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Pop's Wines & Spirits
256 Long Beach Road
Island Park, New York 11558
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The Angel Share Portfolio of California Cult Wines..... The list is astounding!
The 2008 German Estate Selections of Terry Theise The wines.......
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The Extraordinary 2005 Bordeaux One thing I am sure of after twenty-eight years of tasting Bordeaux wines every March is that 2005 can not be compared to any previous vintage in my experience." The Wine Advocate, Robert Parker
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New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! August 15, 2008
	I love this review..... 90 points too!! "The 2006 Shiraz was aged for 12 months in seasoned French and American oak. It is purple-colored and offers up a big ..... more.....
	They say $16 (Wine Advocate), we say $9+!! ..... 91 points too!! "The 2005 Fleurie Domaine des Quatre Vents is outstanding. Its explosive nose reveals roses, violets, red cherries, and dark ..... more.....
	They say $18 (Wine Spectator), we say $15+ when bought by the case!! 90 points too!! "Aromas of crushed blackberry and asphalt follow through to a full body, with ..... more.....
	94 points & less than $20! The latest project from Richard and Thekla Sanford of Sanford Winery. Alma Rosa is a beautifully crafted Chardonnay from the rising star appellation of Santa Barbara. ..... more.....
	".....is a thrilling wine......." 93 points too!! "Meanwhile the 2006 Riesling is a thrilling wine with touches of honeysuckle and limestone on the nose and a palate distantly ..... more.....
	".....it could be confused with one of the bracing white Graves....." "The East End's lobster-claw shape evokes thoughts of dockside eating and the chilled dry whites that wash down oysters, ..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! August 8, 2008
	Great Silver Oak Price!! Just released! We are fortunate to get a generous allocation off Silver Oak. Very sought after and it always sells out. With so many cult Cabs at over $100, Silver Oak at ..... more.....
	They say $25 (Food & Wine), we say $19+, when bought by the case!! "Sourced from a single vineyard located between two premier cru Chablis appellations, this elegant white balances notes ..... more.....
	They say $62 (Wine Spectator) we say $49+, when bought by the case!! .....94 points & a great vintage too!! Yep, The Wine Advocate says this vintage is equal to 2000. Sensible price too!..... more.....
	Best Value in a New York Times tasting of Greek Wines "For years Boutari Moschofilero has been an important selling white wine in Greece and, until recently, a virtual unknown in the ..... more.....
	"A thrilling, nearly perfect effort..... ..... is the 2005 Estate Cuvee. The fabulous, inky/blue/purple-tinged 2005 Estate Cuvee, a combination of 52% Syrah, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 8% Petit Verdot, ..... more.....
	91 points & $13+, when bought by the case of six!! "Agressively pungent and herbal without being over the top, this is Sauvignon Blanc that screams of its origins. Grapefruit ..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! August 1, 2008
	.95 points!! "The mountain vineyard somehow manages not only to beautifully ripen the grapes to a great expression of fruit, but also preserves vital acidity and lends a firm layer of .... more.....
	92 points & $17+, when bought by the case!! "The 2005 Shiraz was aged in French and American oak for 12 months. Purple-colored, it is very expressive, with a nose of smoke, spice box, blackberry, and blueberry jam. ..... more.....
	"This was great buy....." ..... in a clean, unoaked, characterful Chardonnay. Eye: Light brassy gold color. Nose: Pretty, pure fruit nose: Pear, apple, peach pit, with earthy, stony notes subtly ..... more.....
	You Want Unusual? 92 points too!! "Rkatsiteli, a grape native to the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia and widely planted in Eastern Europe and the former ..... more.....
	Bordeaux Bargains Do Exist! "With classified Bordeaux now reaching into the thousands of dollars, Bordeaux has earned the moniker "the rich man's drink". However there are still quite a few Bordeaux ..... more.....
	They say $10-$15 (Today/MSNBC), we say $10+, when bought by the case!! "Another good example of this came over the Memorial Day weekend, when friends invited us to a cookout. I started with a glass of ..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! July 25, 2008
	One of the All-Time Great Bordeaux Deals!! Bordeaux pricing has gone through the roof. world-wide demand, and a weak dollar have pushed prices to the absurd! Everyone's focused on the very great 2005 vintage. ..... more.....
