Australia
Hesketh Wine Company Scissor Hands
2008 | 100% Riesling | Clare Valley, Australia | map
Crisp, clean and adorned with a complimentary portrait of a 'Roo.
12% alcohol by volume
Austria
Kamptal 2008 | 100% Grüner Veltliner | Niederösterreich, Austria | map
Can you hang with the Liter of the pack?
12.5% alcohol by volume
2007 | 100% Riesling | Kamptal, Niederösterreich, Austria | map
It's a tail, I tell you! A tail, and nothing more.
12% alcohol by volume
2007 | 100% Grüner Veltliner | Niederösterreich, Austria | map
Perfect for Parties! Great with Food! Picnics too! Speak up, we can't hear you! We've got dry, lively, refreshing Gruners in our ears!
12% alcohol by volume
Wachau 1991 | 100% Grüner Veltliner | Niederösterreich, Austria | map
If you were making wine for 2000 years you'd be great too!!!
12.5% alcohol by volume
Nikolaihof Im Weingebirge Federspiel
Wachau 2007 | 100% Grüner Veltliner | Niederösterreich, Austria | map
Terry says, "the palate is smiling and energetic but not hyper, rather lively with an inner calm..." Just like Kermit The Frog.
12% alcohol by volume
2007 | 100% Grüner Veltliner | Wachau, Niederösterreich, Austria | map
Our friend Clarke called this wine 'Zen' once, and Terry Theise quoted him on it. The rare double endorsement.
12% alcohol by volume
Wachau 2008 | 100% Grüner Veltliner | Niederösterreich, Austria | map
and blessed by the abbott too!
12% alcohol by volume
2008 | 100% Welschriesling | Steiermark, Austria | map
It has nothing to do with German riesling. Or Austrian riesling. It has everything to do with easy-drinking enjoyment.
11.5% alcohol by volume
Kamptal 2006 | 100% Riesling | Niederösterreich, Austria | map
Grand Cru+Great Vintage=Gaisberg 2006 See, math is easy.
13.5% alcohol by volume
Kamptal 2007 | 100% Riesling | Niederösterreich, Austria | map
Terry says, "this is what substance means..." Aristotle would be proud.
12% alcohol by volume
Weingut Neumeister Steirische Klassik
Süd-Oststeiermark 2007 | 100% Morillon | Steiermark, Austria
Morillon is a just a nice word for Chardonnay.
12.5% alcohol by volume
France
2007 | 100% Sylvaner | Alsace, France | map
This is a little gem from the beloved town of Niedermorschwihr.
13% alcohol by volume
Bitouzet Prieur 1er Cru, Meursault Perrieres
Meursault 1996 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
13% alcohol by volume
Chateau Castillon & Fils Chateau L'Ermitage
Costières de Nîmes 2008 | 60% Roussanne, 30% Grenache Blanc, 10% Viognier | Languedoc-Roussillon, France | map
Like eating melon sorbet with a limestone spoon.
13% alcohol by volume
Château de Jurque Jurançon Sec
2007 | 50% Gros Manseng, 50% Petit Manseng | Jurancon, France | map
Combining the power of both Mansengs!
13% alcohol by volume
Chateau de la Maltroye 1er Cru, Les Comme
Santenay 2004 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
13% alcohol by volume
Chateau de la Maltroye La Romanee
Chassagne-Montrachet 2003 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
12.5% alcohol by volume
Chassagne-Montrachet 2005 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
From the house on the label..another masterpiece.
13% alcohol by volume
Dirler-Cade Sylvaner Cuvée Vieilles Vignes
2005 | 100% Sylvaner | Alsace, France
So delicious. So Dirler. So done.
13.5% alcohol by volume
2007 | 100% Riesling | Alsace, France | map
Agapé: divine, unconditional, self-sacrificing, active, volitional, and thoughtful love.
