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To all Wine Exchangers, They say don’t look a ‘gift horse’ in the mouth.  Now being city types we aren’t necessarily sure what that means exactly.  We don’t know all that much about horses.  But we do know about wine and are able to read between the lines a little bit as well.  The message […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We sent an offer on the 93 point VML Pinot Noir Russian River Valley 2012 a few weeks back with a lot of enthusiasm as well as a prediction that it would not last long.  It didn’t.  In fact 120 cases sold out in 48 hours.  Hey, with a Wine Spectator […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Did you know Caymus Vineyards and Winery just turned 41? Gosh, do I feel old… And after Chuck’s kid, Joe, just sold the winery’s Meiomi label to Constellation Wines yesterday for $315,000,000, I’d say there’s a bit of partying going on up in Napa today! How did they get $315,000,000 for […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Unbelievable stuff here. This is a winery that is already one of the hottest in Portugal and they’ve kicked their unparalleled quality up yet another notch. Quinta do Crasto has what we would consider the longest track record for quality reds in the Douro. I enjoyed having the opportunity to get […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “Angelo Gaja and his family have released two masterpieces from their Montalcino cellars. These are amazing wines that stand out in a blind tasting thanks to their infinite extract, density and all-round excellence.” – Monica Larner, eRobertParker.com Did you know that Angelo Gaja makes Brunello? Many of you may be familiar […]

To all Wine Exchangers, What kind of circus is this? There’s been more twists and turns to the saga of Three Rings than we could possibly follow but we’ll try to lay things out best we can. The 3 Rings label was started in 2004 by three of my friends, Grateful Palate founder Dan Philips, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We’re still trying to figure this whole Evening Land thing out. From what we can tell this popular, quality-obsessed operation is giving up the ghost in California and France and centralizing their efforts on their Seven Springs Vineyard in Oregon. I gotta admit, it was pretty crazy/ambitious making that many wines […]

To all Wine Exchangers, How’s this for a bold statement? Galardi’s Terra di Lavoro is the greatest wine produced in southern Italy. Boom. There, I said it. Now, when I’m talking south, I’m talking south of Rome. That leaves Tuscany in the ‘north’ as well as a nice chunk of Umbria and Lazio. Still, ‘southern […]

To all Wine Exchangers,   The St. Julien ‘Super’ 2nd Growth Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou has a special place in my heart. It was one of the first wines I spent more than $50 on when I bought the 1985 a long, long time ago.  That was a big deal! Even though I tried to hang on to it, eventually I popped […]

To all Wine Exchangers, You may not think so, but New Zealand is actually a pretty big place. It looks deceptively small on all those maps, but in fact the country is about the same size as our original 13 colonies, or pretty much most of the eastern seaboard. When it comes to grape-growing, think […]