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To all Wine Exchangers, The whole concept of buying ‘little wine’ from elite sources, one of our mantras, has been presented on these pages multiple times.  Amen and hallelujah.  But as we look back, we regretfully haven’t really had that conversation with California producers all that often.  Why?  Well, frankly, most ‘lesser’ wines from the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, How do you follow up an outstanding offer on great Bierzo from northwestern Spain?How about an even more outstanding offer on great Godello from northwestern Spain? We love it when suppliers get into a bit of a panic mode with white wine as It creates opportunity for those of us that […]

We have a wide range of people that we deal with from relative novices to serious, knowledgeable collectors.  For that reason we write a variety of things as different levels to inform.  Sometimes people just need to know how to read a label.  So here you go… Most Americans start with domestic wines where the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It wasn’t that long ago that wines from northwestern Spain, called “green Spain”, were novelties.  You saw a little Albariño out in the market but not much else.  Bierzo and its native Mencia grape were pretty much unheard of internationally until Riojano outsider Alvaro Palacios came to the region and started […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Back in March, we featured the 2009 version of this wine and it sold out almost instantly; and for good reason…the wine was spot-on delicious. Today, we’re featuring Clarendelle’s just-released 2010 and guess what?  It’s better! The Clarendelle label was created in 2002 by the grandson of Clarence Dillon, owner of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Y’know, Adam Tolmach’s story would probably make a pretty interesting movie. Adam’s one of the true Central Coast pioneers. He, along with Jim Clendenen (his early partner at Au Bon Climat) and Bob Lindquist (Qupé) was instrumental in the development of the Central Coast as a premium, viable wine-growing region. Their […]

To all Wine Exchangers, ”Two thousand ten has turned out to be a superb vintage for Brunello di Montalcino” – Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media “The 2010 vintage is a new benchmark for Tuscany’s icon wine, producing reds with wonderful intensity, structure, and energy.” – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com “These are certainly the highest scores I have […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We love the white wines from the Northern Rhone here at Wine Exchange.  Condrieu, Hermitage Blanc, St. Joseph Blanc, all profound and delicious. Problem is, most of the big-ticket wines that come from the likes of Guigal, Chapoutier, Delas and Jaboulet along with the tiny production wines coming from stars like […]

To all Wine Exchangers, New Zealand Pinot Noir is blowing up right now. A recent run of strong vintages provided ideal conditions to produce some very important wines that true Pinotphiles will embrace. I’ve never tasted Pinot this good from NZ, and Wine Exchange has been featuring NZ’s cutting edge producers since the mid-90’s. The […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Well, this is rather groundbreaking. It appears as if Chile is making another monster push qualitatively. We’ve seen the writing on the wall with wines like the Ritual Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir and Santa Ema’s delightful Cabernet Reserve 2010 that we’ve offered over the last few weeks. Definitely something in […]