Wines
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- Gatao Vinho Verde NV Product #17328 (In Stock)
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The Gatão is one of the most emblematic wines of the Vinhos Verdes Region. Young and fruity. Smooth, delicate, and fresh; a fun medium-dry wine meant to be enjoyed on the in the dog days of summer.
- Les Vigneaux Chardonnay Pays D' Oc 2014 Product #29849 (In Stock)
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This ripe and fresh no-oak Chardonnay comes from stony vineyards deep within the heart of France's Languedoc region, not far from the famed Mas de Daumass Gassac. The vineyards lie in a valley northwest of Montpellier where warm sunshine promotes ripening and cool nighttime breezes from the Mediterranean help retain freshness and fruit flavors.
Fresh aromas of juicy pear, golden apple and a hints of peach and honeysuckle lead to a nice, generous, mouthful of fresh fruit, toasted nut, and honeysuckle. The crisp, fruity, acids build from the middle to the back to give this a lip-smacking, mouthwatering, finish as pear, apple and floral notes linger nicely. A fine all-around Chardonnay for fish, chicken, or simply sipping. - Scarpetta Squadra Bianco Terre Siciliane 2014 Product #31786 (In Stock)
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Scarpetta was started by a couple of French Laundry alums who now run a great Northern Italian restaurant in Colorado. They've worked with friends in Italy to create a line of wines designed for pure enjoyment - all food friendly and great at table, but also juicy and generous enough for casual sipping, too.
This is their take on a Sicilian field blend, combining native grapes Grillo and Catarratto with fermentation and aging entirely in tank. It's a big mouthful of pineapple, stone fruit, and citrus that starts bright, rounds out with good richness, and then finishes crisp, fresh, and tangy. An easy-drinking, all-purpose, white that punches well above our very low sale price! - Glenbrook Chardonnay California 2015 Product #32005 (In Stock)
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The family behind Glenbrook winery has been growing grapes and making wine in California for five generations. And, if this Chardonnay is any evidence, it doesn’t appear that they’ve changed much since they first started! Their 2015 Chardonnay is a throwback to the days when “rich” and “buttery” we words of praise for California Chard. And the modest price and remarkably modest alcohol levels (just 13.0%!) are throwbacks to the days when all anyone cared about was making a tasty bottle of wine to be drunk with delight and for fun.
Give a glass a swirl and you’ll have no trouble finding the big aromas of orchard fruits and buttered popcorn with accents of hazelnut, caramel, and truffle. Take a sip and you’ll love the mouth-coating, smooth, texture and bold flavors of ripe apple and pineapple fruit cloaked in rich butter and caramel. Swallow and wait for it: the deep flavors flow onto a surprisingly fresh finish where fruit and salty butter flavors linger. Rich enough to serve with scallops or lobster if you like, but the fresh, buttery, flavors are pretty darn fun on their own. - St Kilda Chardonnay Southeastern Australia 2016 Product #32033 (In Stock)
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St. Kilda Chardonnay pretty much exacly what you hope for (but don't often get) in a fine value Chardonnay: refreshing, fruit filled, and balanced. Take a sniff and enjoy the aromas of ripe pineapple and golden delicious apple. Take a sip and enjoy those same ripe fruit flavors along with just a hint of oak, just enough to round out the flavors and add a hint of nutty complexity; just enough to make the wine really say “Chardonnay” and not “anonymous cheap white wine.”
It finishes fresh and mouthwateringly clean, with just a touch of juicy apple flavor lingering on your palate. If you’ve got a crowd descending on your house for a Mothers’ Day, graduation, or upcoming Fathers’ Day gathering, this is a wine to stock up on a case or two. You’ll have it to pull out any time you need something to serve at a party or just crack open at the end of a long day. - La Bastarda Bianco Toscana 2015 Product #31041 (In Stock)
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As the whimsical label suggests, there's no reason to take this fresh and fruit-filled Trebbiano (70%) and Chardonnay blend too seriously. Big, juicy, white peach, apricot, and lemon fruit sings out here with more zesty peach fruit and a touch of bitter almond on the finish. A fine sipper and even better companion for trout, scampi or white fish. Very hard to beat at this price!
- Dom Bernier (Les Frères Couillaud) Chardonnay 2015 Product #30615 (In Stock)
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The brothers Couillaud are among the most outstanding winegrowers of the western Loire Valley. And while their Muscadet is terrific, it was this complex and distinctive Chardonnay that captured our attention. The 2015 harvest yielded plump, ripe, Chardonnay fruit with plenty of heft and balancing acidity. They fermented about 8% in barrel and the rest in concrete tanks, allowing all of the wine to go through malolactic fermentation. The result is an amazingly rich, creamy, almost Meursault-like Chardonnay with the zesty cut and minerality of a top Chablis. Honey, cream, chalk, and tart green apple aromas and flavors are delivered with nice energy and drive and linger on a long, mouthwatering, brilliantly complex finish. A tad richer and deeper than the 2014, but just as pure and mineral and delicious.
