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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…

Vin Blanc/Vino Bianco/Vino Blanco

Vin Blanc/Vino Bianco/Vino Blanco However you want to say it in Europe, here’s three more whites very deserving of your attention, and your wine glasses! 2021 DOMAINE TABORDET Pouilly-Fumé SOLD OUT!! 2021 GIRLAN Pinot Bianco “Sudtirol-Alto Adige” $16.95 bottle/ $163.00 case You know I’m all about the crisp, minerally whites from the wineries that sit…

Marvelous Merlot: 2018 L’ECOLE #41 Merlot “Columbia Valley”

2018 L'ECOLE #41 Merlot "Columbia Valley"
$25.95 bottle/ $249.00 case

Quite possibly my favorite Washington merlot right here, and a wine that the experienced hands at L’Ecole totally have dialed in. This is richly textured and flavored, impeccably balanced, and a perfect red with your next steak or chop off the grill!  $25.95 >> 91 pts- Vinous: “Delivers some seriously good value! Rich black cherry…