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2007 LAIL VINEYARDS, J. Daniel Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$115.00
The J. Daniel cuvee has become a benchmark of Napa cult wines over the past ten years. The 2007 vintage received a 96+ rating from Parker. That’s basically the same score Eagle, Harlan, Schrader, Bond, and 100 Acre get except Lail doesn’t rip your anus in half when they sell you the wine. They also won’t laugh at you for buying them another yellow Ferrari or a new Palm Tree. This wine is dense, dark, focused, and concentrated, delivering a truly world class California Cabernet that would make Chateau Margaux proud. Parker said, and I quote………
“Lail’s flagship wine is the J. Daniel Cuvee. The 2007 is living up to all of its promise when tasted last year from barrel. There are 850 cases of this 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from four separate sites in Napa (in Calistoga, Howell Mountain, Coombsville, and Rutherford). A dense purple color is accompanied by notes of graphite, licorice, black cherry liqueur, black currants, crushed rocks, spice box, and cedar. With Pauillac-like aromatic and flavor profiles, this opulent, full-bodied, rich 2007 reveals superb purity as well as definition. It may even grow in stature over the next five years, and is capable of lasting 20-25+ years”………..I couldn’t have said it better myself. We’re one of the first retailers in the country to have this so call us and get it while the getting’s good.

2009 PHOENIX RANCH, Cinsault, Bechthold Vineyard, Lodi California–$17.00   pronounced (sin-so)
Usually Cinsault is a blending grape used in Chateauneuf-du-Pape and ironically there is more Cinsault planted in France than there is Cabernet Sauvignon. This modestly priced wine delivers loads of satisfaction and a wallop of flavor. Simply put, this is highly enjoyable and very entertaining to drink with a unique flavor and an equally unique price. And don’t give me this shit about “I don’t know if I like Cinsault” or “Maybe I’ll try one and see if I like it” or “We don’t drink Cinsault”. Because when you try this you will know that you like Cinsault and therefore you will be a Cinsault drinker. It tastes like a blend of Syrah, Petit Sirah, and Grenache with a super friendly texture and a plump mouthfeel. These Cinsault vines were planted by Mike Grgich when he was a child and are now 130 years old offering up complex flavors, smooth tannin, and a complexity hardly ever found in $17 wines. This is one of those wines you buy a case of and enjoy the hell out of while your Cabernets age & mature.

2007 DeLILLE CELLARS, “D2”, Columbia Valley, Washington–$40.00 (51%ML, 40%CS, 7%CF, 2%PV)
“D2” refers to the “second label” from DeLille Cellars although it’s hardly reminiscent of second labels from Napa wineries which are usually compromised versions of their more expensive stuff. “D2” is also the name of the grand route du vin, the wine road that goes through the chateau region of Bordeaux. I know this sounds sac religious, but I think this wine is better than any $40 wine from Napa. This stuff is INTENSE and has
truly authentic Bordeaux qualities rarely found in Napa wines other than Lail. Dark purple in color, the D2’s aromas fly outta the glass, notifying you that you just bought some bad-ass wine. The D2 is seamless with flavors of plum, black cherry, currant, tobacco, caramel, mocha, and spice, all sewn together with 100% new French oak. The new oak is chewed up and perfectly integrated by the powerful black fruit in this world class wine. And seriously, don’t even start up with this, “I don’t like Washington wines” stuff, or “We just drink California reds” or, “Oh no, not Washington”. In fact, if you don’t buy this wine I should sell your information to some telemarketers and close the store, maybe burn it, and leave the wine business forever because nobody really cares about the GREAT wines I find unless they come from this mostly homogenized valley, the home of free run juice.

2007 ROUND POND ESTATE, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa Valley–$50.00
Let’s pretend you don’t like Washington or Oregon wines and you can’t stand or stomach wines from Mendocino or Santa Cruz and the only wines you really enjoy are Napa Valley Cabernets. If that is the case, then this is your wine. Round Pond’s winemaker, Brian Brown, trained in Australia and then in Napa where he worked as assistant winemaker at Vineyard 29. There he worked with Phillippe Melka and Ceila Masyczek where he learned cutting edge techniques that guarantee a minimum score of 94 points on every vintage, no matter what. Because of that experience the Round Pond Cabernet has the same luscious, intense, thick, rich qualities of much more expensive wines. The typical “Rutherford dust” in this wine is covered and coated with dark, dank flavors and a huge, rich presence on the palate. Nothing dusty about it. Notes of black cherry, cherry, earthy cassis, French oak, cocoa, and blackberry will sing to your senses and curl your toes. Check out this awesome 2007 Cabernet from one of the new kids on the block. This Cab is big, forward, and balanced and will satiate the most critical of aficionados.
THIS IS A SUPER SECRET DEAL ON A CABERNET YOU CAN GET ONLY IF I KNOW YOU–$25.00
This winery would cut my balls off if they new I was doing this, so only good customers who I know well will get a chance at this. Don’t have your friend call because I don’t sell dope to strangers. That way if associates of this winery try to bust me on cheaping out this AWESOME Cabernet I can tell them I have no idea what the hell they are talking about. The wine is mountain Cabernet from a very famous appellation, received real good scores, drinks great now and will improve for 4-5 more years. It’s dark and concentrated with black fruits, earthy goodness, and a $25 price tag. This is basically my next Charbay type deal except the supply is WAY smaller. Please identify yourself before asking about this wine so I’m not a dick to you when you inquire. The price is $25.00 and is normally about $45-50 making this a half price deal. It’s like two for one, buy one get one free, an unexpected threesome, or if you bought a new car and they just gave you another one for free just because they like you. $25.00–You need to call me to find out what this is all about so pick it up and dial 800-356-3970.  $25

2006 SCHOOLHOUSE, Estate Pinot Noir, Spring Mountain District, Napa Valley–$85.00
I have about 2 cases left of the greatest Pinot outside of Burgundy. Not that you want to drink this when you are 95, but this Pinot can age and develop for up to 40 years. Seriously. Tell me one other wine from California that can do that and I’ll tell you that you are full of crap. Ever drank a 1963 California Pinot that tastes like DRC? Probably not. But, at least you can get a 2006 California Pinot reminiscent of the finest Burgundy in the word.

2007 FORT ROSS, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast–$25.00
If you don’t want $85 Pinot Noir but still want to get your world rocked you should jump on this. It is, by far, the best deal I have on Pinot. Some of you have bought it but most of you are staring at the wall or peeing down your leg. I’m not selling you cheap wine, I’m selling you a kick ass $40 Pinot for $25. This has been in our last couple letters, but y’all are missing the boat. Don’t hesitate to wrap you lips around this very well endowed Pinot.

2008 PEAY, “LA BRUMA”, Estate Syrah, Sonoma Coast–$41.00
Need something to go with your lamb chops? This is it. Peay grows incredible fruit on the Sonoma Coast. Cool climate creates perfect structure with supple and forward flavors of blackberries, boysenberry, lead pencil, and sweet smoky bacon fat. This wine is ultra-enjoyable with silky smooth fine tannins. Get the best, forget the rest.

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2009 BREGGO, Pinot Gris, Anderson Valley, Mendocino–$24.00
Judging from the last two newsletters it seems that nobody is really interested in Chardonnay anymore. Sooooo, here’s a kick ass white wine that doesn’t rhyme with ‘tard. This juice is jumpin’, jammin’ and built for slammin’.
Mendocino is famous for its crippling marijuana and now Breggo has put them on the map for medicinal quality Pinot Gris. This will heal your craving for something other than Chard with a nose full of nectarine, honeydew melon, and Mandarin orange followed by flavors of key lime, white peach, honey, and white pepper. Crisp acidity makes this an excellent food wine and a refreshing diversion to Chardonnay, which seems to be out of fashion.

2009 CROCKER STARR, Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley–$26.00
Winemaker Pam Starr has nailed another perfect SB. Coming from north and south valley vineyards with grapes being harvested over a 45 day period, this wine is complex and exhibits the finest qualities of SB and leaves the grassy cat piss flavors out in the barn for the Kiwi’s and the rats to enjoy. Flavors of pear, guava, peach, and citrus infused minerality carry through to the long, lively, zippy finish. 95% of the wine was fermented in stainless steel barrels and 5% was done in new French oak for a crisp finish with a nice presence on the palate.

FEATURED WINE STORE FOR SALE
Groezinger Wine Company is for sale. After 22 years of retailing fine wines I’m changing things up and pursuing less intoxicating avenues of the wine business. If y’all know anyone who is extremely knowledgeable about retailing wine and wants one hell of an opportunity in Napa, please have them contact me. And don’t call me to bullshit about this unless you’re buying the store or at least buying some wine because I’m still busy selling wine and packing boxes. The ability to operate a tape gun at a rapid rate of speed is a valuable asset for this position.

GROEZINGER CUSTOMER, Congratulations! If you are holding this Newsletter in your hands, it means that you survived last month’s mailing list purge. You’ve either been a solid, supportive customer over the past couple years, or we just really like you. If you are reading this on your computer you are either a far sighted and environmentally conscious wine aficionado, or you haven’t been buying much from us as of late. Whatever your status, we hope you can step up and represent this month, especially since there will be no wine made in Napa for at least the next five years due to complete devastation of every vine in the valley by the European grapevine moth. The valley floor is quarantined, (162 square miles in Napa, Sonoma, and Solano counties) forcing masses of tourists to appointment only mountain wineries causing havoc among overrun tasting rooms and their uppity staffs. The massive hordes of wine tasters have been stumbling drunk and reckless out of said tasting rooms, trampling the younger vines and rolling their rental cars through established sites, causing further degradation to vineyards and reducing overall yields by at least a third. So we recommend you stock your cellars now with case upon case of Napa and Sonoma wine to drink and sell to your neighbors at greatly inflated prices. Even if these dire predictions turn out to be a little exaggerated, you should stock up, just to be on the safe side. To help you out in that endeavor, check inside for the Great Groezinger Wine Sale of 2010!! We’ve gutted some of our already low prices and we hope you take advantage of our ankle-grabbing, bent-over posture.
WE SHIP ANYWHERE (except Utah). $90 ships three cases anywhere in the continental United States!!!
$20 per case ships to our good neighbors in CA, OR, and WA.  $30-$45 ships one case via UPS to most other states, and if you live in a state still suffering from Prohibition era restrictions we’ll bootleg it to you for $60 for one case, $90 for two, and $100 for three! These prices make it CHEAP and EASY to get great wines where ever you reside.
TOO HOT TO SHIP? WE’LL STORE YOUR  PURCHASE FOR FREE UNTIL IT’S COOL ENOUGH TO SHIP

1.) 2006 PIERSON MEYER, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$77.00 Due to the vile nature of this publication many people don’t make it to the back page, so this month we’re putting this wine out in front. You can read last month’s review for the details and if you want lots of points, watch basketball. This is ultra-badass Cab that makes cult members commit suicide. Why would you buy three bottles of bullshit for $1500 when you can get 12 bottles of the truth for $924?
2.) 2007 CHAPPELLET, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley–$120.00 Here’s a wine that got lots of points, I don’t know how many because I don’t read that crap, but it’s got points. Chappellet’s pride and joy is exclusively from vineyards on Pritchard Hill, the home to some of the best Cabernet in Napa Valley, like this one and Pierson Meyer.
3.) 2007 GHOST BLOCK, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, Napa Valley–$55.00 A wine of  “Biblical proportions!”
3.) 2006 SCHOOLHOUSE, Pinot Noir, Spring Mountain, Napa Valley–$80.00    We were able to procure about five more cases of the most incredible, most ageable, and most impossible to find Pinot from…..Napa? This stuff is so good we’ll be happy even if you don’t buy it because then WE will have plenty of Pinot that is way better than the stuff you’re drinking which means that without this wine you’ll be having less fun than you could have. Life is short. Go balls out.
4.) 2007 FORT ROSS, Estate Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast–$25.00 Fort Ross doesn’t want us to discount this wine but they haven’t bitched about our $20 price on their $30 Chard so I guess they’re cool. This is $37 in the real world, but if you call me now, before they catch wind of this, you will get the best fucking deal you’ve ever tasted from the Sonoma Coast. This wine is on par with Flowers, Peay, Gary Farrell and many other pricier Pinots for about half the price. So for $300 you can get a case that is normally $444 and is currently on sale at the winery for $360. We’ll ship it to you cheaper than they will or store it for you at no cost until fall. Can a Pinot lover/drinker really afford to miss this deal? Not really.
5.) 2007 DEHLINGER, Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley–$44.50 This is a classic. You’ve probably had it and loved it, maybe even searched for it because it’s allocated and usually hard to find. Now, it’s extremely easy to get with just one phone call. Ring us up and taste what put the Russian River Valley on the map. (along with the Russians and Rochioli)
6.) 2007 DEHLINGER, Chardonnay, Russian River Valley–$35.00 A brilliant wine with perfectly balanced richness, acidity, and alcohol.  Flavors of pear, baked apple, lemon crème, buttered pound cake and a light minerality make this a complex wine that outperforms most $35 Chards and rivals many that are $20-30 more.  Perfect with potatoes or caviar.
7.) 2007 FORT ROSS, Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast–$20.00 Still the best $20 Chard from California. That’s because it’s $30 at the winery and is a great deal even at that price. It is so coastal, you can see the ocean from the vineyard. Ultra bright fruit is rounded out with French oak and malolactic fermentation. Great for summertime chugging.

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2006 MEDLOCK-AMES, Bell Mountain Ranch, Red Table Wine, Alexander Valley, Sonoma-$25.00
Chris Medlock James and Ames Morison are the kind of people who continue to give us faith in an industry, craft and art form that has become so polluted with fakes and hucksters that it makes it hard to find even an honest wine in this part of the world anymore. They also offer the California wine lover hope for the future, being two young guys who own their own estate, farm organically and sustainably, treat their employees with dignity and respect, and still crank out truly fine wines that people can actually afford to drink. A case in point is this delicious, structured, and food friendly claret fashioned from equal parts estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Generously fruity with plenty of backbone, this wine offers up loads of ripe plum, red currant, wild blackberry, baking spice, and a dusting of cocoa powder, all wrapped in the plush fine grained tannins that are the signature of Sonoma county reds. We’ve been selling these wines since their inaugural release of Merlot, and they just keep getting better every year. In this time of rampant consolidation, degradation, and homogenization in the wine industry, you owe it to yourself and beverage you love to support the little guys; young winemakers trying to build the future and tiny wine shops that refuse to sell you over priced schlock. Or you could go to Safeway and buy a bottle from a hundred thousand case production of Gallo red at the same price and then take it home and pound it as you watch your stock shares of BP plummet. The future is in your hands. 685 cases made.

2004 MAYACAMAS VINEYARDS, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Mt. Veeder, Napa-$60.00
Mayacamas Cabernet has long been one of the reasons you keep a wine cellar, as they are one of the very few wineries left still producing wine in the old-school California style. Have you ever wondered what the great California Cabs of the ‘70s tasted like? You know, the ones that thrashed Bordeaux in the 1976 Paris tasting? They probably tasted very much like this one; lower in alcohol, judiciously oaked, with a substantial backbone of tannin and acidity. Fortunately, Bob Travers remains true to his roots, crafting his wines exactly as he has since 1968, first mercilessly thinning his crops and then patiently elevating his juice in used American casks and new French oak. Mayacamas is one of the only wineries that cellars their wine before release, a practice almost unheard-of these days. His 2004 is a blockbuster, showing incredible ripeness (evident in the whopping 13.75% alcohol level) and a dense core of black cherry, cassis, soil-stone, mint and Mt. Veeder bramble, which will evolve gracefully into cigar-tobacco nuance with a few more years in the bottle. If you don’t want to wait until 2025 to drink this then you’re in luck, because this Cab is highly expressive and complex now and should remain so through its lifetime. Pick up a few of these to cellar and a couple to drink and give thanks that there are still a few people in this world who cherish tradition, rebuke fashion, and deliver exceptional quality at an honest price.

2008 BEDROCK WINE COMPANY, Pinot Noir, Rebecca’s Vineyard, Russian River Valley, Sonoma-$40.00
Staying on the new-old school theme, it’s time to speak once again of second generation wine guy Morgan Twain-Peterson, son of Joel Peterson, who founded a little winery no one has ever heard of called RavensWood. Morgan has been making wine since he was six years old (no shit), and his first wine was a Pinot Noir. Even though his mainstay these days is old vine mixed black varietals, his 2008 Rebecca’s Pinot is undoubtedly one of the best wines he’s come up with. In all un-funniness and all Flintstones related humor aside, this is one of the most striking and profound Pinots we’ve come across in a long time, and if you love Pinot, you are frankly screwing yourself if you don’t buy some. Rumor has it (because we can’t put it definitively in print) that Rebecca’s is planted with heisted Domaine de la Romanée Conti clones, the resulting wine combines the pedigree of the vines with the distinct terroir of Russian River Valley’s cool climate and loamy soil. Ultra-concentrated and precisely balanced, this tightly wound wine shows layers of cherry and raspberry preserve, blood orange, black tea, rose petal, asian spice and earth after a lengthy decanting. This stuff will definitely benefit from a few years in the cellar and should keep for well over a decade. Simply stunning! 189 cases made.

