White Wine
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Alex Moreau Chassagne Montrachet 2022
$189.00Add to cartIn the heart of Chassagne Montrachet, Alex Moreau carries forward a winemaking legacy that spans generations, rooted in a deep reverence for the land and its history. While he has worked under the historical name “Bernard Moreau” since the 1990s with his brother, they have recently separated with Alex retaining the winemaking.
The Chassagne Montrachet 2021 embodies the essence of its renowned appellation, sourced from meticulously tended vineyards graced by ancient vines. With aromas of lemon cream citrus, tart peach, wet stones, and a hint of sea breeze, this Chardonnay captivates the senses, offering a journey through the terroir of Chassagne Montrachet in the Côte de Beaune.
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Alex Moreau Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Maltroie 2022
$299.00Add to cartThe Moreau’s are deeply ingrained in the fabric of Chassagne Montrachet and have made stellar and sustainable wines for over 200 years. This sustainable Chassange comes from one of the best climats and presents as a balanced white Burgundy. It’s mineral driven but still has lovely notes of green apple, pear, brioche, and light oak.
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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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Alois Caiati Palagrello Bianco 2023
$31.00Add to cartThe Alois family has roots in the Italian silk business dating back to the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. In the 1990s family patriarch Michele decided to break with the family tradition of supplying silks to the crowned heads of Europe as well as the Louvre Museum and the White House to embark on a new adventure, restoring forgotten varietals and vinifying them.
Today he an his sons work 20 acres in the foothills of the Caiatini Mountains in the province of Caserta, where they make notable examples of Campanian grapes like Falanghina, Fiano and Greco and of course its stately noble red Aglianico, but what really sets Alois apart is their focus on reviving ancient varieties nearly lost to phylloxera, specifically Casavecchia, Palagrello Bianco, and Palagrello Nero.
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Alois Lageder Porer Pinot Grigio 2022
$33.00Add to cartA family run farm now headed by the sixth generation that focuses on biodynamic farming in Alto Adige (on the slopes of the alps on the border with Austria).
The Porer Pinot Grigio is all about capturing the freshness of their vineyards, and the result is a beautifully textured Pinot Grigio that has more complexity than most but is still refreshing and crushable.
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Barone di Villagrande Etna Bianco Superiore 2022
$28.00Add to cartWith roots dating back to the 18th century, Barone di Villagrande Winery is one of the oldest estates on the slopes of Mount Etna, embodying centuries of winemaking tradition. Crafted from Carricante grapes grown in high-altitude vineyards, this Bianco Superiore exudes aromas of citrus, white flowers, and a saline minerality that mirrors the sea breeze sweeping across the Sicilian coast. The vintage experienced a temperate growing season marked by mild temperatures and gentle breezes, allowing for optimal fruit development and balanced acidity in the grapes. Sicilian to the core.
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Belle Pente Willamette Valley Chardonnay 2020
$40.00Add to cartThis is a Chardonnay from producers in the hills of Oregon who believe in earth-friendly farming practices and sit on some of the most beautiful land in the region. Their Chardonnays are a hybrid of old and new world styles with the rich fruit of the new world and the rich acidty of the old world playing off of one another. All the grapes come from estate grown fruit that has been worked biodynamically.
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Benanti Etna Bianco Contrada Rinazzo 2021
$75.00Add to cartA 100% Carricante wine from the slopes of Mt. Etna.
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Bieler Family Daisy Pinot Grigio 2022
$16.00Add to cartThe Bieler Family Daisy is a blend of four white grape varieties, co-fermented at the precise moment of optimal ripeness. Daisy opens with plush aromas of grapefruit, lychee, licorice and summer flowers, framed by a flinty minerality. The palate has a nice interplay between rich, ripe notes and a firm acid backbone.
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Birgit Eichinger Gruner Veltliner Ried Hasel 2022
$24.00Add to cartNestled in Austria’s Kamptal region, Birgit Eichinger’s winery stands as a testament to the country’s winemaking prowess and commitment to quality. Since 1992, Birgit Eichinger has been crafting wines that capture the essence of the region’s terroir and traditions.
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Bodega Rezabal Txakoli de Getaria 2022
$23.00Add to cartFresh, bright, and a little spritzy. A lovely little wine that screams out for summer.
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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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Brundlmayer Gruner Veltliner Terrassen 2023 375ml
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Ca’ Lojera Lugana 2023
$30.00Add to cartCa’Lojera translates from the local dialect to “House of the Wolf” and is the family seat of the vignerons. It’s those symbols that decorate the etiquette of the bottle and give it its name. We think it’s delicious and interesting. The perfect wine to take to a party with some other wine lovers. There’s a bit of red fruit nuance that adds a totally unique element to this white wine.
