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To all Best Winers, We’re not talking Tikves. We’re talking SUPER-TIKVES. Remember our offering on the Tikes Vranec 2010 from Last July? It was one of our biggest sales days ever. You guys flipped for this stuff! We did too. That whole Eastern Europe Zin thing threw all of us for a loop. At that […]

To all Best Winers, This was one ‘cut and paste’ that was too good to pass up. From La Peira’s WordPress page: “Many observers consider this to be the most exciting estate in the Languedoc.” - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate “Make no mistake about it, this is a very special wine made on a very […]

To all Best Winers, I don’t know about you but the first time I went to Tuscany I didn’t exactly have a billion dollars in the bank. It was fun scouring the wine lists, finding the hidden gems, the wines that completely over-delivered for the money, seen as I wasn’t going to be busting out […]

To all Best Winers, Introducing…Domaine Meuneveaux! We’re picky. Very picky. And we do our research. Lots of research. So when we went to Burgundy back in March for the bi-annual Burgundy Days tastings of the excellent 2012 vintage our list of viable, new candidates for our Burgundy section was a short one. Freddy Meuneveaux was […]

To all Best Winers, I know, we just sent you a 100+ year-old vine offer yesterday, but we just can’t help ourselves. To our credit, this one’s a bit different. Today’s offer is even a bit rarer in the world of older vineyards as these centenary vines produce white grapes…sort of. Most of the wine […]

To all Best Winers, It’s more craziness from Ridge. This is history on the grandest scale. No one has done it better, for longer, than Paul Draper and his passionate winemaking team. Ridge was doing ‘native yeast’ before any of the hot labels on the market today. They were doing ‘old vines’ before anyone else. […]

Chateau Branaire-Ducru Dinner featuring Patrick Maroteaux September 15, 2014 – 6:30 p.m, Essex Skyline Towers First Course Canapés R&L Legras Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2007 Duluc de Branaire Ducru St. Julien Second Course Wild Mushroom Risotto 2006 Chateau Branaire Ducru St. Julien Third Course Pork Au Poivre - Medallions of Pork Loin Crusted […]

To all Best Winers, 100 points. In the world of fine wine it gets no better. Perfection. Triple digits. The hundred-meister! Perfection generally comes at a steep rice. Nowadays, the least expensive 100 point wine you can purchase will run you upwards of $200-$300 a bottle, if you’re a smart shopper. Problem is most of […]

To all Best Winers, This past March, Robert Parker of the Wine Advocate conducted a Masterclass in Shanghai, China designed to showcase two great vintages of Bordeaux, 2000 and 2009.  In Parker’s description of 2009, he raves that it’s a “more modern vintage with lusciousness, opulence and voluptuous, showy, flamboyant personality.  It is similar, but […]

To all Best Winers, This wine epitomizes what we love about the humbling nature of the wine business. Just when you think you know it all… We go to Bordeaux at least once a year. We taste the wines, visit the estates, talk to the insiders. We have a pretty firm grip on what’s happening […]