Taste The Most Popular Wines In The Store!

Taste The Best Of The Blends
Saturday March 30th, 2013
11am - 8pm



Featuring:
2010 Banshee Mordecai
2011 Venge Scout's Honor
2010 Jeff Runquist 1448
2010 Gundlach Bundschu Mountain Cuvee
2009 Closa Batllet "Artai" Priorat
2010 Castano Solanera
2011 Lafage Bastide Miraflors
2010 Clos D'Agon Amic

There is no wine segment here at winestore that is getting more love from you, the customers, more than blends. It could be Petite Sirah and Cabernet, Grenache and Syrah, or a Banshee like blend of 13 different grape varieties - you guys are loving them all. There is a chance, yes albeit a small one, that you simply have not found a blend that has worked for you. Well, this weekend we are bringing you the best of the best. If there were ever a chance to find your new house wine, this may be it!

We'll have the new vintage of Venge Scout's Honor to try, some old favorites like Runquist 1448 and some new arrivals. You might have family coming in town this weekend, you may be going to visit family or you may heading out on Spring Break - no matter what you're doing this weekend, you're gonna need some wine!

We hope to see you this weekend and, as always, THANK YOU for your business!

Save 42% On This Amazing Pinot Noir!

2011 Hahn SLH Pinot Noir


Winery Price: $35.00
Winestore Price: $24.99
SALE Price: $19.99 (net)

SAVE 43%

Do you LOVE Pinot Noir? Do you LOVE a good deal? Do you LOVE wine? If your answers to any of those questions were "Yes", this is an offering you'll also LOVE!

The Hahn Family has been producing great Pinot Noir since 1980 and believe it or not they are actually the 29th largest producer of wine in the United States. The SLH series of wines showcases Hahn's best vineyard selections and the 2011 SLH Pinot certainly lives up to that standard.

Fans of T. Solomon Wellborn, Belle Glos and Merry Edwards should certainly give this guy a try! No doubt that $20 is not our Monday night wine to pair with Lasagna Roll Ups, but it is certainly a candidate for our Saturday dinner party with friends.

We have the wine on the machine at all 3 stores to try - we hope you love this deal as much as we do!

To order you can:

Order ONLINE by clicking HERE

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

Taste Belle Glos Blind vs. $15 Rivals!

Blind Taste Belle Glos Clark & Telephone!
Saturday March 23rd, 2013
11am - 8pm

That's right people, it's time for our 2nd Annual Belle Glos Blind Tasting! Given the enormous popularity of the Belle Glos lineup (Meiomi, and the single vineyard pinot noirs) we need to put them to the ultimate test once a year in a no holds barred blind tasting.  So this Saturday we will be tasting the Belle Glos blind against 7 other rivals all on the tasting machine.

If you don't know the price, can't see the label, and can't hear someone barking in your ear about the wine's "score," then all that is left is the juice and your taste buds. It's a scary proposition for any winemaker. That's why you have marketing departments that design catchy labels, create campaigns to build a wine's image, and spend all of their time and energy essentially trying to convince consumers that a wine is great. The problem is that you can't out "market" a blind tasting.

Which is why we're playing "Find the Belle Glos" this Saturday. It's simple really. Eight wines will all be tasted blind. One of them will be 2011 Belle Glos Clark & Telephone Pinot Noir and the others will be an assortment of wines at every price point from a number of different regions. All you have to do is taste and pick your favorite. Yes, that's right, your favorite. If that's the Belle Glos, then great, if not, well that's OK too. You may be surprised as to what your favorites actually are.

Get ready to taste some amazing Pinot Noir!

Lowest Price In The Country On This Cabernet Blend!

2010 Clos D'Agon "Amic"

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Release Price; $24.99
Winestore Price: $19.99 (net)
SAVE 20%

Lowest price in the US!

Let’s see, one of the world’s greatest winemakers (and winemaker of Spain's most expensive wine), Peter Sisseck, blends two thirds Garnacha with Merlot, Cab and Syrah (okay, a squirt of Monastrell); and grows it in soils that mix limestone and schist like some unholy coupling of Priorat and Burgundy on the Spanish coast across the border from France. Drink up people!

