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To all Best Winers, I love to hunt for wine.  In my years as a merchant, nothing in this business thrills me more than finding ‘buried treasure’.  Whether it is a line item amidst a twenty-page list or something that blew me away in a restaurant.  The adrenaline rush of just such a discovery is […]

To all Best Winers,   Well now, this is interesting. At first, we weren’t quite sure what to make of this offer we received from our sources in Europe. Thirteen year old Spanish wine from Priorat? Then again, this isn’t just any old Priorat wine, this is the fabled 2001 Rottlan Torra Tirant. Tough name to say, easy […]

To all Best Winers, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, nothing beats opening an incredibly good bottle of wine and having it be even better than you had anticipated. Being blown away by a bottle of wine, especially after 25 years in the wine biz and 50,000+ wine tasted, is a sincere […]

To all Best Winers, One of California’s truly unique and captivating vineyards has done it again. Melville’s 2012 Santa Rita Hills Estate Pinot Noir is a masterpiece. I guess it’s pretty cool to know that your ‘estate’ wine comes from one of the most highly desirable ‘estates’ in the Santa Rita Hills. It’s literally a smorgasbord of […]

To all Best Winers, The 2011 Gros’ Noré Bandol has just arrived and it is absolutely spectacular.  It is without a doubt one of the most riveting bottles of Mourvedre we’ve ever tasted. It’s truly remarkable what this relatively new domain has done in a very short period of time. I know some of you […]

To all Best Winers, Location. Location Location. It’s the first rule of real estate, but apparently the last rule for Dave Phinney. After selling The Prisoner brand to Franciscan in 2010 for like, a zillion dollars, we suppose Dave can pretty much thumb his nose at any conventional wine thinking with that kind of green […]

To all Best Winers, There’s a dead cow on the front. Don’t worry, it’s just a metaphor. From death springs life. Something has to die for something to live. Or so Ruth thinks. But Ruth isn’t really Ruth. It’s Evan, Evan Lewandowski. He’s a sommelier. He lives in Utah. And he makes wine in Utah. […]

To all Best Winers, Throughout our travels, we focus on one purpose and one purpose alone...to find wines of unprecedented quality from great vintages (young or old), that come direct from the source at the best price possible. We have spent countless years establishing a network of relationships with some of the best merchants, agents and […]

To all Best Winers, Where did this come from? Talk about your pleasant surprises. This is one time where I was thoroughly convinced we would see no more of this sensational wine. When we sent this now-initial offer on this old-vine Sangiovese masterpiece back in October of last year we literally sold out within moments. […]

To all Best Winers, We’re slingin’ the Slate! As some of our loyal followers know, this new project from Eric Solomon is tearing it up. Response has been overwhelming to these absolutely lip-smacking wines from the upscale Priorat that are completely over delivering for the price. We cannot emphasize enough what a smart, timely project […]