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  • Sale! 2018 Harlan Estate Proprietary Red Wine Oakville

    2018 Harlan Estate Proprietary Red Wine Oakville

    Original price was: $1,650.00.Current price is: $199.86.

    Every once in a while, an iconic estate will put out a bottle that reminds you, in just one sip, why they stand above just about every other winery in the world. The 100-point 2018 Harlan Estate is such a wine.  Simply put, this is as good as red wine gets. Pouring an opaque purple,…

  • Sale! 2018 Hudson Phoenix Carneros Napa Valley

    2018 Hudson Phoenix Carneros Napa Valley

    Original price was: $65.00.Current price is: $32.50.

    Hudson Napa Valley’s client list reads like a who’s who of California winemakers. Names like Kongsgaard, Kistler, Arietta, and Aubert all depend on the Hudson vineyards to maintain their legendary quality levels—but some of the best grapes are reserved for Lee and Christina Hudson’s own label.  We’ve known Lee for over a decade, and spent…

  • Sale! 2018 Le Macchiole Bolgheri Rosso Tuscany

    2018 Le Macchiole Bolgheri Rosso Tuscany

    Original price was: $29.00.Current price is: $23.20.

    Le Macchiole is one of Italy’s star wineries, known for their 100-point bottlings, Messorio and Scrio—iconic expressions of Tuscany’s coast that command the attention of collectors across the globe. Vinous’ Antonio Galloni called them the “true summit of excellence” for their profound range of reds—and most of their wines are priced accordingly. Yet while Messorio…

  • Sale! 2018 Massican Winery Annia White Wine Napa Valley

    2018 Massican Winery Annia White Wine Napa Valley

    Original price was: $30.00.Current price is: $24.00.

    97 pts: Golden State’s Defining White There are a million reasons why I am absolutely thrilled to introduce our first allocation of Dan Petroski’s 2018 Massican Annia. It’s not just because it earned a stunning 97 points from Wine Enthusiast, or that the last vintage of Annia made Wine Spectator’s Top 100, or that Massican…

  • Sale! 2018 Massican Winery Annia White Wine Napa Valley Magnum (1.5 L)

    2018 Massican Winery Annia White Wine Napa Valley Magnum (1.5 L)

    Original price was: $60.00.Current price is: $30.00.

    There are a million reasons why we are absolutely thrilled to share Dan Petroski’s 2018 Massican Annia in magnum. It’s not just because it earned a stunning 97 points from Wine Enthusiast, or that the last vintage of Annia made Wine Spectator’s Top 100, or that Massican is on the wine lists at The French Laundry,…

  • Sale! 2018 Miner The Oracle Red Wine Napa Valley

    2018 Miner The Oracle Red Wine Napa Valley

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $49.50.

    It never fails. For Napa Valley wine lovers who adore icons like Phelps and Continuum but don’t necessarily want to spend those sums, Miner’s Oracle is our go-to. Made from prime hillside sites primarily on the east side of the Napa Valley, The Oracle always delivers richness and breed in spades, for less than half…

  • Sale! 2018 O'Shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

    2018 O’Shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

    Original price was: $70.00.Current price is: $35.00.

    To Napa Cab insiders who have counted O’Shaughnessy as an under-the-radar superstar: Don’t blame us. Blame the 97-point Editors’ Choice designation from Wine Enthusiast. There’s no way O’Shaughnessy’s insider status can survive honors like this. The 97-point score from Enthusiast puts this 2018 Cabernet in the magazine’s top echelon, right there with The Debate, which…

  • Sale! 2018 Ogier Lou Caminé Lirac

    2018 Ogier Lou Caminé Lirac

    Original price was: $16.99.Current price is: $13.59.

    No region in France produces red wine value as reliably as the Southern Rhône—but even given that reputation, the 2018 Ogier Lou Caminé Lirac is a hell of a find.  Estate-raised by one of the Rhône’s most reputable families—the Ogier clan behind the famed Clos de l’Oratoire Châteauneuf-du-Pape—this bottle shows why so many Châteauneuf-based producers…

  • Sale! 2018 Orin Swift 8 Years in the Desert California Red Wine

    2018 Orin Swift 8 Years in the Desert California Red Wine

    Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $40.00.

    Orin Swift 8 Years in the Desert marks the triumphant return of Dave Phinney, the man who practically invented the category of high-octane reds that push the limits of ripeness and exuberance. For an entire generation of wine lovers, Phinney’s best vintages of The Prisoner, Papillon, and Orin Swift are the standard-bearers of the style,…

  • Sale! 2018 Ornellaia Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia Bolgheri Rosso Tuscany

    2018 Ornellaia Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia Bolgheri Rosso Tuscany

    Original price was: $68.00.Current price is: $34.00.

    Ornellaia: Often referred to as “Italy’s First Growth,” the name stirs the heart and makes even the toughest critics go weak at the knees. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate classifies it as “monumental,” while Vinous founder Antonio Galloni wrote that Ornellaia’s wines “have never failed to literally send shivers down my spine.”   Two decades ago, the…

  • Sale! 2018 Ovid White Experiment W5.8 California

    2018 Ovid White Experiment W5.8 California

    Original price was: $95.00.Current price is: $47.50.

