from $47 down to $24.99!

03.28.2023

2021 Gundlach Bundschu Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir

Winery Price: $47.00 (Click HERE to see)
SALE Price: $24.99 (net)
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100 cases available at this price

We've got a one time only, doozie of a deal for you today!

GunBun (that’s how Friends of GunBun, or FOG's, say it, or so I’ve heard) has been around for a long time. Way back in 1858, in fact, though the family was farming things other than grapes. Since becoming winemakers, they’ve earned a reputation for doing things really well, whether it’s Rhinefarm Merlot (some legendary wines in the 80s), or even Riesling. Their Rhinefarm vineyards are at the southernmost point in Sonoma Valley, flanked by the Carneros district to the south, Napa Valley to the east and enjoys a combo of steep hillsides and cool valley floor sites, with Riesling down in the cool spots and the red grapes baking in the exposed areas up higher.

Their Pinot Noir sits between, in clay loam with occasional pockets of gravel from the adjacent Arroyo Seco Creek. Optically sorted (ooh, somebody has money here), then a five to seven-day cold soak followed by twice-daily, gentle pump-overs, the wine spends 10 months in French oak, 40% new.

What all of that winespeak means is you're about to get some ridiculously well made, extremely delicious Pinot Noir from a single vineyard source for only $24.99.

I try and not look a gift horse in the mouth, so I'm just gonna get me some and go on my merry way! Only 100 cases available...99 after I just bought one 😂

Let's get to it!

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Lowest US Price on this Organic Cabernet Sauvignon!

03.24.2023

2020 Bonterra "The McNab" Cabernet

Release Price: $60.00 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $39.99 (net)
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How about an 100% organic, single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon at the lowest price in the US to take us into the weekend?!?!?! 

Dreams do come true!

From the same people that brought you the Roost Chardonnay, this organic single vineyard offering that shows just how good some of the deals are getting right now.
 
As we told you before, Bonterra is the OG of organic vineyard people; they have been pushing organic viticulture since before most other vintners were born. They’ve probably gotten good at growing grapes that way because they’re very likely the largest producer of organic grapes in the US, though don’t quote us on that. But there’s no question that McNab Ranch is one of the original Biodynamic® vineyards planted in the United States, so The McNab (as they’re calling this Cabernet Sauvignon) is a foundational example of what Bonterra Organic Vineyards has been all about since they started in 1993, carving the organic vineyard sites out of the greater and much larger Fetzer Vineyards.
 
For me, it’s an amazing Cabernet for this price point. It’s not over the top or overly tannic, and I like Cabernet with some acidity - as it keeps me coming back to the glass again and again. I actually had a bottle last Sunday and it barely made it to Monday 😂
 
Avg US price is $54 online according to wine-searcher - and at $39.99 we are lowest price in the US (you guys know how we roll!).

So TGIF! I know what I'm drinking tonight!

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An Eric Solomon Stunner for only $10...

03.23.2023

2019 Castaño "Hecula" Organic Monastrell

Release Price: $16.99 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $10.97 (net)
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Sometimes bands breakup. We see it all the time.

Well, the same thing happens in wine. Sometimes an importer and a winery decide to part ways, and that means there is inventory to clear out.

Recently, wine wizard Eric Solomon and his longtime partner Bodegas Castaño decided to part ways. In the aftermath of that decision we were able to get access to some screaming deals, including this one on Hecula Organic Monastrell.

In previous Hecula deal offerings, we have told you that the wine press had been gushing over Hecula for over a decade now, stating:

"Is the average buyer at this price point ready for this? An amazing value"

"Perhaps the most rewarding under $15 wine I have had in a long time"

"As long as I have been drinking wine this has over-delivered in the value category"

So while this may be the last time we see Hecula until they can find new representation, we're going to enjoy it while it is here.

Get while the gettin' is good!

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44% Off Total Wine on this $9.99 Cabernet!

03.22.2023

BR Cohn Silver Label Cabernet

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

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

Why are we so excited?

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

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

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

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

Happy Wednesday!
 

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

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

03.21.2023

2021 Giuliano Rosati Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Wine.com Price: $14.99 (Click HERE to see)
winestore. Price: $9.99 (net)
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Okay, we’ll admit it, Italian wine is confusing.

It’s not you; it’s them.

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

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

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

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

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

03.17.2023

2020 Gonnet "Val de Garrigues" Chateauneuf du Pape

Release Price: $50.00
winestore. Price: $29.99 (net)
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Last night I scoured nearly 17 years of our newsletters to see how many times we have been able to offer Chateaneuf du Pape (CDP) for less than $30. I was able to find one instance in 2014. 👀

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

How good is Gonnet?

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

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

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

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

TGIF!
 

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

03.15.2023

2021 Domaine des Bernardins "Beaumes de Venise" Rouge

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

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

So what's the deal here?

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

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

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

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

Let's do this!

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

03.14.2023

2021 Escorlada

Release Price: $30.00
winestore. Price: $19.99
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)
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When Brooks Bank went on sale a few weeks ago the e-mails started rolling in..."What about Escorlada?" People were like "Spring Break is coming up, we need this sale to happen!"

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

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

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



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

What's the background?

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

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

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

Let's gooooooo!
 

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

03.09.2023

2021 Z/N Zinfandel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Happy Thursday all!



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

03.07.2023

2021 Highland Falls Cabernet

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

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

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

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

What's up with the wine?

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

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

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

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

Off we go!
 

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

03.03.2023

2020 Bonterra "The Roost" Chardonnay

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

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

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

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

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

I know what I'm drinking tonight!

TGIF!

Let's do this!

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