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If you’re going to have Robert Parker or Stephen Tanzer over for dinner, selecting a wine they’ve rated highly will be a nice choice. However, when you’re buying wines for yourself, we’d love to see you find wines that match up your unique palate and pocketbook. We have a large staff of friendly and knowledgeable wine professionals that taste hundreds of wines each week. They can put you in touch with bottles that you are likely to love, often at a much lower cost than the highly-rated gems that often see a run-up in price and frequent availability issues. Like any great group of opinionated professionals, our staff has varied tastes themselves. Often our customers will find a particular staff member with a style that corresponds to their own. That concept works extremely well in our retail stores, and this section is our effort to bring you the same online. Don’t get us wrong, we love the highly rated wines from the press and will continue to offer them, but we think you’re missing out if you’re not augmenting those selections with picks from our excellent staff. Here are their favorites. (Click on a name to see their other selections - or to drop them a line.) Cheers!


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2012 Geyser Peak Sauvignon Blanc
 By: Mike Parres | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  One of California’s finest producers of Sauvignon blanc’s. A crisp, light to medium-bodied example revealing forceful, fragrant notes of melons, figs, dried herbs, and a hint of citrus, delicious, and surprisingly a great value from California!
Price: $7.99 Add To Cart WE 90
2011 Tenuta Sarno 1860 Fiano di Avellino
 By: Mike Parres | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  Haven't heard of Fiano before ? This grape is becoming very popular in the San Francisco bay area, thanks to a little restaurant called "A16", that has introduced alot of Southern Italian veritals to its patrons. A bright, fresh wine with pear, lime, lemon peel, toasted hazelnut with a mineral/salty notes on the palate, this is a very food friendly wine.
Price: $24.99 Add To Cart DC 96
1990 Mortlach 22 Year Old K&L Exclusive Chieftain's Single Sherry Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
 By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  Pungent stuff, this! The nose gives off big aromas of salty, toasted almond, brown sugar, maple syrup and caramel fudge. You might think this would then be one of the sweeter malts, but it switches up when you taste it: the contrast of the salty, rancio notes from the Sherry cask keeps the sweetness well in bounds. Still, this is a full, thick and rich dram, which comes across to me something like a pianist playing a slow, left handed vamp on the lower reaches of his instrument. Into this deep end flavor range, on the finish, comes just the slightest bit of fruity, bright, candied citron peel; a spot of sunlight beaming into a shadowed room through a torn shade. While this, of course, makes me wish we had more Mortlach, getting to sample this singular malt is well worth the price of admission.
Price: $169.99 Add To Cart
1990 Mortlach 22 Year Old K&L Exclusive Chieftain's Single Sherry Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
 By: Mike Barber | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
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  When mortlach is good- its this freaking good. This is a rich and dense bottle of pure malty deliciousness, filled with dark fruits, baking spices, and round oak flavors that coat your mouth and leave you wanting more. Put a little water in this cask strength beast- it will show you all its capable of.
Drink from 2013 to 3013
Price: $169.99 Add To Cart
2010 Hewitson "Miss Harry" Red Rhône Blend Barossa Valley South Australia
 By: Mike Barber | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
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  Hewitson is a great grower/producer who does not make his wines with the heavy handed approach popular in Australia. His are balanced and finessed wines that show what Barossa is really capable of. The Miss Harry blend is a rhone-inspired wine, unmistakably Australian in its fruit flavors, but with a bright and balanced finish and wonderful spices. Its easily one of the best deals we have for good Australia wines.
Top Value! Drink from 2013 to 2018
Price: $19.99 Add To Cart JH 94 W&S 92 JS 91
2011 Algueira Joven Mencia Ribeira Sacra
 By: Mike Barber | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
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  Mencias from ribeira sacra tend to be more elegant than their bierzo brethren. This wine is a fine example at a perfect price- bitter raspberry fruit and earth with an elegant body and light tannin.
Top Value! Drink from 2013 to 2015
Price: $14.99 Add To Cart
1990 Mortlach 22 Year Old K&L Exclusive Chieftain's Single Sherry Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
 By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  If there is one single malt I'm going to drop the cash on this year, the Mortlach has just won my first choice slot. Baking spices like cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg with caramel and vanilla. Sweet richness intertwined with a meaty saline quality. Stunningly layered and crazy drinkable. Snap it up while you can- it's a rarity worthy the splurge.
