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*SPARKLING*

CHAMPAGNE METHOD

Feeling traditionelle.

NV KEUSH BRUT ▶ 52 Voskehat, Khatoun Kharji / “Origins” / Vayots Dzor, Armenia

NV PELTER BRUT ▶ 70 Chardonnay / “Blanc de Blanc” / Galilee, Israel

NV AUBRY BRUT 1ER CRU ▶ 100 Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, et al. / Jouy-les-Reims, Champagne, France (July 2019)

NV PIERRE PETERS BRUT GRAND CRU ▶ 145 Chardonnay / “Cuvée de Réserve Blanc de Blancs” / Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne, France (November 2018)

2015 ULYSSE COLLIN EXTRA BRUT ▶ 235 Chardonnay / “Perrières” / Vert-Toulon, Champagne, France (March 2019)

2017 KARANIKA BRUT ▶ 68 Xinomavro, Assytriko / “Cuvée Speciale” / Amyndeon, Macedonia, Greece

2015 ORGO BRUT ▶ 69 Mtsvane / Kakheti, Georgia

NV POL ROGER BRUT ▶ 120 Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier / “White Foil” / Champagne, France

2015 THIBAUT-JANISSON BRUT ▶ 59 Pinot Noir / “Blanc de Noirs” / USA

NV EGLY-OURIET BRUT 1ER CRU ▶ 170 Pinot Meunier / “Les Vignes De Vrigny” / Vrigny, Champagne, France (July 2019)

2013 MOUSSÉ FILS EXTRA BRUT ▶ 215 Pinot Meunier / “Special Club Lieu dit Les Fortes Terres” / Cuisles, Champagne, France (November 2017)

2018 FILIPA PATO EXTRA BRUTO (ROSÉ) ▶ 48 Baga, Bical / “3B” (Baga, Bical, Bairrada) / Bairrada, Portugal

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2017 LOS BERMEJOS (ROSÉ) BRUT NATURE ▶ 88 Listan Negro / Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

NV MARC HÉBRART BRUT 1ER CRU (ROSÉ) ▶ 140 Chardonnay, Pinot Noir / Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Champagne, France (January 2019)

2015 ULYSSE COLLIN EXTRA BRUT (ROSÉ) ▶ 250 Pinot Noir / “Rosé de Saignée” / Barbonne-Fayel, Champagne, France (March 2019)

NV R. POUILLON & FILS BRUT 1ER CRU (ROSÉ) ▶ 149 Pinot Noir / “Rosé de Maceration” / Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Champagne, France (Spring 2019)

PÉTILLANT NATUREL

Feeling hip.

2018 OLD WESTMINSTER ▶ 44 Pinot Gris, Albariño / Pétillant Naturel, “Orange” Piquette / Piedmont Pleauteau, MD, USA

2018 RED TAIL RIDGE ▶ 55 Riesling / Pétillant Naturel, RTR Estate Vineyard / Finger Lakes, NY, USA

2018 CHANNING DAUGHTERS ▶ 69 Tocai Friulano / Pétillant Naturel, Sylvanus Vineyard / The Hamptons, NY, USA

2015 XAVIER WEISSKOPF - LE ROCHER DES VIOLETTES ▶ 65 Chenin Blanc / Pétillant Originel / Montlouis-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

SPARKLING RED

Feeling red.

2018 PODERE FIORINI ▶ 40 Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro / “Terre al Sole” / Emilia-Romagna Italy

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SAVORY WHITES

Meet “airroir” which is what happens when what blows around the vineyard meets terroir. It’s the school of thought that something like a salty seabreeze can make your wines savory.

Of course, so can age, winemaking and (though the jury is “officially” still out on this one we’re gonna go ahead and say it) the dirt the vines are growing in can, too. So, volcanoes = savory.