- Palacio de Bornos Sauvignon Blanc 2015 Product #30939 (In Stock)
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We've loved Palacio de Bornos Verdejo for years, but just wait until you try their zesty Sauvignon Blanc! Like the Verdejo, this is from the hot, arid, vineyards of Spain's Rueda where plenty of sunshine gives great ripeness and cool, crisp, nights (and very careful winemaking) translate into...well, a cool, crisp, white! This juicy value pumps out loads of citrus and green grape fruit with an enlivening dash of herbal Meyer lemon. Delicious and fun to drink.
"Dried lemon, pear skin, melon and quinine on the mineral-accented nose and in the mouth. Dry, nervy and sharply focused, picking up an exotic pineapple nuance as the wine opens up. Finishes taut and spicy, showing good energy and a touch of succulent herbs." Vinous (Raynolds) 89 points
- Valminor Albarino Rias Baixas 2015 Product #31053 (In Stock)
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Aromas of peaches, green melon, apricot, and a hint of white flowers tempt you to take a sip. On the palate those ripe stone fruit flavors persist, but it finishes with a seltzery, saline minerality that makes it very dry and refreshing. This is a wine made for fresh seafood, but it’ll do just fine as a delicious aperitif and sings with salads, too!
“A highly expressive bouquet evokes fresh peach, melon and passionfruit, and a minerally nuance adds vivacity. Silky and open-knit, offering sappy orchard and pit fruit flavors that slowly tighten up on the back half. Deftly plays richness off vivacity and finishes long and smooth, featuring an echo of ripe peach and bracing ginger and mineral notes.” Vinous (Raynolds) 90 points
“Gloriously aromatic with jasmine and flint notes; very scented. Full and fleshy palate with a mineral follow-through and an intense, harmonious finish. A very lovely Albariño that is so pure.” Decanter 92 points - De Angelis Falerio DOC Bianco 2015 Product #31078 (In Stock)
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Best vintage yet for this fresh, fruit-filled, Italian white. The Falerio DOC sits at the southern end of Marche, on Italy's Adriatic coast just East of Umbria. The relatively new DOC was created in 1975 to promote the region's two best white wine grapes-Passerina and Pecorino-while continuing to allow use of the ubiquitous Trebbiano.
Great aromas of pear, peach, and lime with a salty scent of the sea in the background. On the palate, there's loads of ripe, creamy peach, apple, pear and nectarine fruit with a spritz of key lime juice and seltzer followed by a chalky, salty, mineral-driven, finish. There's a lot of creamy richness here that will please fans of unoaked Chardonnays, but the zesty acidity and mineral element make this super fresh and mouthwatering. Brilliant with a garlicky scampi and seafood but pretty darn fun to just drink at a party or with friends over antipasti. Fantastic value. - Ch De La Chesnaie Muscadet Chereau Carre 2015 Product #31485 (In Stock)
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A classic Muscadet from from the exciting 2015 vintage. Bold, saline, aromas of green apple, citrus and stone lead to a fresh, salty, palate with lean, green, fruit, tons of minerality, and a pulsing energy that just won't quit. Finishes long and pure and clean with notes of lime, mineral, and more lingering on and on. The warm vintage gives a bit more heft than usual, but still plenty of refreshing cut.
- Lora Verdejo Sauvignon Blanc 2016 Product #32016 (In Stock)
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What makes a perfect Spring/Summer party/back deck/casual entertaining white wine? It seems to us that it should be fresh, crisp and refreshing – if you’re getting hot, it should cool you off. It should have good body and weight so it can be enjoyed with treats like fresh seafood, grilled chicken or even hot dogs. But, it should also have the zestiness and herbal complexity to be a perfect companion to fresh green salads. And, in a perfect world, it should be at least a little distinctive so it stands out from the ocean of grocery store Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio out there – but without standing out too far on price.
This is that wine! It’s made from certified organic fruit grown by young Rioja winemaker Miguel Merino Navajas in vineyards located in the far East of La Mancha – where the hills begin to rise to mountains and cool air pours down nightly to preserve freshness. Spain’s Verdejo grape gives this a nice dose of tangerine juice, orange zest, and good body. Sauvignon Blanc provides a burst of refreshing white grapefruit, a touch of lime, and just a refreshing dusting of fresh grass. As the winemaker says, “Perfect to drink with Tapas, salads and vegetable dishes, all kinds of pasta, mild cheeses and exotic cuisine. It also goes great with fish, seafood, grilled meats or just a glass on its own.” - Ch Haut-Pasquet Bordeaux Blanc 2016 Product #32020 (In Stock)
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Back in the old days, pretty much all white Bordeaux was a blend of the region’s three complementary grapes: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, and Muscadelle. As Loire Valley and New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc became more popular in the 1980s, Bordeaux growers began phasing out first Muscadelle (too hard to grow) and then Semillon (usually pulled up in favor of Cabernet and Merlot). The resulting Sauvignon-dominant (or 100% Sauvignon) white Bordeauxs can be a lot of refreshing, pool-side, fun – but they lack more traditional wine’s complexity of flavors and mellow, food-friendly, textures.
