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To all Wine Exchangers, The new Planeta Chardonnay is here, and it’s the Bomba! Crazy as it sounds, Planeta has been one of the world’s Chardonnay pioneers, committing to the grape big time on the island of Sicily way back in 1985. That beats a lot of our newfangled Californian wineries time wise by a […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The Grasso Barolos are soft, supple and juicy pretty much from the start, but they also age quite gracefully. Grasso remains one of the most under the radar artisan growers in Piedmont, with friendly prices to match.” – Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media Amen, brother. That classic saying of having your cake […]

To all Best Winers, Boy, just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, Spain goes and does this. Spanish Grenache, Garnacha, Garnatxa, whatever you want to call it, is absolutely en fuego right now. These wines just keep improving, refining, growing, not necessarily in size since they’re already substantial, but in polish, balance. And […]

To all Best Winers, It’s ‘Last Call’ on a wine that was a constant source of consternation for years. I can’t tell you how many times customers of ours would come back from a trip to Bordeaux, having visited all the top chateaux, but with only one wine on their mind. Pauillac de Chateau Latour. […]

To all Best Winers, We’ll keep this short and sweet. Joseph Phelps nailed it in 2012. Their 2012 Insignia Propietary Red is one of the finest they’ve ever produced. Their track record is enviable. Since 1991, Phelps Insignia has produced at least 7 wines that have racked up scores north of 98 points, including three […]

To all Best Winers, Have you been reading Wine Spectator lately? Seems like the days of ‘96 points here’ and ’95 points there’ are gone. On the outside looking in, it appears as if the editorial team at the Spectator has tightened down the screws in response to cries of Score Inflation from the press […]

To all Best Winers, It took him a decade, but Jonathan Maltus is now one of the hottest commodities in Bordeaux.  His range of wines, starting at the top with the 100 point Le Dome and following all the way through to his ‘every day’ rock star Chateau Pezat, are redefining Bordeaux’s right bank. He’s […]

To all Best Winers, White Burgundy on a budget gets no ‘blingier’ than this stuff! Just take a look at this map: White Burgundy Insiders have known for years that the greatest value propositions maybe in the whole of Burgundy are in fact these two vineyards in the commune of St. Aubin. And Françoise and […]

To all Best Winers, On my last trip to Bordeaux word had already spread about our fondness for sourcing older Bordeaux wines, direct from the properties. Provenance is everything nowadays, and who doesn’t dig drinking 14 year-old Bordeaux at ridiculous prices, right? Those of you Winex old-timers know what I’m talking about when I mention […]

To all Best Winers, Wow… talk about your major wine world shockers!  This is the biggest news to hit, especially for the Bordelaise, since, well, ever!  Referred to by many in Bordeaux as the ‘Emperor’, Robert Parker was one of the most instrumental figures to popularize Bordeaux wines, first in the US in the early […]