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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! |
Reviews
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
By: Carlo Delgado | Review Date: 11/4/2026 | Send Email
By: Carlo Delgado | Review Date: 11/4/2026 | Send Email
I love a good Barolo that leans towards the savory, earthy side, and that is exactly what this wine showcases. Delicious flavors of soft plums, dark cherries, with developed, intriguing notes of laurel, tobacco leaf, tajin, and a touch of paprika. An excellent bottle of wine!
Price:
$34.99
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
By: Aaron Hughes | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Aaron Hughes | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
This is just such a really pretty and alluring nose, that is just drawing me in deeply, almost like a siren song. It's just so pretty and pure fruited, lots of cherry and raspberry, backed by a touch of tomato leaf and some neutral barrel roundness. The palate is really beautiful, the tannins are soft and pretty ready, and there's this wonderful line of acidity pushing through the whole thing. The fruit is bright and very freshly ripe, raspberry, cherry, a little bit of pomegranate. This is exactly what you want when you're coming in for a bottle of ready to drink Barolo, and it's coming at you for less than you'll find a lot of declassified wines from the region. This is going to be a go-to recommendation from me until we sell out of this, it's just that good.
Price:
$34.99
Launois "Quartz" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
We can never get enough Launois Quartz at K&L. Unfortunately; the production is limited as Bernard Launois only has so many grapes each year in the great Mesnil plot of Les Chetillons. Having access to single vineyard, estate, grand cru Champagne from one of the best growers in the region at such a fair price makes me proud to be the Champagne guy at K&L. If you look around for other producers Chetillons, it is almost always made as vintage and is always way over $100! This wine has a fabulous white fruit quality that few Champagnes get at any price, and a chalky laser beam finish that is pure Mesnil. No Champagne we carry sells out faster!
Price:
$49.99
2017 Launois "Helia" Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Gary Westby | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
Price aside, this is one of the best bottles of Champagne at K&L. This wine comes from the same ancient massal selected vines that made their special club in the past, and is also made the same way- in enamel lined iron tanks in their cellar in Mesnil. 2017 is a fantastic vintage for Chardonnay, and this is a top notch example of the success that variety had in Champagne. Not only is the wine full of rich brioche and generous citrus, its fabulous texture and complexity is balanced by bright refreshment and definitive chalky minerality. Not only will it drink great tonight, it will improve for at least a couple of decades in good storage. Don't miss this one!
Price:
$79.99
2023 Domaine Bart Marsannay Rouge "Les Ouzeloy"
By: Walden Pemantle | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Walden Pemantle | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
The 2023 Ouzeloy leads with an impressively complex nose of ripe red cherry, fragrant vanilla, toasted wood, and smoke. Sinking into the midpalate, there is black tea, earthiness, and fine tannins over the medium body. In all, this is an ambitious and serious Marsannay that shows well young, but should develop even more complexity over the next five years.
2019 Mastroberardino "Stilema" Fiano di Avellino Riserva
By: Michele Gargani | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Michele Gargani | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
A masterclass in tension, pedigree, and chiseled volcanic architecture from Campania’s benchmark historic house. On the nose, it opens refreshingly vibrant and electric: crisp Granny Smith apple, honeydew melon, wild fennel pollen, and a subtle touch of green apple hard candy that stays laser-focused and dry.
On the palate, it delivers graceful, weightless precision, nothing is out of place. The mid-palate carries a medium-light frame, but don't let the initial lift fool you: beneath the surface lies a sneaky structural depth and a high-tensile, lip-smacking acid spine that grips the palate like a sour punch candy, drenched in mouthwatering salinity that practically demands the next sip.
At seven years of age, this wine is barely stretching its legs. With its seamless balance of low-profile extract, waxy citrus tension, and crystalline acidity, it evolves along an aging trajectory not unlike an old-school Hunter Valley Sémillon. Terrific energy and transparency right now, but its best drinking window is easily another 5 to 10 years down the line. A stellar bottle for collectors who prize nerve, minerality, and serious cellar longevity.
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
By: Lilia McIntosh | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Lilia McIntosh | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
It's incredibly fortunate that we have ready to drink Barolo at such an affordable price. This wine is very classic and showcases all traditional Nebbiolo characteristics of red cherry, plum, tobacco and earth. It's developing nicely and certainly could be age longer, but it is very enjoyable now thanks to softer, well rounded tannins.
