A SALE To Celebrate winestore. Dunwoody opening!
10.04.2024
Our Dunwoody, GA store is now open!
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La Petite Gargotte
The Comte Tolosan region encompasses famed wine regions: Jurancon, Cahors and Armagnac. Typically, the white wines are based upon neutral grapes like Ugni Blanc, Colombard, and Folle Blanche, or more aromatic grapes like Petit Manseng or Gros Manseng. While few of these grapes have distinctive personalities, if you put them into a harmonious blend, they can be pretty charming.
Antoine de la Farge L'Enfant Rebelle
European AOC system sets the boundaries of any winegrowing region; the idea is that the best and appropriate area is reserved for the AOC’s. That means that there are other places that can make high quality wine but simply don’t fit within the AOC boundaries. That includes this site just outside of the established Loire Valley vineyards where delicious Sauvignon Blanc can be made, similarly to Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé, but not at similar pricing.
Bleu Blanc Thau
This blend of Picpoul,Terret, and Colombard is so tasty, so refreshingly crisp (but still weighty enough to matter) and, dare we say it, a freaking value that it practically crawled into our bag and said take me home the first time we tasted it.
White and Sea
It’s surprising that grapes like Sauvignon Blanc aren’t more widely planted in southern France, as they can be harvested fairly early to retain bright and citrusy acidity without really losing character or even complexity. Maybe wines like this will encourage more winemakers to try working with crisp and aromatic white grapes in Languedoc-Roussillon.
Belleplane Chardonnay
In France, the grape is sometimes secondary - it’s the place that counts. The French label police have loosened up and they’re okay with Chardonnay being on this label. It matters if you’re close to the coast, or up in the mountains, and with a grape like Chardonnay, cooler, higher elevation sites are best. A third of the wine is barrel-fermented - the rest is in stainless steel, with enough lees-stirring to fatten up the wine and round it out.
Absolu Chardonnay
This is grown on eroded limestone and clay in one of the newer classified spots along the Mediterranean Sea. Night harvesting helps retain acidity and that’s important in a place that might as well be a beach in Capri were it not for the surrounding vines and the winds coming down off the mountains to the north and west. This is fermented partly in stainless steel and partly in barrel, but all of the wine spends a year in French oak.
Chazeaux Des Beuchottes
In warmer spots in the southern region of Languedoc-Roussillon, Pinot Noir can prosper but only in the cooler sites. With Chazeaux des Beuchottes, these cooler sites help produce complex, bright and fresh Pinot Noir. At this price, we dare you to find better Pinot Value!
Les Peyrautins Pinot Noir
You have been told that Pinot Noir is the most finicky of grapes; indeed, it’s supposed to be the “heartbreak grape.” The statement is not false but it’s also not completely true. To make great Pinot noir is bloody difficult and to do it consistently is virtually impossible, unless you’re in some famous place. But that’s true of most grapes. It’s true that Pinot noir grown in the wrong place is pretty dreadful, maybe more dreadful than most other grapes. But the middle ground has plenty of wealth to it – you need a friendly place for grape growing but not too friendly. With France’s Pays d’Oc, there are places where it’s easy to ripen grapes and areas that offer just enough challenge to coax Pinot Noir into showing its friendly and compelling side. This is an ideal example.
Granicus Red
We like to shop in the Languedoc-Roussillon; it’s a place in Mediterranean France that has been important for more than a century but, despite the noise about inexpensive Bordeaux wines, remains the place to shop for value. When they are growing on chalky-clay terroirs, and when they apply Bordeaux techniques to it (fancy stainless steel, new French oak, minute temperature control and the like), they make a fascinating wine.
Pocapita
Pocapita is a great example of how much the Rioja region has upped its game in the last decade. Like many of their wines of late, this 100% Tempranillo is rich, powerful, intense, heady and every bit a modern version of concentrated Rioja, but one that nevertheless still tastes like Rioja.
Highland Falls
"Mountain-grown, it’s the richest kind,” as coffee commercials used to say, but it’s also true of Cabernet. Foley Family's pedigree doesn’t hurt either: the guys who bring you Merus, Chalone and Chalk Hill Wines are behind the powerhouse Highland Falls lineup too.
Snowvale Cabernet
It's no surprise that I love Snowvale Cabernet. It's classic California; ripe fruit, full-bodied, hints of spice, firm tannins, and an intense yet balanced finish. The surprise is that it's only $13. This is one to buy by the case. Just don't tell your friends how much you paid.