2006 LAGIER MEREDITH, Estate Syrah, Mount Veeder, Napa Valley–$41.00
Without too much debate or tasting, this is probably the best Syrah in Napa and maybe in the Western Hemisphere. If y’all want to tell me I’m wrong and you know one that ages better, tastes better, and pairs with food better, then give me a call and educate me. Otherwise, I would highly recommend you still call me and order some of this incredible wine so that you have something that actually compliments your spice rubbed grilled lamb chops. I could go blue in the face telling you how great this stuff is but that would be like someone telling you about how good the sex is with someone you really want to but haven’t boinked yet. And for $41 bucks, at least your tongue can get laid and you can get drunk. Lagier & Meredith are wine legends. Carol Meredith discovered the origins of Zinfandel among other things, and Steve Lagier is a basketball dunkin’-Seven Eleven vigilante-mountain top farming-four wheeling maniac. Their Syrah has great ageability and structure, shows authentic varietal correctness, and is true to its Rhone roots. The black and blue color is just a warning of the inescapable ass whooping this stuff dishes out. Seamlessly sewn flavors of blackberry, blueberry, spice, minerality, clove, and dried rose petal give an almost French essence to this very California Syrah.

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2008 SANS LIEGE WINES, Cotes-du-Coast, Paso Robles–$23 (41% Viognier, 40% Rousanne, 19%Marsanne)
Here’s something to help wash down your Syrah– A delightful, bright and uplifting white with crisp acidity and a fat mouthfeel. You might remember the OFFERING. This is an equally badass wine except it’s white. Like Rocky. Hurry up and get this before summer is over because it is so good it makes the hottest weather feel like crisp mountain air and will temporarily make you forget about the oil spill in the gulf and how you really shouldn’t eat shrimp because they’re not from the gulf anymore and shrimp farming is an environmental tragedy even though this wine pairs so well with schrimpseses. Scallops, seabass, salmon, lobster, and abalone will also match up perfectly. Flavors of ripe pear, melon, and orange rind are thickened and erected with a kiss of oak and a little pumping from winemaker, Curt Schalchlin. This winery is kicking ass and taking names. Call soon as supplies are limited.

2007 WHITE ROCK VINEYARDS, Estate Chardonnay, Napa Valley–$27.50
Rarely, almost never, does a Chardonnay of this purity come from California. We visited this incredible example of what a winery should be a few weeks ago and were floored by this stunning Chard. From first whiff you can tell that something awesome is about to happen. The color is light straw with a brilliant yellow tinge. You’ll pick up delightful flavors of granny smith apple, crisp white pear, nectarine, white grape, and you might be able to detect a slight nuance of very neutral, un-invasive French Oak. This winery puts ALL of their focus on the wine, not on a fancy driveway, expensive stationary, a vineyard manager, a winemaker, a yellow Hummer, or a castle.  Get a taste of what Chardonnay is supposed to be instead of accepting and tolerating what it has become. More of the truth!

THE GREAT WINE SALE OF 2010

Continued economic diarrhea and consumers fearing the end of humanity(2012) have convinced us to give away our inventory. Has anyone else thought,” what if the Gulf of Mexico turns into a huge oil slick and catches on fire consuming the western hemisphere and killing everything on the face of the planet?” I never think about that kind of stuff. Let’s hope the Mayan’s were wrong about 2012. If they were right, the end of the world is one big reason to party. Be sure to have plenty of wine on hand when your homeless and displaced friends come over to seek refuge at your house. Check out these insane prices and give us a call before these wines are gone. Limited quantities.

2004 Barlow Cab-$33.00                        2008 Brown Zin-$27.00                              2005 Corte Riva Petit Sirah-$30.00
2005 Barlow Barrouge-$30.00              2005 Chase Hayne Zin-$27.00                   2004 Dry River Syrah NZ-$45.00
2006 Cakebread Cab-$45.00                  2006 D-Cubed Zin-$25.00                          2007 Stanton Petite Sirah-$35.00
2006 Carp Diem Cab-$20.00                 2006 Edmeads Sham.Zin-24.00                 2005 Smith Wooton Syrah-$25.00
2006 Chareau Smith Cab-$10.00          2005 Hartford Court Highwire-$40          2005 Schoolhouse Mescolonza-$35
2006 Etude GBR-$35.00                         2004 Highlands HM Zin-$15.00                2006 Retro Petit Sirah HM-$37
2006 Grace Family BLANK-$110.00     2005 Mansfield Zin-$24.00                        Dutschke 20 yr, the TAWNY-$30.00
2005 Igneous Cab-$65.00                       2006 Paraduxx-$30.00                                2006 Adastra Proximus Pinot -$45
2005 Ilsley Cab-$40.00                            2006 Franus Brandlin Zin-$27.00            2008 Castalia Pinot Noir-$35.00
2006 Ladera Cab-$33.00                          2005 Schoolhouse Mescolonza-$33         2007 Dierberg Pinot Noir-$33.00
2006 Mario Pirelli Mineti-$15.00           2008 Sineaan OV Zin-$30.00                   2007 Harrington Chalone Pinot-$30
2005 Oakville Ranch Cab-$40.00          2006 Storybook Mtn Antaeus-30.00        2006 La Fenetre Pinot Noir-$35.00
2006 One Acre Cab-$30.00                     2006 Valdez Rockpile Zin-$30.00             2006 Soter North Valley Pinot-$23
2005 Paradigm Cab-$45.00                     2007 Venge Scouts Honor-$30.00            2008 Ramspeck Pinot Noir-$13
2006 Parallel Cab-$45.00                         2007 Venge Sangiovese-$24.00                 2007 Peay Estate Pinot-$35
2006 Petite Vice Cab-$40.00                   2006 Vineyard 1869 Zin-$27.00                2007 Zepaltas Suacci Pinot-$35.00
2006 Ramey Claret-$25.00                      2007 Desante Sauv Blanc-$14.00               2006 Donum Carneros Pinot-$45
2006 Redmon Cab-$35.00                       2008 Ehert Sauv Blanc-$11.00                    2008 Ramspeck Merlot-$15.00
2006 Pedras Cab-$45.00                          2008 Egelhoff Riesling-$25.00                   2005 Obrien Merlot-$25.00
2007 Layer Cake Cab-$20.00                   2007 Harts Desire Sauv Blanc-$10             2002 Del Dotto Cab Franc-$40.00
2006 Smith Wooton Cab Franc-$27       2007 Sawyer Sauv Blanc-$10.00                 2001 Del Dotto “David”-$50.00
2006 Spottswoode Cab-$100.00              2008 Jus Soli Sauv Blanc-$12.00               2002 Del Dotto Con.Seir.Cab-$50.00

ORDER NOW BEFORE IT’S HOT, HOT, HOTTER THAN HELL. OR WE COULD STORE IT FOR YOU.

1.) 2007 DOMINUS ESTATE, Napanook Vineyard, Yountville, Napa Valley–$130.00

2.) 2006 GEMSTONE, Proprietary Red, Yountville, Napa Valley–$150.00 This stuff is big, dark, fat and rich, with a 2% blend of Petite Verdot for color. If you weren’t in the mood to spend $150 they also offer a wine ½ the price an ¾ the quality called….

3.) 2007 GEMSTONE, “Facets”, Estate Red Blend, Yountville, Napa Valley–$75.00 This blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petite Verdot rivals the BIG Gem$tone for half the price. Boasting brighter fruit and some fuzzy tannins, I almost like this wine more. The blend gives the wine nuances and complexity not present in the big dog.  On #2 & #3 only, you will receive a 10% discount when you purchase a mixed case. All the other wines here are already discounted.

4.) 2007 GHOST BLOCK, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, Napa Valley-$65.00 Haunting the cult wines. 3btl. lmt.

5.) 2007 PAUL HOBBS, Cabernet Sauvignon “Crossbarn”, Napa Valley–$36.00 Down from fifty bucks. Sweet price.

6.) 2007 VICE VERSA, “LE PETIT VICE”, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$54.00 Everyone needs a little vice.

7.) 2006 MOUNT EDEN VINEYARDS, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains–$36.00 There’s a lot of wineries out here that make wine as a “beverage” that won’t really age and has no apparent tannin or anything abrasive because they barely pressed it and made it to taste finished when opened upon release. Those wines are finished. Done. Gone before they got there.
M.E.V. makes real wines that really develop as they age. This is awesome cellar worthy Cabernet for people who dig REAL wines.
I also have a small amount of 2006 Mt. Eden Vin., Estate Chardonnay and 2007 Mt. Eden Vin., Estate Pinot Noir for $44 each.

8.)  2005 WHITE ROCK, “Laureate” Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$43.00 This brand new release is the  epitome of “real wine”. Already aged for two years in their cave (not some warehouse in Vallejo) this ’05 Cab is just approaching its drinking window and promises to live for a long time. The complexity and balance of this wine is enough to confuse you and make you fall down. The flavors seem to be a cross of California, Bordeaux, Stag’s Leap District, and Atlas Peak. It’s bold, balanced, big and badass, earthy, minerally, forward, site-specific, unmanipulated, pure, fragrant, flavorful, and is one of my personal favorites.
If you’ve never visited this winery, you are really screwing the pooch. We also have 2005 White Rock, Estate Claret, Napa-$34.50

9.) 2007 PALOMA, Estate Merlot, Spring Mountain District, Napa Valley–$49.00 Here’s one most of you missed. The greatest Merlot in Napa and the greatest bestest wine in the whole world from the 2001 vintage. Get on the stick kids. Pafuckingloma!

10.) 2006 LYNMAR ESTATE, Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley–$28.00 How could you have missed this one?  Probably the cheapest Pinot Noir Paul Hobbs makes, this is big, full bodied, estate grown wine and is insanely good for $28. Formerly $45.

11.) 2008 CALERA, Estate Chardonnay, Mt. Harlan–$31.00 Truly Burgundian styled with a great price<quality ratio.

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2006 KNIGHTS BRIDGE, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Knights Valley–$85.00 (250 cases produced)
I’ve always had a hard time at sleeping at night after I let someone screw themselves over by selling them a case of expensive, crappy Cabernet they asked for and think is good. I get over it when the processing company kicks me the money two days later, but it still makes me feel dirty. Not like “I-screwed-Quagmire’s-dad-dirty”, just good old fashioned “I-can’t-believe-I-just-did-that-dirty.” That is not the case here. You should feel like a dirty lowlife if you have the money and don’t buy this wine. This is, in my humble opinion, the best new winery in California, showing GREATNESS in ALL of their wines. This property is next to the legendary Peter Michael Vineyards which you won’t see wines from unless you’re on their mailing list or in some expensive dining establishment. This spot in Knights Valley is magical and produces wines of incredible quality. These guys aren’t interested in making a lot of wine, just the best wines possible.  While there’s a lot of hype on the 2007 vintage, this uncommonly great 2006 is so damn awesome I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I didn’t tell you about it. The grapes are grown in three different types of volcanic soils producing fruit with great concentration and complexity when blended together. The wine is an awesome color of purple-rimmed-ruby-red with a nose of violet, cassis, black cherry, tobacco, bittersweet chocolate, and a reminiscent whiff of the rocks where the stressed vines reside. Like all great wines, the flavors on the palate are a more amplified version of the bouquet delivering the same nuances from beginning to end which can take a while because of the very long and expansive finish. It is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in 100% new French oak barrels, with a reasonable alcohol level of 14.5%, and I guarantee, 100% completely awesome.

2007 KNIGHTS BRIDGE, Chardonnay, Alder Springs Vineyard, Mendocino–$59.00 (100 cases produced)
Rarely in the history of California winemaking have people achieved perfection with white wines. Stony Hill, Hanzell, and Mount Eden Vineyards are a few that have nailed it in some years making Chardonnays that would make your grail holy. Knights Bridge could be joining the club with this one. Alder Springs is an anomaly of a vineyard, cut into the rugged hillsides of Mendocino with a microclimate all of its own. Only two wineries get Chardonnay grapes from this vineyard and the other one usually oaks fucks it up somehow.  This Chardonnay has truly Burgundian qualities of minerality, acidity, and unparalleled flavors that come from only the greatest vineyards in the world. The purity, intensity, and balance of this wine has rarely been captured in California Chardonnays.  Grapes from thirteen year old vines were whole cluster pressed, fermented for four weeks at 58 degrees in new French oak, and then barrel aged with the lees being stirred every two weeks. It has nearly assaulting flavors of pear, white peach, apple, and minerality with a light nutty nuance. The finish is vibrant, long, and intense. It should age well and develop for another 5-7 years, at least.

2008 PONT DE CHEVALIER, Estate Sauvignon Blanc, Knights Valley–$36.00 (250 cases produced)
There are a few wineries out here that charge $100 for Sauvignon Blanc while believing they have a world class wine because they put it in brand new oak barrels and have a fancy winery that makes you feel like you’re getting blown when you pull up and park in the pristinely manicured parking lot and gardens. Hailing from their estate vineyard in Knights Valley, this no bullshit, super-extra-ultra-premium Sauvignon Blanc has the soul of a crisp, minerally, flinty, white Bordeaux with intense fruit and ripeness from our blazing California sun. The pressed juice was fermented in stainless steel and transferred to two year old neutral oak barrels where it remained in contact with the lees while aging. I think everyone would drink more Sauvignon Blanc if more Sauvignon Blanc tasted like this. You’ll find nuances of melon, lemon, kiwi, crisp pear, and a light spice, barely accented by a touch of French oak. This superb wine will pair with foods far better than the usual suspects, and with its brilliant acidity and loads of fruit, you could drink it with a steak.

2002 PARADOR, Tempranillo Reserva, Rancho Chimiles Vineyard, Napa Valley–$35.00 (175 cases prod.)
Introducing the ONLY domestic Tempranillo on the wine list of the French Laundry. That’s impressive because it is so cheap for their very pricy wine list. They charge $110 because when they give you the famous French Laundry reach around, it’s still a great deal, especially if you can get Chris Hoel as your sommelier. This is the finest Tempranillo ever produced in California and if you want a wine that REALLY pairs with food, this is it. Being a new release at seven and a half years of age, this shows no apparent oxidation or deterioration. It’s fresh, red, spicy, and built to last. The barrel and bottle age have merely resolved the wine to where it’s incredibly enjoyable, satisfying, and gives instant gratification to those of us who have a hard time cellaring. It is by no means on the way down, it has a long life ahead of it and promises to deliver for many years. Flavors of spice dried strawberries, pomegranate, cherry, light herbs, and nuances of oak and earth are seamlessly knit together with a few years of age that they don’t charge you for. We taste A LOT of California wines and this is one of the most unique, classy, complex, and true to varietal character wines we’ve ever seen.

2007 KOBALT, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$90.00 (681 cases produced)
Here’s a wine from Kevin Carriker and winemaking guru Mark Herold of Merus fame. This stuff is as fearless and crazy as the miners that chew cocoa leaves and charcoal in search of the rare blue mineral. There’s a crazy bucking hose on the label warning the drinker to ride another horse and give this wild one some time (2-3 years) to calm down or you might get bucked. The wine is a blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Malbec from the Coombsville area of Napa Valley. It gets big scores from Parker and the boys and has a great seven vintage track record. The wine is big and dark with colors of black, purple, and blue. Flavors of currant, blueberry, mocha, and black plum are accentuated with nuances of herbs, leather, and oak, all bound to melt together with a few years in the corral…This horse has a big brother that can’t be roped, tamed, or saddled. The only thing that calms it down is…..

2007 KOBALT, SPECIAL K, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$125.00 (185 cases produced)
Over the years people have used Special-K for many purposes such as dieting, breading chicken, knocking out your horse, or to enhance a fun experience and/or take a break from the hectic traumas of everyday life. Bigger and badder than a drunken Clydesdale on a quarter pound of meth, this very “special” wine is composed of their finest barrels of the vintage. The wine is extremely complex showing all the above mentioned flavors with even brighter notes of raspberry, black cherry, cocoa, and a hint of sweet vanilla. When you’re trying to break this beast, decant it for up to five hours or keep it in your wine barn or for 7-10 years from vintage date.

2006 PIERSON MEYER, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$77.00 (180 cases produced)
This is a real cool and quick story. For twenty years Alan Pierson was the estate manager and helped build Peter Michael winery to what it is today. Robbie Meyer was the winemaker there for five years.  They met and formed this partnership while also starting the Sage label which you are probably familiar with. The Sage wines were so good, Darioush bought the whole project including the vineyards on Mt. Veeder which in result freed these guys up to make the Pierson Meyer and L’Angevin wines full time. These Pierson Meyer offerings are outrageously great and thrilling wines from some of the best vineyards in northern California made by a couple of the most talented vino-eno-viti-gritty people in the world…..Coming from the Versant Vineyard on Pritchard Hill, this dense and extracted wine is a blast of blackberry, mocha, tobacco, and spice ready to drink now if you eat bolts but built to age for a while if you’re not into getting your ass kicked today.  They were nice enough to use only 70% new oak, letting the fruit shine through with only an accent of wood. We had these guys visit our store who have a wine shop in NYC and they couldn’t believe that we even HAD Pierson Meyer Cabernet. They said they thought it was the greatest thing since fake boobs and they charged $150 for it at their shop. There are a lot of wines out there that we’ve all bought for $150+ that are crap compared to this Cab.  And just in time for summer…..

2009 PIERSON MEYER, Sauvignon Blanc, Ryan’s Vineyard, Napa Valley–$24.00 (150 cases produced)
I can’t remember the last time I was so jacked up over a Sauvignon Blanc except for the Knights Bridge. The 2008 Pierson Meyer was one of the best S.B.’s in the store a few months ago. We had some wine reps in here who sell one of the ass raping $100 Sauvignon Blancs we previously discussed. They were truly alarmed and ashamed when they realized this very reasonably priced wine kicked the crap out of their sadly overpriced, one hundred dollar, oak bomb, Sauvignon Blanc. This perfect S.B. was fermented in NEUTRAL oak barrels to enhance the wine’s mouthfeel without ruining the wine with woody flavors. The wine is incredible on the palate with flavors of pear, apple, melon, bright flowery nuances, and a silky, weighty, almost oily mouthfeel. Last year this was $28.  This year it’s even less for the same awesome quality. I can’t recommend a Sauvignon Blanc more than this. Especially for the money.