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Castelfeder Kerner “Lahn”
$29.00Add to cartHeading into Alto Adige (the far northern, semi-autonomous region of Italy that borders Austria) is like stepping into German wine country. The grapes for this Kerner grow at an altitude of almost 900m above sea level in one of the highest vineyards in South Tyrol. This German grape is a cross between Trollinger and Riesling and is named after the Swabian poet Justinus Kerner. It’s got great acidity, a vibrant freshness, and rich lemon, peach, and mango flavors.
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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 Feuillet Petite Arvine Valle d’Aosta
$40.00Add to cartThe Valle d’Aosta is at the tippy top corner of Italy along the French border and boast some of the highest mountain peaks in the Alpine range. The warm mountain days and cool nights preserve acidity and the sandy granite soils make the grapes struggle, developing character. The wine has a mineral streak but is like tasting the blossoms in the sunny fields with electric citrus fruit.
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Chateau La Rame Bordeaux Blanc Sec 2022
$23.00Add to cartChâteau La Rame is among the oldest and most renowned properties in the Sainte Croix du Mont appellation on a hill overlooking the Garonne river. For over a hundred years La Rame has been lauded for the quality of its wine, and today it stands as a testament to the value that can still be found in Bordeaux, even in a time when so many other regions are getting inordinately expensive.
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Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay 2021
$96.00Add to cartThis wine is legendary. It turned the wine world’s conception of quality on its head it took first place in the legendary 1973 “Judgement of Paris,” a competition that the French expected to sweep. Today Montelena is California wine-royalty and always worth tasting.
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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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Clement et Florian Berthier Coteaux du Giennois Sauvignon Blanc 2023
$27.00Add to cartFirst and foremost the Berthiers are terroir-driven winemakers. While they make plenty of Sauvignon Blanc, their focus is not on producing easy SB, but on producing wines that transparently show where they are from. Luckily, with that kind of focus they end up producing incredible Sauvignon Blanc that is, in fact, terroir driven.
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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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Daniel-Etienne Defaix Chablis 1er Cru Cote de Lechet 2009
$75.00Add to cartThis is a fascinating wine. Most people’s conception of Chablis is that it should be drunk young, preferably with oysters, but this wine provides an aged counter-point. It has a nutty and almost sherry-like nose that you would think is prematurely oxidized, but the palate is so fresh it’s like sucking on an electric lemon.
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Daniel-Etienne Defaix Chablis Vielles Vignes 2021
$51.00Add to cartThis Chablis is a delight to drink. It’s everything we like in a young Chablis: crisp, elegant, textured, and possessing a hidden, stony depth that teases itself out across your palate. These wines can age if you have the patience and fortitude to not drink them.
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Domaine Alary L’Estevenas Cairanne Blanc 2022
$23.00Add to cartA very cool family run domaine with centuries of history. The Alary’s have actually been in the shop to pour, and we loved getting to meet them. Their organically made wines are delicious and really out drink their price point. This blend of Clairette and Roussanne is very expressive with a beautiful complexity, ripe white fruit such as (peaches, mirabelle plums) and delicate fragrance of white flowers such as acacia and lime appear as well as minerality.
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Domaine Boris Champy Hautes Cotes du Beaune Montagne 382 2020
$70.00Add to cartThe site for Boris Champy was developed by Didier Montchovet, an early adopters of biodynamics in Burgundy. Today the estate wines are all labeled under Boris Champy and are fully certified.
This wine comes from their Montagne de Cras plot in Nantoux which is at 382 metres altitude and the name of the Montagne de Cras lieu-dit on the label. The pebbly slope has all kinds of life and even a few rare corm trees. The wine itself is aged on the lees in barrique for a year with 25% new oak before resting in stainless. The resulting wine is clean, smooth and full of citrus and honeysuckle with a well-integrated, judicious note of oak. -
Domaine Cheveau Puilly Fuisse Hameau 2022
$45.00Add to cartThese store favorite producers are Chardonnay specialists brought in by our friends over at Rosenthal. The Hameau is grown on clay and spends 14 months on the less to get texture. It’s rich and dense and mineral. We love it.
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Domaine Clau de Nell Chenin Blanc 2021
$100.00Add to cartThe ability to strike the balance in a wine that combines mouth-filing, pleasurable fruit combined with a brightness that beckons you back to the glass to savor its complexity is achieved by few winemakers. The legacy of attentive farming and gifted wine making live on through Anne-Claude Leflaive’s Clau de Nell.
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Domaine de la Garenne Pouilly Fuisse 2020
$73.00Add to cartA classic Macon white from a very fun terroir.
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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.