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To all Wine Exchangers, La Vieille Cure has become one of the darlings of Bordeaux over the past thirteen years, going back to the 2000 vintage when Robert Parker gave the estate its first 90-point score.  His first sentence of his review was “Wow, what a sexy wine!”.  Since that review this chateau has never […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “This (tasting) was one of those occasions where I wish I could have found time to visit the producer for no other reason than I was deeply impressed by their wine. So much so, that when I found myself dining alone at the "Dundee Bistro," I ordered a half-bottle of Margo […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Our belief is that great wine is great wine period, and it’s a ‘score’ no matter when you find it.  Hot wine today will still be hot wine, with a little bottle age, tomorrow. That’s a good thing.  So, while we are always looking ahead to see what the ‘next big […]

To all Wine Exchangers, On the heels of the success of the instant sell-out 2002 Lusseau we sent out a few weeks ago, the chateau made available the remaining 2004 they had in stock.  In typical Winex fashion, we bought it all after receiving a sample and tasting it yesterday.  Both bottles we opened were […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Throughout all of our tastings of wines from the Priorat region this year, which is a lot, the wines on today’s offer are some of the finest I can recall. And it looks like we have a lot to look forward to, with 2012 and 2013 delivering some of the most […]

To all Wine Exchangers,   Cotes du Rhone blues have you down? Yes, we know, it’s getting tough finding tasty, slurp-down Rhone wines in the midst of two difficult vintages (2013 and 2014) in the southern Rhone. Believe me when I say we’re digging for deals right along with you. Which, lucky for you (and […]

There are a lot of reasons why the media has become so important in wine marketing.  First, with life moving at a faster pace and the myriad of choices competing for the consumer’s time and money, there is no question that the role of the ‘authority’ has become greater in recent years.  Wine, mattresses, mutual […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We've always had a fondness for the Pink wines from Bordeaux. When you think about it, the history, reputation and success of these famed chateaux, and they're producing pink wine? It's weird. But awesome weird. Like a double rainbow! We broke into the Bordeaux Rosé market with the 2003 Le Rosé […]

To all Wine Exchangers,   Did you miss the Gree-Laroque? Don't worry we got you covered with a 'This Just In' reload on one of our fastest Bordeaux-Direct sell-outs ever from this past March. It would be easy for us to say, “This 2006 Pomerol, made by garagiste ‘Bad Boy’ Jean-Luc Thunevin of St. Emilion’s […]

To all Wine Exchangers, As I’ve said many times…I love to drink Bordeaux when it hits that perfect sweet spot, somewhere (depending on the place) between 8 to 15 years and a tad longer for Classified Growth wines depending on the vintage.   When the wine still tastes fresh yet is starting to open up and […]