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To all Best Winers, One of the key factors that excited me about the wine business when I first got involved was that portions of it were a bit like the Commodities Market.  That same nervous energy that got me up at 4AM to look forward to the un-predictable market ahead is the same feeling […]

To all Best Winers, Ridge is Ridge. There’s no other way to say it. When you’re talking about a winery that produced its first commercial wine in 1962 and has only improved over the last 50 years, well, that’s about as close as you can come to being a California First Growth. The winery’s latest […]

To all Best Winers, We just received more of the fastest sell-out in Best Wines history. Here’s the original write-up from our May offer which literally crashed our site and sold out in minutes: We usually send out our white wine offers on Saturdays. But this one was too hot to ignore. I’m drinking your […]

To all Best Winers, It’s domestic Viognier vs. Condrieu, in a cagematch to the death. Well, not really ‘death’ like dead death. More like the joyful sacrifice a bottle of wine makes every time it passes our gullets and finds its way into our bellies. That kind of death. Bad for the wine, great for […]

To all Best Winers, Another Find from Best Wines! The next in an ongoing series of Europe-direct deals that we’re proffering is a doozy. Tenuta Sette Ponti is one of Tuscany’s benchmark producers. It is also one of Tuscany’s most consistently outstanding producers. Their top wine is called Oreno…and people love it. Since 2008, the […]

To all Best Winers, Sorry, but I think there’s been some kind of beautiful mistake. This wine shouldn’t be this price, both from an actual price point of view as well as a qualitative point of view. ne of Barolo’s most informed critics, Antonio Galloni, has already gone on record stating, “Simply put, 2010 is […]

To all Best Winers, Hey, we get it. You guys like your bottles big and your prices small. Our offer on Peter Lehmann’s Clancy’s 2007 sold out in a flash. Fortunately I got to try the wine before it sold out. Whoever bought it will be very happy. We’re perfectly aware many of you missed […]

To all Best Winers, “…the 2011 Syrah Estate is a beauty!” – Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate “…the 2011 Syrah impresses for its exceptional balance, length and vibrancy. This is a fabulous showing.” – Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media As the trend in California continues to go ‘cool’, we are seeing some new and exciting wines appear […]

To all Best Winers, Port-o-rama. Port-o-laya! Port-o-rooski! Port-oooooo! It’s Port day at Best Wines. Not too often we get the chance to talk up great vintage port, with 10 years of bottle age, at a substantially lower price than when it was released. So it’s Port Day! As some of you mid-timers in the wine […]

To all Best Winers, Time for a Riesling update. Because we loooove Riesling! Germany is a tricky place when it comes to assessing the quality of any given harvest. The country makes wines in a multitude of styles and sweetness levels, allowing for one type of style to succeed where another may fail due to […]