2018 ÀNIMA NEGRA ▶ 48 Callet, Premsal / “Quibia” / Vi de la Terra Illes Balears, Mallorca, Spain

2017 TAVIGNANO ▶ 49 Verdicchio / “Misco” / Verdicchi dei Castelli di Jesi, Marche, Italy

2016 LUIS PATO ▶ 46 Bical, Cercial / “Branca Vinhas Velhas” / Bairrada, Portugal

2018 DONKEY & GOAT ▶ 79 Clairette / Barsotti Vineyard / El Dorado Co., California, USA

2016 VIÑATIGO ▶ 60 Gual / Ycoden-Daute-Isora, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

2015 BODEGAS VALDESIL ▶ 42 Godello / “Montenovo” / Valdeorras, Galicia, Spain

2017 TENUTA DI FESSINA ▶ 62 Carricante, Cattarato / “Erse” / Etna Bianco, Sicily, Italy

2018 FILIPA PATO ▶ 80 Bical, Arinto / Beiras, Portugal

2012 FORLON HOPE ▶ 75 Semillon / “Nacré” YountMill Vineyard / Napa Valley, CA, USA

2018 LUIS SEABRA VINHOS ▶ 68 Rabigato et al. / “Xisto Ilimitado” / Cima Corgo, Douro, Portugal

2017 ENOTECA BISSON ▶ 53 Bianchetta Genovese/ “U Pastine” / Portofino, Liguria, Italy

2018 CLAUDIO VIO ▶ 58 Pigato / Riviera di Ligure Ponente, Liguria, Italy

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2015 DOMAINE DE MONTBOURGEAU ▶ 58 Chardonnay (maybe Savagnin) / l’Etoile, Jura, France

2017 ALVEAR ▶ 42 Pedro Ximenez / “3 Miradas” / Montilla-Moriles, Andalusia, Spain

2005 DANIEL-ETIENNE DEFAIX ▶ 118 Chardonnay / Vaillons 1er Cru / Chablis, Burgundy, France

2018 LUIGI FERRANDO ▶ 43 Erbaluce / “La Torrazza” / Erbaluce di Caluso, Piedmont, Italy

2017 FATTORIA LA MONACESCA ▶ 44 Verdicchio / Verdicchio di Matelica, Marche, Italy

2015 SUAVIA ▶ 65 Trebbiano di Soave (aka Verdicchio) / “Massifitti” / Bianco Veronese, Veneto, Italy

2016 KOUTSOYANNOPOULOS ▶ 68 Assyrtiko / Santorini, Cyclades, Greece

2001 KALIN CELLARS ▶ 99 Semillon / Livermore Valley, California, USA

2012 ECONOMOU ▶ 98 Vilana, Thrapsathiri / Sitia, Crete, Greece

-- A Salty Mantra --

Gone with the wind into the fermenter. What blows together goes together. 

Fossilized sea bed as a thread.

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2018 CREMISAN CELLARS ▶ 47 Dabouki / “Star of Bethlehem” / West Bank, Palestine

2017 CREMISAN CELLARS ▶ 45 Hamdani, Jandali / “Star of Bethlehem” / West Bank, Palestine

2017 CHAMLIJA ▶ 40 Papaskarasi/ “Blanc de Noir” / Thrace, Turkey

2018 BORDERLESS WINE ALLIANCE ▶ 52 Dabouki / “Status No” / Bethlehem Hills, Palestine x Israel

2018 MASSAYA ▶ 48 Sauvignon Blanc, Obaideh / “Massaya Blanc” / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2017 COUVENT ROUGE ▶ 52 Viogner, Sauvignon Blanc / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2018 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 49 Viognier, Vermentino, Chardonnay / “Jeune” / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2010 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 120 Obaideh, Merwah / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2003 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 160 Obaideh, Merwah / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2000 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 165 Obaideh, Merwah / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

1997 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 210 Obaideh, Merwah / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

1990 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 320 Obaideh, Merwah / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

1981 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 590 Obaideh, Merwah / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

LEVANT / MIDDLE EAST WHITES

Winemaking in the Middle East dates to at least 5000BC. It’s some of the most ancient wine in the world, and among the most underrepresented in the country today.

Sometimes it’s pushing grapes in an underground fermenter, sometimes it’s making wine in a modern method, but these are all wines to be explored.

