2012 Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau
Release Price: $11.00
Winestore Price: $2.99 (net)
SAVE 73%
This is not a joke.
That is correct. No April Fools going on here...this is the 2012
Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau you bought at Harris Teeter last
November, now for only $2.99 per bottle.
Bet you did not think of Beaujolais Nouveau as a great summer wine.
Neither did we...but hey, at this price! Sangria? This stuff could be
the game changer. Maybe you want to put a little chill on it and sip it
on the back porch. Maybe you need some wine for your family reunion and
you're not bringing the $12 stuff so you can watch Aunt Debbie take down
3 bottles at lunch. Maybe you are like me and a summer sipper for $2.99
sounds just lovely.
We are just like you - when we first saw this deal we were like "What
the what?" Then we tasted...and then we bought every last bottle the
distributor had in stock. You don't have to trust us if you don't want
to - but many of you will buy this by the case (only $35) and be glad
you did!
To order you can:
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2009 Capcanes "Mas Donis"
Total Wine "Winery Direct" Price: $14.99 (Click HERE to see)
Winestore Price: $9.99
SALE Price: $6.99 (net)
SAVE 53%
SALE runs through Sunday June 30th, 2013 (or until we run out!)
There are very few wines we have carried since the day we opened seven
years ago, and Mas Donis is one of those few. I'm nuts about these guys'
wines. Capcanes is unquestionably the best co-op on the planet, and
that statement doesn't do justice to their greatness. Consider this wine
one piece of evidence. It is a blend of 85% Grenache and 15% Syrah and
may be the holy grail of inexpensive Spanish daily drinkers.
So here is one big thank you to Capcanes, for making great wine and to
YOU, our awesome customers, for your continued support of our passion. I
spent $6.99 on a milkshake at a restaurant the other day - pretty sure
this bottle of wine is a better deal :)
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
1st Annual Wine Hall of Fame
FREE TASTING AS WELL!
SALE RUNS THURSDAY JUNE 20th - SUNDAY JUNE 23rd
We like to pride ourselves on finding some really awesome inexpensive
value wines, and as we crossed our 7th Birthday on the 16th of this
month, we decided a couple of these beauties needed to be inducted into
our newly created Wine Hall Of Fame, with deals to match their status.
So we created three categories where entrants are selected - Sub $10,
$15 and $25. The ten and fifteen dollar levels will have both a red and
white wine inductee.
Something fun and different for sure - we will also be pouring these wines for FREE, this Saturday from 2pm - 4pm.
So here are our 2013 inductees!
SUB $10
Leese Fitch Cabernet
Regular Price: $11.99
Winestore Price: $9.99
SALE Price: $8.50 (net) per bottle
SAVE 29%
THIS IS IT! This is the everyday Cabernet you have been looking
for...at least we're pretty darn sure it is. Full bodied, easy drinking
and light on the pocket book...that's what we like to call a triple
threat!
Salmon Creek Chardonnay
Regular Price: $6.99
SALE Price: $4.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 29%
You've been buying this by the truckload for over three years now. Here is a chance to buy some more at a crazy price.
SUB $15
Rockus Bockus Red Blend
Regular Price: $12.99
SALE Price: $10.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 15%
This Cabernet and Zinfandel blend is made by one of our favorite
wineries in Sonoma, Gundlach Bundschu. While the winemakers want us to
talk to you about how the wine is influenced by volcanic mountains,
steak, and coastal fog (I mean, what???) we're just going to tell you
this is some damn tasty juice for $12.
Wente "Morning Fog" Chardonnay
Regular Price: $12.99
SALE Price: $8.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 31%
Wente's way with Chardonnay has always
gotten to me. There's something about their style of fat and rich fruit,
combined with clean and fresh tartness. Whether in a blind setting or
when I know what I'm drinking, I keep finding myself preferring Wente
over other, bigger names.
SUB $25
Banshee Mordecai
Regular Price: $19.99
SALE Price: $14.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 31%
Our fastest selling wine ever has to make
it into the hall, even though we have only carried it for only 6
months. This stuff is flying out the door!
2010 La Tarasque Cotes du Rhone
Release Price: $21.99
Winestore Price: $14.99 (net)
SAVE 31%
Lowest Price In The USA!
Aaron Pott may be the hottest winemaker in California right now. His
projects include but are not limited to Blackbird, Stagecoach, Seven
Stones, Quixote, Fisher, Bello and Jericho Canyon. So when we heard he
was producing a Cotes du Rhone from the super hyped (and well deserved)
2010 vintage we were like "Oh snap we are all over this!". Then we found
out it was going to be $22.00 and we were like "Oh snap that's a little
too rich for us!" So we held out....and now they have come back to us
with the wine price directly in our kill zone (funny how that works),
and we were like "Oh snap let's get a newsletter out immediately!"
