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To all Wine Exchangers, There is a trend in the wine industry, both buyers and media, to spend a lot of time looking for the ‘next big thing’.  That news cycle mentality seems to be a part of many aspects of daily life, but it should never be at the expense of great performances by […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s hard to explain some relationships but, when you have been around as long as we have, you develop a number of them.  We’ve had a decades-long and straightforward relationship with the importer of this up and coming domaine as well as many others.  He more or less announced a few […]

Prior to last year, the brilliant wines of Clos de la Roilette had been off our radar for quite some time, I’m sorry to say. Though I would add it was no fault of our own as this brand was one of the casualties in a world where many distribution scenarios are geared towards restaurants and hipster wine bars

To all Wine Exchangers, The ‘Grand Cru of the Andes’. Bold statement. But it’s a statement that Pierre Lurton, founder and director of this inspiring property stands boldly behind…and with good reason…it is. Pierre’s ‘day job’, as we’ve covered in the past in these pages, is President of Chateau Cheval Blanc in St. Emilion and Chateau d’Yquem in Sauternes. Helluva day job,

To all Wine Exchangers, Cannubi. Powerful stuff. One of the undisputed Grand Cru sites in Barolo. There’s no denying that the legendary Cannubi Vineyard has produced multiple versions of the greatest Barolo wines ever made. Sandrone, Burlotto, Pira, Altare, Giuseppe Rinaldi, Scavino, the roll call of top producers that have produced some of their finest wines from this fabled site is

To all Wine Exchangers, This label is becoming a regular feature and definitely a ‘people’s choice’ since we sent out the first offer of their 2017 Rutherford Cabernet last November. We recently ran their fantastic Oakville Cabernet that sold extremely well off the floor and then ‘flew’ as one of our Anniversary offers. We found out the purveyor still

Dear Valued Wine Exchange customer, Just a quick note to all of you whom, for whatever reason (too hot to ship, too little space in the cellar), currently have wines being held by us. It seems like a safe shipping window is finally opening for you and the next weeks will be the ones we (and you!) have been waiting for…

He’s at it again. Our favorite Argentine rock star 100-point winemaker found another project in Mendoza too good to pass up. This time he’s sourcing fruit from a vineyard planted in 1910 in La Consulta, Uco Valley. The vineyard is unique, with a particularly high density of planting for the time (high density planting is currently very en vogue right now) using

To all Wine Exchangers, We don’t sling around phrases like ‘vinta­ge of a lifetime’ just for show. We’ve seen a lot of exceptional Chateauneuf vintages since we started our Rhone immersion some three decades ago, and we’ll go on record as saying that since 1998 there have been many outstanding harvests and 4 vintages that qualify as epic (1998, 2007,

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s go time, finally. It appears the late, decidedly hot summer that has thwarted us over the last several weeks with regards to doing some big-time shipping will be passing us by this week. Temps are great! Call or email us and get your treasured beverages on the road. Y’know you’re probably going to be needing a glass