2007 BRICELAND VINEYARDS, Pinot Noir, La Chien Blanc Vineyard, Humboldt County–$30.00
You won’t find this at your local shop. From deep within the coveted Emerald Triangle of Humboldt County, only Groezinger’s has the hook up on this rare and unique Pinot Noir. You might be wondering, ”Where exactly is Humboldt County?” That probably means you’re not a big stoner because Humboldt County is where they grow weed and redwoods, north of Mendocino and south of Oregon. While not a California A.V.A., Humboldt County has microclimates that mimic those of Mendocino and Willamette Valley. The palate seems to be a cross of Oregon and California Pinot flavors displaying super bright cherry notes with more subtle flavors of forest floor, pomegranate, strawberry, and delicate spice.  The color is unlike most California Pinot with a bright, fuscha, ruby red hue.

2008 THE LINE WINES, Pinot Noir, “The Racing Line”, Sonoma Coast–$28.00    (150 cases produced)
This wine is a direct result of speed and insanity combined with extensive physical injury and the desire to survive. Winemaker Neil Koch was a semi-pro motorcycle racer until he had a few crashes and fucked himself up pretty good.  Don’t send him flowers or a get well card because he’s fine enough to make wine and still ride motorcycles, just a little slower now.  In order to eat and still attract women, he started this less dangerous Pinot Noir project with some very good fruit sources from Sonoma. The grapes in this wine came from the Gap’s Crown Vineyard on the west side of Sonoma Mountain. Many other wineries charge way more for wines from this vineyard, but Neil needs money now to fix his scooter so he priced it to move. It’s deep, rich and expansive, showing black cherry and strawberry, accented with a hint of oak. Enjoy the power of some twin turbo high performance Pinot Noir at a Yamahopper price.

2007 HANZELL VINEYARDS, Estate Chardonnay, Sonoma County–$48.00 (regularly $70.00)   $23 discount
Yes, one of the greats, the legends, the things dreams and priceless memories come from. Ahhh…..Hanzell Chardonnay. And now with Groezinger’s massive buying power and complete disregard for the winery’s requested and suggested price, I’m gonna piss them off and make you real happy at the same time. For $48 bucks you can land one of the finest Chards in the land. Hanzell is serious Chard that’s built to age and develop and tastes like it was smuggled over from Burgundy.  One third of the wine was fermented in new French oak and underwent malo-lactic fermentation. The remaining two thirds was fermented in stainless steel without malo-lactic fermentation, then transferred to 2 and 3 year old oak barrels for eleven months. The finished wine is one of Hanzell’s finest Chardonnays ever with flavors of lemon, pear, almond, and hazelnut, seamlessly knit together with crisp acidity and a hint of oak.

2007 RAMEY WINE CELLARS, Chardonnay, Hyde Vineyard, Napa Valley Carneros–$56.00
Maybe you don’t want to wait five more years to drink your Chard and maybe you like a big, fat, buttery, ooey-gooey-rich-and-chewy Chardonnay as opposed to something like the Hanzell. If your wife, girlfriend, or metro-sexual boyfriend or husband loves fat Chard that pairs well with nothing except techno music and ecstasy then this will make them jump up and down and go, “Oh my GAWD! I love you!” As much as I don’t like buttery Chardonnay I must admit this stuff is really, really good. When this sexy wine spreads its legs in your glass, you’ll be blown by aromas and flavors of ripe pear, baked apple, vanilla custard, lemon syrup, and sweet butter.

2009 PARADOR CELLARS, Tempranillo Rose, Napa Valley–$18.50
2009 LAGIER MEREDITH, Rose of Syrah, Mount Veeder, Napa Valley–$18.50
2009 PETER FRANUS, Albarino, Carneros, Napa Valley–$20.00
2007 DESANTE, Old Vine Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley–$30.00
2008 LIOCO, Chardonnay, Sonoma County–$18.00
2007 FORT ROSS, Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast–$20.00

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DEAR GROEZINGER CUSTOMER,
Happy April! How are you feeling now? Who would have thought something meant to make us feel better could end up making us feel so much worse? No, not the current health care fracas-although that’s enough to cause severe nausea, seizures, and even brain hemorrhaging-we’re talking about drinkin’ a little too much hooch. As your “doctors”, we’d like to let you know that the quickest and easiest way to get over the Irish flu it is to drink a little more, and to be able to do that you’ll need to have a solid stash of vino in your cellar, fridge, under the bed, on the top shelf of the cabinet, behind that stack of old newspapers in the garage, in the tank of the toilet seat, or where ever it is you store/hide your “medicine”. Just buy a few cases and call us in the morning. Depending on your insurance company, hopefully your rates will fall enough to afford a little extra wine this month and pass the buck on to future generations, because let’s face it; they’re just a bunch of freeloaders at this point anyway. No matter what your co-pay ends up being, we’ve got juice to fit every malady and every budget, and never has taking your medicine tasted so good. We know everyone has questions this month, like “how many lobbyists does it take to screw up a light bulb?”, and “how can I enact the new Senate ruling prohibiting work after two o’clock at my place of business?”, and finally . . . “Does Groezinger’s still have that phenomenal 3 case shipping deal?” You bet your hospital cot we do! $85 ships three cases anywhere in the continental United States!! That’s only $28.33 a box when you ship three of ‘em. $20 per case ships wine to our good neighbors in California, Oregon, and Washington. WE SHIP ANYWHERE-except Utah.  $30-$45 ships one case via UPS to most states and if you live in one of the few states still suffering from Prohibition era restrictions, we’ll bootleg it to you for $60 on one case, $90 for two, and only $85 for three!!! These prices make it CHEAP, EASY, and PAINLESS to get great wine where ever you may be. Go ahead, make our day. 1-800-356-3970!!!
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1.) 2007 SHAFER, “One Point Five”, Cabernet Sauvignon, Stag’s Leap District, Napa Valley-$65.00 93+ R.P.
2.) 2007 ROBERT CRAIG, “Affinity”, Bordeaux Blend, Napa Valley-$50.00 96+ R.P.!! We only got five cases . . .
3.) 2007 DARIOUSH, “Caravan”, Cabernet Sauvignon, Estate, Napa Valley-$35.00 This is what the Sage Cabernet Sauvignon would have tasted like if they hadn’t sold their vineyards to Darioush. This is a real sleeper for ’07.
4.) 2007 KNIGHT’S BRIDGE, Cabernet Sauvignon, To Kalon Vineyard, Oakville, Napa Valley-$100.00 94+W.E.
5.) 2007 KNIGHT’S BRIDGE, Cabernet Sauvignon, Dr. Crane Vineyard, St. Helena, Napa Valley-$100.00 95 W.E.
Ever wish you got in on a “cult” wine while it was still cult? Knight’s Bridge is by far a superior producer of Cabernet from these famed vineyards, and the price is a bargain when compared to KB’s peers (Schrader, Hobbs, etc.). Raw power, structure, depth, balance, focus, elegance, length and purity-all the things that make a truly legendary wine are here.
6.) 2007 PALAZZO, Cabernet Franc, Napa Valley-$70.00 This is, without a doubt, the best Franc in Napa. Limited!
7.) 2006 RAMEY, Claret, Red Table Wine, Napa Valley-$30.00 The best Claret yet from Ramey, this Cab based Bordeaux blend offers up dense, extracted, and ultra-rich spiced red and black fruit flavors. Usually $38! Get a case!
8.) 2007 BED ROCK, Cabernet Sauvignon, Bed Rock Vineyard, Sonoma-$38.00 This is a bone-crusher of a Sonoma Cab, hand sorted, native yeast fermented, and pressed hard for that old-school-the-way-it-should-be-done weight, structure, perfume and flavor. 110 cases produced. This would pair great with brontosaurus ribeye. Yabba Dabba Do it!
9.) 2008 MOSHIN VINEYARDS, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast-$20.00 It’s not the price that matters, it’s the Moshin.
10.) 2006 LYNMAR, Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma-$28.00 Formerly $42! Only a damn fool would pass on this. Here’s some top rate RRV Pinot that you can drink without the wait. And it also cures impotence. Who knew?
11.) 2008 CEP, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast-$26.00 Declassified fruit from a highly classified super-premium winery.
12.) 2008 CEP, Syrah, Sonoma Coast-$22.00 If we told you where this delicious wine came from, they’d kill us.
13.) 2008 CEP, Rose, Sonoma Coast-$18.00 Spicey & Swanky Hanky Pank wine for your Spring and Summer chuggin’.
14.) 2007 STORYBOOK MOUNTAIN, “Eastern Exposure”, Estate Zinfandel, Calistoga, Napa-$41.00 Dr. Jerry Seps has your script to get ripped on this explosively aromatic and ultra complex mountain grown Zin. Plush and velvety with massive fruit and just a kiss of oak makes this a wet dream without the combined use of Viagra and Ambien.
15.) 2008 LA SIRENA, “Moscato Azul”, Dry Moscat Canelli, Napa Valley-$27.00 Springtime in a bottle.
16.) 2008 BENESSERE, Pinot Grigio, Napa Valley-$22.00 Jasmine honeysuckle white peach grapefruit pineapplicious.
17.) 2006 FORT ROSS, Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast-$20.00 Still the best deal on California Chard available anywhere.

FEATURED RED WINES
2007 CHRONICLE, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast-$33.00
The epic 2007 vintage produced some of the best Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir grapes in recent history and winemaking legend, Ted Lemmon, has put the “L” in these truly chronic Pinots. If you were intelligent enough to get some of the 2006 Chronicles you’ll understand the greatness of these wines. As for the rest of you dumbfucks, you’ll just have to take a leap of faith (not quite as severe as a suicide bomber) and hook yourself up with a few of these explosive wines. The Chronicle wines will mercilessly kill the rest of your Pinots as they invade, take over, and control your cellar, palate, and every thought. For a modest price you can score some of California’s best Pinot, and you don’t even need a Chronic card from your “doctor”. It’s bright, lively, and complex with strawberry, spice, clove, cherry cola, and mineral wrapped together by a thin layer of French oak. It’s so good that we might just call you and ask you why the hell you waste your time reading this stupid letter without ordering these wines. Either way, we’ll talk to you soon.

2007 CHRONICLE, Pinot Noir, Cerise Vineyard, Anderson Valley–$45.00
Maybe you’re a big hitter, like Manny Ramirez or Tommy Chong. Whether you’re hitting bunts or smoking blunts, this wine is big league chew no matter how you look at it. And it won’t shrink your balls or make you retarded. This extra-strength Pinot gushes with seriously bold flavors of strawberry jam, brambleberry, and black cherry, all framed up in toasted French oak. It’s built to age but can be statutorily consumed if you are a sick and impatient Pinotphile. Give it time to open up when you crack it or you won’t receive the full blessing. It would be like the priest missing your baby’s head with the water or like Jerry Garcia screwing up Franklins Tower. So let the damn thing breath a little. It’s big, intense, concentrated, and perfectly balanced for a Pinot of this weight. Pairs perfect with anything of chronic quality.

2007 PALAZZO, Red Wine, Napa Valley–$51.00
Scott Palazzo and wine consultant Peter Franus have nailed this one outta the park without performance enhancing drugs… as far as we know.  This unique to California blend, representative of a right bank Bordeaux, is composed of 68% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc, and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. IT DOES NOT DRINK LIKE A MERLOT. This wine has the balls of a Cabernet, the nuances and subtleties of Merlot, and the spice of Cabernet Franc. Palazzo’s wines are in almost every fine dining establishment across the country. Why? Mostly because the wine is freaking awesome, and also because Scott Palazzo must not own a stove and eats out A LOT. How does he stay so thin? Diet pills? Hollywood cocaine? Intense physical conditioning? Atkins? Fear of losing his super hot and way younger girlfriend? He says it’s a mix of foie gras, pork belly, braised short ribs, roasted beets with goat cheese, and Palazzo wine. Those items seem to be redundant in almost all the schwankey restaurants out here. With Palazzo Red, you’re just a piece of bacon and beet away from playing “I’m a Yountville chef” in yer own kitchen. I’m Thomas. I’m Richard. I’m Phillipe. We like beets.

2005 PARADOR, Cabernet Sauvignon, Hossfeld Vineyard, Atlas Peak, Napa Valley–$50.00
What the #@%&$!!?  Remember when this stuff was the best single vineyard Cab you could get for $75? Now it’s fifty bucks with the same incredible quality. Why? Who fucking cares? Just get some. Other winemakers charge up to $150 for wine from this same vineyard while accordion virtuoso, Steve Ventrello, is charging $50. Why? Because he’s hung like a mule and doesn’t need a new accordion, sports car, or Hummer to compensate for a tenny-weenie-peenie and a douchebag personality like the guys at ______ ______ Winery. (fill in the blank, it’s fun) This Cab has beautiful terroir displaying mineralistic earthy nuances rarely found in new world Cabernets. The wine is perfecty balanced, integrated, and built to age if you’re ‘clism* can handle it. Ultra pure and untainted flavors of raspberry, black cherry, olive, wet stone, tobacco leaf, and blackberry will satiate the most hard core Cabernet freaks.  If you haven’t paid attention for the past few years, Atlas Peak has become a superb appellation on par with Howell, Spring, and Diamond Mountain quality.

2008 STRAIGHT LINE, Syrah, Santa Barbara County–$23.00
Wouldn’t it be great if you could get brand name drugs at generic drug prices or if you could get a Porsche for the price of a Volkswagen or a $3500 an hour call girl for the standard $300 an hour? John Grant, our buddy from Turley Wine Cellars, has crafted this high performance and oh-so-sweetly-priced Syrah from Santa Barbara that tastes like forty five bucks. The overly fun flavors of blueberry, Rhone raspberry, and earthy spice are balanced with rock solid structure, a gushing mouthfeel, delicately infused French oak, and fuzzy tannins. The wine is phat and persistent on the palate with a long and explosive finish comparable to Star Wars, the Challenger, Die Hard, Peter North, and the health care plan.

2005 WATERMARK, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$30.00
Last call on the 2005 Watermark. It’s the best dang Napa Valley (diamond mtn.) Cabernet you could hope to find for $30.

‘clism: a slang or abbreviation for alcoholism……example—“Geeze, Justin, my ‘clism is really flaring up, we should open another magnum.”

MORE REDS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
2007 HRW (Hendry Ranch Winery), Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley-$23.00     SMART BUY OF THE YEAR!!
Here is one of the best deals on Napa Cabernet Ever! Many wineries these days are making less of their flagship wines and diverting a lot of their top end juice into their more affordable labels. But this is just freakin’ ridiculous!! This tastes like George Hendry accidentally put half of his Block 8 Old Vine Cab into the wrong bottle and just said, “Fuck it, throw the labels on ‘em and sell it.” This wine is going to seriously ruin the party for a lot of wineries trying to hock their $40 & $50 dollar wines. It’s not too hard to figure out. Hendry doesn’t buy any grapes so this is entirely estate grown fruit. The HRW label didn’t exist until the economy took a crap. Soooo. Are you picking up what we’re throwing down? Call us.

2006 TALLULAH, “Les Trios Voix”, Grenache-Syrah-Mourvedre, Shake Ranch, Amador County-$22.00
“Les Trois Voix” should be your new by the glass pour as you start playing Yountville Chef at home. As your personal Sommeliers, we’d like to advise you that Cabernet doesn’t pair particularly well with some our other predictable wine country restaurant menu items like roast chicken, bacon wrapped salmon, duck confit, tomato-mozzarella pizza , or pan fried pork chops. So unless you’re on the Atkins diet and eat nothing but raw beef and live baby sheep you are going to need another option, like this incredibly complex and delicious as well as ridiculously cheap blend of 53% Grenache, 29% Mourvedre, and 18% Syrah from a single vineyard on the rocky slopes of Amador county. Wild blackberry, cherry, and boysenberry fruit mingle with dried herbs, lavender, crushed rock and smoked meat, making this a versatile wine that would pair well with any of the afore mentioned dishes. Most people who have tasted this wine in the shop have walked out with a case, so fly on out here and taste it, or just take our word for it and order a box. Also, if you want to get off the Chardonnay/Sauvignon Blanc turnstile, try the 2008 Tallulah Marsanne Blend White Table Wine for only $22.00!

2008 BEDROCK, BRV Heirloom Vines, Zinfandel Field Blend, Bedrock Vineyard, Sonoma-$32.00
Ever wonder why Fred Flintstone always seemed so happy and why he could only get a license to drive a foot powered vehicle? That’s because he was always plastered off his ass on this wine. These pre-historic vines were originally planted roughly around 30,000 B.C. by one Captain Caveman-Peterson, who later founded the town of Bedrock, now modern day Sonoma. His great to the 263rd power Grandson was Joel Peterson, founder of a tiny winery no one’s ever heard of called RavensWood, and whose son, the very talented Morgan Twain-C.-Peterson, now presides over the production of this wine. Isn’t genealogy fun? Back in Caveman days they didn’t know what red grapes they were planting, but Archeologists now believe this is a blend of 40% Zinfandel, 30% Cairignanne, and 30% Ugh-Ugh (mixed black grapes). Remember when the RavensWood motto was “no wimpy wines” and then after Joel sold the winery the wines got all wimpy? This is where the ass-whippin’ went. Black and bruised in the glass, mega-concentrated black fruit flavors abound, with whiffs of mint, briar, and earth rounding out the flavor profile. This is a young wine that should age until the early Jetson era.

2009 BEDROCK, Ode To Lulu, Rosé of Mourvedre, Bedrock Vineyard, Sonoma County-$18.00
This “Rosé” is actually closer to being a red wine, so we listed it here. Made from dedicated fruit from 120 (!!!) year old Mourvedre vines, this is about as close as you’re going to get to a great Bandol Rosé without a plane ticket to France. This is a truly provocative yet refreshing and spicy wine that pairs with just about anything-especially garlic heavy dishes.

