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To all Wine Exchangers, Grand Cru at this price simply doesn’t exist anymore.  Be it red, white, Chablis, Cote de Beaune, Cote de Nuits, you cannot get a good bottle of Burgundy wine with ‘Grand Cru’ on the label for $49.98 anymore. Except for, well, like, today…from us. But hey, that’s what we do, right?  […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The 2015 Chateau Fonreaud is (for Neal Martin) the undisputed King of sub-$20 Bordeaux wine.  And it’s no coincidence that Fonreaud means “Royal Fountain”.  In the 12th century, the King of England, Henry II, stopped here to drink from the cool natural spring that still exists on the estate.  The contiguous vineyards […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It doesn’t take a lot to convince us about the quality of wines from this producer. As you probably know, we’ve been fans for a long time.  It’s hard for us to even imagine why these wines aren’t the first choice of most wine drinkers.  You’ve got high quality, very modest […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Wow.  We expected to burn through the Remoissenet Volnay Caillerets 1er Cru 1997 at some point in time, but we didn’t expect it to sell out in an hour!  Crazy!  Thanks for that, though we’re bummed we didn’t get to salt any away for ourselves. So, to appease you thirsty Burgundy […]

To all Wine Exchangers, To-Kalon.  One of Napa’s undisputed Grand Cru/First Growth sites. There’s a reason. The To-Kalon vineyard sits on an absolutely blessed piece of earth in the heart of the Napa Valley. Pioneering Napa grape-grower Hamilton Crabb was no dummy when he planted the first parcels of this historic vineyard back in 1868. […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Another boat landed recently with an eagerly-awaited reload on this all-time Winex super-seller!  The Saint Roch Maury Sec Kerbuccio 2015 is back in stock and we’re stoked. In case you missed the story last time…. It’s important to make a point that one of the significant things about Lafage is that […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Ok, Alejandro Vigil. Not a household name in America…yet. But in Mendoza, Argentina this guy does not pay for a drink, y’know what I mean?Alejandro Vigil is one of the world’s most decorated winemakers, having manned the helm as Chief Winemaker at Bodega Catena Zapata since 2007. During that time, he has crafted […]

To all Wine Exchangers, When we head to Europe to round up deals, the quest for perfectly aged, ready to drink Bordeaux at reasonable prices continues to be one of our main raisons d’etre. And today’s offer fits that bill perfectly. Chateau Lalande d’Auvion is located in the Northern Medoc about fifty miles north of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We have told the Valsacro (aka Vinsacro) story before.  Like before, you aren’t going to find this stuff in the spinning racks in the cheese section of your local grocery store.  In fact you aren’t likely to find it many places at all.  We only know about this one because we […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Boy, these 2016’s in the Southern Rhone.  Not a dog in the bunch, as you’ll soon be finding out! One of the things we’re enjoying about this once-a-decade vintage is how all the wines incorporate this completely unique combo of balance and power.  Yes, these are big wines, but they’re also […]