	This Sancerre is stunning! We also can upon this wine at one of our staff tastings. I'm note so sure that we've ever featured a Sancerre, simply because I find so many of them simple and often forgettable. ..... more.....
	Best value in a New York Times Sauvignon Blanc tasting! 1st place: $33, 2nd place: $30, 3rd place: $25, 4th place: $15 You seeing what I'm seeing? In some extraordinary wines, ..... more.....
	They say $14 (Wine & Spirits) we say $11+, when bought by the case!! ..... 91 points too!! Bright red cherry scents blend with bell pepper and leather notes to form an ..... more.....
	".....It is a fantastic value....." If it's a "fantastic value" at $12, then what is it at $9? (when bought by the case) "The Cabernet and Shiraz blends begin with the 2006 Shiraz (70%) - Cabernet ..... more.....
	They say $24 (Wine Spectator), we say $18+, when bought by the case!! ...... 92 points too!! "Dark and Ripe, but intense and vivid, with melted licorice, graphite, plum, ..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! July 11, 2008
	California Chardonnay.... 60% off! "Another one of those "Too Good to be True" deals. because of our ability to really move wine, we get many deals thrown at us. However, premise number one is "bad wine ..... more.....
	They say $17 (Wine & Spirits Magazine), we say $13+, when bought by the case!! ..... 92 points too!! "Scents of lime leaf and grapefruit introduce this delicate sauvignon, from a ..... more.....
	The Best Chianti Ever?..... 95 points! Yep.... it's expensive for a Chianti Classico Riserva. But.... people pay twice the price for Tignanello & Ornellaia.... and they got lower ratings!! .....more.....
	We're all shocked how good this is!! "We tried this at the end of our weekly wine tastings. I, for one, expected some gooey, grape based, blueberry syrup concoction. I am totally floored just how good this is... I'm..... more.....
	They say $8.49, (Various web-sites), we say $3.49.....60% off!! "Another one of those "Too Good to be True" deals. because of our ability to really move wine, we get many deals thrown ..... more.....
	They say $7.99-$9.99 (various web-sites), we say $4.76, when bought by the case!! Glass Mountain has always been a great seller in the past. We often run special pricing on the Cabernet Sauvignon & Chardonnay...... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! June 27, 2008
	"Best of Tasting..... Delicious...... A World-Class Bargain....." "Argentina's signature white is Torrontés. While we have mentioned Torrontés in the past, we have never conducted a broad blind..... more.....
	.They say $120 (Wine Advocate), we say $93 when bought by the case of six!! "The 2004 Barolo Lazzarito, from a vineyard in Serralunga, possesses superb depth in its ripe dark fruit, smoke, licorice, tar and .... more.....
	They say $105 (Wine Advocate), we say $86+, when bought by the case!! "One thing I am sure of after twenty-eight years of tasting Bordeaux wines every March is that 2005 can not be compared to any..... more.....
	Great Pinot Noir..... 40% off!! "We tried this at one of our weekly staff wine tastings. I always considered Davis Bynum a decent average winery. We learned that it has just been purchased by Rodney..... more.....
	90 points & $16+, when bought by the case!! "An intriguing aroma of pine and spice leads into fresh flavors of cherry, garrigue and mineral. Distinctive, with a rich finish of dried aged beef and plum. Syrah, ..... more.....
	"....It is a fabulous value....." "The 2006 Shiraz contains 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Sixty percent of the fruit was sourced from Barossa Valley and 40% from McLaren Vale. It was aged for 12 ..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! June 13, 2008
	"Pinot Noir boasts Burgundian flavor" "In the glass, Smoking Loon Pinot Noir is a vibrant semi-translucent garnet color with a firm, deeply colored core going out into a fine, slightly tinged light garnet rim ..... more.....
	Stunning for its "deliciosity"! We sell boat loads of this wine. I happened to be re-acquainted with it during dinner with friends. The wine is mind-blowing..... not for its power, but for its breed and complexity. All I ..... more.....
	The Perfect wine from the perfect vintage "This is incredible on the nose, showing coffee cake, blackberry, floral, coffee bean and vanilla bean, with Chinese spices. A very complex, full-bodied red, with seamless, ..... more.....
	Best of Tasting & Best Value! Y'a gotta love it.....1st place: $13.99..... 2nd place: $28.99..... 3rd place: $22.59.... 4th place: $22.99 You seeing what I'm seeing? ..... more.....
