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To all Wine Exchangers, Helmut Plunien was getting a little tired of the ‘corporate’ German wine game. I write corporate but I’m actually exaggerating a little. In fact, Helmut was a mucky-muck at the Bischöflichen Weingüter (say that five times fast!), which old-timers will remember as one of the classic estates in the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. For […]

To all Wine Exchangers, If, as you read this, you get that déjà vu feeling, there’s a valid reason. Today we are offering the older sibling of a wine that we just offered a few weeks ago. Prior to the 2010 we sold a few weeks back, we had never seen l’Esprit de Pavie from […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Great value never gets old…or repetitive. More ‘Grand Cru’ Barolo at entry-level Nebbiolo prices? Yes, Please! I was trying to think of a new spin for the deal we have going today but literally couldn’t come up with one better than the exhaustively researched little ditty we threw together for the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Today’s offer? Drama! Both in and out of the bottle. Rhone Insiders already know Jerome Bressy’s name, as well as the name of his Domaine Gourt de Mautens. But, I must say, one has to be deeeep inside to know it. The wine sees little to no distribution in the United […]

To all Wine Exchangers, A lot of stories have been chronicled on these pages, but none quite like this one.  It confirms the idea that you really don’t know where your next tantalizing deal will come from, and that the wine world can indeed work in unforeseen and mysterious ways.  Today’s feature region is arguably […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We featured one of the earliest releases from this small family winery in the Willamette Valley quite some time ago.  We remember the touching story of a father, former software engineer Howard Mozeico, and his daughter, former biotech marketer Jessica Mozeico, sharing their passion and working together to produce wines.  The […]

It has become a part of the wine expectations in much the same way as ‘miles-per-gallon’ and crash test ratings have with respect to cars.  We’re talking about yields, the amount of grapes or potential wine that comes from a particular agricultural measurement, be that acres in the U.S.A. or hectares (the equivalent of 2.47 […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Kevin Judd was crazy…kind of. Ok, granted, the guy had a little bit of caché built up after 25 years as winemaker for the wine that put New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc on the map, Cloudy Bay. Wait, let me rephrase that. Kevin Judd put Cloudy Bay on the map, who in […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The previous release of this, at the time, very confusing wine, was one of the fastest sell-outs in our history. Hey, we’re not dumb. After the sell-out we picked up the phone and made the call for the current-release 2012. As we’ve talked about in the past, a few well-known chateaux […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Aaaand...we're back. Or, should I say, Jamieson Ranch is back.  I think many of you recall the 2013 Double Lariat Cabernet, perhaps one of the flashiest, glossiest, slinky Cabernets we've ever sold. A lot of you gave it a shot based on the 94 point score it received from Bob Parker, […]