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To all Wine Exchangers, Folks, not gonna’ lie to you, it’s pretty busy around here. Not a lot of time for writing as we make Christmas happen for thousands. So, we’re going to call this rare 'cut and paste' our “End-of-year Barolo Update: Readings from the Book of Antonio.” Galloni, that is. He recently came […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “These latest releases from Ben Smith at Cadence are the best I’ve tasted from him. They all have classic Red Mountain characters, yet also have lots of finesse and elegance as well...Lovers of Bordeaux variety wines need to get on this estate’s bandwagon ASAP.” – Jeb Dunnuck, eRobertParker.com In the beginning […]

To all Wine Exchangers, ” I tasted three breathtaking wines (form Hacienda Monasterio), starting with the 2011 Crianza which is, year in, year out, one of the best crianzas from Ribera del Duero.” – Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate Like a good Neighbor, Vega Sicilia is there. And Spain’s greatest winemaker is your ‘broker’! You may […]

It’s the season for entertaining, whether it be at home or the office party.  We get asked for party wine suggestions all the time.  It’s part of the season and we don’t mind.  But we thought it might be helpful if we printed a few of the questions we get asked all the time and […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It was with great pleasure that we welcomed Fabrice Amiot, co-proprietor of Domaine Guy Amiot, to our store a few months back for a sit-down interview. If you’re not familiar with the wines of Domaine Guy Amiot, you should be. They are without a doubt one of the finest producers of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, In March of 2015 we offered the 2001 Chateau Malescasse Haut Medoc.  It was an instant sell-out and since we bought all there was, there was no more to be had. We love it when we sell a lot of wine and our customers are happy, so that wine was in the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, They say ‘bigger is better’ and much of reality supports that tenet.  The wine business seems to be a notable exception in a lot of ways.  Here ‘boutique’ is better, smaller rules, and there is nothing better than being able to tell your friends you have a wine they don’t.   In […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Grab a Schooner! Or, should I say, a Red Schooner. Here’s the deal. What do you do if you’re Caymus winemaker/proprietor Chuck Wagner and you want to make Malbec, but you don’t like the stuff growing in Napa? You go South…waaaay south. Argentina to be exact, where most of the greatest […]

To all Wine Exchangers, These are special times for true Rioja fans, if not something of a ‘harmonic convergence’.  The Rioja Reservas are hitting the market right now and that is the category that hits the broadest ‘sweet spot’ price-wise for us; true ‘reserve’ wines, with bottle age, selling for $18-25. In America, the term […]

To all Wine Exchangers, If you’re going to give that very special someone the gift of wine this season it doesn’t get any better than handing them a bottle of perfection. 100 points. As good as it gets. For today’s offer we’ll keep it short and sweet and let the wines do the talking. We’re […]