15% off 6 or more bottles at thatchers
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15% off 6 or more bottles at thatchers
^ in-stock
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Just put together a very cool six pack there well below WS low, old Chave and d’Yquem, top Pataille ‘23s. The usual ship-free still applies.
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The 15% off made me pull the trigger on more ‘01 D’Yquem. Quite good pricing.
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A few bottles of Franny Beck on WineBid this week for anyone in need of a reup
Uovo has 2002 dom magnums for 675
This isn’t the best champagne in the world, but magnum of rose for $59 is pretty good, might be good for those throwing parties this summer.
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Thanks, I bit on 3. Haven’t had it in years but as you say the price is right for summer in the yard. Shipping was a very reasonable $24 ($201 out the door) for 3 as well.
They got 44 of these mags? Dear lord..
They had 60
My office used to be right around the corner from their warehouse until they recently moved it to Austin. Things got out of hand there for a bit so it’s probably for the best lol
Serving the Bay Area
since 2005
Goodfellow Family Cellars: Burgundian Tension, Champagne Elegance
“Goodfellow is among the best producers in the Willamette Valley…elegantly styled, transparent wines sourced from some of the region’s oldest vineyards.”
– Wine Advocate
Burgundy luminaries like Dominique Lafon are looking to Oregon’s Willamette Valley as the next great source of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir; Marcus Goodfellow is one of the reasons why.
Launched in 2002, Goodfellow Family Cellars has focused its strategy on old vine sites, conscientious farming, and traditional techniques in the cellar. They work with iconic Willamette Vineyards like Temperance Hill, Durant, and Whistling Ridge, making parcel-specific bottlings that express their sites with immense clarity, affirming their standing as one of Oregon’s great producers of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Now, Marcus is launching a passion project a long time in the making: a lineup of Champagne-method bubbles made from those very same exceptional vineyard sites.
If Burgundy greats had their eyes trained on Marcus and the Willamette Valley before, it seems it’s only a matter of time before their counterparts in Reims start doing the same.
Marcus’ path to becoming one of Oregon’s great winemakers was a nontraditional one. Restaurant gigs in Los Angeles and Portland first introduced him to wine, though the interest was more incidental than intentional. When he was offered the chance to work a harvest with the iconic Evesham Wood, the attraction was largely driven by a desire to return to his family’s agricultural roots rather than professional aspirations. But he found unexpected encouragement in the community of McMinneville’s granary district, surrounded by the Evesham Wood team, Eyrie Vineyards, and crucially, Westrey Wine Company founders Amy Wesselman and David Autrey. There, he made his first vintages and established long lasting relationships with some of the most important grape growers throughout the Willamette Valley. Now, his understanding of the exceptional, varied terroir of those great vineyards has defined his reputation, not only in Oregon and the US, but globally.
Goodfellow’s vineyard program is a precise, measured exploration of not just the Willamette Valley’s great sites, but the most expressive parcels within them. Over his two decades working with his core vineyards, Marcus has identified particular character offered by each parcel, knitting them together to create wines of immense balance and character. While each of his sites play an important role, one vineyard defines Goodfellow’s program above the rest: the windswept, sloped Whistling Ridge vineyard.
Whistling Ridge Vineyard
Planted to marine sedimentary soils along an exposed, southern facing ridge, Whistling Ridge is a site marked by nervy acidity and elastic tension, perfectly suited for sparkling wine. It served as inspiration for Marcus to launch his sparkling program, and the grapes pulled from these deep rooted vines make up the core of the fruit for the lineup. Ripening with low sugars, consistent exposure to breezes, shallow soils, and low vigor, the Blanc de Blancs and Blanc de Gris (a rare, Champagne-method expression of Pinot Gris) from Whistling Ridge showcase the terroir of the site: textural, weightlessly dense, and brimming with minerality.
If his Blancs de Blancs and Noirs are reflective of Whistling Ridge’s commanding character, his NV Willamette Valley Extra Brut captures the same stylistic balance that has been the hallmark of Goodfellow’s still wines for decades: both a respectful reflection of method, and decidedly more varietally and site expressive than most NV Champagne offers. Made from a blend of 68% 2021 vintage Pinot Noir from Durant, Whistling Ridge, and 32% 2021 Chardonnay from Whistling Ridge, each vineyard source has a clear influence. There’s the brisk acidity and tension from Whistling Ridge; the soft aromatics and weightless power from Durant, where the vines bathe in the early morning sun; and the chalky, salt-laden minerality of Tsai.
Goodfellow’s sparkling wines are incredibly tiny production – quantities are extremely limited!
2113 Vine St.
Berkeley, CA 94709, United States
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Wine Enthusiast has 20% off all Zalto glassware if that is of interest to anyone.
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“Up to” 20%. For example, the universal is marked down from $78 to $70.
My apologies. Thanks for catching that.
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Flickinger recently added the 2017 of Linne Calodo’s “The Martian” Cab blend. Two listings, 7 available @ $40 BUT there are also 9 available @ $30. Think current releases of this run around $100? Have enjoyed LC’s Rhone bottlings in the past, The Martian is their sole Cab-based wine.
2018 Hosanna for 139 at Empire State of wine
Ayala Brut Nature $32 at estate wine brokers
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For people in IL, a few quasi-closeouts at various Binny’s locations, very limited stock.
2020-2023 Chave Saint Joseph - $70
2014 Leoville Poyferre - $70
2020 Gazin - $66
2021 Haut Bailly - $80
2015-2016 Phelan Segur - $45
2021-2022 Latour Martillac Blanc - $35
2018 Rieussec (375mL) - $19
Unlike ends of bins, these are eligible for the $30 off $150 coupon this weekend.
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I didn’t pass, I got a few, but, k&l is blowing out wm. harrison, all estate fruit (for reds), rutherford, along Silverado trail:
2021 Rutherford Cab - $19.95
2022 Rutherford Cab - $19.95
2022 Rutherford Cab Franc - $19.95
2023 sangiacomo Chardonnay- $14.95
I tasted there last year. The wines tasted young in general to me, as if they needed a handful of years. But, good quality and nothing I could pass up at these closeout prices. You might remember than the owners retired and they were bought out a year or so ago.
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