12.5% alcohol by volume
Domaine Bernard Morey La Maltroie 1er Cru
Chassagne-Montrachet 2001 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
13.5% alcohol by volume
Domaine Catherine Auther Vin D'Alsace
2006 | 100% Pinot Auxerrois | Alsace, France | map
In order to finance the rustic and renowned wine-making practices in Bleinschwiller Arther and his domaine throw a festival each year where everyone dresses up like gnomes and debates whether they are French or German
12% alcohol by volume
Domaine Christian Moreau Pere & Fils Grand Cru Les Clos
Chablis 2002 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France
13% alcohol by volume
Domaine de Veilloux Argilo Blanc
2005 | Sauvignon Blanc, Menu Pineau | Cheverny, Loire Valley, France | map
Breathe in, breathe out. Oxidative richness for those of us who are not in a rush.
13% alcohol by volume
Domaine des Comtes Lafon Clos de la Barre
Meursault 2006 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
13% alcohol by volume
Domaine des Comtes Lafon 1er Cru 'Goutte d'Or'
Meursault 2006 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
13.5% alcohol by volume
Sancerre 2007 | 100% Sauvignon Blanc | Loire Valley, France | map
Pop it. Then Park it. (Prospect will work)
12.5% alcohol by volume
2007 | 50% Marsanne, 35% Clairette, 15% Ugni Blanc | Cassis, Provence, France | map
Once, a long time ago, Domaine du Bagnol clearly stated their intention to take over the world. Having failed they settled for putting a crown on their label of soft, mineral driven, perfectly balanced wine. Sometimes we smell apricots on it.
13% alcohol by volume
Cheverny 2008 | 80% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Chardonnay | Loire Valley, France | map
Anything Sancerre can do, I can do better. I can do anything Better than Sancerre.
12% alcohol by volume
Condrieu 2005 | 100% Viognier | Rhône Valley, France | map
The Devil Drinks Condrieu
14% alcohol by volume
Chassagne-Montrachet 2005 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
Thanks Dad.
13% alcohol by volume
Chassagne-Montrachet 2006 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
"For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another (and Fontaine-Gagnard)." ~1 John 3:11~
13% alcohol by volume
Domaine Francois Raveneau Grand Cru Clos
Chablis 2003 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
13% alcohol by volume
Domaine Francois Raveneau Grand Cru Valmur
Chablis 2003 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
13% alcohol by volume
Domaine Francois Raveneau 1er Cru Butteaux
Chablis 2003 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
13% alcohol by volume
Domaine Huet Clos du Bourg Moelleux 1er Trie
Vouvray 2005 | Chenin Blanc | Loire Valley, France | map
12% alcohol by volume
Domaine Jacques Prieur Grand Cru
Corton-Charlemagne 2006 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France
12.5% alcohol by volume
Domaine Jo Pithon Les Bergeres
Anjou 2005 | 100% Chenin Blanc | Loire Valley, France | map
Located on the foothills of the Massif Armoricain (Brittany), on a schist Precambrian platform with a West-East volcanic breach, with a great mineralogical diversity: carboniferous, pudding stones, square stones, spilites, phtalites, rhyolites...
13% alcohol by volume
2007 | Jacquère | Vin de Savoie, Jura and Savoie | map
A butcher and a construction worker walk into a bar... [punchline deleted by the management].
A butcher and a construction worker walk into a bar... [punchline deleted by the management]. Now, how fresh is that?
11% alcohol by volume
Domaine Marc Colin et ses Fils 1er Cru, Les Garennes
Puligny-Montrachet 1999 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France
Check out how french people make quotes. They use horizontal boomerangs in mid flight. Its like they are escorting the words. They also have a very regal title: guillemets.
13.5% alcohol by volume
Quincy 2008 | 100% Sauvignon Blanc | Loire Valley, France | map
It seems there may be more than one Quincy whose middle name is 'Delight', and whose name may be uttered in the same sentence as the word 'Thriller'.
