Smart Bottles (Buy Wine)
When I was a young lad living temporarily in London, I watched my dad stand in line at a shop in South Kensington to buy a bottle of champagne. As we stood there, a lovely young woman walked by and said in a very proper accent, “ooh, that’s a smart bottle.” I filed that tidbit away, vowing to use it myself one day. At Storyteller, “smart bottles” are primarily wines that we keep in stock at all times.
Any time you drop you can count on finding some interesting, very nicely priced bottles to take home with you. Or they might be wines that were offered as “one time” only prices by local distributors/importers. Or they may just be as scarce as they are good and you’d be smart to buy them while you can.
If any of these bottles appeal to you just email or call us toll free and tell us how many you would like. We’ll get back to you ASAP in order to collect your shipping and credit card information. Or you can always drop by the store.
2008 Matello Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 19.94
Yes, it really is that good.
2008 Cameron Winery Dundee Hills Chardonnay 18.00
2007 Cameron Winery Clos Electrique Blanc 49.00
According to the Wine Spectator's Matt Kramer, a Burgundy freak if there ever was one, "also look for Cameron's 2007 Clos Electrique Chardonnay. If Oregon offered a better, richer, more complex and rewarding Chardonnay in 2007, I haven't tasted it -- or anything close to it, even. Just 100 cases were produced.
2007 Cameron Abbey Ridge Pinot Noir 49.00
2007 Cameron Winery Abbey Ridge Chardonnay 39.00
2007 Cameron Winery Arley’s Leap Pinot Noir 34.00
Domaine August Clape Saint-Péray 39.00
2007 Domaine A. Clape Cornas 1.5L 198.00
2007 Domaine A. Clape Cornas 750 ml. 98.00
2007 Clemens Busch Riesling Pündericher Marienburg GG Rothenpfad 59.00
It will take me a day or two to find words powerful enough to describe how great this wine is. Check back on Monday.
2005 Château Côte de Baleau Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 24.00
Smoky blackberries and graphite. Just a little bit of Michel Rolland Merlot-driven magic.
2007 Forrester Meinert The FMC 45.00
Is this South Africa's finest white wine? It is in my Chenin Blanc book!
2002 J. Lasalle Blanc de Blancs 1er Millesime Brut Champagne 75.00
Have the urge to feel weak in the knees?
Marie-Noëlle Ledru Extra Brut Grand Cru NV Champagne 59.00
Picture Lebron James in his pre-game warmup of throwing talc up in the air. This Extra Brut tastes like that mid-air explosion of powder.
Marie-Noëlle Ledru Brut Rosé Grand Cru NV Champagne 64.00
Reminiscent of rubbing a Captn. Crunchberry across a slate chalkboard. Magnificent. Salmon-Billecart who?
Marc Chauvet Brut Tradition NV Champagne 39.00
A superb value in champagne. British wine writer though so highly of this bubbly she selected it for her daughter's wedding reception! This grower champagne from Rilly-la-Montagne is based on the 2005 vintage with 30% coming from older reserve wines. Stunning stuff.
2007 Kelley Fox Wines Maresh Vineyard Pinot Noir 49.00
The good news? This is a really, really fine example of Dundee Hills Pinot Noir from one of the Willamette Valley's oldest vineyards. the bad news? 69 cases is all that exists.
2007 Kelley Fox Wine Momtazi Vineyard Pinot Noir 39.00
Blink and this biodynamic gem will be all gone.
2007 Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape “La Crau” 375 ml 36.00
We provide the baby bottle, you bring the straws.
2007 Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape “La Crau” 3.0 Liter 350.00
Come big or don't come at all my daddy always used to say.
2006 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Clos Saint-Philibert, Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Blanc 39.00
Meursault, eat your heart out. This is decadent juice at its finest.
Riedel Oregon Pinot Noir Glass 15.00
This is the glass designed specifically by Georg Riedel for Oregon Pinot Noir. It made its debut at the 2007 International Pinot Noir Celebration and it really does make a difference! We will ship this glass anywhere in the United States. For a set of six we lower the price to 13.50 each and for a set of 12 the price per stem drops to 12.00.
