Nick’s Picks – August 2025

Value $111

Discount Price $94

Montecappone Rosso Piceno - $21

Montepulciano and Sangiovese from Marche, Italy.  Your favorite ‘pizza wine’ just got a gorgeous makeover, lush blue and blackberry is adorned with hints of purple flowers and clean stony minerality, with fine, light, elegant tannins, plenty of juicy fruit and vibrant acidity on the palate.  Sure to please many, especially you and a big fat plate of pasta.

Roche Noir Sauvignon - $15

Sauvignon Blanc Loire Valley, France.  The new and old schools combine to push everyone’s buttons in this fresh softy.  White peach, fresh lemon zest, lime blossom, and a hint of coriander seed prance effortlessly out of the glass with a soft and fruity palate that is refreshing, without overdoing it too sharply with the acid.  Summer aint over yet, and this is just the remedy.

Smith and Elliot Sauvignon Blanc - $21

Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley, California.  This SB of the New World shows surprising restraint and uniqueness.  Lemon curd, green apple, and a subtle but wide spectrum of herbaceous notes of green tea and basil leaf permeate this profile, popping of on the palate with both ripe tropical fruit and a tandem crackle of minerality.  Well integrated acidity lift a slightly bigger structure to create balance in this picnic hero of a white wine!

Quinta de Lixa Brut - $24

Champagne Method Sparkling White using Vinho Verde Grapes from Minho, Portugal.  Elegant, complex, but ultra fun at the same time, look for notes of green apple, plump lemon, white florals, and a nutty wisp of smoke.  In the mouth, sweet fruit is snapped like a whip with bright acidity, and persistent fine bubbles that tingle from start to finish.  Can surely contend with Cavas and Cremants, and will more than surely slap the snot out of your average Prosecco.

Qiwila – The Snake Man Cabernet Sauvignon - $15

From Maule Valley, Chile.  For a snake, this red purrs like a kitten.  Blackcurrant and blackberry plays with softest whisper of leather, dusty earth, and cedar smoke.  Soft supple tannins and a super light body make this an unbelievably approachable Cab, able to appease lovers and haters of the grape alike!  Barbecues rejoice!

Bebe Frizzante Rose - $15

Semi-Sparkling Pinot Grigio Rose from Veneto, Italy.  This is the care-free, vivacious, fun one of the bunch.  A bouquet of fresh strawberries, honeydew melon, and sweet herbs jumps out of the entire profile.  Crazy light on its feet along with soft but present acidity make the effervescence dance effortlessly over the palate.  This will go down gleefully and easily to be certain.