Price: $169.99 Add To Cart
Rusty Blade K&L Exclusive "Cask A" Single Barrel Cask Strength Barrel-Aged Gin 750ml
 By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  Fans of past bottlings of the Rusty Blade rejoice- this is your baby, back again! All that wonderful gingerbready goodness, clove, nutmeg and cinnamon with sweet juniper flashing through. Doesn't even really feel like Gin. Y-U-M!
Price: $67.99 Add To Cart
Rusty Blade K&L Exclusive "Cask B" Single Barrel Cask Strength Barrel-Aged Gin 750ml
 By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  Super nerdy Gin fans, this one's for you! Cinnamon, vanilla sweetness, with a funky saline-wet-sand-beach kelp thing happening. Richer mouthfeel than the "Cask A" for sure. A gin to stretch your intellect over a long afternoon!
Price: $67.99 Add To Cart
Launois "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
 By: David Driscoll | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  Absolutely delicious bubbly! Bright citrus and stonefruit right on the entry with a richness that finishes cleanly, rather than nutty or oaky. The Launois Reserve is right there with the Bonville Blanc de Blanc and Bruno Michel for best $35-ish bottle of Champagne we carry. A big step up from the Quartz, although both are the same price.
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
1990 Mortlach 22 Year Old K&L Exclusive Chieftain's Single Sherry Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
 By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
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  I had previously seen releases of Mortlach growing up in the UK but sadly had not yet developed much of a taste for Scotch. Bottlings I have had since then in the USA have been pretty underwhelming yet I remember the distillery being held in high regard by customers in London. Just the other day Mr. Driscoll presented us with this new purchase and announced it was the real deal Mortlach expression complete with heavily sherried color, texture and taste. The bottle does not disappoint. Decadently concentrated, with a rich and saturated texture. It shows alluring and complex flavors of fruitcake, dried figs, baking spices and a beautifully savory sherry induced rancio character with toasted hazelnuts that lingers on the finish.
Price: $169.99 Add To Cart
1990 Mortlach 22 Year Old K&L Exclusive Chieftain's Single Sherry Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
 By: Kyle Kurani | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  Mortlach as it was meant to be, that Diageo doesn’t see fit for the American consumer, heavily influenced by Sherry, and darn delicious. David had been raving about this, I try to remain neutral until I’ve had a chance to have it in my glass, well (and I am loathe to say this, again, but) He was right. This is one of the purest expressions of what Sherry tastes like. This isn’t sweet, like most Sherry isn’t, it is nutty, and savory, notes of roasted coffee and black walnuts, the Scotch really has been beautifully influenced by the barrel. The marriage of Single Malt and Sherry is in supreme balance, and at the apex of maturity.
Price: $169.99 Add To Cart
Absolut Elyx Single Estate Vodka 1L
 By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  The Absolut Elyx Single Estate impressed me with its effortless presence, it seemed to tease me with a hidden flavor or texture, and this hard to describe but easy to appreciate vodka changed the way that I think about the whole category. Since I tasted it yesterday with Mr. Driscoll I have not been able to stop thinking about it! Vodka is not an easy thing for a wine guy to get excited about. It is meant to be flavorless, which seems like a strange goal for something that goes in your mouth. If you have been drinking Grey Goose or Chopin and want to see what one of the world’s top producers of vodka can do when they really put their mind to it, this is bottle is a must.
Price: $49.99 Add To Cart
1990 Mortlach 22 Year Old K&L Exclusive Chieftain's Single Sherry Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
 By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  I was blown away by this malt! Finding value in over 20 year old Speyside in first fill Sherry sounds like an impossible task in today’s market, but our two David's have really done it with this Mortlach 22 Year Old. It has a deep walnut color and a rich rancio nose full of both malty sweetness and nutty Oloroso complexity. On the palate this Chieftain's bottling is giant and powerful, but opens very nicely with a little water. The finish has the rare "peacocks tail" expansiveness that only the best well aged elixirs in the world have- it goes on forever. If you don't have room for one more bottle of scotch in your cabinet, it is time to finish one, because this is not to be missed!!!!
