Regular Price: $74.99 Winestore Price: $64.75 (net) Save 14%
You're going to be reading a lot about the 2007 Vintage in California over the next several months. There is good reason - 2007 has produced some of the best Napa Cabs in a long time and most people are going to be seeking out the best producers with the best track record.
Chuck Wagner has been producing quality Napa Cabernet at Caymus Vineyards for over 30 years and the 2007 may be his best effort yet. We tasted this wine this morning and think you're going to be a little more than impressed :)
Right now, until we run out, we are offering this beautiful wine at 14% off - and you can rest assured you will not be able to find this wine at this price anywhere else in town. If you do, we will happily match the price.
California Chardonnay Taste Off Featuring Kistler, Rombauer, Newton Unfiltered and more!
Saturday July 25th 11am-8pm
Chardonnay is the most popular variety among U.S. wine drinkers. That, rather obvious, fact is all too often ignored by wine geeks who love to smirk about their latest “ABC” infatuation. “Anything but Chardonnay” may describe the interest level of many jaded wine aficionados, but it doesn’t speak to most wine drinkers. For most, Chardonnay is plenty tasty, and good values abound. Of all those Chardonnay lovers out there, it is the rich and buttery Chardonnay - the character that defines California - that gets people really excited.
Sooo...we decided that we all need to taste some of the greatest Chardonnays coming out of California, agasint each other, in an epic California Chardonnay taste off. We'll line all the wines up on the machine and let the grading begin. Each taster will be able to rate the wines 1-8 (1 being their favorite) and we will release the results next week (with perhaps a deal on the winner!)
Taste 2007 Rhone from Eric Solomon Friday July 17th - Sunday July 19th
All Day long!
There are lots of folks who import wines; it’s rare to find one with a track record and portfolio like Eric Solomon’s. His propensity for ferreting out great wines and greater values from Spain and France has kept him in the ranks of the top importers for nearly two decades. His Spanish portfolio is legendary; other than Stephen Metzler and Jorge Ordonez, no one had greater insight into the juggernaut that Spain was about to become, and no one has built a more brilliant Spanish portfolio. Eric has Niepoort from Portugal, the most dynamic producer in all the Douro Valley, if not in Portugal.
But his French book may be scarier still, especially if you're an importer trying to compete with him. The stable includes Chateau Tirecul in Monbazillac, Jean Paul Droin in Chablis and Roger Champault in the Loire. Solomon’s experience in southern France pays off with fantastic values in the Languedoc and Roussillon, as well as the southern Rhone: Domaine de l’Hortus, Clos du Prieur, la Casenove, Clos des Fees, Lafage and Matassa, among others.
In the sourthern Rhone, Domaine de la Janasse, Roger Sabon, and Domaine Marcoux in Chateauneuf-du-Pape are all the rage at the moment among the critics, and for good reason. They make utterly lush and delicious wines, and yet they are not wines that have sold their souls (ya know, with high alcohol, over-extraction, too much oak and the like) in order to get blessedly high scores from he-who-must-not-be-named. These wines are rich and impressive but they not only retain their souls, they HAVE soul. Character. Personality. Whatever.
The last several vintages have been excessively kind to the Rhone, especially the southern Rhone. 2004 (lovely), 2005 (stunning, amazing), 2006 (rich and decadent) and 2007, a vintage even he-who-must-not-named loves and raves. So do I. The 2007's are, well, I have coined a new word to describe them: sickdiculous.
Solomon's book is an embarrassment of riches. We are delighted that he lives in Charlotte and that we have the opportunity to offer so many of his fabulous wines. And we are even more excited to show his 2007 Rhone's this Saturday.
Here are just some of the wines we will be tasting this weekend:
2007 Giraud Tradition Chateauneuf du Pape
2007 Marcoux Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge
2007 Marcoux Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc
2007 Janasse Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge
2007 Janasse Cotes du Rhone-Villages Terre Argile
2007 Janasse Chateauneuf du Pape “Cuvee Chaupin”
2007 Sabon Chateauneuf du Pape “Cuvee Prestige
Happy Tasting and we will see you this weekend!
Doug Frost, MW MW
Master of Wine & Master Sommelier
A Winestore Exclusive in North Carolina from Eric Solomon
Price: $14.99 One Day Only Case Price: $155.88 ($12.99 a bottle) Case price available today, July 10th Only
Creta is a brand new project created in Ribera del Duero (Spain) by Charlotte resident Eric Solomon and Isaac Fernandez. You've heard us wax poetic about wines from Ribera del Duero like AALTO and many others - only problem is that the big wines come with big price tags. That is why our jaws hit the floor when we found out that this 100% Tempranillo was only $14.99 a bottle - we liked it so much we bought up the entire North Carolina allocation!
We've decided to offer this wine at a special case price of only $155.88 a case or $12.99 a bottle for today only. The wine will be on the machine all weekend long during our new arrivals tasting and we're pretty darn confident you will enjoy it as much as we have....Happy Drinking and as always we appreciate your business!
Both Prices are the lowest in North Carolina! Wine arrives tomorrow July 3rd! * this wine is "net" no further discounts apply ** for a limited time we are offering this wine in full cases for only $27.99 a bottle!!
We're not quite sure that there needs to be a lot of explanation about this wine. Ever since we opened this has been one of the best selling wines in the entire store. It seems Jeff Runquist has figured out what people are looking for in a wine - blockbuster fruit, smooth tannins and a wine for less than $30 that is going to make people simply go WOW!
We are able to offer you the 2007 Runquist Petite at not only the lowest per bottle cost in the state, we are also able to offer you the absolute lowest case price in North Carolina.
The wine will be here tomorrow July 3rd and ready for consumption this July 4th weekend!
To order you can:
Call SouthPark @ 704-442-4024
Call Blakeney @ 704-443-2944
Or order online for in store pickup or shipping click
