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To all Wine Exchangers, Not what you were expecting, right? Neither were we, and that’s why we’re talking abut this incredible little wine today. Chateau de Sours is considered by many to be the best producer of sparkling wine in Bordeaux. I think that’s kind of a big deal right? I mean, being the best […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Holy 1940’s, Batman! These wines are so unique, so hot, so cool, so unbelievable, there is no possible way you can ignore them. Wine Exchange is offering, on short-time pre-arrival now, three of the greatest dessert wines ever made. And they’re all over 60 years old. And they’re spectacular. And they’re […]

To all Wine Exchangers, When I first tasted the 2012 Bordeaux out of barrel in April, 2013, it was a rainy, cold week during en-primeur and the wines were in lock-down mode. I came away with little hope that this was going to be anything but an ordinary vintage. There were some bright spots, but […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Today we’re selling you the ‘super-sexy’, outrageously concentrated Jamieson Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Double Lariat Napa Valley 2013. Who? What? Yes, even in this information age there are still top producers of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon slipping under the radar. And, little did we know until we delved into the story, that […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s a never-ending job to find the hot new items ahead of the market, score enough of some highly allocated juice, and keep the ideas and information flowing to create the best wine experience for customers.  Yeah, it’s not cleaning up oil spills or figuring out global warming, but it has […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Fattoria del Cerro has been a bargain staple in these Winex ‘pages’ for a number of years now. Even other producers that we talk with in Vino Noble shake their heads when we mention the property and wonder, “how do they do it?” Both their Rosso di Montepulciano and Vino Nobile […]

For as long as we have been doing this, there have been comparative discussions about Bordeaux reds and California Cabernet.  A lot of that discourse centers on the fact that they are both essentially made from the same group of varietals.  Inevitably the bantering arrives at which is better, and that becomes a much more […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Today? DRY Riesling. That’s right, bone dry. The rest of the world is currently caught up in dry Riesling fervor. You go to Germany or Austria you can’t even find a bottle of classic, fruity-style Riesling any more…except at Grandma’s house. The problem is (well, maybe it’s our problem) we don’t […]

To all Wine Exchangers, A few months back we featured the wines of one Msr. Gilles Troullier, for our money one of the greatest winemakers working in France today.  Unfortunately, we were still waiting for one more wine to ‘land’ on our shores but couldn’t contain ourselves. The Troullier Cotes Catalanes De-La 2013 has just […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Only a week or so ago, among our forecasts for this coming year, we said that Spain would continue to be a source for sensational values and that the Rioja cavalcade of hits would continue.  Well, the Rioja hotline is open and operators are standing by.  As we looked at the […]