Price: $169.99 Add To Cart
1990 Mortlach 22 Year Old K&L Exclusive Chieftain's Single Sherry Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
 By: David Driscoll | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  Finding a cask of sherry-aged Mortlach has been kind of a white whale hunt for me. In my opinion, when Mortlach is aged properly it's the best sherry aged whisky in the world - better than Macallan, Glenfarclas, Glendronach, or Balvenie. There's something deeper and more magical happening at the core of this malt that outshines the other Speysiders. There's plenty of Mortlach casks out there, but they're always the castaways - the barrels that Diageo cut loose because they were aged in refill hogsheads (barrels that add little richness and result in light, fruity, leaner whiskies). However, we fell upon this 22 year old monster in the Chieftain's warehouse and we didn't even blink when they offered it to us. I think it's the best sherry-aged whisky we have - it may be the best sherry-aged whisky we've ever had. It makes Mac 18 seem foolish and watered-down . It makes Glenfarclas seem overbearing. It makes Glendronach seem overly sweet. Balvenie can't hold a candle to this. Behold everyone - the great Mortlach. Sherry-aged perfection if there ever was such a thing.
Price: $169.99 Add To Cart
Absolut Elyx Single Estate Vodka 1L
 By: David Driscoll | Review Date: 5/15/2013 | Send Email
  I love it when a brand-oriented whisky customer comes into K&L and I get the chance to talk with them about all of the smaller independents. Nothing feels better than turning a new drinker onto the lesser-known spirits of the world. Almost nothing. There's one thing I actually enjoy even more. I really get a kick when a brand known for bulk production and cheesy gimmickry actually delivers a product that tastes good.I love it when Glenlivet makes a good whisky. I love it when Tanqueray releases a good gin. I love it when gigantic brands show that they're still capable of making something inexpensive, but tasty. Taking a page from the craft spirits movement, Absolut has answered the call for locally-sourced, "handcrafted" (whatever that means these days - in this case I think they're referring to the fact it was manually distilled on a copper still) spirits by offering one of their own. The Elix is made from all-estate (apparently Absolut owns a number of fields in Sweden) grown wheat. It's bottled in a nice package and proofed down to 42.3%, which to me means that they actually tinkered with this thing at various levels to find the one that tasted best, rather than just dropping it down to the defacto 40%. One of the best vodkas I've ever tasted - easily.
Price: $49.99 Add To Cart
1990 Mortlach 22 Year Old K&L Exclusive Chieftain's Single Sherry Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
 By: Sal Rodriguez | Review Date: 5/14/2013 | Send Email
  Upon first sip, I realized this one is not for the faint of heart(or mouth), nor for drinking "straight". Once a splash of water (maybe some ice) is added to this beauty, the nose quickly becomes quite amazing. No doubt a huge amount of toasty caramel and even some spice on the nose. This resonated with a pretty baking spice, and savory nuttiness on the palate. The finish is long, supple, and well balanced. If you should decide to splurge, this one will not let you down.
Price: $169.99 Add To Cart
2005 Leeuwin Estate "Siblings" Shiraz Margaret River
 By: John Downing | Review Date: 5/14/2013 | Send Email
  Although Leeuwin Estate is best known for their exceptional Artist Series Chardonnay, many of their other wines are often overlooked. Such is the case with this sleeper. Our initial reaction was "this is a 2005"? The wine certainly exceeds expectation as it over delivers at $14. "Siblings" Shiraz offers up a smooth, rounded palate of delicious mulberry and black plum fruit, fully ripe underlying dusty tannins and a nice touch of earthiness. It really is a terrific steal and we'll certainly be taking advantage ourselves!
Price: $13.99 Add To Cart W&S 92 ST 90 JH 89
1990 Mortlach 22 Year Old K&L Exclusive Chieftain's Single Sherry Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
 By: Shaun Green | Review Date: 5/14/2013 | Send Email
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  Granted I'm a wine guy but I do love a good single malt now and then, and the 1990 Mortlach is a fantastic bottle at a great price for this quality. Long and rich, fruitcake, spices really meaty and complex and a hands down winner. Now this is no lightweight delicate whisky, it has wonderful power and the beauty of sherry barrel ageing, with a wonderful meatiness. David finds us quite a few fantastic gems and this is another winner!
