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To all Wine Exchangers,  “The 2006 Prado Enea is a phenomenal bottle of traditional Rioja at its best.” Now that’s a quote from the occasionally enigmatic and not particularly generous Luis Gutierrez, the current Spanish editor of Wine Advocate.  It’s a pretty strong statement, but we have uttered similar phrases many times in all of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It appears as if the Varner boys can do no wrong. Did you see the latest Santa Cruz report from Antonio Galloni? Talk about your Varner love fests! The twins garnered some of the highest scores Galloni has ever given California Chardonnay in that report, 95’s, 96’s and 97’s abounded. But […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Hate to sound like a broken record, or some kind of vinous equivalent of Groundhog Day, but here goes... We've told this story before and it really doesn't get old. I was fortunate enough on my last trip to Spain to get an appointment to visit Vega Sicilia, considered by many […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s back! Our fastest-selling Barolo of the year has returned, and we’re totally stoked. We sold out in an hour back in April and you guys were clamoring for more. Well here you go. Below is our original on this sensational buy. If you didn’t ‘act’ before we encourage you to […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Too soon? We don’t think so. In light of the stock market having some, ahem, ‘corrections’ going on this week, we thought a few folks might be feeling a little lighter in the pocket book and accordingly, might be looking to scale down at least until the correction is, um, corrected. […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “Ridge remains one of the finest operations I visit anywhere in the world. The total commitment to quality, value and customer service simply has no equal in this country.” – Antonio Galloni Ridge is Ridge. There’s no other way to say it. When you’re talking about a winery that produced its […]

To all Wine Exchangers, So, what do you think would happen if one of Bordeaux’s top chateau decided to join forces with Argentina’s finest producer? We’ll take the thinking out of the equation and just tell you. The 2012 Bodegas Caro. Talk about a match made in heaven. Nicolas Catena has made it no secret […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Recently, there’s been a big push among German producers towards drier styles, presumably at the behest of the restaurant scene in Germany.  We could rail on about our opinion regarding the new dry ‘trocken’ Riesling movement, but suffice it to say we are not impressed with the direction things are taking.  […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “Anyone who has read this publication or visited St.-Emilion knows that this is a magical terroir capable of great things. It was only fully exploited in the past in the 1990 vintage, but has reached more consistently great heights over the last three or four years. Kudos to the duo of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, If you missed our earlier offer today on the 2010 Croix de Beausejour have no fear… That wine was an almost instant sellout, but we think we have a follow-up that will completely knock your socks off. Considering you are all clearly in a Bordeaux frame of mind, we are happy […]