2007 ZACHERLE, Syrah, Chalk Hill, Sonoma-$34.00
Nile Zacherle of David Arthur and Whitney Fisher of Fisher Vineyards are the proud parents of this mind-altering Syrah. The blend here is 92% and 8% Petit Sirah from a rugged and low yielding vineyard where volcanic soils, cold nights, and warm days result in a longer than average hang time for this typically early ripening varietal. The resulting wine is black-garnet, with monsterous amounts of crushed wild berries, baked cherries and plum jam, with suggestions of forest floor, Szechwan peppercorn, molasses, and wild mountain flowers. Think of this as a top-notch Croze-Hermitage from a very ripe vintage. Drink this now or lay it down for a decade. And remember, April Showers always brings May Flowers. April and May are a couple of strippers I met down in S.F. last week, so if you ever meet April, tell her to bring her friend.

FEATURED WHITE WINES IN SHORT FORM
These wineries all have websites. Do your own homework or call us and ask. These are all fantastic whites!!
2008 KNIGHT’S BRIDGE, Estate Chardonnay, “West Block”, Knight’s Valley-$60.00 Uber-Cult Chard. Fantastic!
2009 BEDROCK, Old Vine Heirloom White Wine, Compagni Portis Vineyard, Sonoma-$18.00 White field blend!
2007 DESANTE, Old Vine Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley–$31.00 You know it, you love it, and you might be out.
2007 DESANTE, Old Vine Chardonnay, Napa Valley-$21.00  Neutral oak and high acid-a Napa Valley Chablis.
2008 DESANTE, L’Atelier, (60%Sauvignon Blanc/40%Semillon) Napa Valley-$21.00 Bright and minerally.
2008 TANGENT WINERY, Albariño, Edna Vally-$18.00 Crisp and delicious with a hint of grapefruit and sea breeze.
2008 ALOIS LAGEDER, Moscato Giallo, Vogelmaier Vineyard, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy-$26.00  Xtra-delicious.

LIKE TIGER WOODS’ COUSIN TONY SAYS ABOUT HOOKERS, THESE WINES ARE GRRRRRREAT!!!

1.) 2006 O’SHAUGHNESSEY, Cabernet Sauvignon, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley-$68.00 Wasssup with you not wanting this last month? Maybe you spent yer money on lacrosse sticks and shotguns. You better remain faithful to us or we’ll come to your gated community and throw magnums through your windshield. That’s right, we CRAY-ZEE!!
2.) 2006 GRACE FAMILY, Blank Vineyards, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$125.00 Philanthropize a few of these into you cellar and you’ll make the world a better place. Dick Grace donates ALL THE PROFIT from his wines to third world countries to build schools and hospitals. It’s so much better to provide help to suffering children than to help the Hundred Acre guy buy another Ferrari or to help Beckstoffer get another vineyard. Think about it…800-356-3970
3.) 2006 OUTPOST, Cabernet Sauvignon, True Vineyard, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley–$79.00 We asked for this and they said NO in’07, NO in ’08, & NO in ’09. Only 350 cases produced, and we’ve got all you want in 2010. Ultra elegant and silky, this is expressive of Howell Mountain without the tannic overload or abusive oak interference.
4.) 2006 DUNN, Cabernet Sauvignon, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley–$71.00 Maybe you don’t want fancy-assed new-fangled Howell Mtn. Cab because you want the wine that started the whole Howell Mtn. craze over thirty years ago.
5.) 2006 DUNN, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$62.00 A good portion of this wine is from the old Howell holler.
6.) 2007 SEAN MINOR, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$17.00 The good thing that comes from a crappy economy is high quality cheap wine. $100 juice is going into $50 bottles, $50 juice is going into $25 bottles and so on. This is about $36 delicious for $17, a sweet deal. It’s all handcrafted Napa goodness, not purchased bulk juice. Flavors of black cherry, cassis, chocolate and tobacco will appease your fussy palate while saving you money for a new three iron.
7.) 2008 SEAN MINOR, Pinot Noir, Napa Carneros–$17.00 Need some tasty Pinot to pour for the whores on your next “golf trip?” It’s smooth and silky with a great mouthfeel and loads of fruit, sure to please even the sluttiest of sluts.
8.) 2007 ST. INNOCENT, Pinot Noir, Momtazi Vineyard, Willamette Valley, Oregon–$36.00 This was Tiger’s old house wine before he started pouring Le Petite Vice Cab and Folie A Deux’s Menage a Trois. It also happens to be the best ’07 Pinot from Oregon on our scorecard, and we’re not cheating or lying. Not at work, not on the links, not in bed.
“A Magnum® full of Pinot Noir” is what wine savvy hookers call Tiger’s giant and relentlessly insatiable one wood.
9.) 2007 ALTROCEDRO, Malbec Reserva, Mendoza, Argentina–$32.00 This stuff is so good and has so much terroir it’s hard to believe Malbec came from France and not from the mountains of Mendoza. This wine makes me think of being raped by 8 smoking hot Argentinean supermodels and winning a new set of Nike blades & woods for surviving.
10.) 2008 BROWN, Zinfandel, Napa Valley-$33.00 This stuff is as jammy as the new Phish tour without all the ecstasy.

FEATURED RED WINES

2005 PARADOR, Red Table Wine, (53%Cabernet Sauvignon/47%Temperanillo), Napa Valley-$39.00
Like Tiger Woods, we like to lead off with something big, dark, and swingin’ in every one of our twelve monthly newsletters. Usually that would entail a big fat and bangin’ Napa Cab, but this month we’re getting all freaky on you and adding a little latin passion to the mix. Parador is perhaps California’s only successful effort at capturing the power, complexity, and spirit of the great wines of Spain’s Ribera del Duero region. Winemaker and friend Steve Ventrello sources these grapes from two stellar vineyards in Napa; the Cabernet is from the incredible Hossfeld vineyard just south of Stag’s Leap, known for its tiny berries and slow but even ripening and long hang-time, and the Temperanillo is sourced from the famous Rancho Chimiles vineyard where cuttings from Spain were planted specifically for Steve. Thick and heavy black cherry and cassis Cabernet flavors integrate flawlessly with the forward red fruit, violet, dried herb, crushed rock, smoked meat and leather characteristics of Temperanillo, all wrapped up in a moderate dusting of ripe and velvety tannins. The Parador Red pairs well with anything big red wines pair with (especially lamb), tastes great on its own, and will continue to develop for the next 8+ years. This is truly a spectacular wine, hombres.

2005 PARAS VINEYARDS, Merlot, Estate Grown, Mt. Veeder, Napa-$29.00
Here’s another big surprise that’ll completely satisfy your secret desires and won’t lead your wife or significant other to batter your car with a three iron and cost you millions in “shut the f___ up” money. That’s right, it’s a Merlot, but make no mistake, when you pour this for your mistress or mister-ess they’ll be givin’ you freebies for as long as your stash of this wine holds up. This hard driving red wine is made by Douglas Danielak, a rising star in the Napa Valley, who has squeezed the essence out of these rugged mountain grapes, producing a dense and extracted blackish-purple libation revealing gobs of wild blackberry jam, melted dark chocolate, espresso powder, unlit cigar, licorice and the hallmark Mt. Veeder mint and mineral characteristic found in many of the great reds of this appellation. Not your typical nineteenth hole Merlot, this wine comes with the sexy fury of a pissed off Swedish supermodel. You might screw around with some other wines on the side, but when this is gone, it’ll be the one you always remember. Get some now.

2006 DOMAINE DROUHIN, “Laurène”, Pinot Noir, Estate, Willamette Valley, Oregon-$65.00
Without a doubt, Domaine Drouhin’s Laurène is one of the finest and most consistently great Pinot Noirs in the New World, certainly one of the benchmark wines that all other Pinots from Oregon and California are judged. And with good reason: these Frenchies more or less pioneered and gave credibility to the Oregon wine industry. Veronique Drouhin bleeds Pinot, and this majestic wine rivals many of the top wines of her native Bourgogne. Mind numbing in  complexity and length, this Grand Cru of Dundee oozes the combined sex appeal of eight confirmed mistresses and probably will that of reveal many more as time goes by. The scandalous flavors and aromas of crushed cherry and ripe plum, baking spice, black truffle, smoldering ash, toasted brioche, and perfumed, lipstick stained bed sheets make this wine irresistible for all the right reasons. Simply put, this wine is a must have for any Pinotphile, cellar keeper, collector, or lover of great red wine. Hide this away from the missus for 3-5 years and she’ll be way less pissed off about you buying it, or risk it all for love and consume this little beauty tonight over a several hour session.

2005 VOLKER EISELE, Cabernet Sauvignon, Estate, Napa Valley-$35.00
It seems that working in the wine biz in this economy is getting more and more surreal all the time. Like when a winery has a new release, realizes it still has a few boxes left on an older, superior vintage, and decides to discount that one instead of softening the price on the new one. Well, whatever, we’ll take it. Volker Eisele is one of those wineries that has been around forever and has somehow remained a little below many peoples’ radars. They’ve also been farming organically and sustainably since way before it was considered hip to do so. Situated on the northeastern corner of the Napa Valley in the Chiles Valley AVA, these grapes enjoy a long growing season, the vines are meticulously thinned, and the end result is a wine of power, elegance, and balance. The blend is roughly 85% Cab, 10% Merlot, and 5% Franc, with dominant Cabernet flavors of blackberry and currant, Bordeaux-esque notes of cedar, mineral, and spice. It was pretty tightly wound on release but is now drinking fabulously and will easily continue to age for another decade. Originally $42, this is a great deal on one of the great sleepers of the vintage.

2006 SCOTT HARVEY WINES, “Vineyard 1869”, Ancient Vine Zinfandel, Amador County-$30.00
Who could resist the opportunity to sell a wine made from America’s oldest documented Zin Vineyard. These vines were 137 years old (!) at time of the 2006 harvest, the wine was aged in neutral oak and gently “teabagged” by the winemaker, (hopefully oak, not scrote) and as the tech sheet reads, is highly expressive of Amador County “Terror”. ? What we think that means is that this is a ballsy old vine Zin that will scare the buhjesus out of you when you get a hit of this briary raspberry, tobacco, leather and spice laden plush and full bodied Zinfandel. Man up, if you dare. Muuaah!

SOME MORE RED CHEER FOR THE NEW YEAR

2006 BARREL 27, “Head Honcho”, Syrah, Santa Barbara County-$25.00
This is the hottest deal we’ve come across since the Charbay Cab that you bought so many cases of last year.  We’re not mentioning any names, but we tasted this next to a wannabe cult Syrah that comes in at $75 and this just frickin’ buried it. Barrel 27 is a clearing house for the extra barrels from McPrice Myers and Herman Story wineries, whose Syrahs regularly score in the low to mid 90s by all the major critics, and contains fruit from some of the most notable vineyards in Santa Barbara (Laetitia, Larner, and Three Creek, to name a few). These guys could justifiably be charging $50+ for a wine of this quality, but they’re just not that type. This is a massive red that oozes such flavors as boysenberry and blackberry fruit, sour cherry, burnt orange, caramel, lavender, cracked Szechwan peppercorns, cured black olives, duck fat, and dried thyme just to name a few, with ripe mouth coating tannins and a mean dose of whoop ass on the finish. The complexities of Barrel 27 are so varied that even when you’re on bottle 27 you’ll be finding new things to love about this wine. Don’t screw up by saying you only like Cab or I’m broke or some dumb shit like that.  You need this!!

2004 SPELLETICH CELARS, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$25.00
Here’s our next $25 dream, a follow up to the $25 Charbay. This ageworthy Cab used to be almost twice the price and we can now offer it to you for almost half price. That’s like getting two hookers for the price of one. I wonder if PGA prostitutes refer to their clients as “slicers”, “hookers”, or “worm burners” depending on the curve of their driver. The ’97 offering of this wine was the Connoisseur’s Guide #1 pick for best Cab of the vintage and mine are still very alive and well. 2004 was a great vintage and this, being 5 years off the vine is drinking perfectly with plenty of life left in it. You’ll dig the full body, solid tannin, and classic Cab flavors of black cherry, spice, earth, black plum, cassis, and Marion berry, all tied together with noninvasive neutral oak. $25 seems to be the new sweet spot these days instead of $50. As your caddy, we recommend hitting this one hard and straight and aim for your cake hole. And don’t screw it up.

REALLY TASTY WHITES

2008 ST. INNOCENT, Pinot Blanc, Freedom Hill Vineyard, Willamette Valley-$20.00
Mark Vlossak is one of Oregons premier super studs, and, unlike those in other fields, like golf or politics, he makes no attempt to hide it. If you eat lots of fish or kiss a lot of pretty girls you’re gonna need some of this crisp and clean yet surprisingly richly textured Alsace varietal white to freshen up with. Peach, spiced pear, tropical fruit, white flower, and candied ginger are the flavors Mark says you’ll experience when you taste it, and I’d add to that the braided zests of lemon and tangerine, a hint of honey dew, and a chip of slate. This is the perfect pairing for shellfish of all sorts, salmon  tartar, sushi, tossed salads, and pickled herrings, like Paris Hilton or Lindsey Lohan, if you’re into that sort of thing. Despite the (usual) crassness of this review, you’d be really blowing it if you miss this gorgeous and well priced wine.

2008 PELERIN, “Les Tournesols”, Roussanne Blend, Paraiso Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands-$24.00
Yet another great wine from one of our favorite micro-producers, “Les Tournesols” (which means the sunflowers) is a blend of 72% Roussanne, blended with 19% Viognier for heightened aromatics and 9% Chard for additional roundness and weight, all sourced from a single block of vines in Monterey. Roussanne, as you probably know, is one of the noble white varietals of the northern Rhone, and, along with Riesling and a very few top notch Chardonnays, produces some of the few truly age worthy white wines in the world. Fresh and baked pommes (apple-asian pear) and dried apricot flavors play the main stage while notes of marzipan, chamomile, jasmine, honeycomb, kaffir lime leaf and the slighted suggestion of sweet French vanilla oak dance around the palate like sprites and fairies on ecstasy at a Chystal Method concert. The intensity of fruit and bracing acidity makes this a great pairing with foods of all sorts, from fish to white meats and strongly flavored Mediterranean dishes, and should allow this to develop in the bottle for another 6-10 years.

2007 WHITE ROCK, Chardonnay, Napa Valley-$27.00
In addition to being a top notch Chardonnay, this wine offers you an excellent chance to find out if your family members, friends, or neighbors need an intervention. Just call them up and ask them if they want to come share some White Rock with you. If they show up with a mirror and straw or a glass pipe, there’s a problem. “So that’s why Uncle Jimmy seemed so fidgety and wouldn’t eat the Christmas ham this year…”  If your people do right and bring glasses, they and you are in for a treat. This is definitely the best Chard I’ve tasted from this producer and among the finest examples we’ve seen from Napa in a long time. The small 2007 harvest was vinified sans malolactic fermentaition and saw a minimum of new oak during élevage. The wine shows incredible purity and depth with precisely defined varietal character and nuances of lemon curd, tarte tatin, honeysuckle, and wet stone. Easily chuggable now, this is another rare white wine that will stand the test of time.  Pick up a case and throw a few in the dungeon for 4-8 years.

DEAR GROEZINGER CUSTOMER,
Recent reports from Alaska and Russia show that children are misbehaving and exhibiting disobedient behavior now more than ever before. Harpoons in school, icicle stabbings, and seal rapes are now commonplace according to the northern media. Our very own Justin Rush, never trusting or believing mainstream media, took on this dangerous undercover investigation in conjunction with NBC’s Brian Williams and discovered some disturbing news about the legendary Mr. Santa Claus. Alaskan, Russian, and now Canadian phone taps have confirmed that reports have been coming directly from the North Pole about children being out-of-control-naughty and how most are undeserving of any holiday gift. After hearing this Justin traveled north with his elf suit, elf shoes, and prosthetic elf ears, daringly going undercover with the help of his third cousin, elf toy engineer, Kalu Kalu. Once inside the famous estate Justin found Santa to be disgruntled, unhappy, and abusive to the elves and Mrs. Claus. She was very thin, fidgety, and kept sniffling. Seeing an open door, or an open nostril in this case, Justin elfingly befriended Mrs. Clause with pure Peruvian cocaine and she spilled her guts about how the economy has made it impossible to produce enough toys and has caused massive elf-firings, which has brought drugs, crime, and the first elfin-porn studio to the Pole. She said the marriage took a big hit after Santa’s affair with Kirstie Alley and his short lived stint with ZZ Top. She says they attend marital counseling but both of them have a hard time taking the elf psychologist seriously. She said Santa made false accusations about the children to avoid ridicule for the massive shortage and poor quality of this year’s toys. Santa’s drinking has reached an all time high and it’s suspected he will check back into the Dry Ice Rehab Center after the holiday season. Mrs. Claus said she’s tired of hearing jokes from the elves about her leading the sleigh team this with her red nose and may join Santa in rehab. After doing 2 eight balls with Justin, Mrs. Claus broke down and expressed her true concern for everyone’s holiday happiness. Sniffling and in tears she asked, “Does Groezinger’s still have that phenomenal 3 case shipping deal?” You bet your bindle we do. $75 ships three cases anywhere in the continental United States!! That’s a mere $25 a box when you ship three of ‘em. $15 per case ships wine to our good neighbors in California, Oregon, and Washington. WE SHIP ANYWHERE-except Utah.  $30-$45 ships one case via UPS to most states and if you live in one of the few states still suffering from Prohibition era restrictions, we’ll bootleg it to you for $60 on one case, $90 for two, and only $75 for three!!! These prices make it CHEAP and EASY to get great wine where ever you may be.