Price: $169.99 Add To Cart
2006 Launois Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
 By: Jim Barr | Review Date: 5/14/2013 | Send Email
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  Produced from an old vine, mid-slope South facing vineyard, this powerful wine provides tons of opulent yeasty, nutty characteristics on the nose that transcend its impressively complex, rich, lush, and deep flavors with incredible structure and a finish that defines Champagnes that are three to four times this price. The Bean has informed me that, without a question, we need to have a case of this Gem in our cellar, now! 12.0% ABV
Drink from 2013 to 2020
Price: $49.99 Add To Cart
Launois "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
 By: Jim Barr | Review Date: 5/14/2013 | Send Email
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  Produced from Chardonnay [obviously, since it is “Blanc de Blancs”], this amazing Gem throws tons of yeasty, nutty, creamy fruit at you both in the nose and on the palate, with brilliant complexity, and a lush, broad, and rich finish. The Bean has ordered me to bring at least one case of this home for our consumption in the next one to three-plus years. I will probably bring home more than that. 12.0% ABV
Drink from 2013 to 2018
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
2012 Kalinda Rheingau Riesling Qba
 By: Jim Barr | Review Date: 5/14/2013 | Send Email
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  Lush aromas of jasmine to white peach underscored by a wet river stone to slate-like minerality define the very serious bouquet of this lovely wine that was created by our German Wine Buyer, Eric Story [his third such creation in three years], which is a not quite a Tröcken nor a Halb-Tröcken, but somewhere in between those styles. Incredible structure and depth of character on the palate, this Gem is off-dry, yet refreshing and bright due to its excellent acid levels and presentation of superb Riesling fruit. According to Rusty, this very serious Gem is one of the best buys in the store and he has informed me that we need at least several cases of this wonderful wine. 11.5% ABV
Drink from 2013 to 2018
Price: $11.99 Add To Cart
2008 Cantine Ascheri Barolo
 By: Greg St. Clair | Review Date: 5/14/2013 | Send Email
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  This is a beautiful expression of the 2008 vintage in Barolo and that vintages is turning out to be one of my favorite vintages in recent years. The wines are balanced, full of classic aromatics and flavors yet showing enough character and complexity in a drink now wine that would satisfy most Barolo lovers and still show flavors that are reminiscent of bygone decades. This Ascheri is elegant, I mean by that it has grace not that it is lightweight, ok by Paso Robles standards it isn't a "BIG" wine but certainly full-bodied, yet doesn't have the mouth searing tannins of Barolo past. Perfect accompaniment to Risotto with Porcini or Barolo al Brasato (Pot Roast).
Drink from 2013 to 2025
Price: $29.99 Add To Cart JS 91 WS 89
2012 Geyser Peak Sauvignon Blanc
 By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 5/13/2013 | Send Email
  With summer a short ways off, this crisp, affordable Sauvignon Blanc answers the call of warm days and backyard grilling parties, picnics, and the like. Light and refreshing, with green melon, citrus, and a dash of herbs, this could either make a good foil to, say, grilled shrimp, or serve as a nice, straightforward, juicy, "cocktail" wine.
Price: $7.99 Add To Cart WE 90
2009 Joya Sonoma County Chardonnay
 By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 5/13/2013 | Send Email
  For under ten dollars, in a domestic Chardonnay with no overt oak, this is worthy of consideration. While the nose is a little short, on the palate it packs plenty of flavor, ranging from blossom, apple and orange, to honeyed, waxy notes. The thick texture is cut, on the finish, as the underlying acidity pops out, keeping things lively.
Price: $9.99 Add To Cart
2012 Geyser Peak Sauvignon Blanc
 By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 5/13/2013 | Send Email
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  This is a great little buy for domestic Sauvignon Blanc or for any affordable white wine, in fact. It has a very pleasant floral nose with hints of nectarine and herbs. Simple, clean and fresh on the palate with generous acidity, lemon-lime notes and just a hint of melon.
Price: $7.99 Add To Cart WE 90
2002 Bruno Michel "Cuvee Millésime" Brut Champagne
 By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 5/13/2013 | Send Email
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  As with all Bruno Michel's wines this is very interesting. He works Biodynamically and the wines are generally slightly on the esoteric side. The nose of this wine has an intriguing Pecorino cheese note, a touch of saline character that also shows through on the palate. It has bright green apple and citrus notes wrapped with some more toasty rich hazelnut character showing on the finish. Complex and intriguing, more of a food orientated wine than a simple sipper. Enjoy!
