Ampelos Wines

Well. What a fu***ng week!
Here are this week’s fresh, new arrivals for you.

🫧 Domaine Rondeau Cerdon - Bugey classic with fresh, ripe berries and a touch of richness.

🧡Danjou Banessy “Super Nova” - big aromatics with orange blossoms, citrusy hops, and a quick dry finish

🇮🇹Colle Trotta Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo - lean cherry, light bodied with a rustic finish

😎Portelli Cerasuolo di Vittoria - dark fruited with rich, earthy tannin; the OTHER Cerasuolo

We’ll see you soon 🥂

We’ve got a great offering today as we celebrate our loved ones in the stardust this Día de Mu***os. From the top:

🦊 Fondo Bozzole “Foxi” - clean, bright, and crisp. refreshing & an easy drinking sparkling option

🍐Tavignano “Il Pestifero” - ripe pear & flowers on the nose. A touch of citrus & a light herbal finish on the palate

🇿🇦Lubanzi - round body with soft fruit & fresh acidity

🦄Domaine Guiberteau - stunning rosé with notes of raspberry & herbs

🍇Visintini “Franconia” - full & fresh blackberries with a stewed black currant & cranberry finish

We’ll see you soon 🥂

🎃Happy Halloween, everyone!🎃

We are closing up early this afternoon to partake in the festivities. Stock up on some treats before 5p!

Have a safe & happy holiday 👻

We’re back with a solid lineup for your weekend spooky season activities 🎃

🫧 Les Athletes du Vin “Gardien de Bulles” - ripe apples with a crisp, dry finish

🪴Podere Cipolla “Levante 90” - citrus & herb with fragrant flowers a mineral streak

🍑La Marca Verdicchio Classico Superiore - ripe orchard fruit with rich, golden notes on a crisp & complex backbone

🍒Pithon Mon P’tit Pithon - crunchy berry & earthen notes with a chillable red acid freshness

🎻Domaine de la Cadette “Champ Cadet” - pure & lively Burgundy with fresh red fruits & clean linear minerality

We’ll see you soon 🥂

Here’s what’s new in the shop this week:

🫧 Travignano “La Birba” - salty, light red berry nose with a soft & bright juicy palate

💫 Arnaud Lambert - (one of our favorite producers!!!) clean & easy Chenin Blanc with a touch of lemon peel & flowers

⚡️ Troupis “Thunder” - juicy citrus & electric refreshing acidity

🥖 Domaine Eric Chevalier - a classic Loire Valley Cabernet Franc! Red fruited with herbs, medium body, and well integrated tannins to finish

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🐾Happy Caturday! - C.C. 😼

The Ampelos crew was busy last night. 👻

Happy Spooky Szn! 🎃

We’ll see you soon 🍷

Any of this week’s new offerings would be a SOLID pairing for the Sonoran hotdogs is serving up tonight. Oh & don’t sleep on that elote 👌
Let’s check the board…

🍯Fuso “Sfera” - honey & lemon on the nose, bright & fresh with a floral finish

📣Deliquente “Screaming Betty” - bright & mineral driven with a touch of citrus pith

🍒Kivelstadt “Wayward Son” - luxardo cherry aromas & drying, crunchy berries on the palate

🍝il Palio Chianti - classic style, light cherry palate & well integrated tannin

🫐Delinquente "Roko il Vagabondo" - highly aromatic with rich blue fruit & soft tannins to finish

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Pull up! 🥂❤️💛❤️

We’re excited about this weekend! We’ve got Bar Castile popping up tonight with a crave worthy menu, tomorrow is the autumnal equinox, AND! Charm City is in the Big D for the Ravens/Cowboys showdown 🫨

But first here are this week’s fresh drops to get you through another hot ass weekend…

🍎Sundstrom Cider “Sponti” - tart, bright aromatics, with good complexity on the palate. Pro-tip: pair it with the Spanish Tortilla

🌳Jerome Bretaudeau “Theia” - amphora aged with creamy texture but a good mineral backbone

🦪Jerome Bretaudeau “Gabbro” - the quintessential oyster wine (-Vi)

💜Yann Bertrand “Mon Petit Cheri” - light & fruit forward with silky tannin and bright berry/violets palate

We’ll see you soon 🥂
Go, Ravens! -
Go, Cowboys! -
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This week brought with it a new-to-us producer. We’re stoked to share these wines with you. Let us know what you think!