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A LOVE LET TER TO CHÂTEAU MUSAR

In the village of Ghazir, 15 miles from Beirut, one of the world’s greatest, most bewitching, and fabled wine estates was founded in 1930 by a man named Gaston Hochar. Descended from French ‘Preux Chevaliers,’ the Hochar family has lived in Lebanon since the time of the Crusades. Gaston’s wines found favor among the French administrators during the period of the Mandate for Syria and Lebanon following WWI. Particularly impressed was one Major Ronald Barton - stationed in the region during the Second World War. That Barton became great friends with Hochar, and that he was a part of the family that owns Château Langoa-Barton and Château Léoville-Barton, would have a pronounced effect on the future of Château Musar.

Serge Hochar, Gaston’s eldest son, was born in 1939. When, at the age of 20, he took the lead as winemaker at Musar he told his father “I want to make the wine my way, I want it to be known world-wide - and I want you to quit!” Though he had been a student of Emile Peynaud at the University of Bordeaux - Barton was an influence - Serge dutifully set about disregarding most everything his mentor had taught him when he undertook to produce the wines he was determined should be known world-wide. Leaving aside the technical, sterile style he had learned in school, Serge instead crafted wines which were natural long before natural was Natty. Twenty years after he began on his quest, he succeeded in achieving the fame he sought for his estate.

With Lebanon already engulfed in its lengthy civil war, he traveled to England, bringing his wines to the 1979 Bristol Wine Fair. It was there that Michael Broadbent, the senior director of Christie’s wine department and probably the most influential wine expert in England, first tried the wines of Château Musar - the 1967 vintage which Serge had brought with him, and which Broadbent was to later declare the ‘find of the Fair.’ By 1984 Serge had been declared Decanter’s ‘Man of the Year’ in large part for the perseverance he (and others at the winery and throughout the country) had shown in the face of Lebanon’s Civil War. Throughout the 15 years of war, Musar missed only one vintage 1976, when fighting in the Bekaa Valley - the site of Musar’s (and +-90% of Lebanon’s) vines, made it impossible to produce any wine. Another vintage, 1984, the trucks which normally bring the grapes from the Bekaa to the winery in Ghazir in a matter of little more than an hour, were forced by fighting to drive in the opposite direction and load the grapes onto a ship which then sailed north to Beirut, and from there by truck again to the winery - a total transit of 5 days. The grapes, of course, had already begun to ferment and the wine (exotic and port-like) has never been released commercially though it may be the most fabled wine of Serge’s remarkable career. Serge always claimed it was a “great wine, but not Musar.”

Serge Hochar died in 2014 - the estate now run by his son, Gaston, and brother Ronald (Barton again). He was a man of limitless energy and often called Musar Blanc his ‘fullest bodied red wine.’ Exotic and long-lived, it is made from the indigenous Merwah and Obaideh varieties. Serge told a story about opening a bottle once when receiving visitors, decanting it, finding that it wasn’t showing well, pulling another bottle, and forgetting the one sitting in the decanter in his cellar. He happened upon it the next day and “the wine had come to life. It was vibrant, beautiful. It was a miracle, really a miracle! And life is a miracle!”

Yes, it is, Serge. Yes, it is. And thanks for reminding us.

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2018 IMMICH-BATTERIEBERG ▶ 60 Riesling / “C.A.I. Kabinett” / Mosel, Germany

2013 PEWSEY VALE ▶ 76 Riesling / “The Contours” / Eden Valley, SA, Australia

2016 DR BURKLIN-WOLF ▶ 80 Riesling / “Goldbächel PC” / Wachenheim, Pfalz, Germany

2017 ROBERT WEIL ▶ 65 Riesling / Kiedricher “Trocken” / Rheingau, Germany

2017 DO FERRERIO ▶ 60 Albariño / Salnes, Rias Baixas, Spain

2017 LUCIEN CROCHET ▶ 77 Sauvignon Blanc / “Croix du Roy” / Sancerre, Loire, France

2017 FRANS HIRTZBERGER ▶ 84 Riesling / “Steinterrassen Federspiel” / Wachau, Austria

2017 DOMAINE FRANÇOIS CHIDAINE ▶ 89 Chenin Blanc / Clos du Breuil / Montlouis-sur-Loire, Loire, France

“Wait,” you say. “Isn’t Vouvray more ‘classic’ than Montlouis?” Trust us. Today, there’s at least as much action on the south side of the river, and nobody does better work than Chidaine. Sometimes classics wait a while in somebody else’s shadow.

