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To all Wine Exchangers, Boy, is it good times for Pinot fans. The 2012 and 2013 vintages in California have brought a wealth of Pinot Noir joy and love to a thirsty crowd. As we're entering the Holidays be advised that Pinot is indeed one of the perfect pairings for  a number of dishes served […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Did you miss out on the 2013 Cabirau Serge & Nicolas? No worries, because the Roussillon is back with… More L’Edre madness! I know, it’s weird, three vintages of Domaine de L’Edre in 6 months’ time. But hey, we don’t make the rules, we just sell the juice. And it’s not […]

To all Wine Exchangers, My first visit to Jumilla was nearly two decades ago when I had my first opportunity to visit Spain.  I remember the few towns we went through looked like they could have been movie sets for the ‘spaghetti westerns’ of the 70s, the terrain reminding me of the Southern California desert […]

To all Wine Exchangers, A Two Hands Bella’s Garden Closeout. I know what you’re thinking. What’s next? Cubs winning the World Series? One thing I can say with certainty, neither of these events have happened in the last 100 years, until today. Two Hands Bella’s Garden Shiraz is one of Australia’s most awarded, coveted, high […]

To all Wine Exchangers, This story never gets old, especially when the wine, incredibly, keeps getting better and better. Importer/winemaker/proprietor Dan Kravitz is now one of the Roussillon’s most dynamic vintners. An American guy that took the plunge a few years back and purchased a vineyard named Cabirau is on the verge of wine super-stardom. […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Let the good times roll! It’s still summer here in this neck of the woods, meaning we’re still hitting the white wine pretty hard, especially this white wine. The staff is giving me the stink eye knowing that I’m sending this offer today, their little private stash will be gone in […]

To all Wine Exchangers, As you guys know, we are always on the lookout for superb Chianti Classico at reasonable prices. Honestly, as a genre, its about as safe a bet to sell as anything we have in the store. You know a few of our go-to labels. It’s pretty much eggs, bacon, Monsanto, San […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Jean-Marc Burgaud is simply one of the greatest producers in Beaujolais. His wines thrill, but in a classic, "Damn, this is some mighty fine Beaujolais!" sort of way. The wines aren't necessarily Burgundian in style, which is what many folks believe to be the stylistic pinnacle Beaujolais can achieve. Nope, these […]

To all Wine Exchangers, This is history on the grandest scale. No one has done it better, for longer, than Paul Draper and his passionate winemaking team. Ridge was doing ‘native yeast’ before any of the hot labels on the market today. They were doing ‘old vines’ before anyone else. They were doing ‘Zin’ before […]

To all Wine Exchangers, So, we sent out this offer a few months ago on a couple of killer Clarendon Hills closeouts. Of which, you guys responded by buying, like, everything, in, like, two hours. We were happy but we were bummed. “Darn! Wish we had more of the stuff” is what we were lamenting. […]