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12/23/2024

🎅🏼 We saved the best for last...ONE DAY ONLY! 🎅🏼

2021 Cape Charles Sonoma Cabernet
100% Cassata Vineyard Cabernet
Release Price: $53-$105
SALE Price: $19.99 (net)
SAVE 50+%

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SALE price is TODAY ONLY!

Reminder we open at 9am Today!

Could we set a sales record today?

Did we save the best for last?

Well...we wanted our final deal of the 2024 Holiday Season to be special, and Cape Charles Cabernet for $19.99 seemed like a great chef's kiss to what has been a fun season of wine, friends, family, and general merriment.

Quick note - this wine has never sold for this price before. Ever.

Since 2021, Cape Charles Cabernet has busted every single sales record we ever had at our stores. Every month, month after month, this wine sits at the top of the heap - and for good reason! This is one of the best sub $25 wines you will find - no matter the region, grape variety, etc. It's one of the best.

At $19.99? We're entered the realm of absurd value.

It's also worth noting this wine was our Wine of the Year in 2022 AND 2023.

A label developed with Baron Ziegler (he's kind of a big deal, you can read more about him here) to take advantage of the high end left over juice, the results have been unreal. The label itself was lent to the project by artist Peter Curling - he's also kind of a big deal and you can read more about him here.

We started with Kamen Moon Mountain juice which sold out in just a few weeks. We then doubled down with 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Leonetti in Washington State. After the Leonetti success we told Baron the next one had to be huge…and he delivered.

This 100% Cassata Vineyard Cabernet is the best wine he's released yet, and I'm not sure it is even close.

Read the full writeup here: https://buff.ly/4iOacYW

One Day Only.

Let's do this!

12/21/2024

🎅🏼 This might be the best ever... 🎅🏼

2021 Alea Fina Napa Cabernet
Winery Price: $150.00
SALE Price: $39.99 (net)
SAVE 73%

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SALE price good until we run out!

Lowest Online Price in the US!

Reminder we open at 9am Today!

In a 33 e-mail strong thread that goes back to October 14th, we were negotiating a deal on 2021 Alea Fina Napa Cabernet - a collaboration between Sebastian Donoso of Bonterra Organics and Conch y Toro and winemaking superstar Paul Hobbs. The wine has all of the pedigree of a triple crown winner, and it is everything you could want from high end Napa Cab. A great video from Paul and Sebastian can be found here.

All that said, the winery retails it for $150.00 per bottle (HERE), and $150 per bottle wine isn’t moving super fast right now. We agreed to buy 50% of their entire available stock, 476 six pack cases, if we could retail it for $39.99 per bottle. They agreed, and here we are!

The wine arrived two weeks ago and in the time it took us to get the wine all the stores in NC and GA, you all have purchased 324 of the 476 six packs 👀

When deals are this good...word gets around.

That leaves just 152 six packs for all North Carolina and Georgia.

There are no words I could put in this e-mail that could adequately convey how silly this deal is…so I will copy and paste from an e-mail I received from a customer just 3 days ago after they had bought a six pack back on Dec 8th, and wanted some more:

"Please up to 2 6 paks - This might be the best ever"

He is not wrong...it might be the best deal ever.

This is the lowest price this wine has ever been offered for, by a wide margin, and I would venture to guess given the extreme back and forth we had with the winery, that it will be the lowest we will ever be able to sell it for.

First come. first served!

12/20/2024

🎅🏼 Lowest Online US Price $44.00 - YOUR Price $19.99 🎅🏼

2021 Vieux Lescours Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Lowest Online US Price: $44.00
SALE Price: $19.99 (net)
SAVE 54%

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SALE runs Friday December 20th - Sunday December 22nd, 2024

Lowest Online Price in the US!

Reminder we open at 9am Today!

We've reached the point in the Holiday Season where the next 4 deals are going to be some of the best we have ever offered...and we'll start with Grand Cru Saint-Emilion for $19.99.

One of the wines that really got me into drinking and collecting wine was Chateau Pavie. It's a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon from this region of Bordeaux...and it's like really, really awesome (that is a professional wine recommendation).

Sadly, it now costs over $350 a bottle (inflation much? 😳), and that's not really in my wheelhouse.

So when we tried the Vieux Lescours for the first time back in 2023, I got that same Chateau Pavie feeling.

We're talking similar grape blend, a vineyard originally planted in 1850, 12 months in 75% new French Oak, and all the acidity a wine like this needs to be an age worthy rock star.