12.5% alcohol by volume
Bourgogne 2007 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
Another hit from a Mersault Master.
13% alcohol by volume
Famille de Conti Le Classique de Tour des Gendres
Bergerac 2007 | 80% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Sémillon | SouthWest, France | map
"Before I drank wine I wondered if there would ever be a bottle to satisfy my voracious appetite. Then I found the Tour des Gendres. Now that I'm a veteran rock star and dad I look fondly upon my past with Gendres front and center." -Paul Schneider.
12.5% alcohol by volume
Francois Pinon Cuvée Tradition
2008 | 100% Chenin Blanc | Vouvray, Loire Valley, France | map
Off dry and off the hook!
13% alcohol by volume
Hubert Lignier Sous le Chateau
St.-Romain 2004 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France
We found this one under the house.
13% alcohol by volume
Jacques et Francois Carillon 1er Cru, Les Champs-Martin
Mercurey 2005 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France
Descending from the firmament with meals on their minds and love in their hearts appear a parliament of owls prepared to penetrate the newly deceased wildebeest corpse. Next week on Nature...marsupials!
13.5% alcohol by volume
2005 | 100% Chardonnay | St.-Romain, Burgundy, France | map
"You’ll find 30 associations... and I find guava and lemon zest and tarragon, and the jet-blast roar of intensity of Rieslaner; immensely juicy and hard to spit—and a really sick value!" ....some things really are hard to spit - like saltines.
13% alcohol by volume
2007 | 100% Pinot Blanc | Alsace, France | map
Don't sip, savor, but drink Sipp forever and ever. So tiny with huge aromatics. Like one of those huge fat guys named Tiny or the the bald guy named curly.
12.5% alcohol by volume
Lucien Albrecht Pfingstberg Grand Cru
Orschwihr 2002 | 100% Pinot Gris | Alsace, France | map
Pfingstberg is a hill with Grand Cru status that has been recognized for its' vineyards since 1299. That makes this a bottle with 703 years of tradition behind it. What do you have, like 10 months worth?
13% alcohol by volume
Marc Ollivier Domaine de la Pepiere
2009 | 100% Melon de Bourgogne | Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine, Loire Valley, France | map
Put some pep in your step with authentic, old school muscadet! Sleek and stony.
12% alcohol by volume
Marc Ollivier Clos des Briords
Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine 2006 | 100% Melon de Bourgogne | Loire Valley, France | map
Single Vineyard Muscadet from one of our fave producers. Make it rain!
12% alcohol by volume
Meo-Camuzet Clos Saint-Philibert Monopole
2006 | 100% Chardonnay | Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Burgundy, France | map
12.5% alcohol by volume
Robert Ampeau & Fils Combettes
Puligny-Montrachet 1985 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
13.5% alcohol by volume
Thomas-Labaille Le Monts Damnés
2008 | 100% Sauvignon Blanc | Sancerre, Loire Valley, France | map
The finest Sancerre is from Chavignol. Period.
12.5% alcohol by volume
Mâcon-Villages 2007 | 100% Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | map
We've heard some people say this is the best bottle of Macon-Village they have ever had. Who were these people? Top men and women. Top of the heap, cream of the crop. The big cheeses, kahunas, the king and queens of the court...
12.5% alcohol by volume
Vieux Telegraphe Télégramme Blanc
2006 | 30% Clairette Blanche,40% Grenache Blanc, 30% Roussanne | Châteauneuf-du-Pape,Rhône Valley, France | map
A telegram for me Sir? What does it say? FRESH!
13.5% alcohol by volume
Vin de Pays des Collines Rhodaniennes 2006 | 100% Viognier | Vin de Pays, France | map
14% alcohol by volume
Germany
Fürst Löwenstein Riesling Trocken
2007 | 100% Riesling | Rheingau, Germany | map
A princely wine indeed!