Since Santa has crap toys this year, you better HO-HO-HO over to the PHO-HO-HONE and call 800-356-3970

1)  2005 CHARBAY, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$25.00 This is last call on this ridiculously great deal on a killer Stags Leap Cabernet that used to be $75. $975 lands you three cases that would have been $2700 in a pre-recession world. When you want serious Cabernet but seriously don’t want to pay for it, call us and hook yourself up.
2)  2006 DUNN, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon–$63.00 A Napa classic with a good dose of Howell Mtn. fruit.
3)  1992, 1993, 1994, & 1995 DUNN, Petit Sirah, Park Muscatine Vineyard, Howell Mtn., Napa Valley-$100 btl.
Living legends. These wines kick the crap out of most of our Cabs and still have another 10-15 years of life. Another last call on these almost mature, old vine, mountain grown Petit Sirahs. $360 for any four bottles. Extremely rare.
4)  2006 PHILIP TOGNI, TANBARK HILL, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Spring Mtn., Napa Valley-$37.00
By far the best Spring Mtn. Cab for the money. Down from $54. Drink it now or age it for 10 years. Don’t miss it.
5)  2008 OWEN ROE, “Abbot’s Table”, Red Table Wine, Washington-$22.00 This awesome kitchen-sink blend
of eight red varietals tastes like $45 and makes most $25 dollar reds taste like garbage. Pairs well with everything!!
6)  2007 SNOWDEN, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, “The Ranch”, Napa Valley–$40.00 92-94 points from Parker
7)  2005 ILSLEY, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley–$50.00 Since nobody wanted the Shafer Hillside Cab for $225 we are offering a $50 version from the vineyard on the other side of that hill.
8)  2005 WATERMARK, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley-$40.00 Diamond Creek’s winemaker’s dirty secret.
9)  2007 COHO, “Headwaters Red”, Napa Valley Red Wine-$38.00 61%Cab, 34%Merlot, 5%Petit Verdot…This is the follow up to the stellar ’06 that got 95 points from Spectator and was compared to $300 cult wines. Coho-ho-ho!
10)  2007 COHO, Pinot Noir, Stanley Ranch, Carneros–$41.00 As good as it gets from Carneros and not 90 bucks.
11)  2006 LEMELSON, Pinot Noir, Thea’s Selection, Willamette Valley-$26.00 Formerly a great deal at $45, new pricing makes this a no-brainer. Practically a giveaway at $26, even people without brains can figure this one out.
12)  N.V. BRICELAND, Brut, Methode Champanoise, Humboldt County-$28.00 With southbound 101 being a grass gauntlet every autumn, this unattainable wine was truly smuggled down the great green pipeline, just for you.

FEATURED RED WINES

We want to sell everything before the end of the year, so call us for some smokin’ hot inventory reduction deals!!

2007 DIAMOND CREEK, Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Rock Terrace, Gravelly Meadow, Volcanic Hill Vineyards
Diamond Mountain, Napa-$165.00 each, or $465 per three-pack (one each of the above listed single vineyards)
Here’s the latest and greatest release from one of the Napa Valley’s most prolific and historic Cabernet producers. As you probably already know, Diamond Creek’s founder, the late Al Bronstein, was among the first to bring smuggled suit case clones from a First Growth Bordeaux vineyard in Paulliac and give them a loving home on the hillsides of Napa. Always big, dark, extracted, elegant, yet old fashioned in structure, the wines show massive cassis and black cherry jam, with nuances ranging from crushed stone, smoldering cedar, mountain under-brush, and dried lavender, with incredible purity and length on the finish. The 2007’s are the best this house has produced in years, and winemaker Phil Steinschriber is adept at accentuating the unique characteristics of these three vineyard blocks, creating wines of a consistent style while preserving the distinct terroir of each site. As always, these wines will age well for twenty plus years. Want to give the ultimate gift this year? Go for the DIAMOND CREEK MAGNUM 3-PACK-$1250.00

2007 SNOWDEN, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley-$72.00 (86% Cab Sauvignon/14% Cab Franc) The 2007 vintage is shaping up to be one of the best overall vintages for Napa Cab in over a decade. Here’s a case in point. Diana Snowden and David Ramey are the team behind this stunning Cabernet, without a doubt the best wine the Snowdens have ever produced. The points and praises critics have lauded this wine with are not gratuitous, so you can take kicking Parker and Tanzer’s asses off your holiday to-do list. Layer after layer of deep black currant, smoked plum, and ripe cherry come at you like a pissed off polar bear, while nuances of bittersweet chocolate, coffee bean, pencil shaving, and baking spice back him up like a pack of arctic foxes enjoying the spectacle of you getting torn a new one. Coincidentally, this is Santa Claus’ favorite wine of the vintage (97+ pts SC) because it tastes so good and it also happens to have the same name as the North Pole’s first Elf strip club, the Snow-Den. Built like a California Bordeaux, this beauty drinks great now but promises to age well for at least 15-20 more years. Only 700 cases made.

2005 SAGE, “Veedercrest”, (40% Cab Sauv/30% Merlot/30% Franc), Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley-$30.00 Here’s the best bang for your buck since the Charbay Cab!! No shit, people. Robbie Meyer, of Peter Michael, L’Angevin, and Peirson-Meyer fame (among many others), has crafted the one of the best red blends we’ve tasted all year, and you need to buy a case or two. We poured a glass, a glass mind you, and let it sit for two days and this sucker didn’t budge. No oxidization, no funk, no bullshit. That’s a well made wine, friends. It is our understanding that Sage Vineyards was sold to Darioush winery a little while back, so a good portion of this fruit will soon be available in a much heftier bottle with a much heftier price tag. Until that happens, we’ll simply have to question both your intelligence and your palate if you don’t stock up on this stuff now. Loads of forward Cabernet flavors are made supple by the addition of Merlot and spiced up by Cab Franc, making this a blackberry and raspberry-jam infused fruit bomb with Mt. Veeder structure, a whiff of campfire, unlit cigar, Asian spices, crushed rose petal, and dried cherry. It’s so good, we could drink it all day. In fact, we have, and so should you. But you’ll have to call us first. 1 800 356-3970.

2007 FORT ROSS, Pinot Noir, Estate, Sonoma Coast-$33.00 This one is a mindblower. If you’ve been on our mailing list for a while, you already know that we love wines from this estate, but here we can tell you without that creepy “oh shit we’re telling a lie” feeling that this is without a doubt the best wine that we’ve ever tasted from Fort Ross. Yeah, you could spend an extra thirty bucks on a bottle of Flowers that doesn’t taste as good or spend hours going over the most recent issue of BurgHound trying to find a Chambolle-Musigny that costs less than $120 or you could just call us and pick up some of this juice. This stuff tastes like the best black and boysenberry essence you’ve ever experienced, with burnt orange peel, sliced porcini mushroom, star anise, and crème de menthe thrown in for extra sex appeal. Perfect for stuffin’ in stockings. Speaking of little stockings, the new elf porn studio, “The Pole”, received loads of recognition and success with “Melfs”, “Melfs II”, & “Melf Hunter”.

2006 STORYBOOK MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS, Reserve Zinfandel, Estate, Napa Valley-$50.00 Zinfandel’s Daddy in the Napa Valley, former Chief of Toy Production turned Master Winemaker Jerry “Doc” Seps used elfin’ majik to create this unbelievable wine. Always one of our top picks in any vintage, the 2006 mercilessly beats the hell out of every other Zin from the valley in this vintage. This varietal’s popularity has waned a bit in recent years, but this one will make you want to get up and scream until someone calls the cops on you. Loads of crushed raspberry and currant, black cherry, spring flowers, and a hint of the estates iron laden crushed red rock contribute to a wine that shows the very essence of Zinfandel. Powerful yet elegant, this wine will outlive many Cabs from the valley but also drinks great now. It’ll pair well with turkey, ham, goose, lamb, game, or any other holiday feast.

MORE GOOD REASONS TO DRINK WINE
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2006 O’SHAUGHNESSEY, Cabernet Sauvignon, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley-$75.00 This is the kind of wine that’ll make you feel like a king when you own a case. On the other hand, if you can’t even afford a half case, it’ll make you feel like a broke-alcoholic-looser-I-feel-like-I-lost-all-my-dough-in-Vegas-no-lap-dance-dribblehead-douchebag. I know the feeling. That’s what credit cards are for…..to put off looserdom until a later date. Like thirty days later according to Doris at American Express. So if you’ve got that down-and-out-I-can’t-buy-more-wine-feeling, get your credit card and say, “Fuck it, I need some O’Shaughnessy no matter what.” Don’t let economics get in the way of your true passions. And if you want to look at it from a religious perspective, money is the root of all evil and Jesus turned water into wine*. As spiritual consultants we advise that you purge yourself of that evil money and get some of this old time religion into your sinful soul. Over the last few years, O’Shaughnessy has gained the reputation as king of the hill, or mountain in this case. Luscious and concentrated, focused and balanced, this wine over delivers in every way possible. Flavors of dark, ripe, black cherry, volcanic loam, blackberry, sweet French oak, and high grade black tobacco are supported by a complex and perfectly integrated structure of fruit covered acidity, super-fine-grit tannins, and unnoticeable alcohol. Like if Moses came down from the mountain with a stack of late ’70’s Penthouse and a Nebuchadnezzar of B.C. wine made by the Big Guy Himself, this wine can do no wrong and is ready to party now and for years to come. If you’re not a follower or believer of O’Shaughnessy, their 2006 will convert you.

1998 CORNERSTONE, Cabernet Sauvignon, HOWELL MOUNTAIN, Napa Valley–$17.00 If you tried the 1998 Cornerstone NAPA Cabernet last month and thought it was a bit knackered, you might want to give this one a whack at your cow. And….if you thoroughly enjoyed the Cornerstone NAPA Cab then you are GONNA FREAKIN’ LOVE the 98 HOWELL MOUNTAIN Cab. If you like old Cab and weren’t cellaring wine when you were in college or on Dead tour, this is your opportunity to enjoy aged mountain Cab without paying $60 nine years ago.

2007 KNIGHTS BRIDGE, Cabernet Sauvignon, To Kalon, Oakville, Napa Valley-$110.00    150 cases produced When I think about this winery the first thing that comes to mind is, “NONE SHALL PASS!” and “THEN YOU SHALL DIE!” Black, green, or horseless, you should really get some of this in your grail before the swine plague hits. Seriously though, this high dollar winery is bound to wind up with big points from Parker and the rest of ‘em real soon.

This is our favorite To Kalon Cab ever. One of the reasons we love it is because it’s not $250 or $150 like most To- Kalon Cabs. It almost always causes premature olfactory orgasm so I wear a dental dam or use a piece of Saran wrap to make it last longer. Dark purple in color, this wine gushes with blackberry, black currant, huckleberry, clove, sweet French oak, and a whiff of violet. It’ll age for eight more years, but who wants to risk dying of the black swine plague before your Cab reaches full maturity? Even if your arms and legs have been lopped off you should roll over to the phone and call us. This magical wine offers eternal youth, and miraculously heals even the most severe flesh wounds.

2007 KNIGHTS BRIDGE, Chardonnay, West Block, Knights Valley–$65.00     125 cases produced
This extraordinary Chard is comparable to the best Chardonnays from California being most reminiscent of its famous neighbor, Peter Michael Winery. Expressive of supreme terroir and the great ‘07 vintage, with 16 year old vines and superb winemaking, Knights Bridge poses an eminent death to almost every other Chard from California. Winemaker Jeff Ames is threatened with death by beheading if he screws anything up, so you know it’s gonna be fit for a king with flavors of Fuji pears, ambrosia melon, white jasmine, virgins, and sweet cream butter. Jeff thinks it’ll age for nine years but I’m drinking mine now. This massive Chardonnay is made in a style we don’t usually go for, but it’s so undeniably wonderful and complex we couldn’t keep our pants on. That’s how you can tell when it’s really, really great. Really.

2007 ZIND-HUMBRECHT, Gewurztraminer, Alsace, France-$26.00
Gewurztraminer is a classic accompaniment to the Thanksgiving feast. Why would you drink French wine on an American holiday? Because they sold us a million pounds of gunpowder during the Revolution, and what could be more American than gunpowder? Maybe depleted uranium. Another reason: this wine is way better than any Gewurztraminer from America. Yet another reason: you don’t pair wine with turkey (a bland white meat), you pair it with the all the other stuff like stuffin’, gravy, cranberries, smoked fish, honey baked ham, fried turkey skin, Jell-o dishes, and that big, pink, sloppy thing your aunt always scares everyone with. I was referring to her marshmallow-Jell-o-dessert.

2003 TOPAZ, California Dessert Wine-$35.00  (66% Napa Sauvignon Blanc, 34% Lake County Semillon)
We don’t mean to shove this down your throat, but we’re gonna do it anyway. What else is versatile enough to pair with foie gras and pumpkin pie? What kicks the crap out of Dolce, Nightengale, and every other lame dessert wine from California? What tastes like real expensive Sauterne? The answer is TOPAZ. You’ll ruin the holidays without this to finish your awesome meals. Thanksgiving and Christmas just wouldn’t be as much fun without Topaz. It’s the best dessert wine west of the English Channel. Once you’ve had Topaz for the holidays, there not the same without it.

CHARDONNAY
ADASTRA                                      2005        35.00
ENKIDU Tin Cross                      2008          23.00
KEENAN                                        2007           28.00
LIOCO                                            2007        21.00
MCKENZIE MUELLER              2006        28.00
MINER Wild Yeast                      2007          50.00
PAUL HOBBS RRV                     2007        50.00
PEAY SON COAST                      2007        55.00
PFENDLER                                  2007          38.00
PORTER BASS                            2007        30.00
RAMEY RRV                               2006        40.00
ROMBAUER                               2008        35.00
SHAFER RED SHLDR CHARD                2007        50.00
WHITE ROCK                             2006        30.00

CABERNET SAUVIGNON & BLENDS
BARLOW BARROUGE             2005          40.00
BENNETT LANE                       2005        55.00
CHAPPELLET Signature         2007          44.00
CLOUD VIEW                            2005          65.00
CLOS VALMI                              2005        33.00
DAVID ARTHUR                       2006        100.00
DETERT Cab. Franc                  2005        60.00
DIAMOND TERRACE               2004        60.00
DOMAINE CHARBAY              2005        28.00
DUNN HOWELL MTN             2005          75.00
ETUDE GBR CAB                      2006          50.00
GRGICH HILLS                         2004        60.00
HIDDEN RIDGE                       2006          40.00
IGNEUOS                                   2005        95.00
ILSLEY stags leap district        2005        55.00
KELLY FLEMING                     2005        85.00
MACAULEY                                2004        72.00
MEANDER                                 2005         65.00
MOUNT EDEN VIN EST         2005        48.00
OAKVILLE RANCH                 2005        58.00
OWEN ROE Ironbird              2006        22.00
ONE ACRE                                2006         40.00
PALAZZO RED WINE            2006        50.00
PARADIGM                               2005        65.00
PARALLEL                                2006        60.00
PETER FRANUS                      2005        48.00

PETIT VICE                               2006        50.00
PHILIP TOGNI                         2006          90.00
PRIDE                                         2006          70. 00
PRIDE Reserve                         2006          130.00
RAMEY claret                            2005          30.00
REDMON                                   2006          45.00
RISTOW PEDRAS                    2006         65.00
ROBERT CRAIG Mt. George   2006        26.00
ROBINSON FAMILY                2005        55.00
ROY J MAIER                            2005          55.00

DEAR GROEZINGER CUSTOMER,
Trick, or Treat? That is the question. Here at Groezinger’s we’ve been turning tricks all year so we can continue to offer you the treat of booze delivered to your home or office. Halloween is the time of year when we revel in all things macabre, like ghosts, mummies, monsters and masked boogie-men. And this year one ghoulish entity incorporates all these: the floating spectral image that was Michael Jackson. As a child I remember being horrified by the being that wore only one glove, sang a song called “Beat It”, owned his own petting zoo containing llamas, sheep, and snakes, wouldn’t do Brooke Shields, and spent most of his time hanging out with kids. Not to mention the guy could apparently defy gravity, had a face that looked like a skull, and dangled babies from balconies. That’s why this year the Halloween costume was an obvious choice. I’m even getting one of my friend’s kids to go as Macauley Culkin. Here’s a free piece of advice, never practice your moon-walk on a shag carpet, especially if you own pets or anything metal. If you’re not scared of the paparazzi or Michael Jackson, then sit alone in Neverland’s pumpkin patch all night long and ask yourself this question . . . Does Groezinger’s really still have that phenomenal 3 case shipping deal? You bet your great pumpkin we do!! $70 ships three cases anywhere in the continental United States!! That’s a mere $23.33 a box when you ship three of ‘em. $15 per case ships wine to our good neighbors in California, Oregon, and Washington. WE SHIP ANYWHERE-except Utah.  $30-$45 ships one case via UPS to most states and if you live in one of the few states still suffering from Prohibition era restrictions, we’ll bootleg it to you for $60 on one case, $90 for two, and only $70 for three!!! These prices make it CHEAP and EASY to get great wine where ever you may be. Moon-walk over to your phone and dial 800-356-3970.
WE GOT ALL THE TREATS YOU NEED FOR YOU AND YOUR FAVORITE TRICK!! CALL US NOW!!

