Muga Especial
2009 Rioja Reserva Selección Especial (Muga)
Regular Price $39.99 – Sale Price $29.99 NET
Muga’s Riojas are legend. In the 2009 vintage we are enthralled with the Selección Especial, a tightly wound blend of Tempranillo, Mazuelo, Garnacha, and Graciano which spent 28 months in oak barrels before bottling. This is packed with aromas of peppery spice, saddle leather, and smooth plum fruit. Great with a long-roasted leg of lamb.

Barolo
2010 Barolo (Oddero)
Regular Price $39.99 – Sale Price $29.99 NET
Yes, we have gone crazy over the 2010 Barolos, and Oddero’s is the best value. Their 2010 can be drunk young but is capable of aging. Its smoky, earthy, floral aromas merge with cherry fruit and ripe round tannins. This is a classic Barolo at a great price. To see a list of our 2010 Barolos scroll down to the bottom of the front page.

Brunello
2009 Brunello di Montalcino
(Campogiovanni)
Regular Price $54.99 – Sale Price $39.99 NET
Brunello di Montalcino is Sangiovese at its unrivaled best. The 2009 from Campogiovanni has amazing structure woven throughout its deep, dark, cedar-tinged fruit. While still young, with some breathing time it delivers a real Montalcino experience.

Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs
Brut Blanc de Blancs ‘Cuvée de Réserve’ (Pierre Peters)
Regular Price $74.99– Sale Price $59.99 NET
All of Pierre Peters’ Chardonnay vineyards in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger are rated Grand Cru and deliver wonderful Blanc de Blancs Champagne. The Cuvée de Réserve is a wide-open, full-throttle bubbly with zesty fruit, amazing bubbles, and a long toasty finish.

Serpentières
2012 Savigny-lès-Beaune Ier Cru ‘Aux Serpentières’ (Domaine Pierre Guillemot)
Regular Price $49.99 – Sale Price $39.99 NET
Once again the Guillemot clan has produced a stunning Savigny-lès-Beaune. The 2012 Serpentières is a perfect balance of ripe round fruit and spicy tannins, with a long, lingering finish.

Châteauneuf-du-Pape
2012 Châteauneuf-du-Pape (Clos du Mont-Olivet)
Regular Price $39.99– Sale Price $29.99 NET
When it comes to affordable, ageable, traditional Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Clos du Mont-Olivet is one of the best and one of the most affordable. The 2012 is a classic, which will drink at its best at ten years of age.

Chassagne
20 12 Chassagne-Montrachet Ier Cru ‘En Virondot’ (Marc Morey)
Regular Price $79.99 – Sale Price $59.99 NET
This fabulous Chassagne-Montrachet balances ripe fruit and crisp minerals while maintaining mouthfilling flavors of quince fruit and toasty oak. This is amazing Chardonnay.

Weissburgunder
2013 Wösendorfer Kollmütz Weissburgunder Smaragd
(Rudi Pichler)
Regular Price $59.99 – Sale Price $44.99 NET
Smaragd is the name of a small emerald-colored lizard that darts through the rocks of vineyards in Austria’s Wachau. With the utmost respect the growers there give their best wines the title: Smaragd. Usually these highest-grade wines are produced from Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. So it makes it interesting that this Weissburgunder (a.k.a. Pinot Blanc/Bianco) passed the test. This is a totally out-there dry white with deep, salty minerals, and a long, lingering, nutty finish. Have this thoroughly wonderful white with a steamed lobster and herb butter.

Drouhin
2013 Mâcon-Villages (Drouhin)
Sale Price $13.99 – $142.70 case of twelve
For several years now we have jumped on the Drouhin bandwagon. Their white Mâcon and Saint Véran have been incredible bargains and the red Chorey-les-Beaune a fine deal as well. The 2013 Mâcon is a little more expensive than the 2012, due to a very small crop, but it is fresh, lively, and deeply flavored. Have this with a roasted chicken and a salad with fresh chèvre.

Champagne of Choice
Brut Réserve Champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte)
Sale Price $27.99 – $302.30 case of twelve
Our last taste of Nicolas Feuillatte’s Brut Reserve was delicious and a bit drier than we remembered. And the sale price makes it even more agreeable. It also comes in an attractive gift tin.

Riesling Trocken
2012 Kaseler Nies’chen Riesling Spätlese Trocken
(von Nell Breuning)
Sale Price $19.99 – $203.90 case of twelve
Riesling has made quite a comeback, and we feel that dry German Riesling has been leading the way. Instead of just picking earlier and making a dry wine, good growers are still harvesting ripe grapes and fermenting them totally dry. This is the case with von Nell Breuning’s Spätlese Trocken. Here the polished streambed minerals of the Ruwer Valley come through aromatically while pure apple and apricot fruit glides on the palate.

Ceps Centenaires
2009 Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie ‘Cuvée des Ceps Centenaires’ (Comte Leloup du Château de Chasseloir)
Sale Price $17.99 – $183.50 case of twelve
The grapes used to make this fabulous Muscadet comes from a vineyard of one-hundred-year-old vines. These vines have deep root systems that pull delicious minerals from the soil. The wine is aged sur lie in vat for much longer than the average Muscadet, resulting in a fuller, more textured wine. Have this rich, dry white with crab cakes or a simple steamed lobster.

Specialty Foods

Tobasi
$27.99 per lb. 
(Regular price $32.99)
Always on the lookout for new cheeses from local New England farms, we are excited to add Tobasi from Cricket Creek Farm in Williamstown, MA to our list of cheeses. This is a raw cow’s milk cheese similar in appearance to taleggio with an edible washed rind and a dense creamy paste. Earthy, with hints of nuts and mushrooms.

Ubriaco Raboso
$17.99 per lb. 
(Regular price $20.99)
Also known as Drunken Cow. Aged a minimum of 12 months and immersed in Raboso IGT wine and marc for several weeks halfway through the aging process, the cheese has a deep red rind with a semi-firm paste and strong, fruity flavors. From La Casearia, a creamery and aging facility in the Veneto region of Italy.

Ascutney Mountain Tomme
$23.99 per lb. 
(Regular price $26.99)
From Cobb Hill Cheese, an enterprise of an intentional cohousing community in Hartland, Vermont whose focus on sustainability and living lightly on the earth has also yielded Cedar Mountain Farm, a vegetable CSA and Jersey cow dairy. The Ascutney Mountain Tomme is an alpine-style cheese based on an Appenzeller recipe. Made from raw cow’s milk and aged 7-8 months, it’s sweet and nutty.

Jouvence Persille Goat Blue
$24.99 per lb.  
(Regular price $27.99)
Here’s something a bit uncommon in our fridge and only available for this holiday season: a gorgeous little cheese with an ashen gray rind, creamy white paste, and striking blue marbling, and lots of body for a blue cheese. This is a farmstead cheese made with pasteurized goat’s milk at
Tremblaye farm located in La Boissière-École in north-
central France.