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To all Wine Exchangers, It’s back! Our fastest-selling Barolo of the year has returned, and we’re totally stoked. We sold out in an hour back in April and you guys were clamoring for more. Well here you go. Below is our original on this sensational buy. If you didn’t ‘act’ before we encourage you to […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Too soon? We don’t think so. In light of the stock market having some, ahem, ‘corrections’ going on this week, we thought a few folks might be feeling a little lighter in the pocket book and accordingly, might be looking to scale down at least until the correction is, um, corrected. […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “Ridge remains one of the finest operations I visit anywhere in the world. The total commitment to quality, value and customer service simply has no equal in this country.” – Antonio Galloni Ridge is Ridge. There’s no other way to say it. When you’re talking about a winery that produced its […]

To all Wine Exchangers, So, what do you think would happen if one of Bordeaux’s top chateau decided to join forces with Argentina’s finest producer? We’ll take the thinking out of the equation and just tell you. The 2012 Bodegas Caro. Talk about a match made in heaven. Nicolas Catena has made it no secret […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Recently, there’s been a big push among German producers towards drier styles, presumably at the behest of the restaurant scene in Germany.  We could rail on about our opinion regarding the new dry ‘trocken’ Riesling movement, but suffice it to say we are not impressed with the direction things are taking.  […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “Anyone who has read this publication or visited St.-Emilion knows that this is a magical terroir capable of great things. It was only fully exploited in the past in the 1990 vintage, but has reached more consistently great heights over the last three or four years. Kudos to the duo of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, If you missed our earlier offer today on the 2010 Croix de Beausejour have no fear… That wine was an almost instant sellout, but we think we have a follow-up that will completely knock your socks off. Considering you are all clearly in a Bordeaux frame of mind, we are happy […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Silver Oak’s 2011 Alexander Valley bottling was just released this past weekend at their winery in Sonoma and it’s a star of the vintage.   Big changes have been afoot at Silver Oak over the last several years. Wine Spectator’s James Laube was truly impressed with the latest efforts to come […]

To all Wine Exchangers, So what if you make America’s best Tannat?  In a Cabernet world, it might not mean a lot. The grape doesn’t have a lot of exposure in the wine world beyond its native Madiran in central France and in Uruguay.  But clearly, under certain conditions, this can be an exciting option […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Based on the huge demand we received for our Force Majeure offer from a week or two ago, it seems you guys are down with top-of-the-line world-class Washington Syrah. This is an updated addendum to a piece we wrote back in January (featured below) concerning the amazing wines of Charles Smith […]