FEATURED RED WINES
1.) 2005 SHAFER, Hillside Select, Cabernet Sauvignon, Stag’s Leap District, Napa Valley-$225.00
2.) 2006 SPOTTSWOODE, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, St. Helena, Napa Valley, 25th Anniversary-$120.00
3.) 2006 PAUL HOBBS, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley-$75.00 A great wine from a legendary winemaker.
4.) 2007 CHAPPELLET, Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley-$40.00 Super scary. This wine always gets scores in the nineties from the critics and last year it sold out in ninety days. Secure yours now.
5.) 2005 VALANCE, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley-$75.00 From just outside the Howell Mountain AVA, this is the newest and best vintage yet from one of our favorite micro-producers. Ripe, structured, and very Howelley.
6.) 2005 DOMAINE CHARBAY, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley-$25.00 Our best selling wine ever!! We’ve sold over three hundred cases of this. The supply won’t last forever, and when it’s gone, it’s gone. Stock up.
7.) 2005 SAGE, “Veedercrest”, Cab/Merlot/Franc Blend, Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley-$30.00 Formerly $40.00
8.) 2006 JACK QUINN, Cabernet Sauvignon, Agaverose Vineyard, Rutherford, Napa Valley-$75.00 Andy Erickson and Benoit Touquette, winemaking team at Screaming Eagle, tag-teamed in making this dense and powerful yet elegant and highly expressive version of classic Rutherford Cabernet. We don’t get much, so call us now.
9.) 2007 PALOMA, Merlot, Spring Mountain, Napa Valley-$50.00 Here’s the best example of Paloma since their cult-making 2001 vintage and they were nice enough not to quadruple their price like most other wineries would have. Show your appreciation and pick up a case of this spectacular and ground-breaking Spring Mountain Merlot.
10.) 2007 PRIDE MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS, Merlot, Spring Mountain, Napa-$60.00 Another mountain beauty.
11.) 2007 CEP, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast-$26.00 We are not at liberty to disclose the origin of this beautiful and expensive tasting Pinot or Andy Peay will kill us. What we can say is that it’s a sexy, lively, Californigundian Pinot Noir from one of our favorite vineyards that over performs like nobody’s business. Drinking this is like eating black truffle infused smothered ripe strawberries and blackberries off the tight belly of a French super model. Giggidy.
12.) 2007 CEP, Syrah, Sonoma Coast-$22.00 As good as the Cep Pinot, only it’s Syrah. These are both super steals.
13.) 2006 HANZELL, Pinot Noir, Estate, Sonoma-$75.00 Normally $95, a great vintage from a classic winery.
14.) 2006 DEHLINGER, Pinot Noir, Estate, Russian River Valley, Sonoma Valley-$44.00 Yet another classic.
15.) 2007 THREE SAINTS, Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley-$23.00 Dierberg’s 2nd label. Tastes like their estate PN
16.) 2005 PETER FRANUS, Mourvedre, Brandlin Ranch, Mount Veeder, Napa Valley-$38.00 Just because you can’t say Mourvedre is no reason to skip one of the best wines of ’05. Just call it Mataro if it’s easier for you.

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2006 PHILIP TOGNI, TANBARK HILL, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Spring Mtn. Dist., Napa Valley–$37.00
As the current conditions of our economy fluctuate on a daily basis so do the prices of some of our favorite wines. This month’s wicked deal comes from winemaking legend, Philip Togni. If you’re not scared of huge discounts or world-class Cabernet then this should definitely be in your plastic pumpkin this Halloween. This Spring Mountain Cab is 100% estate grown and comprised of juice that would normally have been in the $90 estate Cab. A few enlightened wineries have changed their pricing to roll with the times while others sit on inventory and wait for an angel. The Togni winery, like great French producers, doesn’t mind fluctuating prices to accommodate the economy. Good job! At thirty seven bucks, this stuff cuts, slashes, and slays the competition. Nearly as awesome as the Togni Cab, the Tanbark Hill exhibits the classis Bordeauxesque characteristics this estate is famous for. Flavors of black cherry, graphite, earthy spice, clove, cassis, sweet tannin, and that trademarked streak of eucalyptus will reeducate you about what Cabernet is really supposed to taste like. It offers flavor, passion, edification, satisfaction and the potential to age fifteen years. I just finished my case of ’97 Tanbark Hill and truly wish I had more. I should have bought 3 cases. Let that be a lesson. Formerly $54.00, a seventeen dollar discount makes this a deal too good to pass up.

2004 MAYACAMAS VINEYARDS, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Mount Veeder, Napa Valley–$50.00
WHAT THE @#%$*!  Can you believe this? TWENTY FIVE BUCKS CHEAPER! Wassup?? What’s up is you better get some of this too. From another legendary producer comes this classically styled Cab from a stellar vintage and a great appellation. This muscle Cab fires on all cylinders and promises to run hard for another fifteen years if properly garaged. This is old school Cabernet like when Jacko was more blacko, like when you could participate in sports or music or be in a classroom with fewer than thirty five students and go to skule in a building that’s not falling apart and infested with roaches. These are some of the oldest Cabernet vines in the Napa, as big around as you are and producing phenomenal fruit expressive of this mountain appellation, full of earthy mineral flavors that are simply unattainable from younger vines and inferior terroirs. Be sure to decant and let this thing breathe when you crack it because it takes about an hour for the deep cassis and black cherry concentrate to creep out from under the candy coated shell of sweet mountain tannin and rock flavored acidity. Drink it or cellar it. Just be sure to get some. At this price you can pour Dixie cups of it for the trick-or-treaters or use it as fake blood to accessorize your costume. Normally $75.00

2006 DAVID FULTON, Estate Petit Sirah, St. Helena, Napa Valley–$45.00
Last year we described this wine as a giant fire-breathing mule with glowing red eyes and a giant harness of pig skulls on barbed wire pulling a huge Fulton plow. This year it’s even more ominous. It sprouted giant horns and fangs, replaced its mule shoes with two pairs of Gene Simmon’s boots, and grew Pterodactyl wings. We understand if you’re scared, but there comes a time when we all need to bend over and take it like a man. So if you’re tough enough to take on a beast of this magnitude, we’re here for you and will hold your hand when it gets scary, give you something to bite on when it hurts, and clean up the blood and guts when it’s over. This perfect textbook example of ultra-high-quality Petite Sirah epitomizes the varietal and exploits its full potential making other producer’s wines clearly inferior. Opaque as a mule’s pupil, the dark purple hue is almost black with the first whiff tipping you off that the stampede is a comin’. Flavors of the darkest sort are tied together with impeccable structure and balance. Blackberry, black cherry, black plum, black pepper, and raspberry are supported and amplified by perfectly integrated oak, bruising tannin, and spine tingling acidity. This is one of those wines that only pussies pass up. This wine is the reason why we drink red wine. Try pairing it with food, but you better get your big pans out, scorch fat, and shake your flavor shakers. Don’t be a pussy.

2007 L’ANGEVIN, Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley–$41.00
2007 PIERSON MEYER, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Stage Vineyard, Sonoma Coast–$55.00
These two guys used to work at Peter Michael until they decided to show people how to make Pinot Noir. 2007 turned out some of the best Sonoma Pinot in years and these are the cream of the crop. These are stylistically similar wines with the Pierson Meyer representing the reserve offering. The P.M. Pinot is from Swan and Calera clones near Petaluma in a cool and windy vineyard. It blasts flavors of strawberry, boysenberry, orange zest, vanilla, cola, and anise down your cakehole causing a chugging sort of behavior. The L’Angevin is a bit softer with spicy black cherry, sandalwood, rose petal, and black tea. Even the pickiest of connoisseurs will be impressed and amazed at the quality of these Pinots.

2006 PIERSON MEYER, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$77.00
This is the crown jewel of the Pierson Meyer lineup. It is exactly what EVERY Cabernet fanatic really wants. Exactly. The question is, “Do want to pay $77 for sheer perfection or do you want to dick around in the forties and fifties hoping for a miracle or a pricing error at the local liquor barn?”  I can’t answer that for you, but if you want the best damn Cabernet from Pritchard Hill (Versant Vineyard) then this is your $77 answer to Bryants overpriced and underwhelming wallet/ass raper. It makes the Chappellet’s P.H. Cab seem like a good old fashioned mugging. Blackberry concentrate dominates over nuances of spice, mocha, tobacco and coffee bean. It received a 25 day maceration prior to and during fermentation making the color extremely dark. This is Cabernet Nirvana, cellarable for many years and perfect for a mind blowing thrill today. 190

FEATURED NEW RED WINERY
INTRODUCING CHRONICLE WINES IN A ZINFANDEL AND PINOT NOIR BATTLE ROYALE!!
We are very pleased to introduce you to wine visionary Mike Hengehold and his new project, Chronicle Wines. Mike is one of the good guys, sharing our enthusiasm for small production terroir driven wine, in this case focusing on the soil varieties and old vines of Sonoma and Mendocino counties. To this end, he has assembled the vine wrestling tag-team of Ted Lemon (founder of Littorai and Pinot Noir God) and Dan Cederquist (unparalleled old vine Zin Guru of Sonoma County) to craft wines of great character and class. These wines rock and you need to pay attention here . . .
2006 CHRONICLE, Zinfandel, One Hundred Year Old Vines, Russian River Valley, Sonoma-$33.00
Dan “The Crusher” Cederquist was brought into the ring to face off against four and a half tons of bruising and bone crushing gnarly old vine Zin hailing from the 100 year old vines of Gaddis and Gambogi vineyards. Having dealt with these Gambogis many times in the past, he knew what to expect from this fight, first man handling the Zin’s ripe clusters until his hands were blood red then slamming them into small open tank containers. “The Crusher” didn’t only punch down the grapes, he beat them down, diving from the top rope into the fermentation tanks Super-Fly Snuka style, then put them in a vice-like press until the grapes bled their intense blackberry, tobacco, and cocoa powder tinged life’s blood into American oak casks. The bottled essence of victory will survive 10 years of nostalgia.
2006 CHRONICLE, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast-$32.00
Pinot Noir can be a tricky adversary, so Dan “The Crusher” tagged out in the second round to Ted “The Squeeze” Lemon, whose Kung-Fu is legendary in the world of Burgundian-class cage fighting. These grapes came out of top rate vineyards, yet proved no match for Ted’s mad skills. After first verbally taunting the grapes, “The Squeeze” easily beat these grapes into submission Joe Louis style, the resulting nectar reeking of raspberry jam, wild strawberry, baking spice, dried rosehips, sandalwood incense, and cherry pie. The finish on this wine is superb, showing off velvety tannins and flavors that linger for days on end. Cellar this sucker for a few years.
2006 CHRONICLE, Pinot Noir, Cerise Vineyard, Anderson Valley, Mendocino-$45.00
Ted Lemon’s face off with the massive and muscular grapes of this Battling Boontling from Anderson Valley’s Cerise Vineyard required him to delve deep into his training days at his Dijon Dojo. Wild yeast fermentation, Matrix style slow motion fermentation, and the utmost concentration on his technique allowed him to tame this raging bull of a wine, transforming the grapes into the bottled equivalent of total enlightenment. Even Bruce Lee couldn’t have pulled this one off as well. Aromas and flavors of creamy stewed strawberry, blackberry, smoked cherry pits, vanilla bean, espresso, dark chocolate, white peppercorn, mace, and wild mushrooms emanate from the hole Ted punched into the heart of this Pinot. If you want total enlightenment, buy a case of this and drink one bottle a year for the next 12 years.
2006 TIERRA ROJA, Cabernet Sauvignon, Estate Grown, Oakville, Napa Valley-$115.00
Billie Jean was not my lover, but this wine is our baby. We are one of the only retail shops in the world able to offer you this Cult Cab since the beginning of it’s run. For those of you not in the know, this is a vineyard surrounded by the likes of Bacchus, Screaming Eagle, Dalle Valle “Maya”, and Rudd Estate, but this is without a doubt the starchild of the appellation. Because we sell so much of T.R.’s winemaker’s wine, DeSante, and because Justin would eagerly sacrifice the pinky of his right hand to be proprietor Linda Neal’s love slave, we get a hefty allocation of this lofty and luscious Cabernet. The ’06 Tierra Roja shows all of the flavors associated with this world class vineyard, which include but are not limited to crème de cassis, black cherry, mocha, crushed mint flowers, caramel, spice, and everything nice. More medium bodied than this estates previous efforts, this wine will require several more years of bottle age to show its true character. These vines are organic and sustainably farmed, which makes this a no brainer.

FEATURED WHITE WINES
1) 2006 MAYACAMAS, Estate Chardonnay, Mount Veeder, Napa Valley–$25.00 Ultra-bright, minerally, built to last, and $10 cheaper this month. Zero% malo-lactic, neutral oak, great with food and a screaming deal at $25.
2) 2006 TANDEM, Chardonnay, Rithcie Vineyard, Russian River Valley–$28.50  Normally $50 Yet another sweet discount on a killer wine. Citrus, pear, and a hint of oak are ignited by electrifying acidity and Sonoma minerality.
3) 2008 LAIRD, Pinot Grigio, Cold Creek Ranch, Carneros–$17.00 Want something for the masses at Thanksgiving
even the kids will like? This stuff is soft and juicy with a hint of melon and pairs perfect with turkey and in-laws.
4) 2007 PORTER BASS, Estate Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Sonoma–$28.00 My favorite Chard of the year.
This could fool you for a good white Burgundy, used to be $45, and only 175 cases were produced. Last call.
5) 2003 TOPAZ, Special Select, Late Harvest, California Dessert Wine–$36.00 (66%SB,34%Semillon. 10.2% r.s.)
Simply the best Sauterne this side of Sauterne. Honey, peach, pear, apricot, 100% botrytised goodness for dessert.

Dear Beloved Groezinger Customer,

This is a great country we live in despite our current economic condition. It has beautiful cities with rich culture, lush estates and historic landmarks. One of those great cities is Philadelphia, PA. Philly obviously reminds me of meat, cheese, bell peppers, and onions at 2:15 a.m. It also reminds me of the Liberty Bell, Bartram House, Mount Pleasant, Christ Church, 1st and 2nd Banks of the United States, Independence Hall, John Coltrane, Edgar Allen Poe, Tom Hanks, and Betsy Ross. Now it reminds me of dog fighting. What happened? I thought the obvious move would be to Oakland where paroled and yuppified pit bull owners carry plastic bags around to pick up their killing machine’s poop. I mean, let’s face it, Jamarcus doesn’t know what 2+2 is, and 56 blue, 24 red, 32….must be real confusing. So, congratulations on your new addition, Philadelphia. When asked why he did it he had said, “I knew it was wrong, but it was part of our culture.”  I don’t know if he was referring to NFL culture, American culture, Georgian culture, or what. But y’all got culture now. Maybe he just loves animals and truly enjoyed being around dogs. Hey, everyone deserves a second chance……….So, if we threw up on you the last time you were in the store and you haven’t bought wine from us in a while, check out these incredible deals and give us a call…$70 ships three cases anywhere in the continental U.S. of A.  Seriously. That’s $23.33 a case when you buy three. $10 per case shipping in California, Oregon, and Washington. That’s sweet. WE SHIP ANYWHERE except Utah. They’re insane. $30 to $45 ships one case via UPS to most states and if you live in one of the few states that still has prohibition then it’ll cost you about $60 for 1 case, $90 for 2 cases, and only $70 for three cases!! These are pro-bowl shipping prices making it CHEAP and EASY to get great wine.  $70 ships 36 bottles anywhere.  800-356-3970

BE SURE TO LOAD UP HEAVY FOR FOOTBALL SEASON AND THE HO-HO-HOLIDAZE
1.) 2005 SHAFER, Hillside Select, Cabernet Sauvignon, Stag’s Leap District, Napa Valley-$250.00
2.) 2006 SPOTTSWOODE, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, St. Helena, Napa Valley, 25th Anniversary–$120.00
2.) 2006 RAMEY, Cabernet Sauvignon, Larkmead Vineyard, Napa Valley–$55.00 This awesome, full bodied, age-worthy Cabernet used to be $82.50 and is now priced to chug. Enjoy the deal and cellar the savings.
3.) 2005 HIDDEN RIDGE, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County–$37.50 Formerly $75, they did it too. From the Sonoma side of Spring Mountain, this wine really over-performs at $38. Check the press. Made by DiGiulio.
4.) 2006 REDMON FAMILY, Estate, Cabernet Sauvignon, St. Helena, Napa–$45.00 Down from $70, this Groezinger favorite is now $25 cheaper ONLY HERE! Micro-produced, dry farmed, French oaked, & delicious.
5.) 2006 BENNET LANE, “MAXIMUS”, Napa Valley, Red Wine–$25.00 –highly rated, priced sweetly
6.) 2006 VALDEZ, Zinfandel, Rockpile Road Vineyard, Rockpile, Sonoma–$35.00 Who knew a pile of rocks could be an appellation? Fresh on the scene, Valdez is kicking ass and taking names. It’s big, focused and bright.
7.) 2006 CHARTER OAK, Zinfandel, Monte Rosso Vineyard, Sonoma–$34.00 These 100 year old vines pump out giant, juicy, complex flavors not found in “common” Zins. It’s almost gone so call us real soon.
8.) 2006 HAMACHER, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon–$41.00 –a great vintage, an incredible price.
9.) 2007 FAILLA, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast–$33.00 Erin Jordan from Turley also makes this killer Pinot.
10.) 2007 BENOVIA, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast–$45.00 –exquisite coastal Pinot with power and finesse
11.) 2007 BLUE FARM, Pinot Noir, Anna Katherine Vineyard, Carneros–$44.00 From the Donum-Stemmler ladies comes this complex, layered, sophisticated, and not-so-Carnerosey, Russain River-esque Pinot.
12.) 2007 TALLEY, Estate Pinot Noir, Rincon Vineyard, Arroyo Grande–$53.00            Reserve Tally’s….
13.) 2007 TALLEY, Estate Pinot Noir, Rosemary’s Vineyard, Arroyo Grande–$64.00   These are two of the best Pinots from California. Usually unavailable, the soured economy has brought these little piggies to market.
Like piggies, these are fat, delicious, and kind of smell like bacon, they can bite back, and it’s fun to have twelve.
14.) 2005 PHILIP STALEY, Grenache, Russian River Valley-$22.00-for when you just can’t take another Cab