Price: $59.99 Add To Cart
Franck Bonville "Belles Voyes" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
 By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 5/13/2013 | Send Email
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  I don't think there is anything I can say about this wine that Gary or my colleagues haven't already said yet I feel compelled to review it. Hands down my favorite Champagne in the store. Even when you take much more expensive wines into account it's hard to say that considerably more cash gets you any improvement in quality.
Price: $67.99 Add To Cart WS 91
2004 Launois "Spécial Club" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
 By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 5/13/2013 | Send Email
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  Special wine and not just in name! As with all Special Club bottlings this comes from Launois' top parcels of vines. The wine has extra time on the lees which not only enhances its depth and quality but also gives the wine great oxidation resistance to allow for extended cellaring. The vibrant acidity of the 2004 vintage gives energy and life to this wine that is simply a delight to drink now and will only get better with time.
Drink from 2013 to 2023
Price: $59.99 Add To Cart
2012 Zudugarai "Amats" Getariako Txakolina
 By: Joe Manekin | Review Date: 5/9/2013 | Send Email
  Do you love unoaked, dry white wines? This is textbook, deliciously crisp, slightly fizzy, bone dry txakoli! One of my favorite wines to drink in summer, I have in the past always been happy to pay the piper for these delicious, mineral, yet ultimately uncomplicated and refreshing whites. Now that we import this one directly though, I think I've found a new go to summer white (though I'm sure I'll be drinking this in the winter as well, with oysters, dungeness crab, pan fried trout...). A by the case purchase for me and probably for staff as well; buy some before we drink it all.
Price: $12.99 Add To Cart
2012 Zudugarai "Amats" Getariako Txakolina
 By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 5/9/2013 | Send Email
  This succulent wine made a big impression on me when I tasted it today. Something this refreshing, clean and easy to drink seems like it should come with a warning label that reads: "Caution this wine is easy to get carried away with"! I can imagine pairing it with tapas, or just with a warm summer day. It is fantastic and a great deal!
Top Value!
Price: $12.99 Add To Cart
2009 Tatomer "Vandenberg" Santa Barbara County Riesling
 By: Chiara Shannon | Review Date: 5/9/2013 | Send Email
  If you desire a richer style, the botryized and off-dry 2009 “Vandenberg” is more generous and rich in the mouth than the 'Kick On Ranch', yet still gorgeous and vibrant. It's laden with lush tropical and lychee fruit aromas and a flavors and a finish that lingers...perfect for spicy exotic fare or a sumptuous fruit dessert. Very impressive form for Riesling from as unexpected a locale as Santa Barbara! Graham Tatomer is a winemaker to watch.
Price: $23.99 Add To Cart RP 91 ST 90
2009 Pyramid Valley Vineyards "Calvert" Pinot Noir Central Otago New Zealand
 By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 5/8/2013 | Send Email
  Beautiful red currant, red cherry, raspberry, cassis, black plum, graphite, & spice with medium plus acidity and fine, well-integrated tannin. Elegant and graceful, I want to sit and linger with this wine all afternoon.... Simply stunning.
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart ST 92 RP 91
2009 Pyramid Valley Vineyards "Howell Family" Cabernet Franc Hawkes Bay New Zealand
 By: Jim Chanteloup | Review Date: 5/8/2013 | Send Email
  Loir Valley comes to New Zealand? Although a bit riper and more generous in body, the PVV "Howell" vineyard Cabernet Franc shows notes of iron, sweet beets, dark red fruits, and a hint of bell pepper that is classic to many a Loir Valley Cabernet Franc. On the palate there is good structure with supporting acidity and very good length. Tradition meets the modern world.
Price: $28.99 Add To Cart RP 91
2012 Bieler Pere et Fils "Sabine" Coteaux d'Aix en Provence Rosé
 By: Jacques Moreira | Review Date: 5/8/2013 | Send Email
  Fun, with lot's of crispy raspberry, peaches and currants. Just delicious to enjoy on a hot day.
Price: $11.99 Add To Cart
2009 Pyramid Valley Vineyards "Calvert" Pinot Noir Central Otago New Zealand
 By: Jim Chanteloup | Review Date: 5/8/2013 | Send Email
  The "Calvert" vineyard Pinot from PVV shows a bit more deeper fruit profile and broader shoulders typical of the Bannockburn sub-region in Central Otago compared to the Cowley in Marlborough. There's a lovely bouquet of smokey dark plum, Asian spice, flat cola,a hint if anise and dried tangerine peel. On the palate the wine is seamless in its balance with juicey acidity, velvety supple tannis and a dusting of coco powder. Everything come together in perfect order with a long persistent and complex finish. Gorgeous.