12% alcohol by volume
Hermann Dönnhoff Felsentürmchen Spätlese
2006 | 100% Riesling | Nahe, Germany
The man actually used the word "whiskery". Can you believe that?
8.5% alcohol by volume
2008 | 100% Riesling | Rheingau, Germany | map
Tried to think of a witty reference to blind tasting when the "leitz" go out, but why bother? Just leave 'em on so you can find this bottle.
9.5% alcohol by volume
2007 | 100% Riesling | Nahe, Germany
"Apples and herbs and sweet grasses and flint; this has it all, wry and grinning and fleshy and fibrous and vaporous and long; a panna cotta of violets and stones" ....crunch crunch crunch....
13% alcohol by volume
Weingut Balthasar Ress Hattenheimer
2007 | 100% Riesling | Rheingau, Germany | map
Go NORTH young man!
10.5% alcohol by volume
Weingut Bruder Dr. Becker Scheurebe Kabinett
2006 | 100% Scheurebe | Rheinhessen, Germany | map
Doctor Becker knows what ails you, and he's writing you a prescription for a tall cold glass of this supple yet simple scheurebe. Just say it with me now... it rhymes with "shure, baby".
12% alcohol by volume
Weingut Clemens Busch Fahrlay Spätlese
2005 | 100% Riesling | Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany | map
Finally, a good thing with the names Clemens or Busch attached. (I think they do better in Germany.)
13% alcohol by volume
Weingut Hahnmuhle Spatlese Trocken
2006 | 100% Spätburgunder | Nahe, Germany | map
Cock-a-doodle-do you believe this a Spatburgunder Blanc? Holy cow, um, we mean Rooster. Minerals explode like a jackhammer digging a fresh quarry.
12% alcohol by volume
Weingut Jakob Schneider Niederhauser Hermannshohle Auslese
2007 | 100% Riesling | Nahe, Germany
"It’s church-organ and stained glass and old trees and elegiac poetry and a dozen herbs that only grow in the deep shade of ancient forests..." Yeah, we all miss the sixties, man.
8.5% alcohol by volume
Weinhof Sankt Anna Erdener Treppchen Riesling Spätlese
1990er | 100% Riesling | Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany | map
7.5% alcohol by volume
Winzergenossenschaft Auggen Gertie & Max
2007 | 100% Gutedel | Bereich Markgräflerland, Baden, Germany | map
Those beasts on the label are actually pygmy bavarian fruit bears. Not, as is commonly said, mice. No self respecting German would put a couple of cutesy tootsy mice on a bottle of seriously good wine.
11.5% alcohol by volume
Greece
Italy
Vermentino di Sardegna 2008 | 100% Vermentino | Sardinia, Italy
Shiny happy people laughing Meet me in the crowd People people Throw your love around Love me love me Take it into town Happy happy Put it in the ground Where the flowers grow Gold and silver shine
13.5% alcohol by volume
Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 2007 | 100% Verdicchio | The Marches, Italy
This is THE area in the Marches for white wine. Located right along the Agean coast, the sea air has a calming effect on the barrels, giving a wonderful briny character beneath the fresh fruit.
13% alcohol by volume
Ischia 2007 | 80% Biancolella, 20% Forastera | Campania, Italy
The Shadow knows that little islands off the coast of Naples like their wine crisp and clean with a sense of sea brine that reflects the pleasure inside all of us.
12.5% alcohol by volume
Gavi 2007 | 100% Cortese | Piedmont, Italy
Good Girls Grab Geese Grown in Gavi, Gasping for Great Gulps of Glistening Grubs from Grounds Glittering with Gustatory Glamour.
12.5% alcohol by volume
Langhe 2007 | 100% Arneis | Piedmont, Italy
In 2005 a junta of brooklynites gathered beneath a sycamore tree in Prospect Park and voted on the perfect wine to pair with galamad or a nice pomador. The Montezemolian Arneis was the clear winner.
