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To all Wine Exchangers, America had and still has an insatiable appetite for the wines of 2000 Bordeaux. Honestly, I think I sold more 2000’s than either 2005 or 2009. The wines had great press (who can forget Bob Parker’s "greatest vintage ever" quote?), were priced fairly and carried the two triple aught on the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, For those of you who have been enjoying multiple bottles (cases?) of the now-legend Casas del Bosque Cabernet Sauvignon Gran Reserva Maipo Valley 2014, you already ‘get’ what’s happening at this relatively young winery in Chile’s Casablanca Valley. Some serious magic at not-so-serious prices. Today, it’s the Pinot-lover’s turn! Yes, Casas […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “With its sublime, grandiose flavours and aromas, it’s a challenge to describe just how good 2015 is for Beaujolais. This is wine that we’ve never seen, or drunk, before. We are firm believers that a vintage is the reflection and the memory of the weather that shaped it. 2015 was blessed […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Even though we have been seeing those holiday displays in the department stores for what seems like weeks already, it’s still a little early for some folks to start thinking about the ‘season’.  We get that.  But what if someone wants to give you a gift, that’s a different matter, right?  […]

To all Wine Exchangers, ‘Tis the season, or so they say.  The market mechanics in the wine industry have always been specifically weighted to make the most attractive deals on the fizzy stuff during the holidays.  They have a notion that most of the Champagne is sold during the last 8 weeks of the year.  […]

To all Wine Exchangers, From 16,023 only 31 were chosen. Only 31 wines out of over 16,000 entries won Decanter Magazine’s International Trophy as the Best Wines in their respective price category from their respective country. That’s less than a .2% chance of winning. Might as well buy a lottery ticket instead. Although the lottery […]

To all Wine Exchangers, I gotta be honest. On a global scale the qualitative bar for fine wine has been raised to almost comical levels. There is a ton of good wine out there and you can find better bang for your back now than you could 10 or 20 years ago. Accordingly, to qualify […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The hits just keep on coming.  If someone here answers the phone ‘Lafage Exchange’, it’s just a slip of the tongue.  Seriously though, what are we supposed to do?  If a player is on a hot streak, you want to get the ball in their hands.  Sure, we have sold a […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It was only a matter of time. There was simply too much good juice without a home being thrown at us. The barrage of killer ‘leftovers’ from California’s abundant 2012 and 2013 vintages was constant. “Dude, my buddy has some extra barrels of (insert famous producer’s famous wine from a famous […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Pauillac… Land of the First Growths and Cabernet Sauvignon.  Wine writer Hugh Johnson has said, "If one had to single out one commune of Bordeaux to head the list, there would be no argument… It would be Pauillac.”  It’s home to three of the five First Growths, Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Chateau Mouton […]