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart ST 92 RP 91
2009 Pyramid Valley Vineyards "Cowley Vineyard" Pinot Noir Marlborough New Zealand
 By: Jim Chanteloup | Review Date: 5/8/2013 | Send Email
  The Cowley Pinot from PVV "sings" with black cherry, raspberry, clove, cedar, sandlewood, dried orange peel, earth, forest floor and a light meaty note.On the palate the wine is deftly balanced with ripe fine tannins and a fine length. If you haven't had the Pinot Noirs from Pyramid Valley Vineyards, this is a great introduction to their style.
Price: $29.99 Add To Cart ST 91 RP 90
2009 Tatomer "Kick-On Ranch" Santa Barbara County Riesling
 By: Chiara Shannon | Review Date: 5/8/2013 | Send Email
  The 2009 Tatomer “Kick-On Ranch” Santa Barbara County Riesling convinved me this guy knows his Riesling. With pure lime, peach and stone fruits, bracing acidity, and fine mineral framing, this is high caliber stuff that will complement a variety of dishes.
Price: $28.99 Add To Cart
Launois "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
 By: Shaun Green | Review Date: 5/7/2013 | Send Email
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  There's not a lot more to say about this one, it a no-brainer! Grand Cru Champagne of this quality at this price is just not to be missed.
Price: $34.99 Add To Cart
1999 York Creek Spring Mountain District Meritage
 By: Bryan Brick | Review Date: 5/7/2013 | Send Email
  At some point last year I was sitting at my desk thinking about some of the wines I’ve had from what I believe to be truly great wineries in the fine state of California. One of these great wineries that kept popping into my head was York Creek. The saddest part is that I hadn’t carried the wine for a couple of years due to lack of distribution. So I picked up the phone and made a call, long story short James Beard Award winner, beer icon, owner of York Creek Vineyards and an all around great man Fritz Maytag was at my desk a couple of weeks later showing me the lineup from his estate high upon Spring Mountain. From that meeting a fruitful business relationship developed which began with us selling almost 300 cases of the highly touted 2007 Estate Cabernet, followed by the possibly even more popular 2004 Estate Cabernet that flew out the doors during the Holidays of 2012. Well we’ve gone back to the well once again and found another true gem at a completely ridiculous price. We recently tasted every vintage, minus the 1998 which they did not make, between 1994 and 1999 of the Estate Meritage. What we found was amazing, all of the wines were wonderful in their own vintage specific way but we really loved the 1999 vintage. I feel like this vintage is really at its apex right now and is a wonderful example of an old wine with plenty of freshness and life. Sure there are some secondary notes of tobacco, sandalwood and mint in the nose and of course the tannins here are polished to a fine patina but this is insanely drinkable and full of fresh red fruits and a deep set forest driven spice that only Spring Mountain can deliver. Add that all up, plus you get a wine that is almost 15 years old, for $24.99 and this maybe the bargain of the year.
Price: $24.99 Add To Cart
1995 Miltonduff 18 Year Old K&L Exclusive Signatory Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml Pre-Arrival
 By: David Driscoll | Review Date: 5/7/2013 | Send Email
  Lots of Bourbon-cask style action going on with this Miltonduff. Wood spice, burnt sugar, lots of round fruit with vanilla overtones. Then there's a rather herbacous note on the finish that adds an earthy character on the back end. This is just delicious. I know it's from Miltonduff, a distillery whose whisky mostly goes into Chivas blended goods, but if you're not interested in big names or collectable bottles you're getting mature, 18 year old, full proof hooch that tastes great for a great price. That's all we can ask for anymore, right?
Price: $69.99 Add To Cart
1995 Imperial 17 Year Old K&L Exclusive Signatory Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml Pre-Arrival
 By: David Driscoll | Review Date: 5/7/2013 | Send Email
  For anyone who is still nursing that last sip of the 1992 Bladnoch we bottled back in 2011, have no fear of finishing that final gulp. We've got you totally covered. Imperial is an old Allied Distillers distillery that was closed in 1998. It was purchased in 2005 by Pernod Ricard, but never reopened. In 2013 the buildings were demolished and plans to build a new "Imperial" distillery on the same site were announced. What we've got in this bottle is some of the last juice from the original facility. This whisky is all sweet fruit, vanilla, jelly beans, and wood oils. Lots of unsherried roundness going on. Delicious, fun, and easy to drink. Perhaps a bit too easy.
