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To all Best Winers, My desert island white wine?   Condrieu. Not Viognier. Lets be clear. Though Condrieu is made from 100% Viognier, most Viogniers ARE NOT Condrieu. Sorry if that sounds high-falutin’ or snobby but is true. There’s a reason why Viognier is Viognier but Condrieu is Condrieu.   Most ‘Viognier’ producers would never have the guts […]

To all Best Winers, Raising the Cote des Bar. I had that line all prepped for the leader to this piece, until I found out Champagne guru Peter Liem had already used it in a Wine & Spirits article detailing just how exciting this once-forgotten Champagne region has become. The Cote des Bar is way […]

To all Best Winers, 1986...   Mike Tyson becomes the youngest Heavyweight Champion in history.   Seven million Americans join hands in "Hands Across America"   The Fly with Jeff Goldblum hits theaters.    IBM unveils the first Laptop computer...   Did you also know 1986 was a great year for Bordeaux?  It was the […]

To all Best Winers, Where to start, where to start, where to start? Lets just say that if anyone in the Rhone had the opportunity to pretty much compose their  ‘dream’ vineyard scenario, we’re pretty sure Chene Bleu’s enviable layout would top the list. The Rolet family really stumbled on to something here when they bought […]

To all Best Winers, Spain is it’s in own worst enemy. I know they’re trying to create a premium wine culture in Spain right now. There are a whole bunch of new start-up projects that are trying to fetch $50 or $100+ for their new releases. And you know what? Many of those wines are […]

To all Best Winers, The wells are drying up. A couple of years ago, when we would take our now-annual trips to Burgundy, one of the greatest joys we would have would be tasting through the older library stocks of some of the region’s finest producers, selecting only the cream of the crop at the […]

To all Best Winers, Y’know, I was talking with a client the other day and he needed some Champagne for an event he was putting together. He asked about Moet, Roederer, a few other ‘Grande Marque’ labels. And that’s when I realized I didn’t have any of them. Huh, weird. It’s not on purpose. It’s just that, […]

To all Best Winers, “... I’m not simply persuaded, but convinced that the grape of the Biellese district is on average better than any other grown in the entire peninsula. It is unfortunate that the most industrious people of Italy have dedicated themselves to any industry other than wine-making, the raw materials for which they […]

To all Best Winers, Who hasn’t heard of Chateau Lynch Bages? Honestly, it has to be the most widely recognized non-first growth Bordeaux among wine connoisseurs in America today. It’s without a doubt one of the truly feel-good Bordeaux wines. Quality is always high, the occasional legends were produced (1989, 1990, 2009) and prices remained […]

To all Best Winers, That Jeb Dunnuck, he’s a quick learner. Good to see that Jeb has discovered the same wines that I fell in love with well over a decade ago. Thought it wasn’t exactly rocket science after tasting the wines. It’s easy, Puech-Haut is one of the greatest places in the world to […]