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To all Best Winers, As a big-time Viognier/Condrieu fan I’ve been licking my lips waiting for this one… You have to hand it to Francois Pinault, the man has a keen eye for property. He’s one of the world’s richest men…and he loves wine. So when he sees a truly unique vineyard come up for […]

To all Best Winers, Everybody needs house wine and party wine, right? We’re often asked by our clients about what we have ‘in house’ that sells for a song yet will provide an honest glassful of red or white for parties, larger get-togethers, and so on. Apparently, we all don’t sit  around drinking Romanée Conti […]

To all Best Winers, Barolo geeks, this one’s for you. The Barolo region and the Nebbiolo grape are near and dear to me. The symbiotic relationship between food and wine achieves its zenith in Piedmont. Drinking Barolo and having a plate of agnolotti del plin or tajarin con tartufo bianco is, to me, about as […]

To all Best Winers, Bandol is sneaky. As in sneaky good. If some of you have had these powerful Bandol wines from the Provence region in France before, you’ll know what I’m talking about. It’s the Mourvedre. Mourvedre is the core grape in Bandol wines, ripening perfectly in the Provencal sunshine. In Chateauneuf du Pape […]

To all Best Winers, Shhhh… If we told you the vineyard that produced the grapes to make this outstanding bottle of Rutherford Cab we would have to do horrible things to you to prevent the secret from getting out. Here’s how it works.  A big but prestigious vineyard in the Rutherford area of the Napa […]

To all Best Winers, I knew there was a reason this wine was so good. I just had to dig for it. Saiagricola, the larger concern that owns Fattoria del Cerro, as well as Colpetrone in Umbria and La Poderina in Montalcino, has a secret weapon at their disposal. No, it’s not the vineyards, though […]

To all Best Winers, Ok, now this is exciting. Wilde Farm. These wines give me the same kind of goose bumps as when I tried Mike Officer’s Carlisle wines the first time, or when I tried Pax Mahle’s wines the first time. Didn’t know who they were, just knew that the juice in the bottle […]

To all Best Winers, I love a deal. And I really love Riesling deals. And German Riesling deals? Don’t get me started. Thus it is with great love that I present to you a couple of outrageous offers on two of Germany’s finest Riesling producers. I suppose we should start with Robert Eyemael’s Mönchhof Urziger […]

To all Best Winers, Funny how time flies... Twenty years ago, we caught a glimpse of a new trend in Bordeaux. No, it had nothing to do with fashion, or rising costs due to the low yields in the 1991,92 and 93 vintages. Instead, this was all about a movement and stepping outside the box... […]

To all Best Winers, The 2011 Nostre Pais Blanc from Michel Gassier and superstar Rhone consultant Philippe Cambie was one of our top-selling white wines last year and we could see why. The combination of the 93 point score, the $90 Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc comparison from Robert Parker and the $15 price all […]