That $350 Chateau Pavie feeling for $19.99 is what I look for in wines I drink.

It also doesn't hurt that this is 54% lower than the already lowest online price for this wine in the US.

You guys know that is how we roll!

Price is good till Sunday or honestly until we run out (a Corporate Customer purchased 436 bottles of this earlier this week so that took a chunk out of our inventory!)

TGIF!! 99% chance I am drinking this tonight!

12/17/2024

🎅🏻 First time EVER at $14.99 🎅🏻

2021 Snowvale Sierra Foothills
Release Price: $80.00?
Regular winestore. Price: $24.99 (net)
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)
SAVE 81%

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We are not slowing down. Today is one we have been waiting to release for almost 6 weeks.

In a deal we were able to cut back in November, the powers that be are giving us enough support to go out with Snowvale Sierra Foothills at $14.99 per bottle. This is the first and will be the only time this wine will see this price.

I think a cursory search around google for wines from this AVA will let you know that this deal is pretty silly.

A century and a half ago, the Sierra Foothills was the scene of a whole lot of winemaking. Why? Because there were many, many thirsty men there, all assembled around a pan and a creek or a little seam of possible gold. Sad to say, we don’t know what those wines were like. But we do know that there are still many century old vines in them thar hills.

This particular sample came from the iconic Shake Ridge Ranch (you can read more about it here) and from a winery I was not familiar with (whose name I cannot disclose but it starts with a K 😁). We tasted some great wines the day we tasted with this group, but this red blend stole the show. We were not told what was in the wine and this winery makes so many different bottlings it is hard to try and figure it out - but based on the fact it is from Shake Ridge I am guessing it is from the Rhone components that make up their only Shake Ridge Bottlings (both $80).

More importantly though, it really didn’t matter to us the grape varietal composition - the wine was so good we were buying it no matter what.

Baron Ziegler, who brings us all these treats, continues to impress. In the current California red wine market, to be able to bring you single vineyard offerings of this quality for $14.99 continues to boggle my mind. But these guys just keep bringing the goods, and the bulk wine market right now is an embarassment of riches...if you know where to look.

So....6 days only. $14.99.

Let's do this!

12/16/2024

🎅🏻 #1 Wine Most Purchased By Our Team Members - ON SALE for $9.99! 🎅🏻

2023 Histoire de Grains "Marselan"
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%

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SALE runs Monday December 16th - Sunday December 22nd, 2024

Lowest Online Price in the US!

Reminder we open at 9am Today!

What is the #1 most purchased wine by winestore. team members in 2024 (which honestly that is the stat I love to see most as a consumer- what do the people that work there drink)?

Histoire de Grains "Marselan"

The 2023 Histoire de Grains (which is 100% Marselan), is a testament that amazing wine simply does not need to be expensive.

Wait.........what in the world is Marselan?

Throughout the expansive Roussillon-Languedoc are some of the more adventurous French grapes with which you might not be familiar – Marselan is at the top of the heap. It’s a crossing of Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache and in the last quarter century is being looked to as one of the grapes that might save France from climate change. Will it? Who the heck knows. But it certainly is interesting stuff: a bit lighter than Cabernet Sauvignon but with some of its strengths and backbone. Bordeaux has just recently chosen it as a newly approved grape there; they see its character and future importance as well.

So to celebrate this wine hitting #1 team member purchase we're putting it on sale for $9.99 per bottle through Sunday. Please also note this is only the second time this wine has ever seen this price since we started carrying it!

Let's do this!!

12/13/2024

🎅🏻 Bordeaux that could age 40 years for $24.99?? 🎅🏻

2021 Chateau Carteau Saint-Emilion
Release Price: $50.00
SALE Price: $24.99 (net)
SAVE 50%

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When the Holiday deals start rolling, it's tough not to get caught up in the fun.

It kinda feels like when Oprah just started giving away cars.

So for this weekend we wanted to do something special, and Chateau Carteau for $24.99 fits that bill. I'm feel almost giddy just writing about it.

This is the lowest price we've ever seen this wine in the US (at least in the last 20 years), and the wine is, quite simply put, stunning.

I will challenge anyone reading this to find better quality Bordeaux for less than $75 per bottle. I’d even put this wine up against Bordeaux I’ve tasted in the $150-$250 per bottle range.

Saint-Émilion is the oldest area of Bordeaux and its Roman ruins are a frequent reminder. Still, when the region was getting codified, Saint-Émilion was left out – it was sleepy and nearly forgotten. That changed in the 1990s when the garagiste movement of tiny Saint-Émilion wineries started making stunning, trend-setting wines. So the “Old” Jacques Bertrand Estate of Chateau Carteau is both Old School and modern all at the same time.

