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  2019 Brunellos: The Hottest Wine Releases on the Market Right Now!

  Posted: October 11, 2024

  Did you know that 2019 Brunellos are the hottest wine releases on the market right now?!? This is the vintage that everyone has been waiting for, and it’s already very highly sought-after. There is so much excitement around the 2019s!

  Brunello is one of the best values in fine wine that you can find, and we have over 60 wines from the A+ 2019 vintage available at various price points. We have so many top name producers that consistently produce amazing wines, year after year. Lots of high scores in the 2019 Brunello category, too!

  2019 is one of those vintages that is just beautiful, forward, and it’s drinking great already. According to Italian wine expert, Kerin O’Keefe, she has “…never tasted so many drop-dead-gorgeous young Brunellos from a single vintage.” She confesses that many of the best wines stopped her in her tracks, generating that “…magical moment when everything

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  Sette Ponti Crognolo: One of Our Go-To Tuscan Values

  Posted: October 04, 2024

  We're your source to not only the most sought-after, rare wines on the planet, we're also equally passionate about discovering inexpensive gems that still taste like the world's greatest wines! One of our favorite, go-to Tuscan values is Sette Ponti Crognolo. This wine has been a part of our inventory for many years, and it’s consistently a top performing Tuscan wine value in every vintage.

  We have limited quantities of the 2021 vintage which has a 95 point score and is priced at only $29.99! It’s structured, complex and drinking well now - 2028. The 2021 vintage is definitely a wine worth checking out! It delivers well beyond its $29.99 price.

  Established in 1998, Crognolo was the first wine created at Tenuta Sette Ponti. A Sangiovese based Super Tuscan, with a touch of Merlot, the “fruit is harvested from a historic clone of Sangiovese found on th

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  A 100 Point, Blue Chip Super Tuscan – Only $129

  Posted: September 27, 2024

  Categories: Staff Tastings

  We're excited to bring you this 100 point, blue chip Super Tuscan for only $129 – 2019 Isole e Olena Cepparello - incredible!

  "I used to drink Sassicaia more often when it was priced like this, and THIS IS AS GOOD AS SASSICAIA." - Dave Sokolin Located in the heart of the Chianti Classico region, the name of Isole e Olena comes from two adjoining estates, Isole and Olena, purchased by the De Marchi family in the 1950s, and the first Cepparello was produced in 1980. Cepparello has been called “one of Tuscany’s greatest Sangiovese-based wines.” - RPWA

  "Isole e Olena seems to fly under the radar, but insiders know better… some of the most engaging wines in all of Tuscany, and Italy for that matter." – RPWA

  "Make no mistake about it, these are some of the greatest wines being made anywhere in the world." - Antonio Galloni on Isole e Olena

  The 2019 Isole e Olena Cepparello has a 100 p

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