{"title":"2026 | August | Wine Club Selections","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026 | August | Wine Club Selections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2026_07_July.pdf?v=1783713471\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2026_08_August.pdf?v=1786205963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDownload PDF\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2026_05_May.pdf?v=1777998078\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2026_03_March.pdf?v=1772815283\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2025_12_December.pdf?v=1764641203\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2025_06_June.pdf?v=1749049777\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2025_05_May_FINAL.pdf?v=1746628859\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2025_03_March_FINAL.pdf?v=1740874671\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2025_02_February.pdf?v=1738378597\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2025_01_January.pdf?v=1735867434\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2024_08_August.pdf?v=1722634439\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2024_06_June.pdf?v=1718064430\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/Wine_Club_2024_03_March.pdf?v=1709338125\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of August 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Wine Club Descriptions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"les-heretiques","title":"Les Heretiques by Château d'Oupia, 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eLes Heretiques by Château d'Oupia, 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlways alluring, captivating and friendly, this wine has been a go-to for us since opening in 2016. Les Heretiques is a nod to the Cathars, a heretical Christian group once based in the Languedoc but wiped out by order of Pope Innocent III in 1208. It is bright and juicy with blackberries, purple flowers and cedar notes; the palate is fresh, dark and balanced with black raspberry and touches of cassis and anise. Marie-Pierre Iché runs Château d'Oupia, named after a medieval castle. The Carignan \u0026amp; Cinsault go through full carbonic maceration while the Grenache \u0026amp; Syrah are vinified in concrete. 30-year old vines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePays D'Hérault IGP | Languedoc, France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eused to be ….\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChateau d'Oupia VdP \u003cbr\u003e100% Carignon (breaking the rules in Minervois - since Carignon must be blended to have the designation \"Minervois\" - hence, the \"Heretiques\"). This one has lovely fruit and earth.\u003cbr\u003eLanguedoc-Rousillon, France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Parker has consistently praised this estate and rated the wine a “best buy.” He wrote:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Château d'Oupia has produced the ideal bistro wine. Dark, ruby-colored, the wine is wonderfully clean and pure, with an exuberant personality, and gobs of rich, peppery, red and black fruit...Bravo to proprietor André Iché!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndré passed away in late 2007. His daugher, Marie-Pierre, currently runs the estate. She's been working with oenologist Laurent Batlle since 2008, who continues to make the wine -in his own words- \"André's way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syrah, Grenache, Carignan, Cinsault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34909814401,"sku":"","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/products\/image_537f9c61-afc2-4c75-8078-60eba6e95593.jpg?v=1602875274"},{"product_id":"lieu-dit-cabernet-sauvignon-2022","title":"Lieu Dit Cabernet Sauvignon, 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eBright boysenberry and cedar, hazelnut, muddled berries. Concentrated, clean and elevated berries on a fresh and vibrant mineral-driven palate.  100% unadulterated, terroir driven Cabernet Sauvignon from the Happy Canyon AVA in the Santa Ynez Valley where \"the soils share the tectonic history of the nearby mountains—a story that includes shallow seas and meandering rivers.\" Winemaker Justin Willet is a native of Santa Barbara, he focuses on Loire Valley varieties, and now also Cabernet Sauvignon.  Native yeast fermentation, bottled unfined, lightly filtered. Beautifully expressive Cabernet Sauvignon made in the vineyard, not the cellar. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanta Ynez Valley | Santa Barbara, California\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Our inaugural vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon is exclusively sourced from the stony, serpentine block 46B of the Santa Ynez Vineyard, tucked into the easternmost reaches of the Happy Canyon AVA. This 170 acre vineyard - planted to some 30 varieties - rests on a 1,000 acre conservation easement that will protect the natural beauty and viticultural legacy of this region for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDestemmed to open-top stainless tanks for native fermentation; macerated for two-and-a-half weeks and managed with pump-overs. Pressed down to french barriques (approximately 10% of which were new); racked once after malolactic fermentation and again to tank for bottling. Unfined, lightly filtered.