Chateau Carteau is a very typical Saint-Émilion blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon and it sees a bit more new oak than is typical at this price point. Half new and half one-year-old barrels generate more spice and weight in the mouth and, in a vintage like 2021, that is just right.

Buy "Hey" you ask, "How do you know it will last 40 years?"

Well, a customer sent us the below pic of a bottle they just drank not too long ago, and they said it was divine!

I honestly can't think of any one wine right now at $25 or less that can go that distance.

So I'm buying a case at this price.

Am I going to age it for 40 years?

I have no idea...but one thing I know for certain, is I am opening a bottle tonight 🤣

TGIF! Three days only!!

12/10/2024

🎅🏻 Boutique White Burgundy for $12.99?! 🎅🏻

2023 Tatiana Guillot Macon Villages
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
SAVE 48%

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SALE runs Tuesday December 10th - Sunday December 15th, 2024

Lowest Online Price in the US!

Reminder we open at 9am Today!

My biggest kinda gripe as of late has been that I feel like more and more places are just charging higher prices and delivering lower quality. I'm sure I'm not alone.

That's why I'm glad wineries like Tatiana Guillot still exist in the world. Yes, Santa, I do want a White Burgundy that actually tastes amazing, delivers exceptional quality, and only costs $12.99 per bottle.

I want a wine I can serve at my party, to my friends, that is going to wow them...AND not break the bank.

The Guillot Family has been making Chardonnay in Burgundy for generations, but this is the first offering we have ever seen from them that we could sell at this price.

Oh, and this is not just your regular ol' Mâcon...

Macon Villages was once a bigger deal, or at least it was once a wine that absolutely every restaurant had to pour by the glass. Some of the biggest names in the business started their careers in this airy, Chardonnay-laden territory (you know, like Georges Duboeuf, for one).

In the climate change era, Macon seems to be morphing from light and slightly generic to richer and even slightly buttery. But only slightly. Remember that Chardonnay in France is almost always more about the minerals than the butter; Macon is clean and crisp and tangy. Yet, it is increasingly weighty.

That's what you get here, and it's really something...we’re not quite to California richness yet, but who knows?

Chardonnay lovers unite!

12/06/2024

🏆 OUR Wine of the Year 🎅🏻

2022 Palace Thief Cabernet Sauvignon
Release Price: ?
SALE Price: $34.99 (net)

Our team gets no direction in how they can vote for our Wine of the Year. The only thing we ask is that they think about the wine that has had the biggest impact on our customers.

The voting was unanimous for first place - 2022 Palace Thief Cabernet Sauvignon.

Back in July when this wine was released, we told you this is most likely the best deal we had ever offered in 18 years in business.

After seeing customer and team member reaction around this wine, I'm able to potentially take it one step further. This is one of the best deals I have ever seen offered in the wine business...period. You don't have to believe me...ask anyone who has tried it 😁

What is going on here?

Find out HERE: https://buff.ly/3OInatz

12/02/2024

🔥 YOUR Top Wines Of 2024 - ON SALE! 🔥

SALE Runs Monday December 2nd - Friday December 6th, 2024

5 DAYS ONLY!

ALL WINES OFFERED AT THE LOWEST ONLINE PRICES IN THE USA!

Honestly, we use the above picture every year and I'm really not sure it has anything to do with wine...but we just love it. At this point I can't bring myself to use another picture 😂

Anyhoo...

Do you really need Wine Spectator or some other publication to tell you the best wines of 2024? We don't think so... When we started this company over 18 years ago (is that possible?!?!), we trademarked the line "You're the expert", and we did so because you like what you like and in the grand scheme of wine drinking, that's all that is important. So, in the spirit of "You're the expert", for the 13th year in a row, we are going to let YOU do the talking. We have taken your 26 favorite wines at winestore. for 2024 - using total bottle volume as the deciding factor. We've given those that have not been in stock all year a shot at the list by looking at monthly run rate compared to the top 26. You know, it's all very scientific and stuff :)

Why 26? Why not...Top 25 feels dated 😂

Also fun fact? In a world where prices seem to go up it feels like every 2 weeks, the wines on this list saw no prices increases in 2024. We take a lot of pride in that fact. We're looking out for your pocketbook just as much as we look out for our own.