Price:
$34.99
2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)
By: Lacie Schwarz | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Lacie Schwarz | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
A few immediate words come to mind upon opening a bottle of the Discovery 2016 Barolo; balance, aromatics, complexity.
This wine delivers pronounced aromatics of tart cherry and cranberry that intermingle with notes of truffle, dried violets, graphite, dried herbs and a distinct "inside of a cigar box" tobacco.
The tannins are still on the high side, but have integrated into the wine, creating harmony.
Definitely ready to be drank now, but could benefit from a few additional years of bottle age.
Price:
$34.99
2022 Couhins Blanc, Pessac-Léognan
By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
The unmistakable tropical citrus fruit aroma conjures up a generous slice of tartre tatin with soft crust. The flavors of dried apricot, peach are evident, thus the salivating acidity with a long, persistent finish. Cheers! (ME)
Dornoch Distillery Redacted (Thompson) Bros 9 Year Old "TB/BSW Final Release" Blended Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
There’s simply nothing more fascinating in the whisky world than the inner workings of the big Scotch industry. From the outside, it looks like an industrial monolith of unfathomable proportions, and it’s easy to forget that the whole thing is run by people doing difficult, often dirty jobs. And people make mistakes! Sometimes someone accidentally empties a tanker of top-tier sherried single malt into a vat containing a tiny amount of young grain whisky. What can you do? In the old days, you might have ended up with a slightly better batch of Cutty Sark. Today, that malt is far too valuable to disappear into an everyday blend. Thankfully, our friends in Dornoch have excellent relationships throughout the industry and get first crack at some extraordinary parcels. Better still, they had the patience to give this one more time. While the front label says nine years, we understand that 99.999% of the contents is sherry-matured single malt from one of Scotland’s most prestigious distilleries, now aged 15 years. Incredible for $65. This is the final batch of this particular parcel, so we’ll have to wait for someone else to make a very expensive mistake before anything like it comes around again.
Shall we? The color is a vibrant burnished gold (1.1). The nose is pure oloroso: roasted nuts, oxidative depth, leather, stone fruit compote, marmalade, roasted arabica, and the wonderfully evocative scent of an old dunnage warehouse. The palate opens sweetly with dense stone fruit, mostly apricot, before an oily mid-palate delivers old-school sherry rancio. It’s less sugary and less dominated by red fruit than many modern sherry bombs, but it sacrifices nothing in character. To my palate, these flavors are closer to great old sherry itself than the overtly wine-driven profiles we encounter so often today. This is one of the best Scotch whisky deals we’ve ever offered, a truly special bottle whose quality is immediately apparent, even without knowing the improbable story behind it.
Price:
$64.99
2022 Branaire-Ducru, St-Julien
By: Ryan Moses | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Ryan Moses | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
2022 Branaire-Ducru is one of my favorite wines from the entire Left Bank in the 2022 vintage, no faint praise when considering the caliber of the vintage in question. At its heart, this is an incredible buy in collectible Bordeaux: it has the composure and caliber to stand up to peers at multiples of the price, yet is refreshingly and undeniably delicious at a price where it’s all too easy to pull corks. It’s also a great credit to François-Xavier Maroteaux and his team, who have clearly mastered the estate’s state-of-the-art winemaking facility without losing the thread of what has made Branaire distinctive across generations. For all the polish and precision of a top-tier vintage, it remains deeply of its place and quintessentially Branaire.
Full of bright red fruits throughout, there’s a viscosity to the palate that speaks to a concentrated wine, but it still comes off bright and airy, with remarkably fine tannins and a long finish that brings out a slight minerality at the end. It is so composed, and somehow retains a classic St-Julien profile. The refinement and detail are just next level. I’ve considered this a special wine since tasting it En Primeur, and it’s done nothing but confirm its status among St-Julien’s elite since then. I’m thrilled to have this in my cellar, and I think anybody with a deep stash of 2022 Branaire-Ducru will be drinking like royalty for years to come.
2024 Domaine Frantz Chagnoleau Pouilly-Fuissé "Pastoral"
By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
I love this wine! I'm a sucker for reductive Burgundy, so the gunpowder nose is right up my alley. The bottle reminds me of Meursault at a quarter of the price, and the warmer fruit character rounds out the palate. The pedigree is not to be overlooked, as until 2022, winemaker Caroline Gon made the Macon wines for Comte Lafon. These will be harder to find when the secret is out, but for now you are ahead of the curve!
