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.
2007 Charles Smith Wines “Royal City” Syrah Stoneridge Vineyard 110.00
Get it while you can.
2009 Domaine Tempier Bandol Rosé 34.00
It's a great one this year!
2006 Pursued by Bear Cabernet Sauvignon 65.00
Move immediately to buy this wine, pursued by bear. Nice work Agent Cooper!
2007 Domaine Costal Chablis “Les Truffieres” 20.00
Bernard Raveneau and Kermit Lynch collide.
2007 Big Table Farm White Hawk Vineyard Syrah 48.00
2006 Dr. Loosen & J. Christopher Appassionata Pinot Noir 75.00
2007 Lapierre Morgon “Cuvée Marcel Lapierre” MMVII 36.00
In exceptional vintage years, Marcel Lapierre produces a homeopathic amount of this special cuvee. It is made with fruit from his oldest vines (around 100 years of age) mostly from the Cote du Py. It is aged longer and released later than the domaine's regular Morgon bottling. It is definitely bigger and more robust than the regular bottling, clocking in at 14% alcohol. Decanting for a few hours is highly recommended if you open this bottle any time soon.
2008 Movia Quattro Mani Toh-kai 11.00
100% Tocai from Movia's own organically farmed Exto Gredic vineyard. Made by wild man Ales Kristancic in accordance with biodynamic principles. Bone dry. For just over ten bucks bucks!?! Are you kidding me? And at 12.5% alcohol, to paraphrase Ales, the Quatro Mani will allow you to zak zak all night long. 63.00 for a six-pack. 118.00 for a case of 12 bottles.
2008 Cameron Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 26.00
Cameron crazies love the signature Cameron funk. The 2008 Dundee Hills has a perfect balance between funk and fruit. Dark cherry Clos Electrique, Abbey Ridge, Gehrts and Clos de Bess fruit. How funky? This bottle drinks like Dumpstaphunk playing "Sympathy for the Devil" at a Treme dive bar at 2AM. Have mercy!
2008 J. Christopher Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 24.00
You don't think Oregon can produce a great Pinot Noir for less than forty bucks a bottle? You don't think Oregon can make a Pinot Noir with a little of that earthy Beaune grit? Then meet winemaker Jay Somers. This bottle drinks like an angry Yves Montand.
2008 Bebame (Cab Franc-Gamay Noir) 18.00
Don Heistuman, Steve Edmunds and Don’s wife Jayme Armstrong have a mission statement when it comes to the Bebame. “We love transparent, delicious, easy, characterful and deeply flavorful wines that are finely structured and relatively low in alcohol: Chinon, Bourgeuil, Beaujolais, Mondeuse, Marzemino, Lagrein, Barbera, Albarino, Vermentino, Txakolina…you get the idea. What we don’t understand is why this style of wine is rarely made in the New World. While there is a school of thought that says New World wine has to be richer, higher in alcohol and riper, we don’t buy it. We believe that if grapes are planted on cool, appropriate sites, well-farmed, picked ripe at reasonable sugar levels and truly minimally handled in the cellar, we can make just such wines without compromise in the New World.” And boy have they succeeded!
The Bebame is a blend of 65% Cabernet Franc and 35% Gamay Noir. The fruit comes from two vineyards that sit 3,000 feet above sea level up in the hills of El Dorado County. The Cabernet Franc hails from the Von Huewen Vineyard and the Gamay Noir is from the Witters Vineyard, a source known for producing great fruit for the Edmunds St. John Bone Jolly. Steve Edmunds takes the fruit and makes the Cabernet Franc and Gamay Noir separately before working out the blend with Don. They are fermented separately with native yeasts and then allowed to settle for four months in stainless steel tanks. The Steve Edmunds touch, light and balanced, is quite evident in the Bebame. 13% alcohol.
2008 Antica Terra Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 46.00
Free ground shipping is available for this wine if you live in one of the lower 48 states.
2007 Cameron Winery Abbey Ridge Chardonnay 39.00
2008 August Clape Saint-Péray 39.00
2007 Domaine A. Clape Cornas 1.5L 198.00
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!
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.
Riedel Oregon Pinot Noir Glass 12.00
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.
