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To all Best Winers, You guys don’t know just how special this wine really is. I have to be honest. Verdicchio isn’t my go-to grape.  Too often I find the wines a little simple. Clean, well-vinified, but just kind of...there. Believe me when I say I’ve been waiting for my Verdicchio epiphany for some time […]

To all Best Winers, Chateau Margaux is one of the world’s greatest wines. The 1995 Bordeaux vintage was one of the best ever. Bob Parker wrote, “At the minimum, 1995 is an excellent vintage, yet given the high percentage of outstanding wines, a strong argument can be made that 1995 comes close to rivaling such […]

To all Best Winers, I’m not gonna lie, we sell a lot of Bordeaux.  It’s a big driver for us, it’s collectible, it ages, it has a great track record, it’s ‘blue chip’ when it comes to the world of fine wine, and prices are, actually, quite reasonable for the non-first growth wines if you […]

To all Best Winers, We recently did some research with regards to current pricing of Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. Now granted, it’s considered by most folks ‘in the know’ to be the finest area in the state for growing and producing top wines from this still red-hot grape variety, so the wines command a […]

To all Best Winers, The Languedoc’s hottest new star is a Best Wines Exclusive! Mas d’Auzieres proprietor Irene Tolleret assured the Wine Advocate’s David Schildknecht back in 2011 after his astounding tasting with her (notes below) that her wines would once again be exported to the United States very soon. We didn’t actually read that […]

To all Best Winers, Our pink powers are strong! As we continue to gratuitously plow through our Rosé selections here at Best Wines we thought we’d update you on a few of our personal ‘winners’ from this outstanding 2012 pink wine harvest. These are the ones that are performing above even the lofty expectations we […]

To all Best Winers, A couple of recent tastings shocked the heck out of us. Or did they? When Tris and I headed to Bordeaux in 2009 to taste the 2008’s from barrel, the place was a frigging ghost town. There were maybe a couple British guys, the occasional German, one gentleman from China and […]

To all Best Winers, Atalon winemaker Brian Kosi was once a simple ‘retail’ kind of guy like myself.  As a matter of fact I used to work with him in a previous life at another wine merchant here in Southern Cal. Even during our short time together I could glean that Brian was never going […]

To all Best Winers, Chateau Haut Brisson is the home away from home for its owner, Peter Kwok.  Peter has done well for himself conducting business in Asia and, accordingly, had the means to take this once moribund chateau and restore it back to greatness…serious greatness. Check out our interview with Peter by scrolling to […]

To all Best Winers, Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc is on the verge of extinction. For a wine with such a rich history in the Napa Valley, it is sad for us to see fewer and fewer bottlings of this versatile, complex white grape variety as interpreted by one of the finest wine growing regions in […]