2024 Samuel Billaud Bourgogne d'Or Chardonnay
By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
Billaud blends north and south in their Bourgogne D'or, utilizing fruit from near Chablis and fruit from the Macon. This brings that chalky minerality associated with Chablis and pairs it with the riper juicier fruit character of the Macon. A year on the lees gives some texture. Worth grabbing a few bottles to keep on hand!
Price:
$34.99
2025 Domaine Marcel Lapierre "Raisins Gaulois" Vin de France
By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Devin Elting | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
Always fun, this Glou Glou bottle of Beaujolais is an easy way to drink a Gang of Four producer on a Tuesday night budget. Fresh red fruit without drifting into the bubblegum character. A great picnic bottle or a delicious bottle for Friendsgiving!
Price:
$23.99
2024 Anonymous Wine Collective "Summum Bonum" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
This is perhaps the most exciting Anonymous Wine Collective release to date! The name I chose for this bottling is more than a subtle hint at the truly world-famous source of this extraordinary Cabernet Sauvignon. "Summum Bonum" is Latin for "highest good" or "highest virtue." Now, it shouldn't take too much detective work to figure out that there's a very famous place in Oakville that has historically been known by a remarkably similar name...except in Greek rather than Latin. Have you figured it out yet? I'm certainly not going to spell it out here, especially since this particular name has been the subject of some rather intense legal battles over the years. Got it now? I thought so!
That's right, this wine comes entirely from a parcel of vines in the very heart of one of the most celebrated stretches of Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard land on the planet. We're talking genuine "Grand Cru," "First Growth" pedigree here. The vines are rooted in the gravelly soils of a gently sloping alluvial fan along Oakville's western bench, at the foot of the Mayacamas Mountains. This is truly hallowed ground for Cabernet Sauvignon, a place that has produced some of the most legendary and sought-after wines in Napa Valley history.
The winemaker, who must also remain anonymous, brings decades of experience crafting exceptional wines in both Napa Valley and Bordeaux. They've been instrumental in producing wines for some of the valley's most prestigious estates, with plenty of perfect 100-point scores to their credit. Suffice it to say, the pedigree behind this bottling is nothing short of extraordinary.
But beyond the famous vineyard source and remarkable winemaking credentials, what makes this wine so special to me is the care, craftsmanship, and traditional approach behind it. This is a genuine, handcrafted labor of love, meticulously tended from vine to bottle with an unwavering commitment to quality. The artisanal techniques employed here are increasingly rare in modern Napa Valley winemaking. There's a distinctly classical, almost nostalgic character to this Cabernet that transports me back to the legendary Oakville wines of a bygone era. It's a style that speaks of the vineyard, the vintage, and the timeless character of great Cabernet Sauvignon rather than chasing the latest trends.
I can't wait to hear what you think when you pull the cork. For me, this is one of the most compelling and exciting wines we've ever had the privilege of bottling under Anonymous!
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2022 Laroque, St-Emilion
By: Ryan Moses | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Ryan Moses | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
Laroque has become one of the most exciting properties in St-Émilion in recent years, somehow flying under the radar despite its chart-topping scores and exceptional value. In 2022, they were awarded with three 97-point scores from major publications, spanning traditional and modern reviewers, rivaling cult-caliber releases from the Right Bank. The QPR here is simply astounding and certainly in rare air.
The estate's signature style is a pure, layered, and undeniably delicious expression of the Right Bank—at once weightless yet remarkably defined and deep. Aromatically, it bursts with florals, black fruit, and fresh earth, while the palate is coated in dark red tones, plum, and cherry. Bright acidity enlivens the remarkable texture, which carries both density and vibrancy. Everything is in perfect harmony, and it feels as though they've somehow raised the bar with their 2022. While this wine will benefit from another five years in bottle and evolve effortlessly over the following two decades, it's hard not to be immediately enchanted by the 2022 Laroque.
2023 Suduiraut, Sauternes (375ml)
By: Ryan Moses | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Ryan Moses | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
When Suduiraut is at the top of their game, they easily rival the very best in Sauternes. That’s been happening a lot recently, with one spellbinding release after another. Is it the case with the 2023? The professional critics certainly seem to think so, with a 100-point score from Vinous to go along with best-in-class marks from nearly everyone else. And when you consider that acclaim alongside the going rate for Suduiraut, it quickly becomes one of the best buys in fine wine.
