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  • Sale! 2016 Château Pédesclaux Le Haut-Médoc de Pédesclaux Haut-Médoc Bordeaux

    2016 Château Pédesclaux Le Haut-Médoc de Pédesclaux Haut-Médoc Bordeaux

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

    Grown a stone’s throw from Mouton-Rothschild, Lafite, and Pontet-Canet, you would expect classic Bordeaux character—elegance, poise, kaleidoscopic complexity, and long-lived structure. You wouldn’t, however, expect a price like this.  The 2016 Le Haut-Médoc de Pédesclaux offers all of it. Charming the senses with a silky mélange of red currant and black raspberry layered with violet,…

  • Sale! 2016 Chateau Pied D'Argent Cotes de Bordeaux

    2016 Chateau Pied D’Argent Cotes de Bordeaux

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

    The Bordeaux that the Locals Love The old advice is correct: Whatever the locals are eating and drinking, follow their lead. We did, and have this stellar wine to offer as a result. We were reminded of this in the most delicious way when we first came upon Chateau Pied d’Argent during a recent trip…

  • Sale! 2016 Chateau Ramafort Medoc Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux

    2016 Chateau Ramafort Medoc Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux

    Original price was: $27.00.Current price is: $21.60.

    From a historic estate that was planted and modernized by the Domaines Barons de Rothschild, Château Ramafort is an outstanding Bordeaux red backed not just by us, but by the world’s top wine critics and New York City’s elite sommeliers. Lafite-Rothschild produces bottles that routinely go for four-digit prices, and the family behind that famed…

  • Sale! 2016 Chateau Rauzan-Segla Margaux

    2016 Chateau Rauzan-Segla Margaux

    Original price was: $149.00.Current price is: $74.50.

    Château Rauzan-Ségla is one of the greatest Second Growth properties in Bordeaux, and their near-perfect 2016—which boasts TWO 98-point scores—proves it. “I continue to love the 2016 Rauzan-Ségla, a thrillingly complete, flawlessly balanced, and borderline perfect Margaux that should be snatched up by readers,” wrote Jeb Dunnuck in his 98-point review, citing “a level of…

  • Sale! 2016 Château Tournebrise Lalande-de-Pomerol

    2016 Château Tournebrise Lalande-de-Pomerol

    Original price was: $25.00.Current price is: $20.00.

    Our négociant friend mentioned it almost too casually. She had just polished off her pâté, taken a sip of the wine, and said, “You know, I have a client with a vineyard that overlooks Pétrus—pretty sure their wine would go even better with this dish.” Like a scene in a movie, we all put down…

  • Sale! 2016 Chateau Venus Graves Bordeaux

    2016 Chateau Venus Graves Bordeaux

    Original price was: $19.99.Current price is: $15.99.

    Under-$15 Bordeaux From a Top Vintage We are first to market on this new vintage of one of the most delicious $14.99 Graves Rouge we have ever offered. The 2016 Château Venus Graves is from an “unequivocally a great vintage in Bordeaux,” according to Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, echoing universal acclaim. This notion brings to…

  • Sale! 2016 Clos Apalta Colchagua Chile

    2016 Clos Apalta Colchagua Chile

    Original price was: $119.00.Current price is: $59.50.

    Like watching Michael Jordan dunk a basketball, this Chilean legend, made from 100-year-old, pre-phylloxera vines, shows you the heights wine can achieve. Described by James Suckling as “one of the world’s greatest wines,” the 2016 Clos Apalta Colchagua is one of those masterworks against which other bottles should be judged. Getting to understand what that quality…

  • Sale! 2016 Clos des Papes Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc

    2016 Clos des Papes Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc

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

    96/96/95 For One of the Finest Châteauneuf-du-Pape Whites The 2016 vintage in theRhône was “truly great in the South,” Decanter said, rivaling the great 2015. Now imagine the peaks this historic vintage reached at one of Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s legendary founding estates. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate leads the critical acclaim for Clos des Papes, “one of the…

  • Sale! 2016 Colgin Cellars “IX Estate“ Napa Valley

    2016 Colgin Cellars “IX Estate“ Napa Valley

    Original price was: $699.00.Current price is: $199.72.

    In the fall, we were honored to receive our first-ever allocation from Napa Valley’s inimitable Colgin Cellars. It was a miniscule amount of Colgin’s 2016 IX Estate, a Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant blend that earned a staggering three 100-point scores from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, Jeb Dunnuck, and James Suckling.  Today I’m thrilled to announce that Ann…

  • Sale! 2016 Cultivar Field Blend Red Wine Napa Valley

    2016 Cultivar Field Blend Red Wine Napa Valley

    Original price was: $26.00.Current price is: $20.80.

    It didn’t take long for Cultivar’s overachieving Napa reds to develop a dedicated following on Wine Access. Now, on the heels of back-to-back sellouts, we’ve secured the final cases of a tiny-production, single-vineyard field blend that drinks like a Napa heavy-hitter at a fraction of the cost.   When we chatted with Julien Fayard, the…

  • Sale! 2016 Dalla Valle Vineyards Collina Red Wine Napa Valley

    2016 Dalla Valle Vineyards Collina Red Wine Napa Valley

    Original price was: $100.00.Current price is: $50.00.

