Price check update: 2005 Telmo Rodriguez Dehesa Gago Toro

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

We just peeked at the winecommune site wondering how the auction ended up…and it seems that a good deal was had for the high bidders on the lot, which closed at $6.00 a bottle on the top end. Even factoring shipping, the auction lot fee (which is around $3.75 or so per winning lot on winecommune.com — much less than the 18% buyers premium one pays on sites such as WineBid.com) and bottle cost, the price for the wine beats out all competitors online or elsewhere. Initial bottle cost of $6.00 is about what Whole Foods probably paid for the bottle.

Price Check: 2005 Telmo Rodriguez Dehesa Gago Toro

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

25400.jpgWe carry this wine, a 100% Tempranillo from Telmo Rodriguez, a hot winemaker from Spain (hot in both his looks and mad skills with the vino). We used to sell the Dehesa Gago for $13.99, but were lucky enough to get some on close-out from the old distributor who lost the wine to a competitor. We lowered our price accordingly, to $12.99 a bottle, since we had some for the old price and some for the reduced rate, and figured an average dollar cost would be fair to us, fair to the consumer. Read more…

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10/30/2011: The Return of the Oyster Boys

Oysters. Wine. ‘Nuff said. Come! Click here for advance purchase options.

2010 Trajarinho Vinho Verde

October 6th, 2011 LA Times Wine of the Week! Click to buy for $10/bottle.

Carmela’s Tasting - Wine-Based Sorbets!

Taste two new flavors from Carmela’s Ice Cream, based on wine we stock on our shelves! Two sorbets as well as the wines that inspired them, a Cava and a Malbec blend, will be on display as part of this Sunday’s tasting. Click here for discounted advance purchase of tickets (just $6!).

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We will be open until 9PM tonight (Wednesday) and then on Thanksgiving Day from 10AM until 2PM for all you last-minute types. Happy holidays everyone!

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wine jargon

Frizzante
From Wikipedia: Frizzante is an Italian wine term term for semi-sparkling wine (as opposed to Spumante, which is generally used for fully sparkling wines). Frizzante wines generally owe their bubbles to a partial secondary fermentation in tank. You might notice a light fizz or tingly sensation on the tongue with a Frizzante wine, compared to the more carbonated sensation that more fully sparkling wines yield.


Scorekage
Okay, so we made up this word yesterday after a great restaurant experience. We brought a bottle of wine with us, expecting to pay a corkage fee. But the restaurant either forgot to charge us the $15, or decided to be nice to us. We scored! Hence, “scorekage” has entered our lexicon. This can also refer to BYO friendly restaurants that don’t charge for corkage under any circumstances.


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Hours are 11AM to 8PM, Monday through Saturday and noon to 5PM on Sundays.

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Fabulous & Frugal!
Our friends launched a new site and domaine547 is a featured wine columnist in their premiere edition! Go check out Fabulous & Frugal for some fantastic lifestyle tips for living the good life during what, for most of us, is an economically challenging time. There’s much more than wine there, and we’re thrilled to be a small part of the start of what will surely be a successful venture. Congrats to Brandi & Steph for their achievement!

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