I think this may be their best wine since the simply stunning 2015 (with the impossible-to-find 2021 in the conversation as well!). Like the best of the 2023s, Suduiraut hits that magical combination of richness and brightness—luxurious yet refreshing. Gorgeous aromatics layer stone fruit, citrus peel, and orange blossom, while the palate delivers grilled pineapple, blood orange, honey, key lime, and a thread of spice. But it’s the balance and texture that really steal the show—just the right amount of everything. Add the fact that it promises an effortlessly long, broad drinking window, and you won’t have to wait too long to get the best from the 2023 Suduiraut. For Sauternes royalty at a song, I can’t recommend this one enough. How lucky are we to be able to pull the cork on a wine this good without having to think twice?!
2023 Haut-Bergeron, Sauternes (375ml)
By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/3/2026 | Send Email
At the ideal chill 2023 Haut-Bergeron , Sauternes reveals deliciously ripe tropical fruits, dry cooked fruits coupled with an irresistible salivating level of acidity that entices you to have one more sip. Cheers (ME)
2025 Anonymous Wine Collective Santa Cruz Mountains Rosé of Pinot Noir
By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
The 2025 Anonymous Wine Collective Santa Cruz Mountains Rosé of Pinot Noir is the most wonderful, happy accident of the year!
A few months back, I visited a renowned estate winery tucked deep in the redwoods, high in the Santa Cruz Mountains, to select barrels and craft an Anonymous Pinot Noir bottling we'd been planning for quite some time. After picking out my favorite barrels and putting together a blend for what promises to be an incredible Pinot Noir (coming next month!), I spotted a small stainless steel tank labeled "25 Rosé of PN." Naturally, curiosity got the better of me, and I asked if I could taste it. I was immediately smitten!
The wine was simply stunning - an ethereal, vibrant, beautifully pure expression of crunchy, fresh Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir. So bright, delicate, and utterly captivating. I immediately asked if the wine was spoken for, and after a little friendly persuasion, managed to convince the winemaker to part with some so we could bottle it under our Anonymous Wine Collective label alongside the Pinot Noir we'd just blended. What an unexpected bonus!
Now, admittedly, this 2025 Rosé is arriving a little later than most, but to be honest, I think the wine is all the better for it. While we worked through the logistics of labels and bottling, the wine enjoyed a little extra time on its fine lees, followed by some additional bottle age. The result is a beautifully harmonious, expressive Rosé that's absolutely singing right now.
With its vibrant acidity, crystalline red berry fruit, and wonderfully refreshing character, this wine will be a perfect companion for the Thanksgiving table. But don't think for a second that its drinking window is limited to the holidays! There's more than enough freshness, energy, and verve here to carry it effortlessly through next spring and summer. In fact, I've long maintained that many of the best rosés are only just hitting their stride at this time of year, once they've had a chance to settle into themselves and develop a little more depth and complexity.
I couldn't be more excited that this chance discovery turned into another fantastic Anonymous Wine Collective release. A truly special little wine from one of my favorite California wine regions, and one that I'm absolutely stoked to share with you.
Enjoy, cheers!
Price:
$19.95
2009 Langoa-Barton, St-Julien
By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
I revisited this 2009 vintage of Langoa-Barton St. Julien 72 hours after the initial opening it. I was overwhelmed by a plummy bouquet of black fruit. This pleasant surprise was coupled with soft, elegant tannins with medium acidity. Though there were evidence of dead yeast cells, the tertiary flavors of cedar, cigar, vanilla, kept me focus on what mattered most. Cheers! (ME)
Scapa 21 Year Old Isle of Orkney Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
I've always been a bit of a Scapa fan boy. I used to think it was cool to drink the "other Orkney" distillery. But then it just kind of disappeared and the owners seemed to basically forget how special it was. Now they're back and absolutely killing it. It's COOL to drink Scapa again. So many unique stuff about this distillery from the super long ferments to the absolutely weirdo Lomond pot still, creates an absolutely stunning spirit particularly with significant age on it. Let's have a go. A dense looking burnished color (1.1). Those is bursting with rich tropical fruit -mango, passion fruit, kiwi- sweet toasted vanilla and ripe orchard fruit. With a bit of water an incredible opening occurs further deepening the dense fruit. The palate is surprisingly lifted and has a lovely bite to balance the sweet malt and fruit. This one needs time and air, maybe a tiny drop of water but not more. It's really incredible how delicious and opulent this feels and the price seems absolutely antique just like the whisky. It's also presented in a gorgeous box and is not chillfiltered which is a huge plus considering this isn't from an independent owner. I'm very into these whiskies.
