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To all Wine Exchangers, Bienvenidos to today’s offer, consisting of a bevy of fabulous deals, en Español… (Only the wines, that is.) We recently had a few killer closeouts pop up on our radars but didn’t quite have enough of any one of them to generate an offer specifically geared toward that one, so we’re […]

So after all of our criticism of aspects within the restaurant scene in general, one might wonder what we consider a ‘good’ wine list.  We will get to that in a minute.  First, let’s say that we understand some folks may be dining in places not of their choosing, whether it be with friends or […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s hard to know where to even start here.  For example, as soon as we say this is one of the more amazing examples of Riesling terroir we have experienced in recent memory, a number of folks will read on with pronounced interest.  But others will read this as ‘blah blah […]

To all Wine Exchangers, As wine merchants, we make our living selling great wines that we (personally) love. In our particular case, the beauty is that we can sell anything we want.  There is no quota, no mandate from ‘corporate’.  We answer to you, our clients, all with the intention of building trust. How do […]

To all Wine Exchangers, With all respect to Charles Dickens, we seek to spin a different tale here about a pair of killer Cabernet Francs.  One may look upon our yarn about two stylish, delicious Cabernet Francs from the Napa Valley that sell for under $30 as pure fiction.  But we assure you that it […]

To all Wine Exchangers, True fans of the genre will take delight in the ‘classical’ 2014 Chablis. The ‘14s wear their ‘Chablis-ness’ on their sleeves, which is to say that they aren’t necessarily going to be an easy transition if your favorite profile is more along the lines of ‘classic’ California Chardonnay. Quite the contrary, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Location, location, location. We harp on it all the time with every bottle of wine we buy. Location is the cornerstone of terroir, that combination of environmental factors (man included) that determine the flavor and ‘there-ness’ of a particular wine. Now, the level of terroir can be enhanced by some grapes […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “I am not sure I have met a winery owner quite like Mike Officer before. Of course, Officer is well-known for his advocacy of California’s heritage vineyards, but his dedication to delivering value to the end consumer is just as noteworthy. All of that is served up with a giddy, boyish […]

Last week we hinted that restaurants received far more advantageous treatment by the industry as a whole than retailers.   In fact we pretty much said it.  Now we do blame the purveyors for perpetuating this whole caste system. But we also know that the catalyst for all of this is the wineries themselves.   Somewhere back […]

To all Wine Exchangers, There are many pieces to this story starting with what it is and why it’s an amazing value.  First of all is the genre itself.  Vin Santo (‘saint’s wine) is a rare enough commodity just by definition.  It is ridiculously laborious and risky to produce for openers.  This remarkable dessert wine […]