$14.99 for this rich, decadent and delicious Grenache and Syrah blend
is a steal. Is it worth $22? Maybe, a lot of people sell it for that
price. Is it worth $14.99? Absolutely zero question about it. At this
price we will drink all of it if you don't. It also doesn't hurt that
this may be one of the better packages we have seen on an inexpensive
wine in a long time.
So get movin'...we drink fast :)
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
2012 Lafage Miraflors Dry Rose
Wine.com Price: $18.99 (Click HERE to see)
Winestore Price: $14.99
SAVE 21%
LAST CALL!
This is it....the last drop of 2012 Lafage Miraflors rosé
will arrive tomorrow. Good news is - we got more than we expected,
about 64 cases. Bad news is - this is all we get until April of 2014.
Here is what we wrote to you when received our first drop of this wine:
Listen up people...we are laying it down on the line with this wine. If you love dry rosé during the warmer months, and you do not buy a case of this stuff to sip on all summer long, you might be out of your mind. The 2012 Lafage Miraflors Rosé is a game changer in our opinion. Dry rosé
is the flavor of the moment, and southern France is the style’s
birthplace and homeland. A refreshing blend of Mourvedre and Grenache
Gris, this lovely lady is more complex than most any dry rosé you’ve ever had....
You have been warned. Trust us when we tell you, you are going to want this wine at your 4th of July cookout!
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
Father's Day Tasting!
Saturday June 15th, 2013
11am - 8pm
ALL DAY LONG!
Featuring:
2010 La Peira
2011 Caymus Cabernet (new vintage!)
2009 Petrolo Galatrona
2009 Closa Batllet 5 Partides
2010 Saxum Broken Stones
2009 Mustiguillo Quincha Corral
2010 AALTO PS
They
say that men are better than woman at math, but then the people who
usually say that are men. Go figure. When it's comes to figuring, we're
told that men are better with numbers, with figures (I feel a pun coming
on but I'm going to back away quietly from that one), that there is
something about the certitude of numerical depiction that appeals to a
man. Or maybe that men are just obsessed with numbers: .300 batting
averages, 50 quarterback ratings, triple doubles or maybe even a 5
handicap.
Maybe this is why the 100-point system appeals to so many men. Despite
the inherent ambiguity of wine (it changes, some people like certain
styles more than others), there is something so reassuring about knowing
that the god of wine has assigned it a number and now you know that
your cellar has thirty 95 point wines and above (and that you still
don't have a 100 point wine notched on your bedpost, I mean gun).
Fret not, gentlemen, numbers mean nothing! Taste is everything (like the
beer commercial says); so why not enjoy Father's Day weekend tasting
some of the most delicious wines any father (or son of a father) could
hope to taste?
For starters, we have one of my obsessions: 2010 Bodegas AALTO PS;
the brainchild of Mariano Garcia (the genius for more than a quarter
century behind Vega Sicilia) and Javier Zaccagnini, poster child for how
the wine business is filled with the nicest, smartest people. The wine
represents everything that is wonderful but challenging about new
Spanish wine: a traditional, even ancient grape (Tempranillo) made in an
utterly modern style – tons of new French oak, color and extract. A
reasonable first response might be to consider this wine “international”
in style, but the character of the Ribera del Duero region and Spain’s
noblest grape are integrated into this bold, gentle giant.
If Ribera del Duero represents Spain’s most elegant iteration, then
Priorat is its big, raunchy brother, farting and pinching all the girls.
2009 Closa Batllet Five Partides is an all Carinena
behemoth that has the richness one expects from the moonscape vineyards
of old vines Priorat. The Carinena grape is now on the wane in Priorat,
but the old timers still believe in it, especially when the vines are
fifty plus years old. Something happens that isn’t readily available
with younger vines: weight and seriousness are accumulated, just like
with guys.
The 2009 Quincha Corral is a more genial, affable wine,
it could be argued: the Bobal grape is a delightful fruit bomb, if
wholly unknown outside of a handful of vineyards in southern Spain. The
world shall soon know of its greatness, but until then you get to be the
smartest person in the room. Bodegas Mustiguillo is the king of Bobal
and one of the greatest estates of southern Spain.
Spain isn’t the sole province for new discoveries, even if it has an
overwhelming advantage by sheer numbers. Places in the U.S. are still
very much in transition: Paso Robles is still finding where its best
sites can be best focused upon the region’s many grapes. Rhone
varieties, in the hands of wineries like Saxum, ought to be on your
short list. The 2010 Saxum Broken Stones bottling
(Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre and a touch of Petit Sirah) has garnered
high praise from mainstream critics, and the cool vintage of 2010
created wines that appeal to rogue writers like me. Everybody wins.