2014 SOLISTE ▶ 64 Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon / “East to West - Omakase” / Lake County, CA, USA

#UNAPOLOGETICALLYCLASSICWHITEWINES

No one has ever used this hashtag, and maybe no one ever will. Classic wines don’t come equipped with the transitive powers of street-cred. But they are delicious. These are benchmarks.

There’s a good chance you know these wines, or at least the styles, but there’s a reason for that. 50,000,000 Elvis fans, and all.

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2018 DOMAINE LAROCHE ▶ 77 Chardonnay / “Saint Martin” / Chablis, Burgundy, France

2015 MICHEL LAFARGE ▶ 147 Chardonnay / Meursault, Burgundy, France

2017 DOMAINE WEINBACH ▶ 75 Gewurztraminer / Alsace, France

2016 WEINGUT EMMERICH KNOLL ▶ 129 Grüner Veltliner / Ried Loibenberg “Smaragd” / Wachau, Austria

2017 DOMAINE BERTHET-RAYNE ▶ 82 Grenache Blanc, et al. / Châteauneuf-du-Pâpe, Rhône, France

2014 STONY HILL ▶ 125 Chardonnay / Napa Valley, CA, USA

2016 LIQUID FARM ▶ 99 Chardonnay / “La Hermana” / Santa Maria Valley, CA, USA

“The Real McCoy”

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2018 HILD ▶ 43 Elbling / “Trocken” / Obermosel, Mosel, Germany

2017 DR CONSTANTINE FRANK ▶ 44 Rkatsitelli / Finger Lakes, NY, USA

2017 LOUIS ANTOINE LUYT ▶ 60 Moscatel et al. / “Gorda Blanca - Cuvée Benoît” / Bio Bio Valley, Chile

2016 TEUTONIC WINE COMPANY ▶ 62 Silvaner / David Hill Vineyard / Willamette Valley, OR, USA

2017 WEINGUT HANS WIRSCHING ▶ 56 Silvaner / Iphofen, Franken, Germany

2017 BARBOURSVILLE VINEYARDS ▶ 49 Vermentino / “Reserve” / Virginia, USA

2018 EDMUNDS ST JOHN ▶ 54 Clairette, Grenache Blanc / “Heart of Gold” / El Dorado Co, CA, USA

2016 KIRÁLYDVAR ▶ 56 Furmint / “Sec” / Tokaj, Hungary

2018 ALDO GIACOMI ▶ 45 Passerina / “Zahir” / Offida, Marche, Italy

2017 BERNARD OTT ▶ 74 Grüner Veltliner, et al. / “Gemischter Satz” / Wagram, Austria

2018 CHÂTEAU FEUILLET ▶ 60 Petite Arvine / Valle d’Aoste, Italy

2018 FERDINAND ▶ 45 Rebula (Ribolla Gialla) / Goriška Brda, Primorska, Slovenia

2017 ESPORÃO ▶ 47 Arinto, et al. / “Reserva” / Alentejo, Portugal

2016 MICHAEL SHAPS ▶ 69 Petite Manseng / Monticello, VA, USA

#UNICORNWINES (WHITE WINE EDITION)What makes a wine a unicorn wine? It depends. Sometimes it’s scarcity, sometimes it’s price (but that’s not very interesting, is it?), and sometimes it’s just because a wine is...well, maybe kind of weird.

Unicorns aren’t necessarily ‘better’ than horses, but they’re certainly rarer. And weirder.