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1998 CORNERSTONE, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$15.00                            Seriously. $15.00
These days it’s hard to make an honest buck. People want the same high quality wines but aren’t willing to let go of the dough. I have to discount wines and shipping prices just to get a few orders. After several months my frustration built to the point where I had to do something about it. So I bought this ‘79 pickup truck that looks just like the Simon and Simon Power Wagon with the huge bumper on it and drove it through the door of a warehouse in Vallejo and loaded it up with as much of this as I could. I made off with 150 cases of this beautiful and mature Cab without getting busted, and while I thought it was Colgin, I later found it to be Cornerstone. It was dark in the warehouse and we were pretty jacked up on meth and in a big hurry. Wrong pile. After I got the stash back to our secret abandoned winery cave and tasted the wine I was relieved to find that our efforts and meth were not wasted. While disappointed that we couldn’t sell you Colgin for $100, I am elated to be able to sell you this delicious and mature Cabernet for next to nothing. If you prefer drinking old wine more than young wine but can’t stand old wine prices and weren’t collecting wine ten years ago then you need a few boxes of this stuff. If you look on wine searcher you’ll find this wine available for $69 because they didn’t have a Simon & Simon Power Wagon. In your face Bounty Hunter! Try and rob a warehouse on your little pony. You might be thinking, “What’s wrong with this picture?” Other than purchasing stolen alcohol that happens to be a federally controlled substance and having it transported across state lines, sometimes into states we’re not supposed to ship to anyway, tax free, in environmentally unfriendly styrofoam………….other than that, nothing is wrong with this picture. I know every time I commit a crime I get a warm, tingly buzz. That feeling is your body purging guilt from your system. This country was founded and built on stealing and disregard for the law, so flex your heritage. This awesome wine is perfect for chugging with steaks or almost anything off the grill. The juice is still very alive and well, although I would recommend drinking it rather than cellaring it for five years. It’s barely showing rust around the rim with cedar infused fruit dominating the front of the palate. I describe it as “a delicious old Cab that’s great to drink lots of”. Poached cherry, briary tobacco box, dried rose petal, and cinnamon compliment the cedary red fruit. Folks have been hauling cases out of the store upon tasting the wine and for only $180 a case you should get some hauled home to you… Like a real hot milf, this stuff is mature and ready to party and has tricks younger wines just don’t know about. And you can stick it anywhere you please. In your cellar, in the kitchen, a couple bottles in the office, in your golf bag, maybe even in your wife’s special little place where she keeps her wines. This is kick ass wine that I stole and risked everything FOR YOU. Don’t miss out on this unbeatable and rickdickulous deal.

2005 DOMAINE CHARBAY, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$25.00
We still have some of this incredible wine if y’all want some more now that you’ve tasted it. From Stag’s Leap District and formerly $75 this is one of the best deals ever on a Cabernet, especially from this appellation.

2006 LAIL, J. Daniel Cuvee, Napa Valley–$115.00
Maybe you could care less about how expensive wine is and you just want the best. Here’s your Bentley, you big pimp. Howell Mountain and Oakville grapes make up this wine and the one word that sums it up is power.  Big, full bodied, thick, rich, balanced and explosive, UPS won’t even haul this stuff because it’s THE BOMB. It’s 100% pure Cabernet Sauvignon, bottled unfined and unfiltered, made by Philippe Melka, with a miniscule 750 case production. The wine is like a California First Growth, boasting classic Bordeaux flavors of graphite, currant, tar, anise, and black chocolate all followed up with California ripeness and perfectly integrated French oak. This is as French-American as you can get. More so than that one war, almost like partying in New Orleans (without the piss smell), like if the Statue of Liberty shook her ass and held a 500,000 liter bottle of Lail.  The J. Daniel Cuvee has a history of aging great (I’m still waiting on my ‘99’s) and gets huge scores from the wine press. Most wine writers give unrealistic advice when awarding a wine with a lotta points by saying it will age for twenty years when it really won’t go ten. Lail ages so well you could drink it on your deathbed and rest assured that your priest will thoroughly enjoy the remainder of the bottle.

2006 STORYBOOK MOUNTAIN, Estate Zinfandel, Eastern Exposure, Napa Valley–$40.50
Zinfandel prophet, Jerry Seps, has brought the good word down from the mountain, actually a hillside in this case. We’re not talking about slabs of rock inscribed with instructions on how not to screw your neighbor’s wife. We’re talking about the most structured and built Zinfandel available, more ageable than most Napa Cabs and built to go with any food you could throw at it. Flavors of blueberry, wild blackberry, and black plum are lifted and complimented by nuances of spice, violet, and just a touch of oak. Storybook has been preaching the miracle of Zinfandel for over thirty years and has amassed a huge congregation. Get yourself some of this old time religion.

2005 PEDRAS, Ristow Estate, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$54.00
Some of you may remember how awesome the Ristow Cabernets were. This wine is the evolution of that vineyard, now with Jamie Whetstone making the wine. “Pedras” comes from the word “stone” in Portugese. Example: “I got pretty Pedrassed last night.” Seriously though, this is one stony vineyard. After the vineyard was planted in 1988 it wasn’t long before ultra high quality fruit was being harvested and the first vintage (1995) was released in 1998. Ten years later, these vines have matured and pushed deeper into the rocky soil giving the wine darker, earthier, more complex flavors than previous releases. The vineyard is just south of Stag’s Leap District and if you drove the Power Wagon right through the Darioush tasting room and kept going up and over the hill behind the winery, you’d be in the Ristow Vineyard. Stag’s Leap characteristics of rich, velvety fruit are apparent although the color is much darker and the flavors more intimidating than softer wines from the other side of the hill. Ultra-dark in color, the explosive and powerful fruit all but attacks you, then gently and lovingly rapes you, creating an instant case of Stockholm syndrome that will MAKE you WANT to go back down to your little room in the basement. The 2005 Pedras will age fabulously till 2020 considering it has plenty of tannin, color, acidity, and powerful black/purple flavors that taste quite immovable. Get “Pedrassed” with this rocking Cab.

2006 DEMUTH KEMOS, Cabernet Sauvignon, Clajeux Vineyard, Chalk Hill AVA, Sonoma Co.–$55.00
This is ass kicking Cabernet. While most $50-$100 Cabernets from California brag about using only free run juice in their oh-so-drinkable and not-so-ageable wine (boring), Demuth & Kemos crank the guts and soul from these grapes in an old school basket press. It then goes into French oak for 23 months. Because of significant fruit thinning only ten barrels were produced, thus creating a wine with intensity, concentration, and a long, promising future. Clone 337 brings mineral and earth flavors while clone 7 offers up the seductive, forward fruit. This perfect match of Cabernet clones grown in rocky hillside vineyards makes for an unforgettable drinking experience. The grapes were fermented in small T-bins with indigenous wild yeast and punched down by hand. These multiple, smaller fermentations create complexity as each bin will have its own characteristics. The color is dark like the night sky, the flavors reminiscent of Margaux, and the finish could last into the next day if you drink a whole bunch and don’t brush your teeth before bed. If you love soft, round, easy drinking Cabernet then don’t buy this. But….if you like droppin’ the clutch, bad dogs, big guns, and grilled meat, then this is your wine.

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2008 TOMERO, Torrontes, Mendoza, Argentina–$13.50
The Tomero is the guy who regulates the flow of natural irrigation to the vineyards in Argentina. You too, can be a Tomero by regulating the flow of this to your house. Torrontes is related to the Malvasia grape and was probably brought to Argentina by Spanish colonists after it made its way to Madeira from the Mediterranean. It’s bright, crisp, clean, citrusy, with a medium body and a joyful, uplifting finish. Drink with summer foods like grilled figs, fish, salads, fried okra, grilled shrimp, abalone, turkey sandwiches and garden fresh tomatoes. It’s a delightful diversion from common Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.

2008 DESANTE, “L’Atelier”, Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon, Napa Valley–$26.00
“Hey, you got your Sauvignon Blanc in my Semillon.” “Hey, you got your Semillon in my Sauvignon Blanc.”    ♫ Two great things that go great together! Enjoy the great taste of crisp Sauvignon Blanc rounded out with a touch of Semillon and smoothed out with a kiss of oak. Expressive of Desante’s old vine SB, this delivers more flavor, more charachter, and more complexity than almost any other white wine from Napa.

2007 BENOVIA, Chardonnay, Russian River Valley–$32.00  –gorgeous, cool climate Chard, long finish
2008 FORMAN, Chardonnay, Napa Valley–$39.00  –crisp and bright for Napa chard, Rutherford fruit
2007 MINER FAMILY, “Wild Yeast”, Chardonnay, Napa Valley–$45.00 –big, thick, rich, and buttery
2007 TALLEY VINEYARDS, Chardonnay, “Rosemary’s Vineyard”, Arroyo Grande–$45.00   –one of California’s finest Chards. It’s bold and full bodied with impressive acidity and exotic flavors. Usually available in miniscule quantities, this year you can have as much as you want. Check out their Pinot’s on the front page.
2007 ENKIDU, Chardonnay, Tin Cross Vineyard, Alexander Valley–$26.00  This is a super sweet deal. It possesses the flavor, structure, and classiness of Chards twice the price.  Remember their great Kick Ranch SB?
2008 PIERSON MEYER, Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley–$23.00 Mmmmmmm. This is the “reserve” level of Sage Wines. Ultra-lively fruit is mellowed out with stirring of the lees and a dash of oak.

Dear Groezinger Customer #8675309,
Don’t lose that number. 800-356-3970. You’ll be using it soon if you still have some money left because this months deals are so insanely sweet you’d be completely nuts not to call me. We’re talking about prices so low and discounts so heavy it’s almost like drinking for free. There’s only one thing better than free booze….a free piece of……. That reminds me of when I used to install cable t.v. in Omaha’s super-ghetto-hood 21 years ago. Occasionally, prostitutes in the projects would offer me complimentary services (i.e., a freebie) if I would hook up HBO and Cinemax on the down low. It was far from philanthropy, but I always declined their kind and not-so-tempting offers and hooked up the movie channels without collecting the *booty. I would tell them to “enjoy the freebie”. It was my special way of giving back to the community. Eventually the original charm and fun of the ghetto wore thin and I resorted to selling fine wine in 1989.  The most commonly asked question asked by ghetto hookers is….. does Groezinger’s still have that bangin’ shippin’ deal??  Oh, hell yeah they do………..$60 ships three cases anywhere in the continental U.S. of A.  Seriously. That’s $20 a case when you buy three. Free shipping in California, Oregon, and Washington on orders of 12 bottles or more. That’s free. We ship anywhere except Utah. They’re insane. $35 to $50 ships one case via UPS to most states and if you live in one of the few states that still burns witches then it’ll cost you about $60 for 1 case, $90 for 2 cases, and HOLY-ROTTEN-RYE only $60 for three cases!! These are truly wicked shipping prices making it CHEAP and EASY to get great wine.  $60 ships 36 happy endings.  800-356-3970

HERE’S A SHORT LIST FOR YA. DON’T MISS THE BEST DEAL ON CABERNET EVER. Page 2
1.) 2005 WATERMARK, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$40.00 A Groezinger favorite. Diamond Creek’s winemaker’s personal stash. Wonder where he gets the fruit?? It’s one of the best wines you could find for forty bucks. Drinkable, ageable, limited, hard to find, and downright delicious.
2.) 2005 CLOUDVIEW, Estate Red, Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley–$59.00 Their best to date. HUGE!
3.) 2007 CEP, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast–$24.00 A killer deal in the world of Sonoma Coast pinot noir.
4.) 2005 SHOWKET, Asante Sana, Oakville, Napa Valley–$33.00 Down from $50. Estate grown Oakville Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon make this a seriously great wine for a silly little price.
5.) 2006 SAUSAL, Century Vines Zinfandel, Alexander Valley–$32.00 130 year old vines. Truly a national treasure, you won’t find these historic flavors on Antiques Roadshow. Awesome old vine Zin.
6.) 2006 FRANUS, Zinfandel, Brandlin Ranch, Mount Veeder, Napa Valley–$31.50 Mountain grown,
80 year old vines. Beautiful, balanced flavors are perfect for summer barbeques, grilling, and chugging.
7.) 2006 DOMAINE SERENE, Pinot Noir, Yamhill Cuvee, Willamette Valley–$35.00 Sweet price.
8.) 2006 PELERIN, Syrah, Monterey–$23.00 Pelerin means “pilgrim”. Like witch burning pilgrims. This wine is tantalizing, authentically Rhone-like, and able to compliment a broad spectrum of foods.
9.) 2006 EFESTE, CEIDLEIGH Syrah, Red Mountain, Washington–$30.00 Truly bad-ass Syrah.
10.)  2006 MOUNT EDEN VINEYARDS, Estate Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains–$36.00 Absolutely, positively, one of the best Chard’s on this continent & it’s mysteriously $14 cheaper this year.
11.) 2007 SHAFER, Chardonnay, Red Shoulder Ranch, Carneros–$44.00 If you like big, rich, high octane Chardonnay, this is it. “Red Shoulder” refers to the days when sun burnt children worked the vines.

*booty, n. pl.  booties (boo-tee)   definition-1-plunder taken in time of war  2-goods or property seized by force or piracy 3-a valuable prize, slang-the buttocks

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2005 DOMAINE CHARBAY, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley-$25.00
This is the greatest deal on super-premium Cabernet Sauvignon I’ve ever seen during my twenty years of selling wine. Most wine drinkers will never be offered an opportunity like this in there entire lifetime and neither will their children or grandchildren. This offer is only available to customers who receive our paper and/or email newsletter because if I put this up for sale online it would piss wineries off even more than Rudd last month. So you’ll have to phone home, ET. This wine is from the coveted Stag’s Leap District and is comparable to or better than Silverado Reserve, Hartwell, and Shafer at a mere fraction of the price. My good buddy, Marco Karakasevic, made this rock star Cab back in 2005 and since then Charbay’s booze business has exploded forcing their attention to vodkas, tequila, whiskey, rum, moonshine, brandy, and anything else you could possibly distill and sell. That left this $75 Cabernet sitting around with no one paying attention to it since they were all ripped on booze. Then the economy took a splattery crap right into the fan and they lowered the price to $50. Rapidly, the demand for their booze skyrocketed as jilted executives and CEOs drowned their sorrows in delicious fruit infused vodkas and rums from Charbay. Soon, more people were out of work and $50 Cabernet started to go out of fashion. That’s when Marco called me and made me a deal only a drooling idiot would pass up. See where I’m going with this? Before anyone gets called names referring to slobbering stupidity, I’ll supply the facts and flavors. 2005 was a VERY good vintage with a cool growing season and a warm fall. The Stag’s Leap District is an AWESOME place to grow Cabernet…..too bad NONE of them are $25. From the first glance, this wine is impressive. The color is incredibly dark and opaque with aromas that match the intimidating color. Whiffs of cherry, cassis, vanilla, and spice will send you back to Drinkonomics 101, reeducating you on what you can get for TWENTY FIVE bucks. On the palate the wine is like liquid happiness, delivering flavors of cassis, cherry, plum, raspberry, blueberry, and tobacco. The finish is polished and lengthy and keeps bringing you back for more until it’s gone. I’ve been drinking it every day for weeks and it doesn’t ever get boring.  It was in French oak for 26 months and has been bottled for almost two years which means it’s drinking perfectly now and will do so for the next six years if you can resist the temptation. Only 1,000 cases were produced and I bought as much as I could because there’s nothing better for the money and probably never will be again. Now that you have the facts, I could not urge you strongly enough to buy as much of this wine as you possibly can. It’s not like I make a ton of money selling you $25 wine, I’m just trying to hook all y’all up. Only $960 will get you three cases DELIVERED anywhere in the continental U.S.  Shipping is FREE in California, Oregon, and Washington which is just rickdickulous. Now, don’t start slobbering in a helpless spasm of enological ignorance, just pick up that phone and CALL ME AT 800-356-3970. You will be so happy you did and feel so smart and probably like me more or like me again and it will make the whole world a better place to be, filled with love, harmony, and balance. What other wine can do that? The answer: none.

2007 GAMBA, OLD VINE ZINFANDEL, Estate Grown, Russian River Valley, Sonoma–$36.00
Yet another spectacular release of our favorite Sonoma Zinfandel. These vines were planted way back in 1900 and are still working hard just like the 90 year old guy who had to go back to work when his retirement money went away. Gus Gamba came up with an economic strategy to keep his juice flowing….
He lowered the price!!! Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner. It used to be $45 and is now $43 on their website and our price is 7 bucks better than that. This wine is a textbook example of what R.R.V. old vine Zin should be. Layered and complex, with vibrant raspberry, wild blackberry, blueberry, pomegranate, and a kiss of oak, this will trip your trigger like a Zinfandel booby trap. 2007 was a rocking vintage for Sonoma and the proof is in this pudding. If it was any thicker, it would be Zinfandel pudding.

***Jim Richards of Paloma Vineyards passed away recently after a battle with cancer. He was loved by us and many others and will be missed very much. Raise a glass and toast Jim as he tends to another vineyard somewhere else, not so far away. Thanks for the great Merlot and all the good times, Jim. God Bless Ya.