Let's just keep it short and sweet, shall we? We even included a cartoon for you below :)

To order you can:

Order ONLINE by clicking HERE

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

Taste 1992 Laurel Glen with owner Bettina Sichel for FREE!

Epic FREE Laurel Glen Tasting!
Saturday March 16th, 2013



Featuring 1992 Laurel Glen Cabernet!
Laurel Glen Owner Bettina Sichel will be on hand to sign bottles

STORE TASTING TIMES:
LAKE NORMAN - 1pm-3pm (Bettina will be at this location)
BLAKENEY - 1pm-3pm
SOUTHPARK - 4pm-6pm (Bettina will be at this location)

FEATURING:
1992 Laurel Glen Estate Cabernet (available for sale!)
2006 Laurel Glen Estate Cabernet
2009 Laurel Glen Estate Cabernet
2009 Laurel Glen Counterpoint Cabernet

Wine is subjective; that should be obvious. I know, I know, most of us were told otherwise. We were told that wine quality was quantifiable: a 99 point wine is better than a 93 point wine, right? Well, that depends upon who is tasting it. Without naming names, certain critics (like, say, Parker) like really big, tannic and alcoholic wines and I don’t. So when said critic gives out a 98 point rating and praises it for its intensity, I often assume that I won’t like it as much as the 93 point wine he likes but finds too subtle. His subtle is my elegant; his intense might well be my out of balance. Nobody’s right; nobody’s wrong, but we disagree because wine is subjective.

So, if you value most a wine’s intensity, you may not love the wines I love. If, however, you think California Cabernet is most exciting when it combines the state’s lush fruit with grace, balance and even mineral notes, you might already be a fan of Laurel Glen Cabernets, grown in a remarkable place called Sonoma Mountain. The elevation, angle and aspect are such that Laurel Glen’s vineyard sees more hours of sunshine than most, but less direct heat and baking sun than other comparable spots amongst California’s favored Cabernet vineyards.

Am I justified in saying this? Like I say, it’s subjective so how could I provide you any objective evidence? Well, there is this: when we talk about balance versus intensity, we often hold up longevity and complexity as the hallmarks of such wine. Many of the best known blockbuster Cabernets seem to me less interesting a decade or two later; those with that ill-defined balance gain in character. Or so I think.

We’re offering you a chance to test all this. Bettina Sichel, owner and manager of Laurel Glen Vineyards, is coming to town to pour some Laurel Glen wines. You’ll taste the 2009 Laurel Glen (an unquestionably delightful vintage), as well as the 2009 Counterpoint, her second label blend of delicious Bordeaux varieties. The 2006 Laurel Glen will be available too; you’ll see what a few years in bottle does to Laurel Glen (maybe a bit less overtly fruity, but still youthful). But the coup de grace is that she is also bringing along some bottles of 1992 Laurel Glen to taste and to sell. Twenty-one years is a long time for any wine from any wine region. But for Laurel Glen it’s an opportunity to see what balance means and how longevity reveals the wine’s greater personality. It’s not merely older and toned down; it has taken on something other than simple fruit.

We’re lucky that Bettina is willing to come to Charlotte and pour her wines at winestore. this Saturday; we’re even happier that she has chosen to plunder her own cellar and bring us bottles of 1992. But Bettina is a real gem in the wine industry: she’s from one of the most prestigious families in winedom. Her family owns major estates in Bordeaux and Germany; her father is a legend in the wine business. She is the past general manager for Napa great Quintessa; indeed, she deserves the credit for establishing the brand at the top of the market.

But again, it’s subjective. You are the one who gets to decide the excellence of these wines. We think you’ll agree with us once you taste them.

Happy Tasting and we will see you Saturday!!

Doug Frost, MS MW
Master Sommelier & Master of Wine

40% Off Our Fastest Selling Wine...Ever

2010 Banshee "Mordecai" Red Blend



Winery Price: $25.00 (Click HERE to see)
Winestore Price: $19.99
Six Pack Price: $14.99*
SAVE 40%

*six pack price only available in store or over the phone. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We launched a pretty awesome sale on Banshee "Mordecai" back in January and apparently you guys are seriously loving this stuff. It has become our fastest selling wine...ever. That's right, we have never moved through this much wine this quickly ever before, and we're here to let you know that the sale is going to continue!!