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cabernet Sauvignon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41103016394867,"sku":"","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1992\/3979\/files\/FullSizeRender_b7734e9f-103c-40b6-aacd-a1425090369c.heic?v=1701188431"},{"product_id":"donna-lucilla-roma-white-2024","title":"Donna Lucilla ROMA White, 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharred lemon, citrus pith, Red Delicious apple, fresh-squeezed orange, whiff of lemongrass. Palate is charming with a saline-esque quality; easy yet giving, plump yet delicate texture with notes of citrus.  A blend of indigenous grapes grown in the volcanic soils surrounding Rome, Malvasia Puntinata and Bombino.  The Roma DOC denomination was established in 2011 to revive the capital’s millennia-old wine tradition through expressive terroir and native grapes.  The Donna Lucilla wines are made by winemaker Valerio Fiorelli for the importer Empson to highlight the unique terroir and long history of winemaking in the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoma DOC | Italy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Malvasia Puntinata, Bombino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306703970419,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"maculan-pino-toi-2024","title":"Maculan Pino \u0026 Toi, 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eFragrant white flowers, gentle kumquat, nectarine, white peach. Palate is precise in a gentle manner, a gorgeous and refined balance of freshness with minerality; super focused and complex with an aura of silky minerals. A blend of Tai (Friulano), Pinot Bianco and Pinot Grigio from the volcanic Breganze Hills in the Veneto region of Italy. A family-run winery established by Giovanni Maculan in 1947, the winery found its current vision with his son Fausto returning from oenology school in the 1970s and re-focusing the winery on quality over quantity. Today he continues to lead the winery alongside his two daughters Maria Vittoria and Angela.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBreganze | Veneto, Italy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tai, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306708131955,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"game-gamay-saint-romain-nv","title":"Gamé Gamay Saint-Romain, NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eBright, bursting Bing cherry, strawberry preserves, violets, hints of creme and cedar. Palate is smooth and red-berried, gentle with rounded cream and brightened by fresh acidity. The \"FUSO\" project brings us local wine from top-notch producers at everyday prices so we can live the Mediterranean dream. Low intervention, made by hand and terroir-driven. The first French release is this Gamay Saint-Romain (playfully named Gamé) made in collaboration with Romain Paire, a pioneer of biodynamic viticulture in the Côte Roannaise and one of today’s leading ambassadors of Gamay Saint-Romain.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCôte Roannaise | France\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gamay Saint-Romain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306713997427,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"enderle-moll-weiss-grau-2023","title":"Enderle \u0026 Moll Weiss \u0026 Grau, 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eCopper in hue; Spiced apple with bright chai, delicate wildflowers, chamomile and mint leaf.  Palate is fully integrated with orchard fruits, spiced asian pear, white tea. Remarkably friendly, refined, expressive and bright.  LAST CHANCE to taste the wines of this influential winery that helped usher in minimalism and purity in the German wine landscape (2023 is the last vintage for the winery).  A blend of 45-year-old vines of equal parts Weißburgunder and Grauburgunder (Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris) fermented for 5 days on the skins before being gently pressed into steel. Matured 10 months on the lees with a light filtration before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGermany\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306714882163,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"lecu-nobis-2023","title":"L'Ecu Nobis, 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlum, sweet purple and red flowers, roasted marshmallow, caramel, pomegranate, berries. Palate is lifted, charming, deeply complex, a delightfully playful and suave expression of Syrah. This bottling, affectionately also referred to as \"Love and Grapes\" is a natural, organic, biodynamic 100% Syrah from 25–30 year old vines in the Rhône Valley. Concrete vat aged, bottled unfined, unfiltered \u0026amp; with minimal sulfur, indicating a clean and immaculate cellar process to achieve this precision and beauty with such little \"touch\". Label artwork is the 1914 mosaic by Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens inside the Wedding Tower in Darmstadt, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syrah","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306732216435,"sku":null,"price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/www.vintage38greendale.com\/collections\/2026-july-wine-club-selections-copy.oembed","provider":"Vintage 38 Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}