Fantastic presale opportunities

2004 Barolo & 2003 Brunello di Montalcino presale offering

We have some good pre-sale opportunities for you to get in on some great deals on 2004 Barolos and 2003 Brunello di Montalcino. Barolo and Brunello di Montalcino are some of Italy’s most noble wines and are great additions to any cellar due to their tremendous aging potential. For those of you who use wine ratings to help with your research, Robert Parker has rated the 2004 Barolo vintage 96 points and the 2003 Brunello vintage 92 points.

The wines in this offering are sourced by New York-based Vias Imports, one of the premier Italian fine wine importers in the United States.

These wines are fairly limited so don’t miss out on these gems. We list each wine’s regular price when they hit our shelves and then the pre-sale price. Here’s what we have to offer:

2004 Barolo Offering

Damilano Winery

Cinquevigne
Regular retail: $48.00/btl.
Pre-sale price: $41.00/btl.

Cannubi
Regular retail: $88.00/btl.
Pre-sale price: $75.00/btl.

Elvio Cogno

Elvio Cogno
Regular retail: $47.00/btl.
Pre-sale price: $40.00/btl.

Ravera
Regular retail: $76.00/btl.
Pre-sale price: $64.00/btl.

Principiano

Serralunga
Regular retail: $56.00/btl.
Pre-sale price: $46.00/btl.

2003 Brunello di Montalcino Offering

Camigliano
Regular retail: $65.00/btl.
Pre-sale price: $56.00/btl.

La Poderina
Regular retail: $80.00/btl.
Pre-sale price: $71.00/btl.

Salvioni
Regular retail: $175/btl.
Pre-sale price: $159/btl.

All orders must be pre-paid for by April 24th. Please call us at the shop to place your order. Anticipated delivery of wines is May 2008. We will keep you posted as the supplier keeps us posted on arrivals.

2005 Chateau de Beaucastel Coudoulet Cotes du Rhone presale offering

We are pleased to announce another pre-sale deal on a wine from a fabulous Rhone valley chateau. With the recent string of great vintages in the Rhone Valley, many of the premier regions are becoming more and more expensive (i.e. Chateauneuf du Pape, Cote Rotie, etc. Due to these rising prices, it’s becoming more difficult to find good Rhone values out there. Chateau de Beaucastel’s Coudoulet de Beaucastel Cotes du Rhone just received 91 points from Robert Parker and looks to be a great steal. Here’s his review:

Robert Parker 91 Points

The 2005 Beaucastel Coudoulet Cotes du Rhone is another outstanding example of this Cotes du Rhone made essentially across the border from Chateauneuf du Pape. Notes of tapenade, licorice, smoked herbs, and meat juices interwoven with black cherry and darker fruits are followed by an expansive, broadly flavored, full-bodied wine with no hard edges, gorgeous fruit purity, and a long, spicy, heady finish. This is almost the bottled essence of Provence. Drink it over the next decade or more.

Regular retail by the bottle: $24.95
Pre-sale by the bottle: $23.95
Pre-sale by the ½ case: $22.95
Pre-sale by the full case: $21.95

All orders must be pre-paid for by April 24th. Please call us at the shop to place your order. Anticipated delivery of wines is May 2008. We will keep you posted as the supplier keeps us posted on arrivals.

Thank you and aloha.