PEAY VINEYARDS

Peay’s vineyards are located about one hill away from the Pacific Ocean making this one of the coolest growing sites in California. That creates beautiful, structured fruit with wonderful acidity and vibrant flavors that engulf your senses. Cabernet vines would probably die from the cold, but Pinot, Chardonnay, and Syrah flourish in this beautiful coastal vineyard. Vanessa Wong, former winemaker at Peter Michael, crafts these sensuous and seductive wines at their KICK ASS gravity fed winery in Cloverdale (northern Sonoma). These are super-duper-ultra-premium, extremely limited, and very fairly priced wines. Enjoy!

2007 PEAY VINEYARDS, Estate Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast–$47.50
This is Peay’s best Chardonnay to date, rivals any Chardonnay from California, and is knocking on Burgundy’s back door. The vibrant fruit is bright like sunshine with concentrated flavors that unwind endlessly on the palate usually causing drinkers to cuss and touch themselves. This spectacular 2007 has too many flavors to list, but here’s a few; pear, lemon curd, granny smith apple pie, coconut, bread dough, jasmine tea, wet stone, fairy dust and all kinds of other magical stuff that doesn’t come in any other wine. There are hardly any Chardonnays of this quality, and those few comparable wines are at least twice the price. This ain’t cheap but it is truly GREAT wine. If you want the best Chardonnay in California, get this. The ‘07 Peay will make most other Chards taste like unfiltered rat piss. I’m not kidding, it’s that good.
2007 PEAY VINEYARDS, Estate Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast–$38.00
Peay’s two flagship Pinot’s, Pomarium and Scallop Shelf, are $55 to $65 bucks. This is an estate cuvee from the same vineyards, with the same purity, intensity, and flavor profile of its pricier siblings. Only 480 cases were produced and with this quality > price ratio, it’s sure to sell out quickly. Cherry dominates the flavor profile by whipping the submissive nuances of sandalwood, forest floor, and chocolate until they behave and let Cherry dominate the finish. The finish is complex and long, and when it finally ends, it starts back up for a second finish. Bonus finish! Hook yourself up. Here’s a few more from Peay…..
2006 PEAY VINEYARDS, Estate Pinot Noir, Pomarium, Sonoma Coast–$50.00
2006 PEAY VINEYARDS, Estate Syrah, Les Titans, Sonoma Coast–$41.00
2006 PEAY VINEYARDS, Estate Syrah, La Bruma, Sonoma Coast–$41.00

VICE VERSA made by PAUL HOBBS

Here’s a new one for you. Paul Hobbs makes these wines and they are killers. So was the price of the Cabernet ($110) until the Groezinger chop shop cut and slashed it in half making it one of the best deals going. This is another special newsletter feature (no internet) because they would cut me off like John Bobbit’s weiner if they saw this rickdickulous pricing. Hook yourself up and I won’t tell anyone.

2005 VICE VERSA, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$240.00
This switch hitter has the best of *bolth worlds. Beckstoffer ToKalon fruit from Oakville and mountain fruit from Stagecoach Vineyards on Atlas Peak make this a turbo-charged-super-pedigree-hybrid Cabernet that would be $110 in all other economic conditions. This is by far the best of their first three vintages giving up flavors of cassis concentrate, bittersweet chocolate, anise, and sweet, perfectly integrated oak.
2005 VICE VERSA, Syrah, Ulises Valdez Vineyard, Russian River Valley–$40.00
The Syrah is an ass whooper. Black-purple in color with great extract and concentration, it possesses a giant mouthfeel with flavors that all but attack you. Classic flavors of black plum, smoked meat, earthy spice, and black licorice bring to mind thoughts of lamb chops, grilled rib eyes, and braised short ribs. It’ll stain your teeth pretty good so we’re gonna throw in some whitening strips if you get more than six.

2007 KELLY FLEMING, Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley–$26.00
When I tried this awesome new S.B., I thought, “This stuff is so good I could drink it all day long.” Delicious flavors of citrusy, tropical, melony fruits will keep you entertained and coming back for more.
A hint of French oak rounds out the vibrant fruit and gives this great S.B. an extra touch of class. (ETC)

*bolther, n. pl. bolthers (bowl-thur) definition-a person who pronounces the word “both” with an invisible “L” between the “O” and the “T”

DEAR GROEZINGER CUSTOMER,

Recent reports show that people aren’t having as much fun as they used to. One study showed women no longer flash the cameras on amusement park splash rides. And when’s the last time you saw a guy wearing a trench coat and a paper bag on his head? Yard darts have vanished and people look at you like you’re the devil if you have fireworks in this extra flamey state. Even monster truck rallies have reported smaller audiences. Coppertone has been replaced by sunblock which is nowhere near as much fun as rubbing the slimy, cancer causing oil into the skin of bronze sluts. On the other hand, having a fifty year old wife whose face and tits don’t look like beef jerky is also fun. And summertime water balloons have been traded in for silicone fun bags, which are usually very fun. So there is still hope. That’s what we’re here to deliver. Hope. Not like a fluffy campaign or a Pepsi billboard, this hope is real and delivers NOW. So, I hope you buy some wine. A few wineries have realized that lowering prices might help sales. REALLY?! What we’re doing is discounting the discounts from the wineries making our prices lower than anyone. With free shipping on case orders(12+btls) in California, Oregon, and Washington, and our UNBEATABLE 3 CASES FOR $60 going anywhere shipping special, we challenge you to find a better deal. Until the economic climate changes we will intentionally continue to lose money on freight to provide the absolute best prices to you and your friends. And……..WE SHIP ANYWHERE EXCEPT UTAH!! UPS IS AVAILABLE TO AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IA, IL, LA, MI, MO, MN, NC, ND, NE, NH, NV, NY, NM, OH, OR, SC, TX, VA, WA, WV, WI & WY for about $20-$45 a case depending on how far away you are from us. We bootleg it to ALL STATES one way or another. Overnight, 2-Day, and 3-Day services are available to the above states at an additional cost. Call us soon and ship your juice while it’s cool.  $60 for 1 case, $90 for two cases, and $60 for three cases going anywhere. A $10 residential delivery fee is waived on purchases of 3 cases or more. We prefer shipping to businesses because we need an adult signature for delivery and you used to have a job and be at work.  Get yourself some deals. 800-356-3970.

BUY AMERICAN. Foreign countries don’t sell American wine, KEEP THE DOUGH AT HOME!!!!!

1.) 2005 RAMEY, Claret, Napa Valley–$26.00 That’s right. Twenty six bucks. Give me a break. Ridiculous.

2.) 2006 RAMEY, Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast–$26.00 A full case is only $312 delivered in CA, OR & WA.

3.) 2006 RAMEY, Syrah, Rodgers Creek, Sonoma Coast–$38.00 Eighteen bucks below the regular price.

4.) 2006 PALOMA, Merlot, Estate Grown, Spring Mountain, Napa Valley–$48.00 The pride of Spring Mtn.

5.) 2004 WHITE ROCK, Estate Claret, Napa Valley–$32.00 This is an incredible blend with a lifespan of 15+ years and flavors that wines three times the price wish they had. If you’re into GREAT wine and don’t need a big name or a big price tag to impress yourself or your friends then this is a wine that YOU NEED.  Normally $40.00

6.) 2005 SAWYER CELLARS, Estate, Bradford Meritage, Rutherford, Napa Valley–$28.50 WHAT?$?$? This baby used to be $44. Expressive of Rutherford in every way except for the price. Take that Oakville!#%@  And…

7.) 2005 SAWYER CELLARS, Estate, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa Valley–$31.00 Formerly $48.00

8.) 2005 PARADIGM, Estate Bottled, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, Napa Valley–$52.00 Ten dollar discount!

9.) 2005 PARADIGM, Estate Bottled, Merlot, Oakville, Napa Valley–$37.50 Seven bucks off. 800-356-3970

10.) 2006 FORMAN, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$75.00 First 500 callers get 15% off.

11.) 2006 ORIN SWIFT, Mercury Head, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley-$75.00 First 500 callers get 15% off.

12.) 2006 ROBINSON FAMILY, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley–$42.00 What?$

13.) 2006 ROBINSON FAMILY, Estate Merlot, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley–$35.00 Sweet new pricing.

14.) 2006 PARALLEL, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$50.00 Philippe Melka’s wine for fifty bucks?? It’s true. And your kids could be the first ones in your neighborhood with the premiere Chardonnay from Parallel…..

15.) 2007 PARALLEL, Chardonnay, Napa Valley–$30.50 A great summertime geometry lesson for the kids.

16.) 2006 FORT ROSS, Pinot Noir, Sea Slopes, Sonoma Coast–$19.50 This makes a perfect lesson in economics.

17.) 2006 AARON, Petite Sirah, Paso Robles–$26.00 And a good geography question. Where t/f  is Paso Robles?

Don’t be a dunce by skipping out on these super-smart deals our former administration provided for you.

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1996 TAY, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$40.00

Very rarely, does a deal like this come along. The release price of this wine was sixty bucks back in 2000. It was made by Bruce Scotland during his years at Cornerstone and due to some kind of inventory error it was buried and overlooked for about ten years while it sat patiently, slowly aging, waiting for someone to find it. Well, as the story goes, someone found it and brought me a bottle. When I tasted the wine, I went to the phone immediately after I changed my freshly soiled pants and bought the whole pile. Where else can you get a perfectly cellared, twelve year old Napa Cabernet that drinks like eighty bucks for the price of a dozen oysters at Bouchon? Nowhere except here. You might remember a wine called “Martin’s Hillside” from 1993. If you liked that kind of a deal, then you’ll love this one. This wine will transport you back to a time when things were easier and money fell from the sky. Like back when SUV’s and the Dave Mathew’s Band were cool, back when you could get laid by saying “my-dot-com-start-up”, and back when a blackberry was just a piece of fruit. Enjoy this perfectly cellared and aged wine for the same price as mediocre grocery store swill. Plus, you don’t have to wait ten years or pay for all that air conditioning. The aromas are mellow, mature and seductive, followed by flavors of poached cherry, olive, rose petal and earthy red fruits. After the wine airs for a few moments the darker flavors emerge and join the party. The palate is smooth, mouth coating, and soothing to the taste buds. This delicious ‘96 delivers instant gratification like a wet dream. Pull the cork and next thing you know, it’s a gooey mess. So don’t forget to have that old rag handy to wipe up the messy load of crusty purple stuff that’s on the end of corks in mature wines.  A wine like this is sure to sell out quickly, and when it’s gone, there’s no going back to the good ole days. Call now for yours. 800-356-3970

2005 KATHRYN KENNEDY, Lateral, Red Wine–$22.00          price reduced from $36

Over the years this wine has earned a reputation of being the best damn deal on a Bordeaux styled blend from California. This year, for some reason, they lowered their price. It used to be thirty six bucks and now it’s twenty six. At Groezinger’s, it’s $22.00. That’s almost half price for this exquisite blend of 50%Merlot, 22%Cab Franc, 22%Cab Sauvignon, and 6%Petit Verdot. Aged for 22 months in 40% new oak, this wine has polish and class usually found in wines thee times the price. Lateral compliments many foods and also drinks well out of big insulated cups if you’re not into Sauvignon Blanc or Chard for the summer months. The blend is from a variety of cool climate vineyards selected specifically for the flavors they contribute to the Lateral blend. This also gives the wine a classy complexity never found in wines this cheap. Medium to full bodied on the palate, Lateral gushes flavors of black cherry, mushroom, tobacco, mint, and huckleberry. It finishes long and strong with great balance and finesse.

2006 CHAPPELLET, Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$37.00       price slashed from $55

Here’s another wine you’d be downright stupid to pass on for this price. This incredible hillside Cabernet comes from the slopes of Pritchard hill, home to wineries like Bryant, David Arthur, Cloudview and many more. Can you think of another Pritchard Hill Cab for under forty bucks? Don’t waste your time. Formerly $55, this is a super sweet deal. The Signature Cab from Chappellet has a long track record of being one of the most ageable Cabs from Napa, even more so than their $135 “reserve” Cabernet that nobody wanted last month for $105. I wouldn’t buy that overpriced bullshit either when you can get wine from the same vineyard, made by the same people for a hundred bucks less. That’s the upside of economic collapse, you can get really good stuff cheap. This wine is firing on all cylinders with vibrant cherry and plum, super-fine well integrated tannins, sweet oak and earthy minerality, a core of dark black fruits, fresh herbs, coffee, and cocoa. Extremely ageable and ridiculously delicious, this underpriced wine over performs in every category. In addition to all this, James Laube gave this wine 94 points. That’s only 39 cents a point. Incredible.

2007 FORTUNATI, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast–$22.50

This wine is so good and such a good deal, we say it puts the f–u–n back in fucking unbelievable. F’n great Sonoma Coast fruit. F’n great price. F’n great quality. If you like Pinot Noir and money, then this is the f’n wine for you. That’s because when you buy it you’ll still have some money AND really good Pinot. Now that’s fun. Its round, ripe flavors of cherry, strawberry, cola, clove, and spice will satisfy you like Pinots costing twice the price.  Only 275 cases were produced so don’t wait too f’n long to call and get some of this deliciously inexpensive Pinot Noir.

If you want these wines but don’t want to ship during the summer months, I will store it for you at no charge until it cools off. If you buy a case now, one in July, and one in August, you’ll get the sweet three case shipping price of $60.

2007 STRAIGHT LINE, Syrah, Santa Barbara County–$22.50

Want some killer Syrah for a sweet price? My good buddy John Grant has been honing his winemaking skills at Turley Wine Cellars for the past ten years, escaping the arduous winery duties at any chance to go skiing, hence the name. Whether the straight line refers to how he skis down the mountain or to how he runs from the winery when it snows is yet to be determined. What we do know is that this Syrah is a killer, over-delivering for its modest price point. John said with the cost of fruit, barrels, winemaking and bottling, he ends up making about a buck a bottle when the wholesaler sells it to me. That means he used expensive fruit and barrels and isn’t charging what people who want to make money in this business usually charge for wine. If nothing else, it creates good karma and gives you the chance to enjoy an excellent California Syrah for the price of a shitty bottle of imported Shirass (yuk) or an overrated bottle of French Syralph (poop). Don’t forget to boycott those swilly imports when your country is in the shits and needs you to buy American. They don’t sell California wine in Australia, New Zealand, France or other countries so fuck ‘em. This homeland juice gushes flavors of plum, cherry, grilled meat, spice, lavender and sweet, expensive oak. This is a super-premium micro-sized production made with lots of love, sweat, beer, snow, herbs and vegetables.

2005 VALANCE, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley–$67.00

Valance Cabernet comes from a tiny 3 acre vineyard on lower Howell Mountain bordered by the famous Herb Lamb Vineyard. Thirty year old vines are tended to by Michael Raymor whose winemaking and vine growing experience also spans over thirty years. Only 75 to 90 cases are produced each year making this nearly impossible to find anywhere except here. Valance is aged for 22 months in the barrel and for at least two years in bottle before being released. This wine is built to last to say the least. Some children and a few pussed-out adults might find this wine too full bodied, dark, and intense for their delicate palates. When I spend good money for young Cabernet I want it to kick my ass and remind me not to touch it for five years. Most 2005 Cabs will be on there way out when this one just gets going. In the complex flavor profile you’ll find flavors of red currant, blackberry, cinnamon, cassis, spice, cedar, earth, and vanilla, all tied together seamlessly by French oak, tannin, and rock solid structure. If you think you’ll still like wonderfully aged, ten year old Cabernet in six more years then you should buy some of this now and wait six years. When this economic Ebola has been contained you will be ready to party……….with 10 year old Valance!! Just think….If you’re 40 years old and your wife just left you because you lost your job and you’re spending money on awesome Cabernet, then you’ll really need that awesome, mature Cabernet in a few years when it comes time to attract a hotter, more sophisticated & better lover that appreciates and understands your edified desires and needs.

2006 SOTER, Pinot Noir, Mineral Springs, Willamette Valley, Oregon–$60.00

Sometimes price doesn’t matter, like blueberries at Whole Foods. So what if they’re ten bucks, there going in the pancakes no matter what. Just like this wine should be in your cellar, no matter what. Tony Soter, founder of Etude, has reset the bar for Oregon Pinot Noir by snatching the trophy from the hands of Domaine Serene. This wine oozes with the thickest and most seductive flavors found in Pinot Noir this side of the Pacific and, it’ll age for a long time, maybe fifteen years, if you can wait. The most classic and decadent flavors of rich, round cherry, flinty minerality, strawberry, tobacco, clove, cherry cola, vanilla and pomegranate offer themselves up for you like a sacrificial virgin without the mess and inconvenience of stone temples, blood, guts, tears, flying organs, and crying mothers. Just get it.

FEATURED WHITE WINES FOR SUMMERTIME

2007 RUDD, Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley–$21.50 Holy crap! Rudd just figured out that the world doesn’t want a $48 S.B. from Napa. So, the greedy bastards cut their greedy price in half as if to say, “Oops, sorry. Please like us.” At $21.50, it’s easy to love one of the best whites from Napa. Ultra classy, super-duper-premium Sauvignon Blanc.

2007 PORTER BASS, Estate Chardonnay, R.R.V., Sonoma–$27.00 Formerly $42. At $27, it’s a freakin’ steal.

2006 BOHEME, Chardonnay, Taylor Ridge Vineyard, Sonoma Coast–$31.00 Ethereal, bright, & enlightening.

2006 MCKENZIE MUELLER, Chardonnay, Carneros–$25.00 This is Chardonnay with structure and integrity. Most wineries whore out their Chards by dressing them up in oak and dosing them with acid before selling them on the streets. This puritan is bright and clean, untainted by excessive oak, and promises to behave for four more years.

2006 NAPA VALLEY FARMS, Viognier, Napa Valley–$15.00 I drink it just for the super trippy label.

Don’t miss out on the sweet shipping specials, ridiculously low recession pricing, and free summer storage.