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To all Wine Exchangers, I gotta say, Santorini is on my bucket list. You see, I’m a complete sucker for all of those History and Smithsonian Channel shows that highlight the volcanic destruction of Santorini, the ensuing tsunami that crushed Crete, and the artifacts and history that archaeologists were able to unbury and restore after […]

To all Wine Exchangers, How many of you are long-time Winex customers going back to 2002?  That’s when the 2000 vintage wines were starting to appear in the market. It was an exciting time for us as demand was at an all-time high for wines of the millennium and demand was in-sane.  We’ve always had […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Back when we first got into the business, people spoke about wine cooperatives with a little bit of disdain.  After all weren’t these the places where all the local growers hauled in their grapes that the industrial ‘tank farm’ winery threw into one big vat and made wine to sell to […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Castello di Ama was one of the first estates I had the pleasure of visiting in Chianti Classico. I remember pulling up to the winery back in 2001 and being warmly greeted by proprietress Lorenza Sebasti, surrounded by the pitter patter of children’s footsteps.  Lots of smiling, running, just an all-around […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Jeb Dunnuck’s most recent report on eRobertParker.com focused on what is ‘going down’ on California’s central Coast. It’s exciting times in Santa Barbara County. Lots of sensational Pinot Noir, tons of delicious, distinctive Chardonnay and, I hate to tell you, some brilliant Syrah. I know, a lot of you are poo-pooing […]

To all Wine Exchangers, C.P. is Back! One of the most fascinating stories we have ever come across in the wine trade is that of C.P. Lin. C.P. was born in Taiwan and, due to a carcinoma of the retina, has been blind most of his life.  His parents left Taiwan when he was relatively […]

Einstein coined the phrase, and gave a very complex explanation for the ‘theory of relatively’, the ground-breaking theory that space and time are relative, rather than absolute concepts.  In a bit of an arcane tangent, we have observed a similar relativity with wine.  It doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the time/ space continuum, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Beyond cool… Clos des Justices is a special place and unique vineyard, now the all-consuming project of winegrower Edouard Fontan. The 1.5-acre vineyard of old vine Semillon, located in Sauternes, close to Barsac was planted in 1929!  Here’s what we have to remember and what makes this wine even more unique. […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s Grenache Day! And you know what that means. We’re in a Grenache-y kind of mood. Now, over the last few decades, we’ve seen Grenache’s relevance on the international wine scene increase exponentially. We’re seeing world-class examples from great old vineyards in South Australia, dynamic new expressions from younger vineyards here […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We’ll let the winery’s own words spin the opening tale here. “Acumen wines has emerged on Atlas Peak as the embodiment of a dream to share with friends and family the very best of the Old and New Worlds, a dream where world-class winemaking and viticulture experience combine with a deep […]