THANKSGIVING 2026 

• Domaine Philippe Milan Bourgogne Rouge - $26[Nov Nicks Picks]

100% Pinot Noir from Cote-Chalonnaise, Burgundy, France.  A highly aromatic nose gives no apologies for the seamless amalgam of fresh raspberry, cherries, and violets filling the room, with an addition of earthy-savory yet creamy character that glides gracefully across the palate. 

• Borgomori Sauvignon Blanc - $16 [Nov Nicks Picks]

100% SB from Treviso, Veneto, Italy.  While there is amazing acidity, mineral notes, herbaceous floral character, and delicate overall Italian complexity, there is a rainbow of fruit flavor shining out of this glass.  Pineapple, orchard fruit, peaches, and a cornucopia of citrus, this wine really does have the best of all worlds.

• Helioterra Whoa Nelly Syrah - $16 [Nov Nicks Picks]

From Willamette Valley, Oregon.  Blackberry and blueberry notes smoothly fill in the cracks of marbled flavors of black pepper, tilled soil, and alluring cigar.  The palate is scrappy, light, and crackly with a slight fine tannic grip that works perfectly with zippy acidity. 

• Reserve des Diacres Cotes-Du-Rhone Blanc - $18 [Nov Nicks Picks]

Viognier, Grenache Blanc, Clairette, and Roussanne from Southern France.  White peach and a wide array of citrus play nicely with creamy notes of honey, curd, and fresh white spring flowers.  Lush satisfaction and addictive refreshment come ahead at every delicious sip.

• Valle Etrusca Toscana Rosso - $14 [Nov Nicks Picks]

Sangiovese Blend from Central Tuscany, Italy.  Ripe red cherry and blueberry notes blast out of the gate, with slight leather and mesquite spicy tasteful oak flavors following shortly after, washing onto a palate of firm tannins brought into focus by a slight spark of balanced acidity. 

• Folktale Night Swimming Cabernet Sauvignon - $24 [Nov Nicks Picks]

100% Cab from Carmel Valley, Central Coast, California.  An absolute glossary of cherry oozes from this glass, from dark, to Bing, to cola, accented beautifully by purple flower, cinnamon, and anisette flavors.  The flavors radiate on the tongue, made even more pleasant by supple smooth tannins, and a long lingering delicate texture that doesn’t hurt you after one glass. 

Pepin Sparkling Cremant - $29

Champagne Method Pinot Gris, Auxerrois, Dry Riesling, and Chardonnay from Alsace, France.  Pear, green and yellow apple, and their subsequent fresh blossoms fountain out of this glass. A fascinating prominent mineral note from start to finish is accompanied by a bright lightning strike of acidity, all with a lush yet delicate structure anyone would love to identify in a good Champagne. 

Domaine Carrel & Senger Jongieux - $19

100% Jacquere from Savoie, French Alps.  Light bodied, dry, and crazily vibrant, green apple, lemon peel, acacia, and stony flinty mineral notes teleport you to snow-capped mountains.  The first sip is just as bracing with acidity that will hum in your hand yet delivers finesse and delicate character only as this place can. 

Seebrich Weissburgunder - $25

Pinot Blanc from Rheinhessen, Germany.  Elegant and endlessly pleasant, pear and fresh cut green apple rise regally from the glass, with a lightness and refreshment that goes perfectly with a creamy soft mouthfeel.  Any dish you can think of with cream and garlic is going to be a gem with this German beauty.

J.M. Aujoux Bourgogne Chardonnay - $23

100% Unoaked Chardonnay from Burgundy, France.  Apple orchard notes, a little apricot, and crystal clear mineral notes are all subtle and understated, with finesse and refreshment delivering food friendliness in droves.

Akilia ‘Unfortified’ Palomino Fino - $25

100% Dry Palomino Aged in Manzanilla Sherry Casks from Jerez, Spain.  By far the most unique and interesting wine in this lineup, this is the perfect meeting of delicious Fino Sherry and dry zippy Spanish white.  A Ken Burns amount of complexity on the nose opens up with notes of bruised green apple, salty nutty crème brule, and an unusual melding of savory and citrus. 

Bonny Doon Vineyard  Le Cigare ‘Take Me to Your Liter’ Orange - $20

Skin Contacted White Blend from Central Coast, California.  Fresh yet rich, and clean as a whistle, this wine is teeming with tart earthy notes of sour apricot, peach, tangerine, and delicate honeysuckle, with fabulous light acidity and the tiniest touch of skin contact bitterness.

Babylonstoren Rose - $19

100% Mourvedre Dry Rose from Franschhoek Valley, South Africa.  Big Provence energy, subtly drawing you in with rose petal, strawberry, and fresh cut watermelon aromas, all adorned with a tone of salty sophisticated minerality.  Bright underripe fruit and well-integrated acidity on the palate makes for a fabulous all-around Dry Rose experience.

Domaine Fellot ‘Pic Noir’ Beaujolais-Villages - $21

100% Gamay from Southern Burgundy, France.  Bright vibrant and light-bodied from start to finish.  Red cherry, strawberry, and fresh violets cartwheel through this entire profile, with subtle pops of fennel seed and worn leather for complexity.  Lively clean acidity and almost non-existent tannin make for a perfect BoJo experience.

Giuseppe Bocchino Barbera d’Asti - $19

100% Barbera from Piedmont, Northern Italy.  Five-spice and smokey charred wood give a grown-up touch to tart black cherry and black currant fruit flavors.  Racy acidity brings drinkability to a palate of healthy grippy tannins and full-flavored thickness.  The perfect marriage between the seriousness and the table wine-ness Barbera.

Alain Jaume Ventoux Les Gelinottes - $16

50/50 Grenache and Syrah from Vaucluse, Southern France.  This unoaked GS bursts with black and red fruits from cranberries to brambly fresh picked blackberries, with a small crackle of natural spices like pink peppercorn and star-anise.  Low tannin but full-bodied and fully flavored, this is anything but cheap and cheerful.

Max Muller RedMax Red Blend - $24

Domina and Cabernet Dorsa Grapes from Franken, Germany.  Red currants and cranberry crunch in the entire profile, with natural aromatic nutmeg spice  made that much more vibrant by a spritely drinkable palate from its lightness and acidity, without losing any complexity.  Beautiful wine.

Vina Ijaba Crianza - $23

Tempranillo and Graciano from Rioja, Northern Spain.  Stewed, fresh, and jammy blackberry all dance around the glass, lifting up the effortless mix of toasted almonds, cigar box, oiled leather, and baking spices.  Freshness and fullness collide with chewy tannin and great thickness without covering its fruit or drinkability.

Dog Bone Pinot Noir - $30

100% from Sonoma Coast, California.  Cherry blossom and rose petals give dynamic complexity and pleasantness to scrummy blasts of dark cherry and cola flavors in the nose.  A darker and supple but no less weightlessly delicate palate with pure silk tannin makes this a quintessentially New World Pinot.

Darby Purple Haze Red - $25

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Syrah from Columbia Valley, Washington.  Dark chocolate, pipe tobacco, and smoke cover an ocean of blackberry, black raspberry, and dark plums.  Thick textured with chewy tannins to match, the palate will wrap your mouth like a weighted blanket, yet compelling you to come back for more.