    Chasing the perfect white wine, Austin Peterson crafts this California blend from eight varieties sourced from all over the state. With aromatics lent by Sauvignon Blanc and Viognier and body provided by grapes native to the Southern Rhône, it’s a vibrant yet rich and creamy white that has been showcased by the glass at Thomas…

  • Sale! 2018 Palazzo Right Bank Reserve Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley

    2018 Palazzo Right Bank Reserve Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley

    Original price was: $75.00.Current price is: $37.50.

    The Right Bank is Scott Palazzo’s flagship—the wine that inspired Thomas Keller to ask him to make a red exclusively for The French Laundry and Per Se. The 2018 version is an all-time great because that season—rated 96 points by Wine Advocate—amounted to a juicy fastball down the middle.  “This is a world-class vintage,” Scott…

  • Sale! 2018 Picayune Cellars Padlock Proprietary Red Blend Napa Valley

    2018 Picayune Cellars Padlock Proprietary Red Blend Napa Valley

    Original price was: $30.00.Current price is: $24.00.

    Six years ago, we had to fight off the likes of Gramercy Tavern and The French Laundry for our first tiny allocation of Picayune’s Padlock red. We’ve muscled out others for bigger and bigger allotments every year since, but the Picayune fan base always grows faster.  A wine that’s earned member-reviews that put it on…

  • Sale! 2018 Quintessa Proprietary Red Rutherford Napa Valley

    2018 Quintessa Proprietary Red Rutherford Napa Valley

    Original price was: $210.00.Current price is: $105.00.

    We called our last offer of Quintessa’s Proprietary Red Wine the greatest ever off their Rutherford estate. It was true when we said it. That was before the flawless 2018 Napa Valley vintage produced the highest-rated Quintessa of all time. From an iconic winery whose wines merit collecting every vintage, this 99-point bottle is quite…

  • Sale! 2018 Raymond Vineyards Red Wine Reserve Selection Napa Valley

    2018 Raymond Vineyards Red Wine Reserve Selection Napa Valley

    Original price was: $34.00.Current price is: $27.20.

    You can’t talk about Raymond without talking about its proprietor, Jean-Charles Boisset. The Burgundy-born visionary is responsible for sophisticated and flamboyant wines on both sides of the Atlantic—and few of his endeavors embody that character more than Napa’s Raymond Vineyards. Raymond might best be known for their wild parties—complete with trapeze artists, servers clad in…

  • Sale! 2018 Revelry Vintners The Reveler Limited Edition Red Wine Columbia Valley

    2018 Revelry Vintners The Reveler Limited Edition Red Wine Columbia Valley

    Original price was: $23.00.Current price is: $18.40.

    The 2018 Reveler has no flashy scores attached to it. It’s not from a cult producer whose wines fetch big prices at auction. There’s no connection to Michel Rolland and no 100-point winemaker steering the ship. None of that matters. Because ever since we visited winemaker Jared Burns in the cellar—and ever since we took…

  • Sale! 2018 Ridge Vineyards Geyserville Zinfandel Blend Alexander Valley Sonoma County

    2018 Ridge Vineyards Geyserville Zinfandel Blend Alexander Valley Sonoma County

    Original price was: $40.00.Current price is: $32.00.

    As a preeminent producer of both Cabernet and Zinfandel, no winery embodies California wine better than Ridge—and no bottle captures their magic better than their 2018 Geyserville Zinfandel blend. Bottled by Ridge for half a century and grown on their oldest vines, Geyserville is a true icon. The 2018 earned a best-ever, 96-point score from…

  • Sale! 2018 Santa Julia Reserva Mountain Blend Valle de Uco Mendoza

    2018 Santa Julia Reserva Mountain Blend Valle de Uco Mendoza

    Original price was: $12.00.Current price is: $9.60.

    We can only count a few times in our lives when the stars have aligned to produce a bargain like this. The 91-point Santa Julia Reserva may be the top under-$15 wine on the market today, with the integrity and class of a mountain-grown red three times the price.  There’s no catch. We’ll explain how…

  • Sale! 2018 Stéphane Ogier Le Temps Est Venu Côtes-du-Rhône Rhône Valley

    2018 Stéphane Ogier Le Temps Est Venu Côtes-du-Rhône Rhône Valley

    Original price was: $22.00.Current price is: $17.60.

    Stéphane Ogier is one of the hottest 100-point winemakers in all of France, and if you want to experience his bar-setting Rhônes, you have a few options: You can spend $300+ on one of his collector-coveted Côte-Rôties, you can shell out double that to enjoy one with a MICHELIN-starred meal in NYC in Paris—or you…

  • Sale! 2018 Technique Proprietary Red Wine Stags Leap District Napa Valley

    2018 Technique Proprietary Red Wine Stags Leap District Napa Valley

    Original price was: $24.00.Current price is: $19.20.

    There was red Stags Leap soil caked on winemaker Trevor Sheehan’s boots when we met him for dinner at Angèle in Napa a few months ago. In each hand he was carrying a bottle of wine. As we sat down at a patio table overlooking the Napa River we had a feeling we were in…