    The Chance to Experience a Legend Not long ago, over lunch with Naoko and Maya Dalla Valle to seal the deal on this, we discovered to our surprise that, even with their name on some of the greatest bottles America has ever seen, they’re just as enthusiastic about the wines as we are. Over the…

  • Sale! 2016 Dalla Valle Vineyards Maya Oakville Napa Valley

    2016 Dalla Valle Vineyards Maya Oakville Napa Valley

    Original price was: $475.00.Current price is: $199.26.

    Today we’re thrilled to extend access to an extremely limited allocation of  Dalla Valle’s 100-point 2016 Maya.  Thanks to our fantastic relationship with Naoko and Maya Dalla Valle, and Dalla Valle winemaker Andy Erickson, we a very small allocation of this collector’s showpiece that are more or less impossible to find outside the winery: the 2016 Maya Oakville, a 100-point-rated,…

  • Sale! 2016 Delightful & Strange Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley

    2016 Delightful & Strange Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley

    Original price was: $15.99.Current price is: $12.79.

    The Reviews Are In: “We Ordered More.” “Napa opportunities like this come only once a decade.” At least, that’s what we thought—and what we said—when we released the inaugural vintage of Delightful & Strange, our own proprietary Napa Valley Red. But then…2016 came along. The polished 2016 Delightful & Strange Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley—only…

  • Sale! 2016 Delightful and Strange The Reserve Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley

    2016 Delightful and Strange The Reserve Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley

    Original price was: $25.00.Current price is: $20.00.

    The Delightful And Strange The Reserve has a reputation like none other at Wine Access: from our most serendipitous vineyard discoveries and winemaking masterminds, it has been one of our top red blends ever… at $40. Today, in a follow-up to the feeding frenzy that emptied our stock of the 2015 in record time and reduced our…

  • Sale! 2016 DeSante The Old Vines White Napa Valley

    2016 DeSante The Old Vines White Napa Valley

    Original price was: $31.99.Current price is: $25.59.

    A Singular Vibrant, Rich White Field Blend Packed with ripe yellow fruit and showing laser-sharp focus, the 2016 DeSante The Old Vines White Napa Valley is one of the most unique, mesmerizing Napa whites we have tasted this year. Sourced from a pre-Prohibition era vineyard where vines are a minimum of 50 years old, many…

  • Sale! 2016 Domaine de Chevalier Clos des Lune Petite Lune Bordeaux Blanc

    2016 Domaine de Chevalier Clos des Lune Petite Lune Bordeaux Blanc

    Original price was: $15.00.Current price is: $12.00.

    The Crisp Value French White for Your Vacation Weekend “Wake up world, here’s a dry white Bordeaux that is enormously refreshing and stunning value for money,” raved James Suckling. Crafted by the same technical team as Domaine de Chevalier but going for under-$20 a bottle, this is the kind of breezy but brilliantly made white…

  • Sale! 2016 Domaine de la Mordoree Rose La Dame Rousse Tavel

    2016 Domaine de la Mordoree Rose La Dame Rousse Tavel

    Original price was: $20.00.Current price is: $16.00.

    The Domaine de la Mordorée has pronounced structure and backbone — it’s the kind of rosé that a lover of powerful red wines can enjoy on a hot summer day. Because in Tavel, one of the Southern Rhône’s 17 notable Cru appellations, rosé is anything but an afterthought — it is the only Cru entirely…

  • Sale! 2016 Domaine de Saje Marquis Anselme Mathieu Chateauneuf du Pape Rhone Valley

    2016 Domaine de Saje Marquis Anselme Mathieu Chateauneuf du Pape Rhone Valley

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

    We try to play our cards close to the vest when tasting new wines, but today’s 2016 Domaine de Saje Marquis Anselme Mathieu elicited an irrepressible “WHOA” upon our first sip. To find good Châteauneuf-du-Pape for $50 is rare. But great, old-vine Châteauneuf-du-Pape from a benchmark vintage with an excellent 96-point Wine Enthusiast score to boot? Wild. A…

  • Sale! 2016 Domaine du Bois de Saint-Jean La Ballade des Angles Vacqueyras

    2016 Domaine du Bois de Saint-Jean La Ballade des Angles Vacqueyras

    Original price was: $35.00.Current price is: $28.00.

    Domaine du Bois de Saint Jean deserves to be on the radar of every wine lover, and we’d argue there’s no better introduction than their 2016 La Ballade des Anglès Vacqueyras, a smooth and powerful red that outscored high-profile Châteauneuf-du-Papes in the landmark 2016 vintage—including Château Fortia and Château La Nerthe, and tying with Wine…

  • Sale! 2016 Domaine du Dragon Grande Cuvee Rose

    2016 Domaine du Dragon Grande Cuvee Rose

    Original price was: $18.99.Current price is: $15.19.

    A Grand Cru Grand Cuvee Provence Rose From an elevated perch at century-old Domaine du Dragon, vines rooted in a rare mix of ancient chalk and limestone soils have the best views in Provence: overlooking the Côte d’Azur and all the bustling activity in Cannes below. Their irresistible 2016 Grande Cuvée Rosé from the most…