	Brand New and a Hit!! (Red) This is a great concept, and the theory works beautifully. Too Often wines are dull, generic and uninteresting. So, take seven different grape varieties and blend them together. ..... more.....
	Brand New and a Hit!! (White) This is a great concept, and the theory works beautifully. Too Often wines are dull, generic and uninteresting. So, take seven different grape varieties and blend them together. ..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! June 6, 2008
	The Best Pinot Grigio? "This fresh pinot grigio gains its complexity from a range of fruit flavors - high notes of lemon-lime and light pear to deeper nectarine. The fruit impressions shift like ..... more.....
	They say $22 (Wine & Spirits Magazine), we say $16+, when bought by the case!! 93 points too!! "One of the friendliest Ridge zins we've tasted in a long time, this is exuberant and ..... more.....
	"I tasted something polished, almost noble...." "Nero D'Avola wines from southern Italy remain one of the great bargains of the wine world, and I think I read recently where exports..... more.....
	Baby Romanee-Conti?..... and Dujac...... "In the late 1980's Jacques Seysses (Dujac), Aubert de Villaine (Romanee Conti) and Michel Macaux started looking for a vineyard in the south of France. They were driven..... more.....
	They say $150 (Wine Advocate), we say $116+, when bought by the case of six! ..... 96 points too!! Wine just came in, and I decided, let's bring this to a barbeque.... blind. Most guessed..... more.....
	Rieslings are hot..... "Definitely sweet, but balanced with enough acidity to make it real refreshing, offering pineapple, mango and a touch of honey as the finish lingers. Drink now through ..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! May 30, 2008
	"This is a steal......." "Our biggest surprise on the upside came on the lower-priced wines. Even more of a surprise, though, was a wine called Barefoot Cellars. We go so far back with ..... more.....
	Read this review.... Primus has always been a sleeper here at Pop's.... the review is right on.... the wine taste's expensive!! "Primus is the upper end Bordeaux..... more.....
	90 point Pinot Noir.... less than $15, when bought by the case!! "Ever since "Sideways" came out, everyone and their brother became a Pinot Noir snob, and the wine suppliers reacted by ..... more.....
	This Summers Great BBQ Wine "This summers great barbecue wine, no not a French Cotes du Rhone, not an Australian Shiraz, nor a California Zinfandel. Would you believe it is an Italian wine? From..... more.....
	They say $25 (various good wine stores), we say $13+, when bought by the case!! "We love it when "sleeper" wines go undiscovered, don't sell well and then our supplier's want to move goods. This..... more.....
	They say $10 Various good wine stores), we say $4+, when bought by the case!! Every once in a while, we get the opportunity to buy a large drop of Glass Mountain wines. I gotta tell you that this wine is worth every..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! May 23, 2008
	".....we were so impressed by their quality....." "We also tasted a small sample of Chenin Blanc (which traditionally is called Steen in South Africa) and had not planned ..... more.....
	."Solid and clean, this well-made Chardonnay" We know we've got a winner when we try a wine at our weekly wine tastings and I look around the room and I see a bunch of heads .... more.....
	A great Value-Packed 2005 Bordeaux! Estate info: Situated just to the east of the town of Saint Emilion in the commune of Saint Etienne de Lisse. Sixty acres producing 11,000 cases. This well known property has always ..... more.....
	93 point Chateauneuf du Pape! "Pure and focused, with lovely spice, graphite, red licorice and floral notes that gain depth as they move through the plush finish. Has a lovely lingering hint of incense. ..... more.....
	They say $25 (Wine Enthusiast), we say $18+, when bought by the case!! "A very nice Cabernet, with a rich vein of tannins that gives it a crunchy texture, and forward black currant, cherry and ..... more.....
	".....tantalizing aromatic fruits to its refreshing crispness....." "This is fruit-powered wine, loaded with fresh pear, melon and tropical flavors. It shows no sign of having suffered from the ..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! May 16, 2008
	"Top Value for the Price....." "Straw color, transparent and very pale, glints of brassy green. It pours up with a very brief froth and leaves random bubbles behind, but it's petillant, not truly sparkling. Simple, ..... more.....
	They say $11 (USA Today), we say $8+, when bought by the case!! "The famed film director and northern California wine mogul makes a companion to this wine, a simple white blend called Bianco, ..... more.....
