Gifts under $50

2022 Tansy Fiano, Bowland Vineyard, Russian River Valley
2022 Tansy Fiano, Bowland Vineyard, Russian River Valley
  2022 Tansy Fiano, Bowland Vineyard, Russian River Valley   Believe it or not, there were some good things that emerged from COVID as well as the myriad bad.  Take Tansy Wines.  It was because of the pandemic that local...
$32.99
2022 Ronchi di Cialla Friulano, Collio Orientali di Friuli
2022 Ronchi di Cialla Friulano, Collio Orientali di Friuli
Go east from Piemonte until you can go east no more and you’ll find the ancient and indigenous Friulano grape thriving on either side of Italy’s border with Slovenia.  This fresh, herbal white has all the acidity you need to cut through...
$24.99
$22.50
2021 Elena Fucci 'Sceg' Aglianico del Vulture DOC
2021 Elena Fucci 'Sceg' Aglianico del Vulture DOC
Something brand new from Elena Fucci, the ‘First Lady of Aglianico’ of the slopes of Mount Vulture. This dark, earthy cuvee was designed to be consumed a little younger than her monstrously tannic (but very delicious) Titolo, it’s rich,...
$29.99
$24.99
2021 The Prisoner Wine Company Chardonnay, Los Carneros
2021 The Prisoner Wine Company Chardonnay, Los Carneros
We’ve often speculated what a Chardonnay made by the creators of The Prisoner might taste like.  As it turns out, it is pretty amazing.  It hails from the Oak Knoll District between Highway 29 and the Silverado Trail and the Napa side of...
$41.99
2021 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo
2021 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo
Cooperatives are not an unusual phenomenon in Europe.  Almost every growing region on the continent has at least one place where growers with no ability to make their own wine can send their grapes and get a decent return on their hard work. ...
$29.99
$27.99
2022 Capiaux Pinot Noir, Chimera, Russian River Valley
2022 Capiaux Pinot Noir, Chimera, Russian River Valley
The affable, understated Sean Capiaux has earned a very good living over the years making wine at some very high profile Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley wineries including the likes of Jordan, Pine Ridge and Peter Michael. His current day job is making the...
$35.99
2019 Castello di Ama Chianti Classico
2019 Castello di Ama Chianti Classico
This Gaiole-in-Chianti producer is one of the real benchmark wineries in Chianti.  An ancient property renovated in the early 1970s, Castello di Ama was one of the first wineries to really push the envelope to raise quality in the region by farming...
$29.99
$26.99
2022 Sonoma Cutrer Chardonnay Russian River Ranches
2022 Sonoma Cutrer Chardonnay Russian River Ranches
Location, location, location!  We discovered not too long ago that Sonoma-Cutrer’s top-quality Russian River Ranches cuvee is largely sourced from the Chardonnay vines planted on either side of the driveway that runs up to the hill to the very...
$22.99
$21.99
2021 Domaine D'Ardhuy Ladoix Blanc
2021 Domaine D'Ardhuy Ladoix Blanc
Here’s a bold move by PRIMA’s Minister of Value; recommending a white Burgundy as a mid-tier wine because, as you well know, good Burgundy doesn’t come cheap.  This is a wonderful, oak-aged Chardonnay, made by a small, family-owned...
$49.99
2021 Michel Magnien Bourgogne Pinot Noir
2021 Michel Magnien Bourgogne Pinot Noir
The 2021 red Burgundies are arriving apace and, as a group so far, I don’t know when I’ve tasted a more ravishing bunch of wines!  Coming on the heels of the massive, ultra-ripe 2020s, they are also a refreshing change; wines that have...
$49.99
2020 Deltetto Pinot Nero 777 Biologico
2020 Deltetto Pinot Nero 777 Biologico
When I first tried this with Carlo, I assumed he grew it in the Alta Langa hills where he grows the grapes for his sparkling wine program, but he surprised me by saying that the vineyard was right there in Canale, next to the San Michele hill and...
$35.99
2022 Deltetto Roero Arneis 'San Michele'
2022 Deltetto Roero Arneis 'San Michele'
All Arneis wines are not created equal, especially now that this grape, once seemingly destined for extinction, has become, by far, the most popular and most-produced white wine made in the Langhe region of Piemonte.  People, I guess, forgot that...
$32.00
$29.99
2022 Flowers Chardonnay Sonoma Coast
2022 Flowers Chardonnay Sonoma Coast
PRIMA Notes:  Looking for that perfect Chardonnay to enjoy all year long?  How about Flowers’ gorgeous Sonoma Coast Chardonnay for a song?  This is a beautifully balanced wine with all of the great acidity and lovely, lacy fruit this...
$39.99
$37.99
2021 Archery Summit Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills
2021 Archery Summit Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills
  2021 is definitely going to be a vintage to remember in Oregon.  In every good way!  Coming on the heels of the singularly bizarre 2020 that was equally memorable, but for all the wrong reasons, 2021 was a picture-perfect harvest that...
$54.99
$49.99
2022 Chateau de Pibarnon Bandol Rose
2022 Chateau de Pibarnon Bandol Rose
While not every dry pink wine from Bandol has it, the best are instantly identifiable by a distincitve aromatic profile that features exuberant wild strawberry and lantana flower intermingled with white pepper spice, subtle rose petal and...
$44.99
$39.99
2019 Skouras Megas Oenos
2019 Skouras Megas Oenos
 This wine showcases an intense, deep garnet color with alluring violet highlights. The nose reveals a harmonious blend of depth, concentration, complexity, and finesse. You'll be delighted by the enticing aromas of red and black fruits like...
$38.99
2019 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "D'Or et Diamant"
2019 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "D'Or et Diamant"
2019 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "D'Or et Diamant"    As every lover of the crisp, mineral driven Sauvignons of the Loire Valley already all-too-well knows, the 2020 and, especially, the 2021 harvests were nearly decimated by...
$42.99
2021 DAOU Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles
2021 DAOU Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles
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$60.00
$49.99
2020 Oddero Barbera d'Asti Nizza
2020 Oddero Barbera d'Asti Nizza
 let’s also consider Barbera 2.0 !The Odderos have been producing a Barbera d’Asti DOC for many decades but, because they made so little, and because the family was always worried that American consumers would confuse their two Barberas,...
$35.99
2021 Chateau de La Greffiere Macon La Roche-Vineuse Sous Le Bois
2021 Chateau de La Greffiere Macon La Roche-Vineuse Sous Le Bois
Simple is sometimes (well, a lot of the time) better.  Sure, we love our Chardonnay when it gets super concentrated and ripe in the vineyard, gets fermented on its natural yeast, sits on its lees, gets stirred around and has a nice long stay in a...
$24.99