Swimbad Rose
Rosé is the tipple of the tempting whether we are in Touraine, Tempe, Tuscaloosa, Tuscany or Saint-Tropez. Provence, the archetypal French vacationland, is the poster child for what modern rosé ought to be. Pale, quenching, lip-smacking.
Larme en Rose
If you stick around the wine business long enough, you’ll have seen it all. Where once wine coolers were cooler than Liebfraumilch, now hard seltzer is hot (served cold). White Zin was once de rigeur, though it was never French; it was from the good ol’ US of A. But then that became too sweet and the category died. Or seemed to. Because then rosé rose up like a zombie eager for fresh meat, though the current iteration of the pink stuff is more often French than not. Provence is the epicenter of it and the French have figured out how we like it: dry, pale pink, light and refreshing.
Corte Giovanni Extra Brut Prosecco
Though Prosecco is made throughout the northeastern Italian regions of Veneto and Friuli, there are two areas that produce wines with more vibrancy and complexity to them and that are solely elevated to DOCG status as a result: Conegliano-Valdobbiadene and Colli Asolani. A very dry version of Prosecco (the meaning of Extra Brut) is as modern as it gets, but it reflects the growing awareness of Colli Asolani as producing wines.
winestore. Dunwoody
5484 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd
Suite 19B
Dunwoody, GA 30338
(470) 709-2289
In a world of overpriced chinos and some people possibly believing that Roadhouse (the original!) was not a great movie, we're pleased to be able to report that you can still count on two things in this world - low wine prices and an awesome selection here at winestore.
To celebrate the opening of our 9th location, and our first location in the great State of Georgia, we are hosting a sale (of course!). We picked two wines from each of our sections - light, medium and full bodied white and reds, as well as two sparkling wines and two rosé - that we feel best represent what we do best here at winestore.
What's our new store gonna be like?
- Delicious wines hand selected by Master Sommelier & Master of Wine Doug Frost? Indeed...
- Guaranteed lowest prices in GA and NC (and in many cases the nation)? But of course.
- Ability to try before you buy on tasting machines? You know it!
- Award winning customer service? It's the only way...
If you love wine and know people in the Dunwoody / greater Atlanta area, please send them our direction if you are so inclined. All our stores carry the same product, have the same deals, etc - so feel confident if you're loving something in Charlotte / Morrisville / Cornelius / Chapel Hill / Wilmington / Raleigh or Asheville, your friends in Dunwoody and Atlanta can now get in on the action! Driving directions can be found below - and you can also call us with any questions @ (470) 709-2289.
Lastly a HUGE THANK YOU to all of our customers. Your support has allowed us to continue to expand, and we want to make sure you know we are humbled every day by your support, and are honored by the opportunity to serve you and your family.
So what wines are on sale?!?
SALE runs Friday October 4th - Friday October 11th, 2024
ALL 9 LOCATIONS
2022 La Petite Gargotte - $5.99
2023 L'Enfant Rebelle Sauvignon Blanc - $9.99
2023 Bleu Blanc Thau - $7.99
2022 White & Sea - $7.99
2022 Belleplane Chardonnay - $9.99
2023 Absolu Chardonnay - $12.99
2022 Chazeaux Pinot Noir - $7.99
2022 Les Peyrautins Pinot Noir - $9.99
2022 Granicus Proprietary Red - $9.99
2022 Pocapita - 7.99
2022 Highland Falls - $9.99
2022 Snowvale Cabernet Sauvignon - $10.99
2023 SWIMBAD Rosé - $7.99
2023 Larme En Rose - $9.99
NV Guyot Choppin Champagne - $24.99
NV Corte Giovanni Prosecco - $9.99
PLUS
20% Bonus on ALL Enoround card purchases / re-loads all week long at all winestore. locations!
Questions?
E-mail us HERE
Call ahead for IN STORE / CURBSIDE PICKUP:
Call DUNWOODY @ 470-709-2289
Call ASHEVILLE @ 828-417-7305
Call RALEIGH @ 919-747-9077
Call CHAPEL HILL @ 984-234-0446
Call WILMINGTON @ 910-239-9479
Call MORRISVILLE @ 919-694-5028
Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024
Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944
Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662
Chazeaux Des Beuchottes