To all Wine Exchangers, Our belief is that great wine is great wine period, and it’s a ‘score’ no matter when you find it. Hot wine today will still be hot wine, with a little bottle age, tomorrow. That’s a good thing. So, while we are always looking ahead to see what the ‘next big […]
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Did you Miss the 2002 Lusseau? Here's the Superior 2004, on Pre-Arrival Now!
To all Wine Exchangers, On the heels of the success of the instant sell-out 2002 Lusseau we sent out a few weeks ago, the chateau made available the remaining 2004 they had in stock. In typical Winex fashion, we bought it all after receiving a sample and tasting it yesterday. Both bottles we opened were […] -
Ester Nin's Passion for Priorat: 97pt Nit de Nin, 94pt Planetes & More Clos Erasmus!
To all Wine Exchangers, Throughout all of our tastings of wines from the Priorat region this year, which is a lot, the wines on today’s offer are some of the finest I can recall. And it looks like we have a lot to look forward to, with 2012 and 2013 delivering some of the most […] -
Stock Up: 1/3 Off This 91pt Cotes du Rhone, Now Only $9.98!
To all Wine Exchangers, Cotes du Rhone blues have you down? Yes, we know, it’s getting tough finding tasty, slurp-down Rhone wines in the midst of two difficult vintages (2013 and 2014) in the southern Rhone. Believe me when I say we’re digging for deals right along with you. Which, lucky for you (and […] -
Coping with Deflating Scores or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wine.
There are a lot of reasons why the media has become so important in wine marketing. First, with life moving at a faster pace and the myriad of choices competing for the consumer’s time and money, there is no question that the role of the ‘authority’ has become greater in recent years. Wine, mattresses, mutual […] -
That Perfect Thanksgiving Wine...From Chateau Haut-Bailly?
To all Wine Exchangers, We’ve always had a fondness for the Pink wines from Bordeaux. When you think about it, the history, reputation and success of these famed chateaux, and they’re producing pink wine? It’s weird. But awesome weird. Like a double rainbow! We broke into the Bordeaux Rosé market with the 2003 Le Rosé […] -
This Just In: Fab Reload on This Pomerol for a Song, Cellar-Direct & Only $24.98!
To all Wine Exchangers, Did you miss the Gree-Laroque? Don’t worry we got you covered with a ‘This Just In’ reload on one of our fastest Bordeaux-Direct sell-outs ever from this past March. It would be easy for us to say, “This 2006 Pomerol, made by garagiste ‘Bad Boy’ Jean-Luc Thunevin of St. Emilion’s […] -
Another Top, Winex-Direct Older Bordeaux at a Rock-Bottom Price!
To all Wine Exchangers, As I’ve said many times…I love to drink Bordeaux when it hits that perfect sweet spot, somewhere (depending on the place) between 8 to 15 years and a tad longer for Classified Growth wines depending on the vintage. When the wine still tastes fresh yet is starting to open up and […] -
Bill's Back With This 93pt Bargain Sta. Rita Hills Pinot
To all Wine Exchangers, ‘The’ William Hill story has had many chapters during his illustrious mutli-decade career in the wine industry. As a part of his long history, Bill has founded William Hill Winery, Van Duzer, and, most recently, Bighorn Cellars, Expression and Tetra. In 1996, Wine Spectator recognized Mr. Hill as one of the […] -
Winex Finds the Impossible: 2001 Grand Cru Red Burgundy, Just $59.98!
To all Wine Exchangers, Our quest for older-vintage Corton continues! The 2001 Louis Latour Corton Grand Cru Grancey was an eye-opener to say the least. We’d never really thought that wines of this quality, with this kind of provenance, from this kind of vintage, could actually be out there…at this kind of price. But after […]