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Alexakis Assyrtiko 2022
$22.00Add to cartThis Cretan winery has thrived in the island’s sun-drenched hills for over a century. Today, fourth-generation winemaker Stelios Alexakis combines modern practices and traditional techniques to produce wines of exceptional quality and depth. With aromas of citrus, tropical mango, sea minerals, and a crisp acidity, the 2022 Assyrtikocaptures the spirit of Crete in every sip, inviting enthusiasts to embark on a journey through Greece’s winemaking heritage.
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Bodegas Albamar Albarino 2023
$34.00Add to cartA gorgeous wine from Rias Baixas, the North West bit of Spain that hangs just over Portugal and sticks out into the Atlantic. It’s all decomposed granitic soils and Atlantic influence that leave the wine tasting like salty, stony citrus. Perfect for pairing with seafood or drinking on its own.
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Brovia Roero Arneis 2023
$36.00Add to cartIn 1863 Giacinto Brovia founded the Brovia estate in the village of Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of the Barolo district. The family has been continually engaged in the growing of grapes and the production of wine since that time. Today they are practicing organic but still working in a very classic style.
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Cave des Vignerons de Buxy Bourgogne Cote Chalonnaise Buissonnier Chardonnay 2022
$23.00Add to cartA certified sustainable collective of 120 winemakers, mostly small farms, that make a wine that has been called a “best buy” by Wine Enthusiast.
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Chateau Soucherie Anjou Blanc 2022
$27.00Add to cartThis wine comes from one of the most beautiful Chateau in all of France. Roger Beguinot’s Chateau Soucherie which is being guided towards 100% organic viticulture by Beguinot’s assistant, the maitre de chai, is the young Thibaud Boudignon who favors “agriculture integrée”. This cuvée is vinified from 100% Chenin Blancsourced from the vineyard site “Les Rangs de Long” which is on the northern part of the estate but with south-southeastern exposure.
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Cooper Mountain Vineyards Pinot Gris 2022
$24.00Add to cartThis wine is fresh like a spring morning. It’s in that Goldilocks zone of not too sweet and not too dry but full of flavor–and comes at a great price point.
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Domaine de Sacy Sancerre Blanc 2023
$35.00Add to cartA delicious sustainable Sancerre from a passionate winemaker practicing polyculture in the fields—a longstanding tradition in Sancerre.
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Domaine des Baumard Clos du Papillon 2018
$78.00Add to cartThe wines from Clos du Papillon (so-named for its unique butterfly shape) is one of the great examples of Savennières. It has all the delicious mineral infusion from the volcanic rock in the schist soils that deserves more praise than it gets. Overwhelming orchard fruit, white flowers, earthy minerality, and striking acid make this an adventure every time.
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Domaine Guiberteau 2020 Saumur Blanc Breze
$145.00Add to cartOne of the most sought after producers in the Loire. The wines of Domaine Guiberteau are for those really in the know. The legendary Becky Wasserman has this to say about Guiberteau: Romain Guiberteau owns some of the best land in Brézé, and makes dry chenins of punk rock violence, yet of Bach-like logic and profoundness.
This wine from Brézé is one of the peaks of Chenin Blanc. It’s incredibly dry with ripping texture and acid. It’s like watching a linebacker dance ballet.
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Domaine Rapet Bourgogne Blanc 2021
$49.00Add to cartAn absolute banger of a value white Burgundy from a sustainability-focused producer located around the hills of Corton.
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Domaine Sylvain Cathiard Bourgogne Aligote 2023
$59.00Add to cartSylvain Cathiard is one of the great winemakers of Burgundy. A Vosne specialist, he primarily focuses on Pinot, but also has this delightful Aligote, a grape that we are thankful to see on a successful rise over the past few years. If you don’t know the grape, this is the perfect introduction.
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Feudi Branciforti dei Bordonaro Terre Siciliane Grillo 2021
$19.00Add to cartAn ancient grape variety that doesn’t get enough press. This is a pure example that captures the freshness Grillo can have in the right hands. The location of the vineyard gives fantastic sunshine and the altitude slows down the development. The result is herbal but still refreshing.
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Foxen Chenin Blanc Ernesto Wickenden Vineyard 2023
$39.00Add to cartFoxen is a legend in Santa Barbara wine country. Founded by Dick Doré and Bill Wathen in the late 70s it wasn’t until the late 80’s that they got their license (the 13th in the region which now is home to over 200). They work with some of the best fruit in the region where winemaker David Whitehair seeks to express the fruit cleanly.