🌇Golden Dawn - a lightly oaked but still crisp summer Chardonnay

🌵Desert Rose - Juicy & bright, fresh red fruit, and a mineral backbone

🤠Once Upon a Time in Texas - chillable & light, herbaceous with a crunchy fruit palate

🪐Space Cowboy - full & rich with dusty tannins; perfect for our full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon drinkers

Don’t forget to snag a free ticket/RSVP to our pop-up next Saturday!

We’ll see you soon 🥂

WE’RE HOSTING OUR FIRST POP-UP!
Come hang out with us & some of the Castile crew on Saturday, September 21st. Eat some tapas, drink some wine, and celebrate the autumnal equinox! 🇪🇸🥂

New arrivals for your Saturday evening & the return of NFL Sundays 😱. Let’s check the board…

🫧Vita Vivet - a brut nature with soft brioche notes & refreshing bubbles

🌟Brisa Suave - a classic example of Vinho Verde; bright acid & a clean finish

🍓La Spinetta “il Rosé di Casanova” - a touch of lychee & fresh fruit; salinity & underripe strawberry on the finish

🍒Les Equilibristes “Babil” - light & structured, soft red fruit & pepper

🫐Vinos Pijoan “Collage” - full ripe blue & red fruit, bold texture with a mineral finish

We’ll see you soon!🥂

P.S. We’ve got an exciting event coming up on Saturday, September 21st. Stay tuned for details 😉
(Hint: 🇪🇸🍴)

Caturday Beaujolais tasting with C.C. 🐾

Where the hell did August go?! While we ponder this, please enjoy these drops for the long weekend! From the top…

🫧Charles Frey Cremant d’Alsace - Dry & crisp, perfect for a Prosecco lover looking to branch out

🍑Charles Frey “Maceration” - beautiful aromatic stone fruit on the nose with a quick cleansing tannin

🪐l’Equinox “Find Your Happy Place” - nicely textured chillable red; notes of underripe raspberry

🍫La Miraja - a fun Grignolino with notes of cocoa powder, raspberry licorice and a well integrated structure

🍓Martin Texier - a Grenache that has notes of dried strawberry, a black cherry undertone, and fine grained tannin

🧑‍🧒Rosi Schuster - Sankt Laurent is one half of the co-parent team of Rotburger (aka Zweigelt) and makes for a delicious single varietal bottling. Notes of blackberry, slightly savory, and a rich, earthy finish.

We’ll see you soon! 🥂

(Som-hi, Barça! 🇪🇸
& Go FC Trinity! ⚽️)

We’ve got a super-cute kitty fundraiser going on this weekend (link in our stories) AND!!
🎰BONUS ROUND DROPS🎰

From the top:

🪙Bulli Colli “Julius” - A rich & full bodied, sparkling, skin contact wine with drying tannin & stone fruit on the finish

🍇Denny Bini Lambrusco - Classic expression: fun, fruit forward & refreshing!

🏺Altolandon “Sin Filtros” - honeysuckle & Asian pear on the nose with an apricot fruit-leather finish

Here are this week’s drops to chill down another hot weekend…

🥐 The Austin Winery “Texas Toast” - bright, refreshing acidity, with tart apricot and great salinity.

🌷Les Equilibrist “Hirsute” Blanc - big floral & vegetal perfume-y notes, bright acidity & light bodied

👯‍♀️Austin Winery “Friends” - stone fruit & white flowers on the nose with a touch of lemon curd; dry & refreshing

🍇 Southold Farm & Cellar “Forgotten Dreams” - berry & black currant nose, baking spice, dusty tannins, and great chilling potential.

We’ll see you soon 🥂🐾

Hey, all! We’re closing a little early today. Hit us up before 5:30p or see us tomorrow…slightly hungover 😆

We’ll see you soon! 🥂