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To all Wine Exchangers, I tell ya, I’m having a hard time coming up with a Chianti that tastes more ‘Chianti’ than this one. You know, that picture in your mind of what GREAT Chianti should taste like?  Not the nasty wicker basket stuff, but the kind of wine that is immediately romanticized on the table […]

To all Wine Exchangers, OK, welcome back to another episode of the Lafage Exchange! No, it isn’t a re-run, it’s a brand-new episode though the cast and crew remains the same, only the show is even better. Yeah, don’t know how Jean-Marc and his wife Eliane did it, but they somehow managed to push even more […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Hard to believe, but its been 20 years since the 1990’s! Man, that’s a while.  But you know what?  I still feel like the 1990’s were yesterday but, here’s a little perspective for you. When I started at Wine Exchange back in 1991, I remember Steve pulling out a 1970 Bordeaux […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Just a couple of weeks ago we introduced you to our newest source for incredibly-priced, perfectly-aged cellar treasure Burgundies, Charles Noellat.  For those of you who may have missed the story while trying to click on that last offer before it sold out that day, here's the background info... The Noellat […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Theyd did it again. Sparkman's Holler Cabernet is once again the high-end Cabernet killer. Folks, wines like this don't happen that often, Chris Sparkman being one of those 'exception to the rule' guys when it come to wine pricing in America.  His whole motto is 'Family. Good Livin'. Damn Fine Wine.' and […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Even though all of the principal writers here chez Winex are all California natives, we tend not to have the same dedication to the ‘local produce’ as most stores here in the Golden State.  We aren’t traitorous by nature, but we are pragmatists.  We want the best we can get for […]

To all Wine Exchangers, When you do what we do, there is no such thing as ‘my wine’.   Expanded experience and exposure can present you not only many wines to love, but genres.  Chablis has been one of our more passionate ‘affairs’ over the years.  It started in the late 1980's, finding that 'needle in […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Remember the 2009 and 2010 Croix de Beausejour instant sell-outs, those second wines of the 100-point Beausejour Duffau?  Guess what… We were just confirmed a pallet of the 2015, another fantastic harvest in which the “Grand Vin” again also received 100 points! “Anyone who has read this publication or visited St.-Emilion knows that this […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “…this is seriously some of the best sparkling wine found in Italy…These wines are very impressive.” – Monica Larner, robertparker.com Whenever we get to Italy’s Piedmont region on business, we are constantly amazed by the local passion for Champagne!  If we didn’t know any better, based on the wine lists that […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Y’know, we’ve sold a ton of Chateau Pesquié over the years, but we never really hunkered down with just what makes this winery tick…until now. Granted, it hasn’t been that difficult selling pallets of what may be the single finest value play in the Rhone Valley but, still, we owe you […]