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Since we have not been writing in this format for very long, we feel the need to occasionally hit on some key points every now and then that aren’t necessarily about a specific wine or genre, but rather our takes on the world around us.  Take, for example, summer.  The season is upon us and, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, There are lots of ways to sell wine.  You can talk about the category, the vintner, current news about one of the releases, or even the history of the winery, there are a number of ways to communicate our excitement and pique people’s curiosity.  Occasionally, however, as we sit down to […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Deals like this just don’t happen anymore! 1996… Magic Johnson is the 2nd player to reach 10,000 assists. George R.R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel “A Game of Thrones”. Marc “Steroid” McGwire is the 13th player to hit 50 HR’s in a season. Computer programming language Java released its first […]

To all Wine Exchangers, I guess we did such a fine job the last time around that the folks that bring us Falesco decided to jump on the wagon again, this time with the sensational 2012 Falesco Merlot. Falesco, the family estate of renowned oenologists Riccardo and Renzo Cotarella, has been part of our history […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We had a hard time culling a selection of faves from our tasting but several wines did indeed stand out. The Frederic Esmonin Gevrey Chambertin Les Jouises Vieilles Vignes 2014 comes from a parcel of 70 year-old vines grown just on the ‘right’ side of the D974 (though the ‘wrong’ side […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Argentina, like California, doesn’t have the benefit of thousands of years of viticultural history.  Just as we are learning, so are they.  Of course, since the Malbec and Bonarda grapes thrived there, those became the mainstay of the wine industry.  Cabernet has established a strong foothold as well.  If you ask […]

To all Wine Exchangers, I recently did some research with regards to current pricing of Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. Now granted, it’s considered by most folks ‘in the know’ to be the finest area in the state for growing and producing top wines from this still red-hot grape variety, so the wines command a […]

We talked a little bit last time about the tremendous amount of time spent talking about pricing in the wine biz.  Now mind you the industry doesn’t care how much you charge, provided it is a lot!  The few retailers like us that are straight forward and aggressive price-wise are typically the only ones that […]

To all Wine Exchangers, When it’s your name on the label, you take things a little more personal.  That being said, you know that Errazuriz is a family operation.  No one would invent a name like that for marketing reasons.  “Errazuriz, ask for it by name…if you can”. The thing is that you’re gonna have […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Swiss entrepreneur (and avid Lalique collector) Silvio Denz bought Chateau Faugeres from Corinne Guisez back in 2005 and has never looked back.  The winery, under the guidance of Michel Rolland, was already making some of the finest wine on Bordeaux’s Right Bank prior to the sale, but Silvio wanted to ‘kick […]