2020 Cadence, Coda — Winemaker Ben Smith is known for crafting some of the most elegant, complex, and ageworthy wines in Washington, with a focus on estate and single-vineyard blends of Bordeaux grapes. Continue reading
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Specialty Club – August 2022
2017 Mastroberardino, Taurasi, “Radici,” $64
Winery Info: The Mastroberardino family has been growing and producing wine in southern Italy’s Campania region since the mid-18th century. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – August 2022
2020 Simpatico Cellars, Fanatic Albariño — As many of you know, Simpatico was founded by our wonderful former shop intern, Cassie Wistrom, along with two classmates from their time at the Wine Academy at South Seattle College. Continue reading
Specialty Club – July 2022
2019 Domaine Borgeot, Santenay, Clos de la Comme-Dessus, $52
Winery Info: Brothers Pascal and Laurent Borgeot oversee their namesake domaine, originally founded by their great grandfather, in the small Burgundian commune of Remigny. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – July 2022
2019 Cantina Tombacco, Pecorino Terre di Chieti — Cantina Tombacco dates back to 1919, when Giovanni Battista Tombacco began to focus on winegrowing on his farm in Italy’s northern Veneto region. Continue reading
Specialty Club – June 2022
2016 La Fiorita, Brunello di Montalcino, $71
Winery Info: La Fiorita was established in 1992 in Montalcino, Tuscany by Roberto Cipresso, a rising star winemaker. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – June 2022
2020 Mylonas, Savatiano — Mylonas is a tiny, self-described “micro winery” in Attica, north of Athens in Central Greece. Continue reading
Specialty Club – May 2022
2017 Cantina del Pino, Ovello, Barbaresco, $60
Winery Info: This estate in northwest Italy’s Barbaresco region has been producing wine for over 100 years. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – May 2022
2020 Tre Donne, Donna Chiara Arneis — Back in the 1980s, sisters Antonella, Rosanna, and Daniella Lequio had to work hard to convince their reluctant and skeptical father that they could take over the family winery (rather than “just marry a good winemaker”). Continue reading
Specialty Club – April 2022
2018 Bodega Catena Zapata, Catena Alta Historic Rows Malbec, $54
Winery Info: This iconic Argentinean winery dates back to 1902 when Italian immigrant Nicola Catena planted his first Malbec vineyard in the Andean foothills of Mendoza. Continue reading
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