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To all Wine Exchangers, Cabernet Franc and Argentina making beautiful music together. Who knew? Alejandro Vigil knew. Ok, Alejandro Vigil. Not a household name in America…yet. But in Mendoza, Argentina this guy does not pay for a drink, y’know what I mean? Alejandro Vigil is one of the world’s most decorated winemakers, having manned the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “These are stunning values!”- Robert Parker From a historical standpoint, we have known Jim and Bob Varner since the early 90s when they had their own importing company and long before they became one of the hottest ‘under-the-radar’ names in California Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The brothers (identical twins, actually) have […]

As we mentioned in our piece on the most interesting wine subject coming this year, the most significant subject in 2016, wine wise anyway, will be 2015. The 2015 vintage in France, according to early reports, promises to be one of the more significant buying opportunities of the last quarter century, and the first one […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Well that didn’t last long. Y’know, the information age has truly changed the game when it comes to how fast word gets out on certain wines. I remember the days when Coche-Dury was the Burgundy Insider’s little secret. I remember when we had the 1990 Raveneau Chablis’ stacked high. I remember…damn, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, St. Emilion is blessed with some of the best terroir in the world.  From limestone to gravel to clay, the region is a marvel much like it’s neighbor Pomerol. We’ve always known, with the likes of Cheval Blanc and Figeac for us old-timers, that St. Emilion could deliver the goods. But […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We love it when the pundits ‘miss one’. And no, we don’t mean that the wine received some kind of low score because Robert Parker or James Suckling or whomever was eating habanero-laced fish tacos five minutes prior to the tasting. Nope, we mean every critic totally missed this one, as […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Leap into Marzo with a healthy dose of perfection. Not too often we get to offer a wine with the Holy Grail score of 100 points for what amounts to be a $1 a point. In fact, I can’t remember the last time this happened. 99? Sure. 98? All the time. […]

To all Wine Exchangers, With the difficult 2013 vintage coming to market right now its rough sledding for southern Rhone fans. But if deals like this keep popping up over the next six months we might be able to wade through the bevy of ‘ok’ wines we’re tasting and keep some pretty amazing ‘gear’ on […]

When I think of Champagne, I think of pleasure. I don't think of pain. But a recent trend in the bubbly world is looking to change that. Maybe I'm an old fogey at 42, but for the life of me I'm still trying to figure out this love affair with zero dosage Champagne. I was […]

To all Wine Exchangers, White Burgundy on a budget gets no ‘blingier’ than this stuff! Just take a look at this map (the stars indicate the vineyards featured on today's offer): White Burgundy Insiders have known for years that the greatest value propositions maybe in the whole of Burgundy are in fact the suddenly-hot vineyards […]