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To all Best Winers, Nowadays I hear a lot about how wine lovers are going ‘lighter’. First there was the whole anti-Shiraz thing. That backlash was fierce, and with good reason, as many an Aussie wine had in fact become a caricature of its former self. Then we had folks lamenting 16%+ alcohol Zinfandels. Again, […]

To all Best Winers, Those folks in Bordeaux are as cool as the other side of the pillow. It’s amazing. These guys should be ambassadors (wait, I think some are), P.R. people, spin doctors, whatever you want to call them. So smooth, so clean, so…correct. I think most of these cats would be in their […]

To all Best Winers, Fresh R&L Legras back in stock! We told the story of this VERY under-the-radar (at least in America) Champagne house earlier this year before many of you perhaps even knew we existed! We sold out a few months back, and now new, ‘fresh’ stocks have arrived. Legras continues to produce mind-boggling […]

To all Best Winers, Feliz Navidad! Christmas has come early to Best Wines…and to you. In case you didn’t know by now, we love Rioja. We drink a ton of it. It’s round, smooth, supple, complex, balanced, not too heavy, ages like nobody’s business. Well, let’s just say there’s a ton of reasons to drink […]

To all Best Winers, What’s better than one Australian Icon Wine at an incredible price? Two Australian Icon wines at an incredible price! That’s right. We get to offer up both ‘White Grange’ and ‘Australia’s d’Yquem’ on the same e-mail.  This is pretty mind-boggling to me since I’m a bit of an Australian Wine Dork. […]

To all Best Winers, 'Cause I've got my own world to live through and…I ain't gonna copy you. – Jimi Hendrix, If Six Was Nine That’s been proprietors Jonathan Malthus’s motto from the moment he stepped into the town of St. Emilion in Bordeaux back in the 90’s. I see no reason why he shouldn’t […]

To all Best Winers, Back in April I wrote a little ditty about Domaine des Bosquet’s stunning 2010 Gigondas Tradition. You guys responded. We sold quite a bit. No dirty phone calls so I’m presuming you’re digging on it as much as I am. It is phenomenal wine. But now we’re getting a bit more […]

To all Best Winers, Don’t go to some big box store and force yourself into a California Sparkling Wine (not that they’re bad, mind you) when you can have REAL Champagne at a ‘Sparkling Wine’ price. I know your next thought. “Which Champagne is it?” It’s Placere Brut Les Filantes. “What?” Placere Brut Les Filantes. […]

To all Best Winers, Michael Twelftree could very well be the most successful Aussie vintner working today. His Two Hands wines are considered the new standard-bearers for South Australian wine. Their unique combination of powerful fruit, inky colors, vibrant acids and moderate oak captured the attention of American wine drinkers everywhere who were looking for […]

To all Best Winers, It’s here. The wine that inspired our quest for older-vintage Corton! The 2002 Louis Latour Corton Grancey was an eye-opener to say the least. We’d never really thought that wines of this quality, with this kind of provenance, from these kinds of vintages, could actually be out there…at these kinds of […]