Price: $69.99 Add To Cart
1999 York Creek Spring Mountain District Meritage
 By: Keith Wollenberg | Review Date: 5/7/2013 | Send Email
  This represents a terrific value in a mature California Cabernet. If you are a fan of the modern fruit bomb style, skip this one. But, if like me, you love more classic , focused Cabernets, with a bit of earthiness, and elegant texture and mature aromas, then this is your cup of wine, so to speak. I reccomend it with a nice grilled steak on the barbecue, or a smokey Portabello mushroom with olive oil and pepper, if you are of the vegetarian bent. The combination will richly reward you for a modest sum.
Price: $24.99 Add To Cart
1999 York Creek Spring Mountain District Meritage
 By: Melissa Smith | Review Date: 5/7/2013 | Send Email
  Quite possibly one of the most perfect wines being offered. A wine that had been allowed to develop and age for fourteen years, that has incredible balance, fruit, acidity, well integrated tannins, and a finish that goes on and on. Fine cherries with single origin cocoa powder, and a touch of spice.
Price: $24.99 Add To Cart
2010 Finca Decero "Remolinos Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon Mendoza
 By: Joe Manekin | Review Date: 5/7/2013 | Send Email
  Finca Decero is a relatively new project, but one that has already earned some glowing press, including the aforementioned review from Neal Martin as well as some praise from Jancis Robinson. This cab is both polished and fruity, yet balanced and true to the grape variety as well. A subtle, appealing leafy note weaves its way between layers of red and dark cherry fruit, baking spices and well integrated oak. While this may seem like cliché at this point for top quality cab producers outside of Napa, it bears repeating here: you will not find a Cab nearly as good as the Finca Decero at this price in Napa!
Price: $14.99 Add To Cart RP 91
2010 Fromm "Clayvin Vineyard" Pinot Noir Marlborough New Zealand
 By: Jim Chanteloup | Review Date: 5/6/2013 | Send Email
  The Clayvin shows great depth and concentration with a bouquet of dark plum, black cherry, earth ,mineral a hint of mocha and baking spices. On the palate there is a cloak of fine ripe tannins that drape the core of fruit with good structure that will reward cellar time.Very impressive.
Price: $40.99 Add To Cart RP 92 JS 91
2008 Three Rings Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia
 By: Jim Chanteloup | Review Date: 5/6/2013 | Send Email
  The 2008 Three Rings Shiraz has a bouquet that offers notes of briary black raspberry, dark Cherry, bittersweet chocolate, roasted coffee and earth. On the palate, darker fruits emerge that while rich and ripe are supported by good acidity and framed by soft silky tannins.There is a hint of cool mint in the ample finish. This is one for your mixed grill selections this summer and a fine value.
Price: $12.99 Add To Cart WE 91 WS 90
2012 Abbaye Saint Hilaire Coteaux Varois en Provence Rosé
 By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 5/4/2013 | Send Email
  Strawberry, mineral, cranberry quaffable goodness! Hello, refreshment! Yes, please!
Price: $13.99 Add To Cart
2012 Giuliano Pecorino Terre di Chieti
 By: Chris Miller | Review Date: 5/4/2013 | Send Email
  Pecorino is a delicious white wine from the east coast of Central Italy. It reminds me a lot of Viognier (peach blossom, apricot and yellow plum aromas) but with much more acidity and crispness on the palate. This wine would be perfect to sip well chilled on it's own as the days get progressivly warmer or with some light fare like salads, white fish, or lighter preparations of chicken (or, as would be fitting, some Pecorino cheese!). Lovely little bottle of wine and highly reccomend you check it out. CM
Price: $14.99 Add To Cart
2012 Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan Pre-Arrival
 By: Ralph Sands | Review Date: 5/3/2013 | Send Email
  ** Established in 1525! The 64% Merlot in the blend pretty much tells the story of 2012. They started to pick the Merlot on Sept 17th and in good conditions. This wine is so delicious, rich but not heavy and seriously grapey. This wine is perfectly extracted with a lovely long finish. I love it.
Price: $369.99 Add To Cart WE 96-  98 JS 96 WS 93-  96
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