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ROSÉ + ORANGE + AMBER

2018 SCHÄFER-FRÖHLICH ▶ 62 Rosé / Pinot Noir / “Blanc de Noirs Rosé Trocken” / Nahe, Germany

2018 DOMAINE D’EOLE ▶ 104 (1.5L) Rosé / Grenache, et al. / Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence, France

2018 LOS BERMEJOS ▶ 52 Rosé / Listan Negro / Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

2018 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 50 Rosé / Cinsault, Mourvedre / “Jeune” / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2018 JUTTA AMBROSITSCH ▶ 58 Dark Rosé (Or is it a light red? Which would you prefer? That’s what it is) / Blaufrankisch, et al. / “Rakete” / Roter Gemischter Satz, Vienna, Austria

2018 GOLDEN CLUSTER ▶ 50 Orange(ish) / Müller Thurgau / “Müller? Müller? Müller? Müller?”/ Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, OR , USA

2015 DOMAINE DE BEUDON ▶ 79 Orange / Fendant / “Cuvée Antique” / Valais, Switzerland

2018 COS ▶ 85 Orange / Grecanico / “Pithos” / Terre Siciliane, Sicily, Italy

2018 FORADORI ▶ 115 Orange / Nosiola / “Fontanasanta” / Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

2016 PAOLO BEA ▶ 99 Orange / Grechetto, et al. / “Santa Chiara” / (Montefalco), Umbria, Italy

2015 ZIDARICH ▶ 140 Orange / Vitovska / “Kamen” / Venezia Giulia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

2017 TELEDA ORGO ▶ 54 Amber / Kisi / Kakheti, Georgia

2018 CHONA’S MARANI ▶ 60 Amber / Rkatsiteli, Mtsvane / Tsinandali, Kakheti, Georgia

These wines start off one color, but over time, whether it’s because of skin contact or air, or maybe even just because they feel like it, wind up another. 

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2015 DOMAINE KARYDAS ▶ 64 Xinomavro / Naoussa, Macedonia, Greece

2017 LOS BERMEJOS ▶ 58 Listan Negro / Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

2018 FORADORI ▶ 70 Teroldego / Vignetti di Dolomiti, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

2013 THIERRY TISSOT ▶ 52 Mondeuse / “Mataret” / Bugey, Savoie, France

2016 FRANÇOIS VILLARD ▶ 52 Syrah / “l’Appel des Sereines” / Vin de France, France

2017 ÀNIMA NEGRA ▶ 62 Callet, Mantonegro, Syrah / “AN/2” / Vi de la Terra Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

2015 VIÑA FALERNIA ▶ 42 Syrah / “Reserva” / Elqui Valley, Chile

2016 JEAN-CLAUDE MARSANNE ▶ 68 Syrah / Saint-Joseph, Rhône, France

2013 CLOS SARON ▶ 120 Syrah / “Stone Soup” / Sierra Foothills, CA, USA

2015 CHÂTEAU D’AUGHILE ▶ 77 Merlot, et al. / Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

2014 SALVO FOTI ▶ 125 Nerello Mascalese / “Vinupetra Rosso” / Etna, Sicily, Italy

SMOKY REDS

There’s more than just one grape sitting around the campfire.

But if we’re being honest, there’s a lot of Syrah at this party - which might be part of why it’s such a damn fine party.

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2017 ALAIN GRAILLOT ▶ 91 Syrah / Crozes-Hermitage, Rhône, France

2016 PIERRE GAILLARD ▶ 99 Syrah / Cornas, Rhône, France

2004 DOMAINE ECONOUMOU ▶ 140 Liatiko, Mandilaria / Oikonomoy / Sitia, Crete, Greece

2006 E. GUIGAL ▶ 725 Syrah, Viognier / La Mouline / Côte Rôtie, Rhône, France

2015 DOMAINE DE TRÉVALLON ▶ 160 Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon / Alpilles, Provence, France

-- Only you can prevent

forest fires. --

-- Shall I compare thee to a smoky fire?

Thou art more liquid and more drinkable:

Rough decants may raise thine perfume higher,

And granite’s part hath equal say as iron... --

LEVANT / MIDDLE EAST REDS

Whether it’s on the abrupt rise of Cyprus from the Mediterranean Sea, the surprisingly humid regions along the Israeli coast, or the high-elevation Bekaa Valley sandwiched between two massive mountain ranges in eastern Lebanon, the vine has a long - seriously long, like thousands of years, and then a few thousand more - history in this part of the world, and in a lot of cases, it’s only just now being rediscovered.

