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To all Best Winers, Looks like the Best are only getting better. Tenuta Sette Ponti’s Crognolo, the winery’s proprietary blend of Sangiovese with a pinch of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, has seen nothing but 90’s since its inception in the, uh early 90’s, and it appears the winery is kicking things up a couple more […]

To all Best Winers, “As I expected, at the top end, the quality (in the Macon) is quite astonishing and makes a mockery of the fact there is no INAO classification of Premier Crus (although that long process has started.)” – Wine Advocate’s Neal Martin, June, 2013 Our trip to Burgundy this year bore some […]

To all Best Winers, The deals are flying hot and heavy. And though we certainly aren’t a ‘close-out house’ or a ‘last’ this or a ‘Cinderella’ that, we most certainly learned from a very young age to ‘never look a gift horse in the mouth’. Actually, my Best friend back in 4th grade wrote that […]

To all Best Winers, “I struggle to think of another portfolio that encompasses anywhere close to this level of value, and the average quality to price (QPR) for these wines is just hard to believe.“– Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate In baseball (the playoffs are fast approaching and both the Do-yers and Angels are ‘in the […]

To all Best Winers, "The Villa Symposia 2008 Coteaux du Languedoc L'Equilibre... is still as usual largely Syrah, around 30% Carignan, with a bit of Grenache, matured in one-year-old barriques and demi-muids. Dark cherry and blackberry of palate-staining intensity...here there is a savory saline streak that really gets your juices flowing to meet the juiciness […]

To all Best Winers, “I was blown away by these new Pinot Noir releases from Foxen, and they’re up near the top of the vintage.” - Jeb Dunnuck, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, August 2014 "This lineup from Foxen is easily among the most impressive I have tasted this year. The wines move from strength to […]

To all Best Winers,   Vacqueyras is one of the seriously up and coming appellations in the whole of France Domaine la Garrigue is arguably its finest vineyard. Their Best Wine is the limited edition Vacqueyras Cantarelle. And that just so happens to be, at least at this juncture, the Wine Advocate Vacqueyras of the […]

To all Best Winers, Somebody digs Chilean Sauvignon Blanc, and his name is Luis Gutierrez. The Wine Advocate’s newest Chilean correspondent found a lot to love with the 2013 vintage down in Chile, especially among the number of white wines produced from a grape that Chilean vintners have kind of decided to call their own. […]

To all Best Winers, More luxury libations from the Languedoc and Roussillon! A couple decades of hard work in the cellars of southern France are paying off as we’re now being blessed with a shockingly fine array of wines from an area that was once known more for its vin de hypermarché (supermarket wine) as […]

To all Best Winers, 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, […]