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GGNEW4-6-2013

To all Best Winers, The lion is not sleeping tonight. In fact, Chateau Leoville Las Cases is doing what it has always done, produce first growth quality wines at second growth prices.  How Las Cases is not a first growth at this juncture always boggles our mind. What more can it do? And for how […]

To all Best Winers, Burgundy’s best-kept secret...no longer. I tasted my first Maranges wine back in the mid-90’s. I had been studying a bit on Burgundy at the time but must say I was clueless about this appellation. What’s a Maranges? I found out soon enough. The wine was impressive…like, take a step back impressive. […]

To all Best Winers, California in the house! And more than likely your house as well after you get a load of today’ deal. White Wine Saturdays are fun for us, what with offering a bevy of amazing white wine deals that seemingly appear out of nowhere on a weekly basis, there’s always something fun […]

To all Best Winers, We are not one of those operations that feature, like, 900 wines that are $15 or less.  In the world of online wine merchanting, you have to constantly put your best foot forward, as you don’t have folks walking in off the street to help you clear through some ‘quota’ wines […]

To all Best Winers, Argentina yesterday, Chile today? Is Best Wines ‘going south’? Nope, just pointing the boat towards the wines that offer the best value we can find. And if you want to talk value, Chile has got to be in the mix. Granted, it took them longer than we expected, especially when it […]

To all Best Winers, I was already sold on these wines, have been since the first vintage. But this, this is Catena not playing fair. Let’s hit the rewind button.  When Catena rolled out this line of super-premium Malbecs and Malbec/Cabernet blends about a decade ago, it was one of the greatest wine experiences of […]

To all Best Winers, Here is a St. Emilion estate that has quietly gone about their business of making serious wine while avoiding all the 'hoopla'. Located atop the infamous St. Emilion plateau sharing the same soils as neighbors La Gomerie, Grand-Mayne and Clos des Jacobins, this property has been with the same family since […]

To all Best Winers, Let me tell you about Petrolo. It’s one of Tuscany’s best estates. But it’s not a Chianti, and it’s not a Brunello and it’s not a Vino Nobile. It’s ‘just’ a Tuscan. But that’s like saying LeBron James is ‘just’ a basketball player. Proprietor Luca Sanjust took a chance when he […]

To all Best Winers, Some of you may recall that amazing Willi Schaefer offer we sent out back in late May. It’s funny to think that we have the same exact opportunity again, just with a different ‘Schäfer’. Though if we wanted to be sneaky, we could almost ‘cut and paste’ over a good portion […]