Kaimuki Storeroom

09/26/2024

Guess what!?! Our friends at || Chef Jason Kiyota and Master Sommelier David Yoshida || are pairing some of our favorite wines with their special tasting menu, this Sunday only!!

Of course, starting with then from Loire and finishing with from Bandol.

If you’ve never been to one of Chef Jason’s wine dinners, now is the time! Just a few seats left!

09/21/2024

Fall is quickly approaching, and you know what that means 😬 Its almost Beaujolais season!!! We love gamay all year round, but it’s especially scrumpy when the weather starts to cool down.

Dom. David-Beaupère Julienas || Thibault Ducroux Morgon

09/15/2024

Yes, we do love a 1L bottle! Especially this one by Früg, hailing from Burgenland, Austria || || 70% and 30% || apples and peaches, a hint of rose, good structure and minerality ||

09/10/2024

09/08/2024

We’re not ready for summer to end, except the heat has got to go! Cool off with the refreshing taste of Vinho Verde! 🍷 This gem, known for its light, crisp, and slightly effervescent character, is perfect for those end-of-summer days. With origins in the lush, green vineyards of Portugal’s northwest region, pairs beautifully with light dishes and warm summer weather. Come explore these two exceptional bottles at our shop and elevate your summer sips!

06/29/2024

Christian Tschida from Illmitz, Austria || An almost obsessive level of attention to detail, aimed at achieving the desired (=best possible) result, manifests itself in all parts of Christian’s work. No expense is spared in his vineyards if it makes sense.

Himmel Auf Erden Weiss: Scheurebe and Pinot Blanc from 50+yo vyds. A lesson in elegance and class.

Kapitel I: Hand-harvested Cabernet Franc. Aged in large barrels for about a year. Cassis, cherry and a bit of fresh hay.

06/21/2024

IYKYK || || ||

05/19/2024

New JUICE! “/Schic•che•rà•re/ drink often and abundantly wine or liqueurs ≈ raise your elbow, drink, drank ≈ get drenched, put your hair down, gulp.

La Schicchera is a rosé with compulsive drinking. It is for partying and revelry, for noisy dinners, crowded clubs and summer nights. This wine uses , and in full-cluster carbonic maceration in steel to load the aromatic bomb and explode the most fruity and intense characters of the grapes.

Subtle tannins, freshness, lots of acidity and the impetuousness of youth. The Schicchera is agile, quick and immediate. To drink in a flash!”

In 2019 a band of four friends - Rocco, Fabio, Luca & Gianmarco - founded I CA RO (an acronym standing for i Castelli Romani) . The collective group are childhood friends, born and raised in central Rome. After working in the blossoming enoteca scene and with several small natural winemakers around Italy, they decided it was time they went to work creating a new vision of Roman wine, from the volcanic soils of the Castelli Romani just south of the city.

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04/27/2024

Nana Tsu Mori means Seven Fruit Trees and is the name of the estate vineyard of || This Blanc de Noir is made from grapes infected with botrytis. As a result, in years with no noble rot occurrence, production is significantly limited and in some years the wine is not produced at all. While cluster fermentation and aged in barrel for one year. The wine is delicate but enjoys a long, mineral aftertaste. 2,300 bottles produced for this vintage (less than 200 cases).

04/25/2024

Next stop: !! Yamanaka-san grows exclusively Pinot Gris at his vineyard but also produces several other cuvées with purchased grapes.

We were lucky enough to get a small quantity of Dom Gris from our friends at this past year, and if you’re lucky you might catch a bottle or two on our shelf from time to time.

04/25/2024

Despite the rain we had an awesome visit to Domaine Yui in Yoichi, Hokkaido! The winemakers are Mr. and Mrs. Sugiyama. Unfortunately their production is still very small but we hope to bring their wine to Hawaii one day soon!

04/20/2024

Super excited to be in Tokyo this weekend for !!

03/30/2024

If you’re looking to splurge a little for your Easter weekend, consider this Bandol Rosé from || Bandol is a tiny appellation within Provence on south-tilled terraces among the pines, inland of the touristy port yet open to ocean breezes. It is one of the most admired appellations on France’s Mediterranean coast, and nowadays 70% of its production is rosé.

The Domaine was only founded recently in 2020 by Marc Van Peteghem, a former naval architect, after he inherited an old 18th century farmhouse surrounded by vineyards, neighboring notable Bandol producer Domaine Tempier.

This wine contains the usual Mourvèdre-forward blend, with the remaining being Grenache and Cinsault. Native yeast fermentation and aged in stainless steel for 6 months with minimal sulfur. It’s a bit more serious than the common rosé of Provence, with the fruit and acidity rounded out by elegant salinity. This is definitely the perfect rosé for your Easter brunch!

03/11/2024

St. Patrick’s Day wine dinner with our good friend Chef Jason of || reservations available at https://www.exploretock.com/threadfin-bistro-honolulu

02/11/2024

New on the shelf this week, a pair of wines from .wine || this DOC is closely tied to the largest active volcano in Europe, Mount Etna. These wines have a mineral edge that clearly results from the volcanic soil in the region. Both of these wines—a Rosato and a Rosso—are made from the native varietal, Nerello Mascalese.

02/05/2024

If you haven’t been to yet, you must check it out. Tonight we had the pleasure of an amazing food pairing. We are used to pairing wine with food, but Chef Jason tasted some amazing wines from and their producers, || || || and then developed his menu to match the wines. It was such an amazing experience!!