13% alcohol by volume
2005 | 100% Pallagrello Bianco | Campania, Italy
Alas Alois allocated an allowance of alohas to the allotment of Als. Aleur, this includes Al Lageder. Pinapples!
13% alcohol by volume
2007 | 70% Grillo, 30% Inzolia | Sicily, Italy
Don't you just freakin' love Sicily?!?
13% alcohol by volume
Giuseppe Quintarelli Secco Ca'del Merlo
2006 | Garganega, Trebbiano | Veneto, Italy
Will somebody please tell us what is in this stuff? Please?!?
13% alcohol by volume
Venezia Giulia 2001 | 100% Ribolla Gialla | Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
12% alcohol by volume
Guiseppe Quintarelli Secco Ca' del Merlo
Veneto 2005 | Trebbiano, Garganega | Veneto, Italy
The inspiration behind this IGT concoction was a special performance of the Broadway hit song "Professional You" performed by Danielle Jabowski, the original Leslie. She took off her world solo tour to visit Veneto in 1963.
12.5% alcohol by volume
I Vini della Sibilla La Sibilla
Campi Flegrei 2007 | 100% Falanghina | Campania, Italy
James Bond heroine or mineral laden grape from southern Italy?
12% alcohol by volume
La Biancara di Angiolino Maule I Masieri Bianco
2008 | Garganega, Trebbiano | Gambellara, Veneto, Italy | map
A little bit fuzzy. A little bit funky. A little bit fruity. A whole lotta interesting.
12% alcohol by volume
Monastero Suore Cistercensi Coenobium
Lazio 2008 | Trebbiano, Malvasia, Verdicchio | Latium, Italy | map
Get thee to a nunnery!
13% alcohol by volume
Montefalco 2007 | 20% Chardonnay, 20% Grechetto, 20% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Garganega, 20% Malvasia | Umbria, Italy
It's a perfect circle of fifths, this one.
13.5% alcohol by volume
Sannio 2006 | 100% Fiano | Campania, Italy
Almond and Walnut tones are just a hint of this southern Italian classic varietal. Taste the heat and dance all night.
12% alcohol by volume
Colli Tortonesi 2005 | 100% Timorasso | Piedmont, Italy
One territory, one wine, one...what does vitigno mean? If you tell us Macks Davis will give you a hug.
13.5% alcohol by volume
Friuli Grave 2007 | 100% Tocai Friulano | Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
They're actually no longer allowed to use the name 'Tocai Friulano' for this grape. Angry neighbors to the North and West have called dibs on 'Tocai' and the EU believes in nothing if not dibs. Hence: Friulano, and nothing more.
12.5% alcohol by volume
Kiralyudvar
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New Zealand
No documents found.
Slovenia
2007 | 100% Ribolla Gialla | Slovenia
When the moon is in the seventh hour, and Jupiter aligns with Mars. Then peace will something the planet and love will something else. This is the dawning of the age of Movia's Lunar, the age of Movia's Lunar...
12.5% alcohol by volume
South Africa
2008 | Sauvignon Blanc | Western Cape, South Africa
A veritable glissando of fruit flavors will ascend your palate and trill upon your senses.
13.5% alcohol by volume
2008 | 100% Chenin Blanc | Western Cape, South Africa
How many times in a row can they get it right? Flinty and full of minerality...think Southern Hemisphere Vouvray..
13.5% alcohol by volume
Spain
Rioja 2007 | 90% Viura, 10% Malvasia | La Rioja, Spain
Since 1932 Bodegas Muga has continuously produced delicious barrel fermented white wines. After every sip use your best baritone to belt out, "Mooooga!"
13% alcohol by volume
Cellers Unió Roureda Llicorella Blanc
Priorat 2005 | 100% Pedro Ximénez | Catalonia, Spain
I am speechless. You should be too.