	They say $150 (Wine Advocate), we say $116+, when bought by the case of six! ..... 96 points too!! "The 2005 Dominus (a 7,000-case cuvee of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and the..... more.....
	Our Customer’s Deserve This Inside Tip... "This past week I was going back and forth with a great client of mine who works within New York City as a High Powered Broker, who had just ended a High Powered Lunch. ..... more.....
	".....a delightful, creamy, apple and peach-laden treat....." This is our "sparkler" of choice, its been our best seller for a number of years now. At less than $7 per bottle, when bought by the case, ..... more.....
	".....this monumental effort....." "The 2005 Ducru Beaucaillou is a 10,000-case blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot (they used to produce 18,000-20,000 cases). It is an exceptionally ..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! May 2, 2008
	"This is a stylish Sauvignon that delivers......" "I don't taste South African wines often enough to have a true bead on everything this wine producing nation does well, but there..... more.....
	96 points!! .....and allocated. Hmmm. ... let's see now, 2005 Chateau Lafite Rothschild, 96+ points, $1124+ per bottle. 2005 Don Melchor, 96 points, $62+ per ..... more.....
	Too Good to be true!!..... 75% off We don't find these deals often..... but when we do..... Our suppliers know that if they need to clear out wine, they can come to us, and our emails not only clear it out for m, our ..... more.....
	2005 Bordeaux, 90 points, No mortgage required! The prices of the very great 2005 Bordeaux are beyond belief. Even Robert Parker agrees and adds, "Nothing short of a worldwide ..... more.....
	"The finest Duhart-Milon ever made?" "This structured, tannic, dense ruby/purple-tinged Pauillac offers up hints of cassis, licorice, chocolate, and earth. Medium to full-bodied with good purity, strong tannins, and ..... more.....
	.They say $15 (Wine Enthusiast), we say $10+, when bought by the case!! 90 points, $10+, when bought by the case, Napa Valley Merlot.... does the value get any better? "Smooth and dry, this Merlot seems.... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! April 25, 2008
	They say $27 (Wine Enthusiast), we say $18+, when bought by the case! ..... 91 points too!! "An appealing wine showing likeable softness and flashy flavors. The palate brings..... more.....
	Read this review....... "Opaque violet. Sexy, oak-spiced cherry and cassis aromas offer an array of Asian spices, vanilla and mocha. Suave dark fruit liqueur flavors are velvety and seemingly ..... more.....
	"......and found only one worth a second swallow......." "The first of my several marathon spring tasting sessions got off to a discouraging start this weekend when I tried a half-dozen ..... more.....
	Ted likes It!!...... Now here's what I figure...... Ted spends most of his paycheck on wine, and he drinks good wine, good... expensive wine. If he's liking a $12 Gavi, you can bet your booties that there's..... more.....
	"Tignanello, Sassicaia or Ornellaia.... This is Better!" "A Tremendous wine from a Great Vintage (2004) and a Home Run of a wine. We opened a bottle in the store and it was nice..... more.....
	"Best Value" "In a broad, blind tasting of South African Sauvignon Blanc, these were our favorites. These are best young, and because harvest takes place early in the year, the ..... more.....
New Wines, Wines of Note, Wines you can't live without!! April 18, 2008
	Repeat of a sell-out! They say $50 (Wine Enthusiast), we say $25.34! We sold a ton of this back in November in just a few days. We were able to get ..... more.....
	Baby Tig..... maybe it's not a baby after all! 96 points too!! "Dark in color, showing fabulous aromas of crushed blackberry and raspberry, with a hint of honeysuckle. Full-bodied, with ..... more.....
	Baby Tig..... maybe it's not a baby after all! 96 points too!! "Dark in color, showing fabulous aromas of crushed blackberry and raspberry, with a hint of honeysuckle. Full-bodied, with ..... more.....
	Best rose I've had in a long time..... "We tried this at our weekly wine tasting, and let me tell you.... this is about the best rose I've had in a long time. You've got crisp, delight, fresh, stuffing, almost rich. Yes... a rose ..... more.....
	Is this rated too low? Another from our weekly wine tastings. Looked around the room and saw a bunch of smiling faces & nodding heads. Let the rating people rate.... my system is smiling faces ..... more.....
	Unbelievable Value! One thing I am sure of after twenty-eight years of tasting Bordeaux wines every March is that 2005 can not be compared to any previous vintage in my experience." ..... more.....

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