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  Droin: One of Dave Sokolin’s Favorite Chablis Producers

  Posted: April 19, 2024

  It’s Chablis season! Chablis is one of the most under-priced meet over-delivering white wine regions on the planet. We’re sharing one of Dave Sokolin’s favorite Chablis producers, Jean Paul Droin, whose wines we know you’ll love!

  Droin’s wines are produced by father / son team, Jean Paul and Benoit, and their family has cultivated vines in Chablis for almost 400 years. They produce Petit Chablis, Chablis, Premier Cru and Grand Cru wines.

  "Jean Paul Droin is the next big thing in Chablis and is Chablis' greatest over achiever. You've got to try his wines. Think a more complex version of Fevre. I enjoy every wine I taste of his, and I keep his wines at my beach house all summer. They have an extra level of richness and intensity that are associated with wines that cost 2-3x more!

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  Value Alert: 2015 Barolo Riserva "Powerhouse" for Only $64.99

  Posted: April 12, 2024

  If you’re a Barolo fan, you don’t want to miss this value! 2015 Alessandro e Gian Natale Fantino Barolo Riserva Dardi has a 96 point score and a price of only $64.99.

  “I am often asked who the up and coming producers are in Barolo. Alessandro and Gian Natale Fantino are among them.” - Antonio Galloni

  Aged for 5 years in barrel and 12 months in bottle before release, this Bussia Riserva delivers a traditional Barolo Riserva at a ridiculously affordable price. It’s a Barolo lover’s dream!

  To give you a little background, Alessandro Fantino spent twenty years working alongside the master, Bartolo Mascarello, where he made the wines and managed the vineyards. Additionally, the Fantinos own some of the oldest vines in the Barolo zone. Planted in 1946 and 1947, they produce grapes that would be the envy of any Barolista.

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  Dave Sokolin’s #1 House Wine of the Year!

  Posted: April 05, 2024

  Looking for a great tasting, yet affordable wine that could be your next house wine of the year?!? Dave Sokolin just announced his #1 house wine of the year - 2019 Domaine Arnoux Pere et Fils Beaune 1er Cru En Genet! This 2019 red Burgundy gives the chills, like the big boys, but it’s priced at only $49.99 and has what people are looking for in the expensive red Burgundy bottles.

  2019 is one of the most special red Burgundy vintages in history and could be the red Burgundy vintage of the century. It’s a replay of the historic 1985 vintage. Not only is it an A+ rated year, but the wines have been ready to drink since release, an X factor that rarely, if ever, happens. "2019 is a hedonistic vintage... If you love great Burgundy, you should think about securing some 2019s quickly. Given current pricing trends, they will never be cheaper tha

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