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The press (and price) should come as no surprise considering the source. First Drop Wines has been delivering serious value from South Australia ever since they opened their doors back in 2004. It was conceived by two friends, Matt ‘Gantos’ Gant and John ‘JR’ Retsas, with a desire to make wines to drink, not just appreciate. Mother’s Milk!

Michel Chapoutier’s Roussillon project, Bila-Haut, was a pleasant surprise when it first started, producing compelling wines that delivered well above their modest prices. We figured with Chapoutier involved, it would likely be solid at least and we were on board from the beginning. Chapoutier is always in it for the long haul and Bila-Haut started strong, and just kept

In today’s Bordeaux offer, I cannot over-emphasize what an incredible wine this is but moreover what a smokin’ deal this is. This one checks all the boxes and more: · Is it made by two of the top Winemakers/Oenologists in Bordeaux?…Yes · Does it come from a great vintage?…Yes ·

Michel Chapoutier’s Roussillon project, Bila-Haut, was a pleasant surprise when it first started, producing compelling wines that delivered well above their modest prices. We figured with Chapoutier involved, it would likely be solid at least and we were on board from the beginning. Chapoutier is always in it for the long haul and Bila-Haut started strong, and just kept

Good times in Tuscany over the last couple of years as we have enjoyed rolling out selections from their back-to-back exceptional vintages (2015 and 2016). Each vintage has its own distinct profile, and they have afforded the top producers the opportunity to make top notch wine at all levels. We suspect the folks at Mazzei have probably seen

The story of Andretta begins in 1994 when Dr. Rosalba Vitanza and her husband Guido Andretta went for a romantic weekend in Montalcino in the province of Siena. They were the guest of a friend, a fellow producer, who told them he was trying to sell his property in Montalcino to buy a bigger place also in the area.

While there is little to like about a pandemic, there have been a few positives to come out of it. One of them is to get to know more of our ‘neighbors’ in the north Coast. Take away the restaurants and seriously alter how markets operate, and the game changes dramatically. Perhaps, coincidentally, we have met more

They say money can’t buy you love. But it can buy you a lot of great vineyard land in the still remote part of French Catalonia also known as the Roussillon. This ‘last frontier’ is home to old vines, unique terroir, and remarkably sane (one might even say ‘cheap’) prices for vineyard land. Dave Phinney, with plenty

After an IMMEDIATE sell-out our first time around with this 100-pointer we recently received our second shipment of this VERY in-demand wine. Back on January 24th, James Suckling published an article revealing not just his Wine of the Week, or Wine of the Year, but Wine of the DECADE. He wrote, “For the last 10 years, vintage after vintage, Almaviva

The story here starts with one guy, Dan Kravitz, who founded a wine company called Hand Picked Selections back in 1985. Like a lot of folks who want to get into the importing game, he started with Bordeaux. But his keen shopping sense led him to recognize that there was tremendously better value to be found further south.