Wines of the Week:
Customer Favorites - A Couple of American Beauties
2010 Banshee Sauvignon Blanc
Regular Price $19.99
On sale for $14.99
2009 Banshee Pinot Noir
Regular Price $22.99
On sale for $17.99
It's new, it's cool, it's hip. But it's been going on for a while now. Talented young winemakers who can't afford to start their own winery will buy grapes from ultra-premium sources and make their own wine at co-op style facilities. We love these high end wines at low prices and Banshee is our new favorite in this category.
I gotta give props to our local fine dining spot, "80 Thoreau" and my pal there Vincent Vela for turning me and a lot of our guests at the shop onto the Banshee Pinot Noir.
I can't tell you how many people I've recommended these wines to and then they come back and tell me, "it tasted frigin' awesome, even my wife loved it" or "Mmmmm....that wine sure was tasty, but my husband drank the whole thing." And then they bought more. That's always a good sign, right? So I bought and bunch and now we have them as a feature.
It's very rare that I'll recommend two wines from the same producer because it's tough for any producer to make two top-notch wines like it's tough for me to multi-task. But these folks (on the left) did it.
Details on the Sauvignon Blanc: This is a slightly grassy, lemon blossom and citrusy Sauvignon Blanc, with no malo but a rush of melony goodness on the palate. Medium-bodied, this wine has good texture AND acidity, which would come as no surprise if you knew the wine’s source. Banshee gets 98% of the fruit from one of the top Sauvignon Blanc producers in the Napa Valley. On sale for $14.99 and in the cold box waiting for you now.
Details on the Pinot Noir: A blend of two top-notch vineyards, one in the Petaluma 
Wind Gap (Sonoma Coast) and one from Russian River Valley. This Sonoma County is a complex pinot with dark cherry fruit and sweet earthen minerality held together by bright acidity and long, rich and ripe tannins. I think this is a Cab lovers Pinot because it's so big and juicy. On sale for $17.99
Respect: Both the Sauvignon Blanc and the Pinot Noir average 90 Points on the public review site, CellarTracker.com
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