Price:
$159.99
Scapa 16 Year Old Isle of Orkney Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 11/2/2026 | Send Email
Scapa has long been one of those secrets of Scotland that only the very into it Scotch people had heard of. They had an extremely delicious and affordable 14 year old for many years before going NAS only for the longest time. Now they're back with a new package and a new 16 year age statement. Bottled at a lovely 96 proof the color is deep copper (1.0). The nose is gorgeous and very full offering salted dried plum, peach skin, almond skins, old furniture, hints of salt and limestone. The palate is gorgeous with lots of fruit up front and a big rich oak spice and deep dark roasted malt moving toward the middle. This is meant to be all ex-American oak, but there's an opulence that makes me think sherry influence here, although it's extremely well integrated. On the finish the ocean-y Orkney character kicks up although there's no discernable smoke/peat to my palate. This is just very very good whisky in a lovely bottle.
Price:
$124.99
Dornoch Distillery Redacted (Thompson) Bros 9 Year Old "TB/BSW Final Release" Blended Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: Lauren Fisher | Review Date: 11/1/2026 | Send Email
By: Lauren Fisher | Review Date: 11/1/2026 | Send Email
Absolutely ridiculous value for what you're getting here. This drinks like a much more expensive single malt, with the kind of depth and richness that makes you wonder how they managed to get it into a bottle at this price. Big sherry character, great complexity, and a finish that keeps you coming back. Definitely one I'd recommend grabbing before it's gone.
Price:
$64.99
K&L Liquors' Balblair 10 Year Old Ex-XO Cognac Octaves Finished Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: Lauren Fisher | Review Date: 11/1/2026 | Send Email
By: Lauren Fisher | Review Date: 11/1/2026 | Send Email
It's getting harder and harder to find single malt Scotch at this price that actually feels special, but this one delivers. The Cognac cask finishing adds a really nice layer of sophistication without taking away from the character of the malt. Surprisingly approachable, nicely balanced, and incredibly easy to enjoy. At this price, it's the kind of bottle I'd buy two of without thinking twice.
Price:
$39.99
K&L's "Faultline" 8 Year Old Small Batch Straight Rye Whiskey
By: Lauren Fisher | Review Date: 11/1/2026 | Send Email
By: Lauren Fisher | Review Date: 11/1/2026 | Send Email
Now this is an interesting rye! I love seeing something a little different, and the combination of rye, malted barley, and Madeira finishing makes this a really fun release. It's got the age, proof, and character you'd hope for at a much higher price. A seriously impressive bottle and an easy one to recommend!
Price:
$49.99
2024 Agnes Gleizes Chablis "Emeraude"
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
WOW! It's hard to know where to start. For $28, is stupendous. This Chablis is produced exclusively for us by Agnes Gleizes and Cyril Gautheron of the Gautheron family. Coming from a parcel of 55-year-old vines, it's stupendously fresh, with excellent structure and concentration of fruit, excellent textural complexity, and a shockingly long finish. Everything about it SCREAMS $50 Premier Cru Chablis, and yet this rings it at nearly half that price.
2023 Domaine de la Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru "Clos d'Audignac"
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
The classics are classic for a reason. That's the adage that comes to mind when I think of La Pousse D'Or. Benoit Landanger makes wines built on precision, fine tannins, measured oak usage, and, quite simply, beauty! The 2023 Clos D'Audignac is the perfect embodiment of these principles. Of all the 2023s we tasted, this was the one I found truly entrancing. I'm sampling it now for the 3rd time, first at noon, and now at 6pm, and the bottle continues to unfurl new depths of enjoyment. The aromatics are gorgeously expansive and draw you in, while the palate is powerfully focused with excellent concentration, while remaining fresh all along through to a long finale. It's a wine that will reward a few years squirreled away, but can absolutely be enjoyed young, as I've been doing all day today!
