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September Newsletter: Starter Cellar, 2008 Red Burgundy PA, Provence in Berkeley, Vintage Saint Émilion

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Highlights from this month’s newsletter…
PRE-ARRIVAL OFFER
RED BURGUNDY
by Dixon Brooke
2008 PIERRE GUILLEMOT
Our pick of the bunch in Savigny-lès-Beaune, the Guillemot family, has won our confidence with their consistently impeccable quality, great prices, and all around good humor. Their 2008s are instant classics of the Burgundian old school, [...]

August Newsletter: Burgundy Sampler, Pre-Arrival: Sauternes & Pallières

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Highlights from this month’s newsletter…
EXPLORING BURGUNDY SAMPLER
by Sam Imel
On a cloud-covered, peaceful afternoon I headed north to Marsannay, where I had the pleasure of tasting the Bouvier 2008s accompanied by Madame Régis Bouvier and her daughter. They were proud of the vintage, noting specifically the [...]

July Newsletter: Summer Sampler, Pre-Arrival Tempier, de Cherisey

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Highlights from this month’s newsletter…
SUMMER SAMPLER
by Mark Congero
Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.—Henry James
It doesn’t matter what the activity, I am much happier when the sun is shining and that little red [...]

June Newsletter: Low-Alcohol Sampler, White Burgundy Pre-Arrival

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Highlights from this month’s newsletter…
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2008 BRUNO COLIN
The quality of the 2007s took everybody by surprise. Now 2008 is going to have its turn, because it shares some of 2007’s style with a little more color and richness. Which is better? Ha ha. Time will tell, [...]

May Newsletter Now Online

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Highlights from this month’s newsletter….
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2008 Châteauneuf-du-Pape “La Crau” • Domaine duVieux Télégraphe
by Steve Waters, Retail Manager
One of the things I like about working here is that we taste every wine before it is offered to our clients. We don’t have shelf talkers; we feature educated [...]