Monday, August 17, 2015

2012 Testarossa Winery Sierra Madre Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir 750 mL

The 2012 vintage in the Santa Maria Valley was picture perfect with no significant weather episodes, creating a long growing season with record hang time producing complex and intense fruit. The Sierra Madre Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley is owned by Doug and Jan Circle. It sits at 215 ft. above sea level and consists of 155 acres, 91 of Chardonnay and 64 of Pinot Noir. It is the most northern and one of the western-most vine-yards in the Santa Maria Valley, only 15 miles from the coast, and benefits greatly from its unique marine influence. It is also one of the few valleys in the state that run East/West as opposed to North/South. An exceptionally cool growing season encourages slow ripening over a long period of time, allow-ing for the development of structure and flavor intensity.




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  • Size: 750 mL

  • Brand: Testarossa Winery


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  • Santa Maria Valley

  • Sierra Madre Vineyard

  • Single Vineyard Pinot Noir

Thursday, August 13, 2015

2006 Quady Starboard Vintage Red 750 mL

Our newly released vintage 2006 has a deep ruby garnet color with an aroma of red plum. On the palate you will find brandied cherries, chocolate caramel cake, tar, burgundy cherry. Enjoy now and another to cellar for 20+ years.




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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1992 in Wine

  • Size: 750 mL

  • Brand: Quady

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

2012 Kyra Pinot Gris Columbia Valley 750 mL

In 1999 Bruce and Kyra Baerlocher purchased an apple orchard in Central Washington on the Wahluke Slope and converted half of it to wine grapes. Kyra, with a B.S. degree in Bacteriology from the University of Idaho, started making wine in small private lots. Our first commercial release of 600 cases in 2006 included a 2004 Pinot Noir and a 2005 Pinot Gris. Our vineyards have expanded, Pheasant Vineyard now includes 75 acres, and Purple Sage Vineyard encompasses 100 acres. Although our vineyards are on the Wahluke Slope, our home has been in Moses Lake, Washington for over 20 years and this is where we began our winery operation. We moved to a larger location in 2007, a 5200 square foot building that is part of the Port of Moses Lake and were able to include a tasting room in the operation. Today we produce about 2000 cases per year with wines from our own vineyards as well as those we contract from others. Our best-selling wines include our award-winning Chenin Blanc and our Washington State Pinot Noir. Kyra is the Winemaker and handles all the winery operations while Bruce oversees the vineyard operation in addition to his day job as the Chief Financial Officer of a large farm and custom crush operation. Our wines are approachable in style and price. We focus on food-friendly varietals and we submit them…




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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #2775 in Wine

  • Size: 750 mL

  • Brand: Kyra

2012 B Side Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 750 ml

Having weathered two excessively cool and wet vintages in 2010 and 2011, which reduced yields and made it difficult for grapes to fully ripen, Napa winemakers had much to rejoice about in 2012. Idyllic conditions throughout the growing season ensured a bountiful crop of picture perfect grapes across all varietals. A perfect spring bud break, followed by steady flowering, an even fruit set, and just the right amount of warm sunny days and cool foggy nights, ensured that grapes enjoyed the extended hang time needed to fully develop. The fruit that emerged was ideally balanced, dark, richly structured and age worthy, with great color saturation, and sweet tannins. Napa Valley vintners are already heralding 2012 as one of those special “collectible” years to watch.




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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #2501 in Wine

  • Size: 750 mL

  • Brand: BSIDE


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  • Silver, Dallas Morning News and TexSom 2014

Monday, August 10, 2015

2007 Sheldon Wines Deviant Velocity, Lodi Petite Sirah 750 mL

Certified Organic Vineyard (Lodi Green is a unique designation that also takes care of vineyard workers). This vineyard is 19ft below sea level on limestone soils in the Sacramento Delta. This unique microclimate produces evening breezes and early morning fog cooling the grapes after long warm sunny days. This site is often ten to fifteen degrees cooler than much of the Lodi AVA; the perfect combination for building complexity and tastiness. Hand harvested and naturally fermented with indigenous yeast and wild yeast isolated from the Rhone Valley in ½ ton open top fermenters. We implemented a long cool ferment punching down the must by hand four times daily. Gently basket pressed into neutral French oak barrels and bottled without fining or filtration.




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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #5652 in Wine

  • Size: 750 mL

  • Brand: Sheldon

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

2011 Domaine Philippe Girard: Savigny-Les-Beaune Premier Cru Les Peuillets 750 mL

Best after some aging, this French Burgundy red Pinot Noir wine is grown on clay and limestone on 40-year-old vines. It's a soft, velvety, fresh wine, softer than Girard's other wines. Flavor of black cherries.




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  • Size: 750 mL

  • Brand: Domaine Philippe Girard