2023 Domaine de la Pousse d'Or Santenay 1er Cru "Clos Tavannes"
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
The 2023 Santenay Clos Tavannes was a clear standout in tasting through a recent lineup of 2023s from La Pousse D'Or, and I couldn't help but snap up a few cases. Coming from the walled Clos of Tavannes, 1/3 of which was planted all the way back in 1929, this is youthful bottle is just beginning to show its best colors! It's full of ripe red fruits and earthen undertones. It's sleek, aromatically enrapturing, and all around delicious. What a wonderful introduction to Benoit's style of winemaking without totally crushing your monthly wine budget at our special price of $75!
2024 Lucien Lardy Fleurie "Les Roches"
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
I love a wine that's easy to love, and this is absolutely one of them. True to form, Lucien Lardy's 2024 Fleurie is wonderfully aromatic and floral on the nose, and on the palate, has a purity of fruit and wonderful energy that makes it oh-so-loveable, and oh-so-crushable. Throw a light chill on this, or serve it up for Thanksgiving!
Price:
$19.99
2023 Domaine Jean-Michel Dupré "Vignes de 1935" Morgon
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
This wine comes entirely from a single plot that sits right at the foot of the famous Côte du Py within Morgon. The vines are, as you might expect from the name, 88 years old, and lend the wine fabulous concentration of fruit! Today, it's drinking wonderfully, hinting at what makes folks think of Morgon as Beaujolais' most serious Cru with a deep core of medium dark fruit, excellent structure around the edges, and plenty of freshness through the middle. Delicious!
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$16.99
2024 Domaine Bart Marsannay Rouge
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
This is Autumn in a bottle! Domaine Bart has been a house favorite at K&L long before I became Burgundy buyer, and I'm thrilled to say they mastered the challenging 2024 vintage with this release. Fresh, airy, and fabulously open-for-business, the 2024 Marsannay Rouge is such a friendly bottle. It's full of pure, tender red fruits, and beautifully fresh aromatics of cherries and crushed red flowers. For $33, you'll be hard pressed to find better value.
Price:
$32.99
2022 Domaine Jean Chauvenet Bourgogne Rouge "Noyer du Pendu"
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
Nuits-Saint-Georges eat your heart out! This perennial overperformer from Chauvenet comes from a tremendous old vine parcel that wraps around the Chauvenet family's house inside Nuits-Saint-Georges. Winemaker Christophe Drag crafted a stunningly powerful Bourgogne Rouge in 2022 that is indicative of the vintage. Dark fruited and full of structure, this is a Bourgogne that can use a 2 hour decant, or 2-3 years in the cellar, as it's absolutely brimming with potential energy. For $45, it's one hell of a bottle!
2024 Domaine Guillaume Curveux Macon Fuisse
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
Who says Burgundy can't cost the same as a ticket to The Odyssey in IMAX 4k? At $19.99, Curveux's 2024 Mâcon-Fuissé is your bottle for the next sunny Saturday afternoon you don’t have plans: bright and tingling with fresh apple fruit and citrus peel, with bits and pieces of weight and texture just hovering around the edges.
2024 Domaine Guillaume Curveux Pouilly Fuisse 1er Cru "Les Vignes Blanches"
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
When I first tasted the Vignes Blanches from Curveux, I wrote down in my notes: "I can't decide if Premier Cru Pouilly-Fuissé of this quality shouldn't be possible at this price, or if I'm just overzealous in my first week on the job." Lo and behold, over a month, and half-a-hundred Pouilly-Fuissés later, I still haven't tasted one that struck me like this bottle did. It's a lush and doughy and superbly textured, with wonderful lift from the always-energetic 2024 vintage. A wine that you taste and are certain you’ll have to pay an arm and a leg to enjoy it, and then celebrate with a second bottle when you find out it’s under $30!
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$29.99
2023 Marie-Pierre Manciat Pouilly-Fuissé "Les Petites Bruyeres"
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Thomas Zacharia | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
I tasted the 2023 Petites Bruyères in October and was immediately struck by how it straddled the line perfectly between fresh and richness. Plenty of Pouilly-Fuissé goes heavy and sleepy once the malo rounds it out, but this keeps its posture straight and linear, with lemon curd and white peach on the nose, a creamy middle, and a finish that snaps back to stone and citrus pith. It’s the bottle for a Sunday that starts late and goes long, or for the friend who swears they don’t like oaky Chardonnay (this isn’t that)!
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K&L Liquors' Balblair 10 Year Old Ex-XO Cognac Octaves Finished Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
I love the chocolate and nutty notes of this Highland scotch. Another K&L Exclusive that delivers way above its price point in quality and drinkability. If there is such a thing as "every day" Scotch this is a contender!
