Vin Picks Monthly Wine Club-august 2026 Each

DRINK WELL, SAVE LOTS – Vin Picks is a monthly wine service that delivers the world’s most relevant producers directly from Grapes The Wine Company to your doorstep. Your Vin Picks for the month of August 2026: Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2024 Dog Point is one of Marlborough’s pioneering producers, founded by former Cloudy Bay team members Ivan Sutherland and James Healy, and today remains family owned and certified organic. One of the winery’s distinguishing features is its meticulous vineyard work, including hand harvesting an increasingly uncommon practice in Marlborough and fruit for the Sauvignon Blanc comes from eight of Dog Point’s own Wairau Valley vineyards. The wine is classic Marlborough Sauvignon, but with a little more texture and restraint, showing bright citrus, grapefruit and passionfruit alongside a refreshing saline streak and crisp acidity. Dry, lively and incredibly food-friendly, it’s a natural match for fresh seafood, oysters, grilled shrimp, goat cheese or simply as a great aperitif. Day Wines Rose Lemonade 2025 Day Wines’ Lemonade is a fun, juicy take on Oregon rosé, created by winemaker and owner Brianne Day, who founded the winery in 2012 with a focus on minimal-intervention wines from organic, biodynamic and sustainably farmed vineyards. Made from 100% Pinot Noir, the wine comes from three organically farmed Willamette Valley vineyards and is crafted to be bright, refreshing and seriously easy to drink. The latest vintage bursts with raspberry, pink apple, grapefruit and Meyer lemon, with floral notes and a touch of wet-stone minerality adding some extra interest. Crisp acidity keeps everything lively without making the wine feel lean, making it a great match for grilled shrimp, fish tacos, salads, charcuterie or a plate of fresh summer vegetables. Thomas Fogarty Pinot Noir Vida Bella 2018 Thomas Fogarty has been making distinctive, cool-climate wines in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains since 1981, with its vineyards perched high in the mountains overlooking Silicon Valley. The 2018 La Vida Bella Pinot Noir comes from a steep, rugged site in Corralitos, where sandy soils, elevation, and cool maritime conditions give the wine plenty of freshness while still allowing for ripe, concentrated fruit. In the glass, it offers dark cherry, raspberry and blackberry notes alongside hints of clove, licorice, sage and subtle coffee, with bright acidity and fine-grained tannins adding structure. There’s a nice savory character here that keeps the ripe fruit in check and makes this an especially food-friendly Pinot. Pair it with herb-roasted chicken, grilled pork chops, duck, or a mushroom risotto. Piancornello Brunello di Montalcino 2021 Piancornello is a small, family-run estate in Montalcino’s Sesta area, with roots going back to 1950 when the family purchased the property and began developing its vineyards. Today, the estate remains focused on traditional Brunello, with organically farmed Sangiovese and a hands-on approach that lets the character of the vineyards come through. The 2021 vintage is one of the most highly regarded in recent Brunello history, combining a warm growing season with excellent freshness, concentration and tannic structure, exactly the kind of balance that can produce both delicious young wines and serious cellar candidates. Piancornello’s 2021 delivers ripe cherry and plum, dried herbs, spice and earthy notes, with bright acidity and polished tannins giving the wine plenty of energy. It’s a great match for grilled steak, roast lamb, or a hearty pasta with meat sauce.

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