This wine (and all the estate fruit) is an anomaly in the region as Foxen has own-rooted, dry farmed grapes on their estate. The fact that they can do this is quite frankly wild. In a place where pretty much everyone irrigates they don’t have to. The quirks of geography can be a funny thing. This chenin is proof that great wines can come from unlikely corners of the world.
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Henri & Gilles Buisson Bourgogne Blanc, 2022
$36.00Add to cartTwo brothers making waves in the Cote de Beaune that are putting out stellar wines that bring actual value back into the Burgundy conversation.
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Huguet De Can Feixes Penedes Blanc Seleccio 2021
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Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Sainte Claire 2023
$32.00Add to cartThis is a classic fresh Chablis, everything you want when you think fresh, drinkable Chardonnay. And for the price it’s a can’t miss.
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Ladoucette Comte LaFond Grande Cuvee Sancerre 2022
$86.00Add to cartOne of the finest Sancerres in the Loire from a producer, Baron Patrick de Ladoucette, who has been on the forefront of pushing the appellation worldwide. This cuvée is gravity fed and ages on the lees in stainless to preserve freshness while still developing complexity.
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Licia Albarino 2023
$22.00Add to cartWe absolutely love this wine. An Albariño from Rias Baixas, the northwestern-most part of Spain, the Licia is crisp and precise and tastes of the decomposed granite that comprises the soils in the region.
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Lucien Crochet Sancerre Blanc 2023
$39.00Add to cartA producer who is one of the most important to legendary importer Neal Rosenthal who he found at the very beginning of his career on a recommendation. This wine is a beautiful expression of Sancerre that spends a good amount of time on the fine lees to add texture to the already expressive fruit.
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Massican Gemina 2022
$52.00Add to cartA wine from Dan Petroski, one of the most venerable producers of “new California” wine who makes wines using the Italian varieties he loves although this one is driven by fleshy napa Chardonnay. This is a wine that is made to be enjoyed young but gains complexity through aging as well.
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Patrick Piuze Chablis 1er Montamains 2023
$90.00Add to cartPatrick Piuze, originally of Montreal (not all winemakers working in France are French), worked for some of the greats like Leflaive, Jean-Marc Brocard and Jean-Marie Guffens before starting his own label in 2008. It may be from Guffens that he picked up some of his iconoclastic ways like hand picking his sourced fruit and fermenting the wines spontaneously. The Montmains fruit comes from all three subclimates of Montmains: Butteaux, Forets, and Montmains. He gets fruit from a half a hectare and this wine tends to be the most austere of the three as there is very little topsoil and the vines grow right on the bedrock.
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Pazo Barrantes La Comtesse Albarino 2019
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Pelle Mentou Salon Morogues Blanchais 2022
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Raats Chenin Blanc Old Vine 2021
$35.00Add to cartSince 2000 the Raats family has been specializing in Loire varietals in Stellenbosch South Africa. This Chenin is fruity and a bit rounder than its Loire cousins but is still a great value in Chenin Blanc.
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Rudi Pichler Terrassen Riesling Smaragd 2022
$49.00Add to cartThis wine from the fantastic Rudi Pichler comes from old terraced vineyards where grapes grow on primordial rock. The acidity makes this wine an elegant culinary accompanist, but for being so vibrant it still has a delicate structure with white peach aromas and subtle notes of slate.
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Terenzuola Vermentino Vigne Basse 2023
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Tiberio Trebbiano d’Abruzzo 2023
$31.00Add to cartAn absolutely stellar white from a family focused on the native grapes of Abruzzo. This Trebbiano is complex and lifted while still being refreshing. This is the kind of wine (with the kind of price) we can come back to again and again and again.
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Torre dei Beati Pecorino 2023
$36.00Add to cartA certified organic producer focused on growing local Abruzzese grapes. This Pecorino is made for slow sipping under an umbrella while wistfully looking at the tranquil Adriatic. The wine is taut, light on its proverbial feet, and laden with the terroir of the Apennines.
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Van Volxem Goldberg Riesling GG 2020
$30.00Add to cartOne of the most food friendly wines in the shop, this dry Mosel Riesling is made by one of the most solid producers in the region from grapes grown on red slate.
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Yves Leccia E Croce 2023
$57.00Add to cartThe wines of Yves Leccia (and reportedly the man himself) have presence. Importers Kermit Lynch liken him to the “Rolls-Royce” of Corsican wines, a moniker that is richly deserved. He has been working the single top terroir of Patrimonio, “E Croce,” a site on a thin chalk soil above a thick bedrock of pure schist since 2004. The wines are elegant, and worth exploring.
