Gary Vaynerchuk book signing this Sat from 3-5 pm at WL!
Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on your Passion

PLUS, Over 10 tables of gourmet samples for you to try from 12 noon - 5 pm and 100 items with reduced pricing!

Our own Gary Vaynerchuk, Wine Library's Director of Operations and the star of Wine Library TV, will be at Wine Library this Saturday from 3-5 PM to sign copies of his new book! Books will be available for $19.98.

GV's book signing is just part of our 26th Anniversary Celebration this Saturday at WL! Party starts in store at 12 noon. Book signing starts at 3 pm!

Stop down and sample from over 10 tables of fine, gourmet food .... Pick up a signed copy of Gary V's new book ... choose from over 100 items marked down as part of a special Saturday Red Tag Sale ... and much more! The party starts this Saturday at Wine Library! Gourmet Food sampling from 12-5. Book Signing 3-5. If you are in the area, make sure you stop down!!


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Back in stock! If you read the Wine Spectator, Robert Parker's the Wine Advocate, or Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, you will find one big thing in common with today's email. All three of those major wine publications issued a 90 Point score to the wine below. In addition, Forbes.com lovers might have noticed this was featured earlier this year!

Not only that, it's a Rioja Reserva ... from the brilliant 2001 vintage ... for just $14.98 per bottle!!!

90 WS, 90 WA, 90 IWC. A brilliant QPR from Spain. Rioja lovers, grab this while you can!

The reviews speak for themselves here. It's rare that we can find a wine that has this much in common with this many of the major publications out there. Take a look at some of these notes!

"A ringer for a Rioja twice the price, this all-Tempranillo wine comes from low-yielding, nearly 40-year-old vines in the far northwest of the region at a cooling altitude. Juicy, richly layered and subtle, the Reserva's fine tannins and overall harmony reflect its 24 months in small oak barrels and a further year aging in the bottle." - Forbes Magazine (Feb 26th - Forbes.com - Richard Nalley)

"Fresh, firm and long. This balanced red offers crisp cherry, cola, vanilla, tobacco and fresh herb flavors, supported by well-integrated tannins that give way to a spicy, floral finish" - 90 Points - Wine Spectator

"Juicy strawberry and dried cherry flavors are gently supported by tangy minerals and framed by soft tannins ... Fully mature and delicious" -90 Points - IWC

More about this winery: Labastida is a beautiful old village in the foothills of the Sierra Cantabria, in the Alavesa district of Rioja, northwest of the city of Haro. Here Tempranillo achieves particular power and intensity and the handful of growers in and around the village have taken ownership of a winery where they produce the wines of Castillo Labastida from their own grapes. The winery is handsomely old fashioned on the outside and up-to-date within. The young winemaker, Manuel Ruiz, is highly skilled and also has the good fortune to have grown up as the son and student of the foremost scholar-enologist in Rioja.

More about this wine:Made from 100% Tempranillo from vines over 30 years of age. Though the legal definition of "Reserva" in the region of Rioja requires 3 years of aging, with a minimum of just one year in barrel, this wine spends 24 months in barriques, and achieves a complete integration of the flavors of grape and wood, plus the mellowness that only time can provide.

Labastida Castillo Rioja Reserva '01 90 Points - Wine Spectator "Fresh, firm and long. This balanced red offers crisp cherry, cola, vanilla, tobacco and fresh herb flavors, supported by well-integrated tannins that give way to a spicy, floral finish. Drink now through 2011. 15,000 cases made." 90... (more) Library Code | Bottle Size | Bottle Price | Case Price | 47452 750ML $14.98 $179.76