So, finding a traditional blend like this one is a real treat, especially at this great value price. Give it a swirl and you’ll find a classic white Bordeaux nose of lemon/tangerine fruit, grapefruit pith, a bit of fresh mown grass, and the note of wet wool that Semillon brings to Bordeaux. With air, a note of passion fruit and crushed savory herb emerges. It’s light to medium-bodied and very fresh and happy in the mouth with flavors of lemon drop, tangerine, crushed herb and passion fruit puree. On the finish, the fresh lemon and lime zest character comes forward and you’ll notice your mouth watering as the lemon and herb flavors linger on. A lovely wine for any shellfish and herb dish or for salads with goat cheese. - Quinta Da Raza Vinho Verde 2015 Product #30829 (In Stock)
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This was good on release but - believe it or not - it's even better now! Just explosively aromatic and flavorful with apricot and passionfruit at the core and a bite of just picked Granny Smith apple at the end. There's a tiny prickle of gas on the finish but mainly loads of zesty fruit. A 50/35 blend of Arinto and Azal, with 15% Trajadura, unoaked and coming in at 11.5% alcohol.
- Cielo 1908 Pinot Grigio 2016 Product #32032 (In Stock)
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From the plains outside Venice, here's a crisp, clean, light (just 12% abv) Pinot Grigio value! Fresh, bright, aromas of apple, pear and green peach lead to a mouthwatering palate of crisp orchard fruits with bright lemony accents. Finishes crisp, clean, and with touch of pretty peach. A fine poolside sipper and refreshing party value.
- Quinta Da Raza Vinho Verde 2016 Product #32039 (In Stock)
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A right down the middle, very clean, traditional warm weather thirst quencher! Just explosively aromatic and flavorful with apricot and passion fruit at the core and a bite of just picked Granny Smith apple at the end. There's a tiny prickle of gas on the finish but mainly loads of zesty fruit. A 50/35 blend of Arinto and Azal, with 15% Trajadura, unoaked and coming in at 11.5% alcohol.
- Cadastres Picpoul De Pinet 2016 Product #32101 (In Stock)
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If you thought this was good in the past - WOW! 2016 is truly a great vintage across France, including for the 100% estate grown Picpoul de Pinet. You’ll find pretty aromas of white flowers, lemon/lime citrus, and anise/fennel notes to start. Then a crisp, minerally, texture with tart granny smith apple, green melon, and lemon/lime flavors and a clean, dry, finish. This is just a great all-around, delicious, white, with enough flavor and body to shine by itself at a party and enough complexity and depth to pair well with freshwater fish and lighter poultry dishes. Tremendous value!
- Paul D Gruner Veltliner 2016 1.0l Product #31943 (In Stock)
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Paul Direder's deliciously uncomplicated wines just keep getting better. The 2016 Gruner Veltliner in its party-friendly liter screwcap bottle features refreshing aromas of green apple, fresh peach, and orange-tinged citrus. You’ll love how the ripe apple, pear, and pineapple fruit gets lifted across your palate by a faint accent of spicy ginger. Your mouth will water as the clean, fresh, stone and orchard fruit flavors just get fresher from lingering notes of lemon and lime. A great poolside and party value!
- Poppy Chardonnay Santa Lucia Highlands 2014 Product #30882 (In Stock)
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A young winery - founded in 2003 - with a pretty simple mission: Make wine folks will enjoy! And that's what this fun, fruit-filled, and lightly oaked Chardonnay does very well. It's all from Poppy's vineyards in the Santa Lucia Highlands, first planted in 1972. Warm sunshine got the grapes fully ripe and bursting with flavor. Cool nights kept the acids fresh and held the alcohol down to a nicely balanced 13.5%. About 30% of the wine was done in stainless steel - for fresh, bright fruit - and the rest with oak for creamy richness and complexity.
The 2014 is even better than the 90 point 2013. You'll find plenty of richness here, with good dollops of grilled pineapple, ripe pear, golden apple, buttery oak and a round, creamy, texture. Turns more crisp in the mouth with apple and bright pear fruit and notes of green apple and butter lingering nicely. A great party Chard for casual sipping and pretty darn versatile at table, too! - Anton Bauer Gruner Veltliner Gmork 2015 Product #31235 (In Stock)
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As the Post says, Austria's 2015s “are among the best white wines in the world in terms of value and quality, and they’re enjoying the best vintage in recent memory.” Certainly, this is the best vintage of this stunning value single-vineyard Gruner to date! There’s a refreshing salty brininess to the aromas here, along with fresh pear and meyer lemon. On the palate there’s a pleasing weightiness from that extra notch of ripeness 2015’s near perfect conditions brought that you wouldn’t expect from all those brisk, fresh aromas. That pear aroma takes on a lovely ripeness, and there’s a delicious ripe apple flavor as well, like biting into a fresh Honeycrisp. A refreshing, versatile white.
“Notes of crisp green pear and crunchy red apple are very appetizing, the palate is fresh and echoes these flavors and edges them with some spice and alcoholic heat, but also has a drive and energy of its own. Friendly and very moreish.”Wine Enthusiast 90 points