14.5% alcohol by volume
Extaniz Txakolina Txomin Etxaniz Getaria
Getariako Txakolina (Chacoli de Getaria) 2008 | Hondarrabi Zuri, Hondarrabi Beltza | País Vasco, Spain
Guess which one of these grapes is red. Go ahead, say it to yourself. "I think Hondarrabi Beltza is red." Perhaps you are correct. You win a siesta.
11% alcohol by volume
Rioja 2006 | 70% Viura, 30% Malvasia | La Rioja, Spain
I got a woman with plenty of money She got the money and I got the honey Called my baby late last night She told me daddy everything was all right
13.5% alcohol by volume
Rais Baixas 2007 | 100% Albariño | Galicia, Spain
Rub your octopus with it!
12.5% alcohol by volume
La Granja Ntra. Sra. de Remelluri, S.A. Blanco
Rioja 2006 | Moscatel del Pais, Sauvignon Blanc, Garnacha Blanca, Chardonnay, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier | La Rioja, Spain
The infamous and unctuous. Why so many varietals? The better to envelop you in layers of fruit and spice.
14.5% alcohol by volume
R. Lopez de Heredia Viña Tondonia Reserva
Rioja 1989 | 90% Malvasia, 10% Viura | La Rioja, Spain
Proof that the Spanish just don't know when to quit. And God bless them for it.
12.5% alcohol by volume
Switzerland
Anne-Carole & Conrad Caloz Heida Païen du Lieu-dit Les Bernuses
2007 | 100% Heida | Valais, Switzerland | map
Call me Heida, no Savignin, no Traminer, no Gringet, no.....
13% alcohol by volume
Cave du Vieux-Moulin Amigne de Vétroz Grand Cru
2007 | 100% Amigne | Valais, Switzerland | map
Listen to the bees. They're trying to tell us something. Something about grams of sugar per liter of wine....
14% alcohol by volume
Serge Roh 'Les Ruinettes', Amigne Grand Cru de Vétroz
2007 | 100% Amigne | Valais, Switzerland | map
THREE bees, enough sugar to leave you buzzing, oh yeah!
14.5% alcohol by volume
United States
The Hamptons Long Island 2006 | 70% Chardonnay, 30% Gewürztraminer | New York, United States
Skin to win! Skin to win! Skin to win!
13% alcohol by volume
Napa Valley 2007 | Sauvignon Blanc | California, United States
They were gonna call it "Turner & Hooch", but that one was taken. Damn you, Tom Hanks!
14.4% alcohol by volume
Lodi 2007 | Chardonnay | California, United States
It's a well known fact in the wine world that a hanging vine is always a swingin' good time.
13.5% alcohol by volume
Carneros 2003 | 100% Chardonnay | California, United States
This chardonnay is a propietary blend producd from select blocks at Hyde Vineyards. Their exclusive (VIP) U.S. representative is Wilson Daniels, LTD.
14.5% alcohol by volume
Russian River Valley 2006 | Chardonnay | California, United States
14.7% alcohol by volume
Santa Ynez Valley 2007 | 88% Marsanne, 12% Roussanne | California, United States
Clearly this wine was designed to be a French double agent because California doesn't make delicate, rich gems like this, does she?
12.5% alcohol by volume
Robert Talbott Vineyards Kali Hart Vineyard
Monterey County 2008 | Chardonnay | California, United States
The search for the 'aurum potabile,' or drinking gold, has been a favorite preoccupation of alchemists throughout the ages... It is said to be a cure for all illnesses... Well, are we there yet?
14.2% alcohol by volume
Napa Valley 2007 | Sauvignon Blanc | California, United States
It's so much easier to hit the spot when you use a slingshot.
13.5% alcohol by volume
Napa Valley 2005 | 100% Ribolla Gialla | California, United States | map
Just a small horizontal amarillo smile to place upon the face of someone who has been begging for Ribolla from the U.S. Cereal grains and lemons.
14.5% alcohol by volume
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