All these wines are on SALE, by the bottle, for the next few days - and ALL at the lowest online prices in the nation! We love you all THAT much!
These are the wines you and your friends have been gobbling up at record speed this year! They are in no particular order (you know, we hate lists and such things) - so enjoy!

Full List HERE: https://buff.ly/3OzRQwZ

11/18/2024

🦃 Thanksgiving Wine Sale - Nobody is offering value like this! 🦃

SALE runs Monday November 18th - Sunday November 24th, 2024

Full Lineup HERE: https://buff.ly/4fN7u4l

*All wines posted at the lowest online price in the US!*

Is it really almost Thanksgiving?! I feel summer was like last week, am I right?

Either way, it means it is time for our annual Thanksgiving Wine Sale!

I'll go on record for this one. You will not find a better selection of oustanding value anywhere in NC, and I'd put these offerings and prices up against anything being offered in the United States right now.

In a world where we already work hard to guarantee you the absolute lowest prices, we are pulling out all the stops!! Inflation has no home here at winestore! I mean, several wines on here simply boggle the mind in terms of the quality to price ratio.

All prices are good through Sunday, November 24th! (no, they are not good on the 25th 😂)

It should also be noted that as always, there are going to be some insane "in store only" specials rolling.

11/14/2024

🍷 Hand Crafted Dreamy Red Wine for $19.99...

2021 AIAIAI Priorat
Release Price: $50.00
winestore. Price: $19.99 (net)
SAVE 60%

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Lowest Online Price in the US!

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Curbside Pickup Always Available

You may remember our newsletter about the En Numerous Vermells "Classic" from last week. We told you about Silvia Puig and about the amazing wine she is producing in Priorat.

Without rehashing all of the details, this is a tiny project started by Silvia Puig in her garage in one of the villages of Priorat, the site of Spain’s most intense wines. She was consulting for some of the more important wineries, like Clos Figueras, and wanted to make wine in “limited quantities so that the artisan element is valued.” En Números Vermells' wines remain handcrafted, with the Aiaiai wine being blended from Garnacha, Cariñena and Syrah.

All I can tell you is that if you are even remotely into wines from this area, this stuff is worth a look...and this happens to be the lowest price this wine has ever been offered for in the United States. The only price I could currently find online was a magnum of the 2019 vintage someone is selling for $106 (HERE). That's the equivalent of $53 per bottle!!

Don't let anyone ever tell you that you have to pay more for artisanal, hand made wines. Case in point is this right here. Hand picked grapes, hand sorted, hand crafted wine and the result is a dreamy red wine for less than $20.

Pro tip? These wines pair really well with cranberry sauce. My favorite kind is the Ocean Spray that comes from the the can (which is certainly not artisanal 😂) but the first taste transports you directly to your childhood. You know what I'm talking about.

$19.99. First come, first served.

11/12/2024

🎄 A $1,000 Golden Ticket in our 12 Night Holiday Box 🎅🏻

"12 Nights of Wine" Holiday Box
Release Price of Wines in Box: $241.00
Regular winestore. Price: $154.88
12 Days Holiday Box Price: $99.99 (net)
SAVE 58%

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9 GOLDEN TICKETS AVAILABLE - REDEEMABLE FOR A $1,000 winestore. GIFT CARD

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

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After an epic launch of our 12 Nights of Wine Holiday Box last year, we are back with a new edition in 2024 - and we're pulling out all the stops.

Our goal here is to stretch the realm of what you think is possible when it comes to quality and price, all the while trying to have a little fun.

We're doing 12 bottles of delicious winestore wine - and you'll get the whole box (and the chance at a $1,000 gift card) for $99.99.

It's a collection of best sellers packed into an advent calendar style box to make your holidays even more merry and bright! Each night you can enjoy being surprised with a new bottle. With a mix of both reds and whites, this holiday box is perfect for any wine drinker.

Much like last year, we are going all W***y Wonka on this thing as well and placing 9 Golden Tickets (one for each store) in the boxes, and those Golden Tickets are redeemable for a $1,000 winestore. gift card.

You read that correctly. Worst case scenario you get 12 delicious bottles of wine at the lowest price in the US (and an extra discount from our already low price) - best case scenario is you get $1,000 shopping spree for any wines you want, plus 12 delicious bottles!

Is this the perfect holiday gift? I mean it may just be. I've already given 4 away to friends and family and they have been a huge hit.

Might be feeling a little bit like Charlie this holiday season!!

11/08/2024

🦃 Our #2 selling Chardonnay - On SALE Through Thanksgiving!