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$39.99
2022 Porterhouse Atlas Peak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Ryan Woodhouse | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
This stunning Atlas Peak Cabernet comes from a single vineyard perched high in the Vaca Mountains, looking down on the Napa Valley floor thousands of feet below. Here, extremely rocky volcanic soils and steep hillside exposures produce powerful, structured wines with bold, concentrated fruit and muscular mountain tannins.
Winemaker Adam Comartin, the man behind Porterhouse Wines, has decades of experience under his belt and deep connections throughout the region. When opportunity knocks, Adam is quick to snap up exceptional fruit from top-notch vineyards for his boutique Porterhouse label. These are handcrafted, small-lot wines born from opportunistic purchases of prime fruit from some truly outstanding sites.
I actually worked alongside Adam in the cellar more than 15 years ago, and we've stayed in touch ever since. When he has a few extra cases of a wine he's looking to move, I'm always eager to jump on the opportunity! Thanks to our longstanding relationship and some incredibly sharp winery-direct pricing, we can pass along huge savings to our Insider's Advantage customers, making these wines an absolute steal!
The 2022 Porterhouse Atlas Peak Cabernet is rich, bold, and deeply fruited, with all the concentration and intensity you'd expect from this rugged mountain appellation. However, the warm finish to the 2022 growing season has resulted in a wine that's a little more plush and approachable in its youth than you might typically expect from a high-elevation mountain Cabernet. Adam's deft touch in the cellar has beautifully polished the wine, layering in a generous dollop of exotic French oak spice to complement the ripe blackberry, juicy boysenberry, dusted cocoa powder, and fragrant dried mountain herbs. There's plenty of depth and power here, but the tannins are supple and well-integrated, giving the wine a wonderfully lush, generous feel on the palate.
This is a seriously delicious, full-throttle mountain Cabernet that delivers remarkable pedigree, richness, and immediate drinking pleasure. At this ridiculous Insider's Advantage price, it's an absolute no-brainer!
Dornoch Distillery Redacted (Thompson) Bros 9 Year Old "TB/BSW Final Release" Blended Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: John Downing | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: John Downing | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
After having tasted this outstanding Scotch I was expecting it to have a far higher price point. Most of this blend is 15 years old and at $65, it's a slam dunk. This one certainly over delivers and I think, will please most Scotch lovers.
Price:
$64.99
K&L Liquors' Balblair 10 Year Old Ex-XO Cognac Octaves Finished Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: John Downing | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: John Downing | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
I was not only pleasantly surprised by the quality of this latest arrival but also amazed by the price. This is definitely one of the better Scotch values of late and the overall complexity in relation to the cost is undeniable. A great everyday value for experienced Scotch drinkers and beginners alike.
Price:
$39.99
The National Distilling Company (NDC) "Native" New Zealand Botanical Dry Gin (750ml)
By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
Of the three New Zealand gins from National Distillery Company, this one is my favorite. I love how herbal and spicy it is. The native botanicals produce wonderful and exotic aromatics and the taste is unique. These are crazy deals for the price. These gins punch way above their price point and are a PERFECT holiday gift for the gin lover on your list (and why not take a case or two for yourself?).
The National Distilling Company (NDC) "Navy Strength" New Zealand Dry Gin (750ml)
By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
We tasted three New Zealand gins from National Distillery Company, and I was amazed at how distinctive they were. The Navy Strength is a different blend of botanicals than the Dry Gin and is, of course, stronger. These NDC gins are really delicious. Do not let the price scare you. You are not stumbling into a trap. You are stumbling into the gin deal of the century. It came from blooming Middle Earth and it's $19.99!
The National Distilling Company (NDC) New Zealand Dry Gin (750ml)
By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
We tasted three New Zealand gins from National Distillery Company, and I was amazed by how distinctive they are. The Dry Gin is bursting with botanicals with juniper on center stage. Strong aromatics but somehow really light and refreshing on the palate. Perfect for any gin-based cocktail or a just a splash of tonic!
Dornoch Distillery Redacted (Thompson) Bros 9 Year Old "TB/BSW Final Release" Blended Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Philip Roufail | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
Even somebody like me - who doesn't drink a lot of Scotch - knows this is mind blowing whiskey for (what amounts to a crime) at $65. This is aged whiskey at its finest. If you were lucky enough to have the first release, you know this is a premium scotch and the blend is older, smoother, bolder, than before. Jump on the TB/BWS train while it's still at the station!