2016 CHAMLIJA ▶ 46 Papaskarasi / Thrace, Turkey

2016 DOMAINE DES TOURELLES ▶ 40 Cinsault / “Vieilles Vignes” / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2018 TURASAN ▶ 45 Öküzgözü / Cappadocio, Central Anatolia , Turkey

2015 CREMISAN WINE ESTATE ▶ 52 Baladi / “Star of Bethlehem” / West Bank, Palestine

2018 TSIAKKAS ▶ 63 Vamvakada (Maratheftiko) / Lemesos, Cyprus

2012 COUVENT ROUGE ▶ 54 Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Tempranillo / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2015 MASSAYA ▶ 88 Grenache, Mourvedre / “Cap Est” / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2016 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 72 Cinsault, Grenache, Cabnernet Sauvignon / “Hochar Pere & Fils” / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2014 CHÂTEAU KEFRAYA ▶ 67 Cabernet Sauvignon, et al. / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2016 GALIL MOUNTAIN WINERY ▶ 47 Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc / “Alon” / Galilee, Israel

2006 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 132 Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2003 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 325 (1.5L) Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2002 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 150 Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2001 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 155 Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

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2000 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 165 Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

2000 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 84 (375ML) Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

1998 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 175 Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

1997 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 200 Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

1981 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 575 Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

1969 CHÂTEAU MUSAR ▶ 700 Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

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“THE GODFATHER” REDS

O.K. Maybe not everyone likes “The Godfather,” but, what’s the saying? You can please some of the people all of the time, but you’ll never be able to convince all of the people all of the time that “The Godfather” is a perfect movie even though it is? Something like that. Suffice to say, it’s a classic, and so are these.

And classics are classics for a reason, right?

2007 DOMAINE JEAN-MARC & HUGUES PAVELOT ▶ 110 Pinot Noir / 1er Cru Aux Guettes / Savigny-les-Beaune, Burgundy, France

2015 ST. INNOCENT ▶ 85 Pinot Noir / “Freedom Hill Vineyard” / Willamette Valley, OR, USA

2014 ROBERT CHEVILLON ▶ 150 Pinot Noir/ “Vieilles Vignes” / Nuits-St-Georges, Burgundy, France

1970 PRODUTTORI DI BARBARESCO ▶ 300 Nebbiolo / Barbaresco, Piedmont, Italy

2013 DOMAINE DES ROCHES NEUVES - THIERRY GERMAIN ▶ 110 Cabernet Franc / “Les Memoires” / Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France

2016 FÈLSINA ▶ 69 Sangiovese / “Berardenga” / Chianti Classico Riserva, Tuscany, Italy

2017 MONTINORE ESTATE ▶ 56 Pinot Noir / “Red Cap” / Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA

2008 PISA RANGE ▶ 60 Pinot Noir / “Black Poplar Block” / Central Otago, New Zealand

2015 GD VAJRA ▶ 175 Nebbiolo / Bricco delle Viole / Barolo, Piedmont, Italy

2016 FABIO GEA ▶ 150 Barbera / Palma / Barbera d’Alba, Piedmont, Italy

2017 DOMAINE DE MARCOUX ▶ 134 Grenache, et al. / Châteauneuf-du-Pâape, Rhône, France

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2007 R. LÓPEZ DE HEREDIA ▶ 84 Tempranillo, et al. / “Viña Bosconia” / Rioja Alta, Rioja, Spain

2012 CHÂTEAU LA VIEILLE CURE ▶ 100 Merlot, et al. / Fronsac, Bordeaux, France

2015 CHÂTEAU SOCIANDO-MALLET ▶ 120 Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc / Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux, France