2023 Kingstree Santa Barbara Chardonnay
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
SAVE 48%

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SALE runs Friday Nov 8th - Wednesday Nov 27th, 2024

Lowest Online Price in the US!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available!*

Reminder we are open at 9am Thursday, Friday & Saturday!

Every year around the holidays we ask our suppliers who wants to step up and make some waves? This year, it was Kingstree Wines.

They've put pricing in place to allow us to sell our #2 Chardonnay by volume for $12.99 all the way up until Thanksgiving!

Kingstree is kind of a sneaky #2. Last time we even featured it in a newsletter was when the new vintage arrived almost 6 months ago - yet the wine just continues on cruise control.

California winemaking master Rob Fischer is no stranger to epic high end wine. His track record includes stints at Cuvaison, Beaulieu Vineyards, Etude, Lyric, and several others. The dude knows what he's doing.

But while he can churn out the expensive stuff, his passion is providing unbelievable value for the money. We've seen it in his value projects like Valravn (have you had their Pinot Noir?!?!?!?), Averaen, and Marine Layer.

With the Kingstree Chardonnay, I think you'll get what we are talking about. It is BIG, lush Chardonnay that competes on the table with some competition churning out wines at more than 2x the price. 100% of the Chardonnay fruit in this gem comes from Santa Barbara, and at $12.99 per bottle, it's a dream.

So let's get to it, shall we!?

TGIF everyone!

11/06/2024

💯 The Fastest Sellout of 2024...

2021 En Numeros Vermells "Classic"
Other Retailers Previous Sale Price: $74.98 (net)
winestore. Price: $39.99 (net)
SAVE 55%

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The fastest sellout of 2023, and again this spring, was En Numerous Vermells. So much so this is the first e-mail newsletter we have ever been able to feature it in!

When Silvia Puig started this project, dubbed En Números Vermells, it was to satisfy her creative side, and to give her a chance to draw from some of the smaller scale vineyards that her father had once helped manage, and for which she remained close to the vineyard managers. But it was, and is, a diminutive project so she gave it a name that essentially means, “in the red”, since she knew she would never make money at it. That’s why she consults with other, perhaps better known, producers in Spain’s preeminent Priorat region: she can pay the bills, and focus upon this lovely, handmade wine, comprised of Garnacha Peluda (a rare variety) along with Syrah and Cariñena.

I actually found the write up from Chain Bridge Cellars (the retailer with the price above), worth a read:

"1,453 bottles (121 cases) made. We’ve sold every commercial release of this wine, starting with the 2011 which remains my personal benchmark for the greatest young red wine I’ve ever tasted. Until now. Somehow, Silvia has taken the wild, intense, borderline out of control, essence of Priorat and given it just enough polish and finesse and style to vault it upwards into the ranks of just plain great wines of the whole world. While still remaining unmistakably Priorat. If you’ve bought this wine in the past, you’re nuts if you don’t buy more this year. If you’ve never tried it, please don’t miss the chance to be wowed."

All I will tell you is I echo some of the sentiments here...this is some special stuff.

What is even more special, is that we can actually now bring it to you for less than $40 per bottle! This is the first time this wine has ever been available in the United States at this price!

11/05/2024

🔥 The Best Selling White & Red of 2024 - ON SALE for $9.99

2022 Snowvale Cabernet
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%

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2022 Benières Chardonnay
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%

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Lowest Online Price in the USA!

SALE runs Tuesday November 5th - Sunday November 10th

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

Reminder we open at 9am Thursday, Friday and Saturday!

For the third year in a row, we are going to take our two best selling wines year to date, and put them on sale this week.

This seems like an especially good year to do this, as I think some people may need some wine for tonight? And tomorrow? 😁

The two wines? Not only are they the same two wines as last year, the wines continue to make waves.

Coming off already crazy numbers, Snowvale Cabernet sales are up a wild 18% and Benières Chardonnay? Up 36% YTD 👀

You guys know good wine when you taste it!

In a world where every single day a vendor tells us prices are going up because "their prices are going up and we have to do it", the ability to bring you these two wines for only $9.99 per bottle is what gets us excited. We've said it before and I'll say it again; At no time in our 18 year history has the selection of extremely high quality, yet affordable wine, been higher.

So let's toast to all things that are awesome and inexpensive, am I right?

6 days only - lets gooooooo!

10/30/2024

🤯 Total Wine $16.99 - winestore. $12.97!