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$64.99
Michel Arnould "Acuité" Grand Cru Extra Brut Champagne
By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Marc Etienne | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
Sharp, intense sensitivity of the senses, thus the definition of "Acuite". This harmonious blend of Pinot Noir (Montagne de Reims) and Chardonnay (Cote des Blancs). To preserve freshness of fruit 80% of this wine was fermented in Stainless Steel vats and 20% in Oak Barrels, and aged on fine lees. It is creamy on the palate, with chalky mineral sensation and a salivating persistent finish. Friendly and affordable price always. Cheers! ME
Price:
$44.99
K&L Liquors' Balblair 10 Year Old Ex-XO Cognac Octaves Finished Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: Kirk Walker | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
By: Kirk Walker | Review Date: 10/30/2026 | Send Email
Elegant and balanced. The vibe on this is easy, sunny autumn afternoon, easy. The malt is present but it is the fruitiness of this that my wine brain really latches onto, it is crazy but it is almost like a spiced (lots of ginger and on other sweet warming spices) apricot preserves on to of a stone ground wheat (but not quite) craker. That fruit and spice are pronounced but they never dominate the malt in this whisky. I love the ease of this, and the price too!
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$39.99
K&L's "Faultline" 8 Year Old Small Batch Straight Rye Whiskey
By: Jess Lane | Review Date: 10/29/2026 | Send Email
By: Jess Lane | Review Date: 10/29/2026 | Send Email
What a beautiful rich nose of dried fruit, leather, and wood! Despite its high proof, the taste is warm and smooth. I got notes of cinnamon, oak and apricot. This is a rye to drink straight or in a Manhattan, whether you're in the prime booth at late night jazz club, or at home.
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$49.99
K&L Liquors' Balblair 10 Year Old Ex-XO Cognac Octaves Finished Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: Jess Lane | Review Date: 10/29/2026 | Send Email
By: Jess Lane | Review Date: 10/29/2026 | Send Email
This whisky has a lovely nose of toasted wood, spice, and apricot jam. Its's not shy when it comes to taste and opens strong but remains balanced to the end. This is a great deal and is definitely going to become my go to bottle when selecting a well-priced scotch. Despite being from Scotland, this whisky reminds me of sitting under Jeffrey Pines in the California wilderness.
Price:
$39.99
Dornoch Distillery Redacted (Thompson) Bros 9 Year Old "TB/BSW Final Release" Blended Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: Jess Lane | Review Date: 10/29/2026 | Send Email
By: Jess Lane | Review Date: 10/29/2026 | Send Email
What a treat to be able to try such fine whisky for such a great price! It has a beautiful sherry, toasted nuts, and dried fruit nose. Opens brash but leaves you with a smooth, complex, and comforting finish. Something to drink by the fire in a big leather chair.
Price:
$64.99
2022 Schiopetto M Collio Friulano
By: Michele Gargani | Review Date: 10/29/2026 | Send Email
By: Michele Gargani | Review Date: 10/29/2026 | Send Email
If you want to understand the true soul of Collio Tocai Friulano, start here. Mario Schiopetto was the architect of modern Friulian winemaking, pioneering the clean, crystalline stainless-steel style decades before the trend of orange and skin-contact wines took hold. The 2022 “M” captures that pure pedigree without compromise. It opens with striking savory complexity; notes of fresh almond, raw coffee bean, wild bay leaf, thyme, and tangerine pulp. On the palate, it strikes an immaculate balance between textural weight and mouthwatering, salty sapidity. Phenomenal length and structure make this as age-worthy as it is food-friendly. Pair it with everything from rich risotto and prosciutto to poached halibut or pork Milanese.
Dornoch Distillery Redacted (Thompson) Bros 9 Year Old "TB/BSW Final Release" Blended Scotch Whisky (700ml)
By: Lacie Schwarz | Review Date: 10/29/2026 | Send Email
By: Lacie Schwarz | Review Date: 10/29/2026 | Send Email
This is not a spirit for those who value subtlety - rich notes of orange marmalade, apricots and sultana. The baking spice notes act as a framework for the fruit - where cinnamon mingles with burnt sugar walnuts and toffee.
This spirit is a little hot, but with enough concentration of flavor to create structure and balance.
Price:
$64.99