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To all Best Winers, Exciting times for fans of all things ‘Zin’ and ‘Old-Viney’ from California. The newest releases from Carlisle, Bedrock and Ridge are certainly some of the best we’ve ever tasted from this talented trio of old-vine whisperers. Almost too much to choose from. Am I going with the Carlisle Zinfandel Russian River […]

To all Best Winers, Have we ever talked Port? Like, what it is, where it’s from, what are the different types? I don’t remember having this conversation. So let’s do it...briefly. Port is a sweet wine produced along the Douro River in northern Portugal. The Douro is actually the continuation of a river that starts […]

To all Best Winers, We’ve never hidden our love for great Rosé Champagne. It is a heckuva guilty pleasure getting all the flavor and joy of a ‘regular’ Champagne with all the added ‘stuff’ that comes with making that wine into a Rosé, namely that wonderful whiff of strawberry, cherry, and/or grenadine with that slightly […]

To all Best Winers, The Roussillon’s ‘Golden Boy’ strikes again. Jean-Marc Lafage must be butter because he is on some kind of roll! We’re flying through his 2013 Novellum Chardonnay (92 points), people can’t get enough of the 2013 Cuvée Centenaire Grenache Blanc (93 points), and now this. Ridiculously priced, red, red wine as only […]

To all Best Winers, The first time I saw this amazing device demo’ed I freaked out. At first it wasn’t because of the device itself, but because of the guy who was doing the demo-ing. Robert Parker. As some of you may know, Parker is fiercely independent. He does not ‘endorse’ things, he does not […]

To all Best Winers, You may remember this pre-arrival we offered over the Summer after our good friend and wine critic James Suckling posted his reviews of 2009 and 2010 Bordeaux Cru Bourgeois he had recently tasted blind while in Asia.  In his nearly 30 years of being the sole critic for Bordeaux wines for […]

To all Best Winers, Ok, word of warning, today’s offer is for a seriously pricey bottle of white wine. That being said, after I get done with the story, I think you’ll see the value in it. I know we do… Show of hands, how many of you readers out there know who Michael Broadbent […]

To all Best Winers, “Xavier Vignon, along with Philippe Cambie, are probably the two most highly renowned oenologists in Chateauneuf du Pape” - Robert Parker The 100 point Grand Veneur Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes 2010? His fault. The 99 point Raymond Usseglio Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Imperiale 2010? Blame him. Who is he? Xavier […]

To all Best Winers, Our latest boat has just arrived with a whole slew of fabulous French wines (check our ‘New Arrivals’ tab on our website to see them all!) Accordingly, part of the boat is highly relevant to our ongoing theme this month of Sparkling Wine Saturdays, as there are bits and pieces from […]

To all Best Winers, Gavin Chanin is one of the Pinot world’s darlings. He’s young, he’s hot, red hot. And pretty much just a normal dude. He actually drove from Bien Nacido down to the OC for my interview with him. That’s like six hours on the road (if you’re lucky) for 15 minutes worth […]