2021 Meiomi Chardonnay
Total Wine Price: $16.99 USD
winestore. Price: $12.97 (net)
SAVE 24%

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Meiomi Chardonnay for $12.97 per bottle? But of course!

Back in 2015, Joe Wagner, whose father owns Caymus and who had been instrumental in developing new brands for the Wagner family (like Meiomi), sold the brand to Constellation Brands for $315 million in 2015. Let that sink in for a second.

Constellation, one of the largest beer, wine and spirits companies in the world (oh, yeah, they have massive cannabis holdings in Canada too) bought only the brand for crazy money; no vineyards, no winery, nothing but some wine with labels on it. Now, what does that say about Meiomi and its style of wine? Somebody bet really, really, really big on it and, so far, the bet has worked out. Unlike their cannabis project in Canada. 😂

So we're just going to leave that price right up there for you, and keep it short and sweet today 😂

Happy Wednesday everybody! Let's get to it!

10/23/2024

😳 50% Off to $14.99 - This is why we do what we do!

2023 Lafarge L'Ermitage Premier Cuvée
Release Price: $30.00
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)
SAVE 50%

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SALE runs Wednesday October 23rd - Sunday October 27th, 2024

This will be one of the top wine deals you will see this year...and getting a deal like this is why we love doing what we do!!

Can we bring you a wine that drinks exactly like Sancerre, without the Sancerre price, at the lowest price ever offered in the US?

The answer is...yes!

In our constant quest to bring you the best possible wines at the lowest possible prices, today we have for you a real treat - 2023 Domaine L'Ermitage Menetou-Salon Première Cuvée.

Without sounding like hyperbole is the theme of the day, at $14.99 per bottle this could possibly rank as one of the best quality to price ratio wines that you will ever try. That is not an exaggeration.

The places selling this for $30? The wine for sure competes at that price...but at $15? Think the 1992 Dream Team type domination...

Domaine de L'Ermitage is a fairly new estate, founded by the daughter of one of the most influential figures in the region, Bernard Clement. Laurence de la Farge, and her husband, Geraud, built on Clement’s legacy; today their children, Antoine and Sophie, run this large and successful domaine. Their vineyard extends over 1300 acres (which in this region and industry has some wow factor), and the wines are very traditional and terroir-driven.

As for this wine in particular?

Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, once ubiquitous on shelves and wine lists, are getting hard to find today. Smart buyers are looking at the AOCs next door, like Menetou-Salon, just a few miles west of those two better known Sauvignon Blanc vineyards. And just like those places, the soils are a mix of Kimmeridgian limestone and the even more famed soil, silex. Silex deserves its fame; it provides tension and complexity to the aromatic Sauvignon Blanc grape.

Think crisp, dry, and uber refreshing.

So if Sancerre is your thing, or Sauvignon Blanc, or honestly just great white wine - this is a do not miss!

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Cornelius, NC
28031

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When we started this concept over a decade ago, we didn’t want to merely trod down a path where someone else had cut away the brush. Our real goal was to create a wine store that was friendly to everyone, not just the usual Napa Cab buyers (not that there’s anything wrong with that, as Seinfeld used to say). We looked at how could we brighten up the stores, make them easy to walk through, and allow people to even taste the wines before they bought them. That all seemed so obvious at the time, yet it wasn’t happening as far as we could tell.

So we set to work. We were able to find people who loved wine but understood the bigger issue – that it’s not what the wine retailer loves that matters; it’s what the customer loves. Heck, we all have different palates, that’s why we like different wines! The job of a great retailer is to make sure to understand the customer’s preference first and then find the very best version of that style and type of wine that he or she can. That’s the whole reason we trademarked the phrase “You’re the expert”.

Price came into it as well (we are retailers after all!). We continue to believe to our core that you shouldn’t have to spend thirty or fifty dollars or whatever to get a really good bottle of wine. The wine world is far too diverse and interesting today for that to be necessary. So we keep hitting the tastings and visiting places in Spain, Argentina, New Zealand, Italy, Washington State, wherever, to find wines that perform well above their price. We also stand by our everyday guarantee to you; everything we sell will be priced at the lowest retail price in North Carolina…and on many things we are going to offer you the lowest price in the United States. That’s just how we roll. We want to look out for your pocketbook the same way we would look out for our own.

Now, over a decade later, we seem to have found our customers and they’ve found us. It’s on us to keep listening to the people who walk in our doors, finding out what they like (rather than selling them the next shiny object), and bringing it to them at the best possible price. Maybe we’ll soon be able to celebrate our twentieth anniversary if we can stay focused on that.