2009 RIDGE VINEYARDS ▶ 126 Zinfandel, et al. / “Geyserville” / Alexander Valley, Sonoma, CA, USA

2003 KAY BROTHERS ▶ 60 Shiraz / McLaren Vale, SA, Australia

2016 RAMEY WINE CELLARS ▶ 98 Cabernet Sauvignon, et al. / “Claret” / Napa Valley, CA, USA

2015 CORTE ADAMI ▶ 92 Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / Amarone della Volpolicella, Veneto, Italy

2014 CHÂTEAU PRADEAUX ▶ 96 Mourvedre, Grenache / Bandol, Provence, France

2005 HEITZ CELLAR ▶ 350 Cabernet Sauvignon / Martha’s Vineyard / Napa Valley, Napa, CA, USA

2015 CLOS MARTINET ▶ 174 Garnatxa (Grenache) / Priorat, Catalonia, Spain

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2017 BERNABELEVA ▶ 60 Garnacha (Grenache) / “Navaherreros Tinto” / Vinos de Madrid, Spain

2018 KEEP WINES ▶ 64 Ciliegiolo / Ripken Vineyard / Lodi, CA, USA

2009 RENÉ GEOFFROY ▶ 150 Pinot Noir / “Cumières Rouge” / Coteaux Champenoise, Cumières, Champagne (NO Bubbles), France

2017 CHÂTEAU DE VAUX ▶ 49 Pinot Noir / “Les Hautes Bassières” / Moselle, France

2016 MAMETE PREVOSTINI ▶ 76 Chiavennasca (Nebbiolo) / “Manera” / Valtellina Superiore, Sassella, Lombardy, Italy

2018 FABIO GEA ▶ 115 Grignolino / “Back Grin” / Piedmont, Italy

2018 CRUSE WINE COMPANY ▶ 82 Carignan / Evangelho Vineyard / Contra Costa County, CA, USA

2016 DIRTY & ROWDY ▶ 92 Petite Sirah / Fred & Dora Vineyard / Mendocino County, CA, USA

2018 CLOS CIBONNE ▶ 69 Tibouren (Rossese) / “Cuvée Speciale” / Côtes de Provence, Provence, France

2018 ERBHOF UNTERGANZER - JOSEPH MAYR ▶ 65 Schiava, Lagrein / “St Magdalenar” / Südtirol - Alto Adige, Italy

2018 CHONA’S MARANI ▶ 58 Saperavi / Kahketi, Georgia

2009 VADIO ▶ 61 Baga / Bairrada, Portugal

“DONNIE DARKO” REDS

The mohawk. The renegade. The abstract art.

Donnie Darko - a great movie, but weird as hell. These wines, maybe they’re a little weird - not necessarily Donnie Darko level weird - maybe just a little unexpected somehow, maybe they’re not for everyone, but they’re definitely delicious.

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These are wines that that do their own thing. Sometimes that’s just their way, other times maybe it’s by design.

Sprezzatura: noun - studied carelessness, especially as a characteristic quality or style of art or literature.

2012 AR.PE.PE ▶ 110 Chiavenasca (Nebbiolo) / “Rocca de Piro” / Valtellina Superiore, Grumello, Lombardy, Italy

2013 LE PIANE ▶ 150 Spanna (Nebbiolo), Vespolina, Croatina / Boca, Piedmont, Italy

2018 BOW & ARROW ▶ 60 Pinot Noir, Gamay / “Rhinestones” / Willamette Valley, OR, USA

2016 GUÍMARO ▶ 58 Mencía, et al. / “Camiño Real” / Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain

2017 ARIANNA OCCHIPINTI ▶ 90 Frappato / “Il Frappato” / Terre Siciliane, Sicily, Italy

2017 RADIKON ▶ 89 Merlot, Pignoli / “RS” / Venezia Giulia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

2015 BODEGAS GARZON ▶ 42 Tannat / “Reserva” / Garzon, Maldonado, Uruguay

2012 DOMAINE ROLET PÈRE ET FILS ▶ 47 Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot Noir / “Tradition” / Arbois, Jura, France

2018 PUNTA CRENA ▶ 60 Rossese (Tibouren) / Vigneto Isasco / Riviera Ligure di Ponente, Liguria, Italy

2016 IDLEWILD ▶ 99 Nebbiolo / Fox Hill Vineyard / Mendocino County, CA, USA

1996 PAOLO DA SILVA ▶ 135 Ramisco / “Chitas Reserva” / Colares, Portugal

Come on, you think this guy, who, by all acocounts, was pretty smart, didn’t know what his hair looked like?