Author Archives: Bruce

’24 Spring Rosé Case!!

Looking back over past emails I realized I usually have a “Spring Rosé Case” out in early to mid March, but obviously this year it took a little while for Mother Nature to get us all in the mood for refreshing pink wine. But the past few days, and checking long term forecasts, it seems…

Piedmontese Barbera!!

Why, yes, you are 100% correct in that assumption. What assumption, you ask? The assumption that I am SO flipping excited for this week’s Friday Flight! All Barberas from Italy’s gloriously delicious Piedmont region? Yes, those Barberas, the wines that are likely my absolute favorite things to drink at home. Seriously! I find myself going…

Burgundy Bargain: 2020 Domaine Pillot Mercurey

2020 DOMAINE PILLOT MERCUREY
$29.95 Bottle/ $289.00 case

If only we could buy pinot noir from Oregon this good for such an amazing price. Instead we have to go halfway around the globe <sigh>. This is such a treat for all of you/us who think that true, character-filled, complex, and elegantly made red Burgundy is out of reach price-wise. One sniff and you…

2021 CANTINA VALLE ISARCO Kerner “Alto Adige”

$23.95 bottle/ $229.00 case

Every vintage this Italian beauty from Cantina Valle Isarco is one of my favorite wines, red or white, that I carry here at VINO. I love the pretty, pure whites produced by this great Alto Adige winery located in the heart of the stunning Dolomite mountains. Their brilliant Kerner, always so focused and precise, is…

FREE Weekend Wine Tasting!

>>> SATURDAY/SUNDAY SAMPLING <<< Another weekend of liquid pleasure(s) await you at VINO when you have a few minutes to spare. We’ll be pouring four different store faves for our consideration and hope you can swing by anytime Saturday (11-5:30) or Sunday (12-5). All are also available for by-the-glass purchase should a more in depth…

The Next Level!!

The Next Level Case:  With the holidays coming fast it’s a time we all deserve a little treat to make sure we’re properly focused. And if no one else does, at least we can get ourselves what we richly deserve! And we certainly deserve something in our glass that reminds us that we are all…

World Wide Wine Pleasures!!

*** You’ll find two special mixed case offerings in this missive. One after the first six wines and one at the end. The savings abound! 2022 PASSIONATE WINES “Del Mono” Tinto $15.95 bottle/ $153.00 case This is a new-to-me wine that just came into view a month or so ago and I immediately wanted to…

European Explorations!

2021 LA COMARCAL Tinto “Delmoro” $20.95 bottle/ $201.00 case I don’t know if I’ve had this irresistible a bottle of Spanish red in years. I am just 100% smitten here! La Comarcal (“The District”) is made from 85% garnacha and 15% syrah that are organically farmed in the Valencian hills just outside the village of…