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In this Issue: 5th Annual Wine Find, Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill, Penfolds Grange, Bordeaux Seconds, and Chateau Duclu
October 28, 2009
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Penfolds Grange
Australia 2005
 

Home, Home on the Grange

PENFOLDS GRANGE

Many Consider this the World's Greatest Wine

and

Mills Has the World's Best Price

 Penfolds Grange Bottle

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Penfolds Grange 2005

$297.99

 This is a pre-sell

You must order in advance

With your credit card

 

The price on Grange has been as low as $300 in 2009 and higher than $500 a bottle in some stores.  The only time Grange wine maker, Peter Gago, has visited the Mid-Atlantic region of the USA, in recent years, was for a special tasting organized by our wine buyer, Peter Finkelstein.   Our buyer has now used his special contacts to secure a very rare allocation and a truly unheard of price for Mills' Customers Only!

The Wine Advocate has not yet rated the 2005 Vintage but just consider all the years before this with ratings up to 100 Points and 99's on several occasions.  Wine Spectator has given it a 94.

Take a look at the scores from Parker on Grange going back more than 20 Years, including an incredible 100 Point Score!

Parker's Reviews

"One Helping Isn't Enough.....You Want Seconds"
Bordeaux Seconds
Lets talk value for a few minutes.  Appellation Controlee won't allow the best Bordeaux Chateaux to release all the wines they produce under their primary label.  The Chateaux create different labels and/or buy different smaller Chateaux they can incorporate into their program.  Right now these "Super Seconds" represent the most interesting Bordeaux Values.  Mills has acquired the rights to 11 "Super Seconds all of them under $40.

Wine

 

Price

La Croix de Carbonnieux Blanc 2007

Pessac Leognan

 

Regular Price $24.99

1-6 Bottles $22.49

7+ $19.99

Moulin D'Issan 2006

Bordeaux Rouge

 

Regular Price $19.99

1-6 Bottles $17.99

7+ $15.99

La Borderie de Chauvin 2000

Saint Emilion

 

Regular Price $24.99

1-6 Bottles $22.49

7+ $19.99

Les Hauts de Larrivet Haut Brion 2003

Pessac Leognan Rouge

 

Regular Price $24.99

1-6 Bottles $22.49

7+ $19.99

Lalande Borie 2006

St Julian (from Ducru Beaucaillou)

 

Regular Price  $39.99

1-6 Bottles  $35.99

7+  $31.99

Private Margaux of Chateau Kirwan 2005

Margaux

 

Regular Price  $31.99  

1-6 Bottles  $28.79

7+  $25.59

Chateau Baury 2004

Cru Bourgeoise Margaux (Brane Cantenac)

 

Regular Price  $23.99

1-6 Bottles  $21.59

7+  $19.19

Benjamin de Labegorce Zede 2005

Margaux

 

Regular Price  $34.99

1-6 Bottles  $31.49

7+  $27.99

 

Baron du Milon 2004

Pauillac from Duhart Milon/Lafite Rothschild

 

Regular Price  $35.99

1-6 Bottles  $32.39

7+ $28.79

 

La Dame de Montrose 2004

St Estephe

 

Regular Price  $44.99

1-6 Bottles  $40.49

7+  $35.99

 

La Chapelle de Calon 2005

St Estephe (Ch Calon Segur)

 

Regular Price  $24.99

1-6 Bottles  $22.49

7+  $19.99

 

 



Bordeaux Bonus Buy
Chateau Ducla 2007
Entre-Deux Mers

Ducla Label For 15 years I was the US Vice President of Yvon Mau Wines.   At the time, it was the second largest Bordeaux House and has since been sold to Freixenet .  The Mau family, however,  retained all their own Chateaux and Ducla is their crown jewel.
 
Ducla is at the peak of modern wine making.  There is no question but that it is the very best Entre-Deux Mers each and every year.  The wine is bright and full of fruit.  That it can be purchased for only $10.39 is excellent.
 
For years Ducla has been the Official White Wine test facility for the Institute Oenologique du talence.  (This is to France as UC Davis is to California!)  Ducla was the Official White Wine for France's 200th birthday celebration.  Ducla was the only dry white EVER allowed to use Cryo-Extraction as an experiment.  Ducla was the very first estate to use Sauvignon Gris as a blending grape by design.  All of this under the eye of Emil Peynaud, Wine Director of the Institute! 
 
There used to be a significant amount available in the USA  (I did a good job of selling it) but lately it is really hard to find.  We are delighted at Mills to once again bring this great value to you!


Our Price  $12.99
One - six bottles $11.69
7 Bottles or More $10.39

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Diamond Creek
2006

Diamond Creek Map

"Diamond Creek Vineyards, carved out of Diamond Mountain in Napa Valley California, has four distinctly different vineyards that yield equally singular Cabernet Sauvignons. Even though the vineyards of Diamond Creek -
Gravelly Meadow (5 acres), Lake (¾ acre), Petit Verdot (1 acre), Red Rock Terrace (7 acres), and Volcanic Hill (8 acres) - share many personality traits... their individual characteristics become quite apparent."
-Wine Spectator

Volcanic Hills 2006

Gravely Meadow 2006

Redrock Terrace 2006

There were only 12 assorted cases available in Maryland and MILLS grabbed all of them!  We are able to offer this once in a lifetime price on a first come first served basis only.  The wine arrives at Mills tomorrow!  All orders must be accompanied with a credit card number!

Many believe that Diamond Creek is the very best that California has to offer.  It is our commitment at MILLS to bring our Email customers the very best wines of the World at the very best prices.

Nationally Priced at $199.99

Mills Sale Price

$98.99


Beaujolais Picture
2009 Beaujolais Nouveau is almost Here


All Day Thursday, November 19, two of Annapolis long time businesses unite to do a Beaujolais Nouveau Festival:
 
Mills Fine Wine and Spirits and Café Normandie
 
All day tastings at Mills featuring what has been considered the very best Nouveau : Manoir du Carra.  In the evening we will feature the same great Nouveau with Café Normandie providing a very special Nouveau Meal.
 
Downtown Annapolis is the place to be for Beaujolais Nouveau. 
 
Look to this spot for further details in the coming days!
Women and Wine
Women's Tuesday
Mills is delighted to announce a new and innovative program just for women! 

Every Tuesday from 2 to 5 PM MILLS will feature a "wine education tasting" designed by and for women.  Our specialists Cheryl Stephenson and Barbara Schwabb will guide you thru these events!   All the wines will be paired with goodies and snacks from local businesses, and we will have  guest specialists from the food and wine industry in the up coming weeks.
 
Cheryl Stephenson has been at Lewnes Steak House for years as one of their servers and also did a stint as a wine specialist for a very important regional wine wholesaler.  Barb Schwaab has been a "foodie" for years.  Working with some of Baltimore's finest bakeries!  She is still one of the "specialists" working with "The Wine Coach" 
 
This is a great opportunity to pick up knowledge from a perspective that nobody else in Annapolis is taking seriously.
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