Banshee Wines has some Charlotte roots and our original thought that this wine was a big time winner seems to have been confirmed by you, our awesome customers. What is in Modecai? Well, it is a blend of Cabernet, Syrah, Merlot, Cab Franc, Petite Verdot, Petite Sirah, Grenache, Montepulciano, Mourvedre, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir and Carignane (you read all that correctly).

Rumors of vineyard sources like Whitehawk, Alder Springs, Parmalee Hill and others let you know that the quality is there - and at a price that, by the six pack, is almost pure insanity.

Se keep up the good work, and keep drinking incredible wine at silly prices!

To order you can:

Order ONLINE by clicking HERE*

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

*six pack price only available in store or over the phone. We apologize for any inconvenience.

$6.99 and back in stock!

2010 Don Ramon Red Blend


Winestore Price: $6.99 net


Let's be honest here people...we miscalculated the extreme demand for the $6.99 Don Ramon Garnacha that we sent out last Monday. By like 100 cases. I mean, people were getting fired up!

No fear wine lovers, we just got in more (plenty more...we think) so swing by this weekend and get your inexpensive wine on!!

Like we said last week, we taste through a lot of inexpensive junk wine trying to find those $5-$7 extreme values and well, we just found one for you. At $6.99 per bottle this little beauty of Grenache and Tempranillo is going to find a few slots on our wine rack for sure! Full of fruit, soft tannins and just plain ole easy drinking is what the 2010 Don Ramon is all about, and that screams Monday night glass of wine to us.

Back in business on Don Ramon, and loving every minute of it!

To order you can:

Order ONLINE by clicking HERE

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

FREE Ladera Tasting this Saturday!

FREE Tasting this Saturday!
Saturday March 9th, 2013
2-4 pm

What are we tasting?
100% Cabernet from Ladera on Howell Mountain in Napa (2010 Vintage)
Winery Price: $60.00 per bottle
Winestore Price: $44.99 net per bottle
SAVE 25%




Doing a lot of business with certain wineries comes with perks...and the greatest perk of all is when you get to help launch a product to the general public. That is why we are pleased to be able to bring you the inaugural vintage of Ladera "Stile Block" Cabernet. You may have heard of "single vineyard" wines, or wines that are made entirely with grapes from one single location. Stile Block takes that concept to the next level, in that the grapes for this wine were taken from one single block (or portion) of one of their most prized vineyards on Howell Mountain. Vineyard blocks typically have different sun exposure, rootstocks, soils etc. and the Stile Block is one of the gems in the estate.

We tasted this wine earlier this week, and just knew we had to feature it this Saturday, for free. While not exactly what we would consider a "value" wine by any means, at $44.99 it is still at a price point we can enjoy with a good steak on a Saturday night. Oh, and the wine is ridiculously good!

Swing in this Saturday from 2-4pm, drink some amazing juice, maybe buy a bottle for your first spring cookout, and, above all else, have a great time!

More Deliciousness For $9.99 Per Bottle

2010 Espelt Garnacha Old Vines



Regular Price: $12.99
Winestore Price: $9.99 net
SAVE 23%

We taste a TON of wine (tough job, we know) around the $10 price range to try and bring you the best of the best. 90% of the time the wines we taste are not even worth mentioning. 5% of the time they are the wine equivalent of a single or a double in baseball; solid, perform well and worth the price. The other 5% of the time you get the triple or the home run; the wines that outclass their peers in the price range and really make you do a double take. We did a double take with the 2010 Espelt Garnacha...it is just a pleasure to drink for only $10 and the fact it comes from one of our favorite winemakers, Jean Marc Lafage, only enhances its street cred (I mean, this guy is on a SERIOUS roll!).

The Espelt project is only about a decade old, but it's a remarkable project in the nearly forgotten corner of Emporda on the easternmost Mediterranean coast of Spain. Among the organic vineyards there are familiar varieties like Merlot, as well as some ancient Garnacha vines (which produced this wine). This has to be considered nothing short of a remarkable value. This wine is like kryptonite to wine snobs....It's inexpensive, delicious and fun.

As always, thank you for your business and we hope you enjoy the wine!

To order you can:

Order ONLINE by clicking HERE

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662