And as Spain has improved its game immeasurably, southern France, awash
in the same grapes, climate and soils, ought to be doing the same; and
they are. We're going to be pouring the wine that has most recently made people rethink everything they think they know about Languedoc: 2010 La Peira.
Comprised of the grapes that are de rigeur in the southern Rhone, La
Peira offers Grenache and Syrah in fascinatingly rich form. You deserve a little seduction in your life, even if you’re not the one initiating it.
The Italians have their own skills in this arena: the 2009 Petrolo Galatrona is a Merlot of almost Napa voluptuousness, but with greater manners. And speaking of Napa, anyone care for Caymus? The 2011 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon
is from a cool vintage that will take years to show what it's capable
of showing: intensity subdued by elegance. I may seem to denigrate the
bigness of so many California wines (just because so many of them have
nothing but size going for them), but size isn't everything, and some of
my favorites offer balance in addition. Best of all, the wines we're
tasting this weekend for Father's Day are worth many, many points. How
many points? Well, that's up to you. You're the numbers man.
Happy tasting and we'll see you Saturday!
Doug Frost, MS MW
Master Sommelier & Master of Wine
2012 Niel Santofimia Garnacha
Release Price: $11.99
Winestore Price: $7.99 (net)
SAVE 33%
This wine has notes of saddle leather, forest floor, pencil
shavings....I'm just kidding. Don't you hate when people talk like that?
Friends, rest assured when we bring you a wine for only $7.99 it is
going to be a show stopper amongst a sea of floating garbage. Are we
here to try and tell you that this is the best bottle of wine you will
ever drink? No we are not...we'll save that kind of hyperbole for some
big name publications that shall not be named. What we are here to tell
you is that for the price of a large BBQ plate at Bill Spoons you can
have yourself an entire bottle of wine that pairs well with all days and
nights that end in Y. Rich fruit, easy drinking and a cork that does
not get stuck. Check, check and check!
We brought in 112 cases of this gemstone for you, because we are pretty
sure this is not going to be a vino you buy by the bottle. I mean think
of all the possibilities....wedding, having family in town, going over
to friends for dinner, cooking burgers on the grill, you had a bad day.
This wine goes with everything!
We hope you enjoy it as much as we do - and as always, THANK YOU for your business!
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 Caymus Special Select Blind!
Saturday June 8th, 2013
11am-8pm
All Day Long!!
Featuring 2010 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet
Can we find you a $15 wine that tastes as good as a $100 wine? Is it possible?
Time to bring out one of the big boys of California Cabernet production
in our 6th Annual Caymus Special Selection Blind Tasting! Tough to
forget that back in January our Silver Oak blind tasting produced a
superstar winner in the 2010 Gundlach Bundschu Mountain Cuvee
- an $18.99 epic value that beat out competition at an average bottle
price of $35. It almost seems unfair to all the big boy Cabs out there; I
mean a Maserati is supposed to go faster than a Kia, and a $100 wine is
supposed to taste better than a $25 one. Right? Well, maybe not. A
wine's success isn't measured in MpH, it's measured in the taste that is
transferred from the glass to your mouth. If you don't know the price,
can't see the label, and can't hear someone waxing poetic 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 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet" this Saturday. It's
simple really. The wines will all be tasted blind on our tasting
machines. One of them will be the new 2010 Caymus Special Selection
Cabernet 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 Caymus, then great, if not, well that's OK too. You may be
surprised as to what your favorites actually are.
We hope to see you Saturday - these are always fun events!
2011 Silver Palm Cabernet
Regular Price: $15.99
Winestore Price: $12.99 (net)
SAVE 19%
Yes, we have been running a lot of deals lately on Grenache, Syrah,
Tempranillo, Petite Sirah, Zinfandel and others. What about the Cabernet
lovers? Where are the deals?! Well, we found a good one for you. Silver
Palm is not a hard to find wine. We're pretty sure it is on the "by the
glass" list at every steakhouse in North Carolina and for good reason -
this is some pretty darn tasty Cabernet. For $12.99, it really darn
tasty. Take into account the winery sells this wine for $22.00 on their
website and we have a winner!
So if you're looking for a great deal on a great Cabernet, this is the
one you have been waiting for! BBQ this weekend? Perfect. Burgers
tonight on the grill? Amazing match? Watching three hours of Arrested
Development on Netflix and need something to pair with it? Silver Palm
needs to be your 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
