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To all Wine Exchangers, So, this guy walks into the store the other day, a bottle of Cabernet under his arm. “Hi, I’m Daniel Cohn.” “Hey, that name’s familiar, your dad’s Bruce Cohn?” He answered yes, and we were off and running. We’d sold B.R. Cohn Cabernets since the very beginning (well, the Helen Turley […]

To all Wine Exchangers, As you may have guessed by now if you have read much of our stuff, there are few out there that are any more passionate about Spanish wines in general, and Rioja in particular, than us. Ok, maybe a few actual Spaniards, but other than that... But it wasn’t always that […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Nope, this isn’t another one of those offers where a merchant is merely shilling a score, though the wine received same damn impressive numbers. Nope, this is an ongoing thing with us as, if memory serves, we may have sold the first vintage of this wine that arrived in the states […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “The 2011 Barbarescos have turned out beautifully. Racy and pliant, the best 2011s are gorgeous and will drink well early…Overall, the 2011 Barbarescos are racy and seductive…It is quite possible, however, that 2011 will turn out to be a better and more consistent vintage in Barbaresco than Barolo.”  - Antonio Galloni “The 2011 […]

Wine clubs, where you get a predetermined delivery of certain bottles on a somewhat regular basis, are certainly not new.  There have been operations such as these around for decades.  But the last few years have created a proliferation like no one had imagined.  Everyone has a wine club these days.  We have seen a […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We hold some truths to be self-evident, one of them being our passion and belief that German wines are more relevant today than ever.  Wine Exchange has a long, somewhat ‘evangelical’ history with the genre.  The focus has been a little sporadic over the last few months for a couple of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, As we have mentioned more than once, the wine market can yield many surprises. In California, deals can come from anywhere.  Why?  It’s a complex market and one that can be difficult to penetrate.  Because of that, some very good wines just don’t get the opportunity to shine, or sell through.  […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Ok, Le St. Estephe de Montrose sold out in less than an hour. But, knowing that would be a hot one, we came prepared with a sterling backup from the same outstanding vintage… This has got to be one of the “Best Bordeaux Buys” in Pessac-Leognan.  I can’t ever remember a […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The wine on today’s offer had caused some controversy a few months back when the 2010 Chateau Montrose St. Estephe was upgraded to 100 points by Robert Parker. We had recently purchased, just prior to the 2010 Montrose receiving that healthy ‘upgrade’, the third wine from the estate the 2010 Le Saint Estephe de Montrose and had it […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “Over the last ten years, Paleo Rosso has established itself as one of the great wines of Tuscany and Italy.”- Antonio Galloni For the money, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more adored offering in the Italian wine world than Le Macchiole’s Paleo Rosso Cabernet Franc. What’s Paleo? Isn’t that some […]