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Salta, Argentina.  Talk about a trippy, insane place to grow grapes. Bodega Colomé was founded in 1831, probably by the Spanish Governor of Salta, Nicolás Severo de Isasmendi y Echalar.  In 1854, his daughter Ascensión, who married José Benjamín Dávalos, brought the first French pre-phylloxera Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon vines to Colomé.  Grapes from three […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Yeah, even though our job here at Winex is to find you the coolest, newest, cutting edge values from around the word, we still do indeed have our ‘house’ wines as well, wines that consistently deliver a great bottle year in and year out, without fail.  One of those wines is […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The greatest value in Pomerol in one of Pomerol’s greatest vintages?  That’s an easy one. Chateau Gazin.  It’s time that word got out on this fantastic property and we’re here to spread that word. Bordeaux aficionado Jeff Leve wrote a fine, concise piece on Gazin which we’re happy to reprint here. “The 26.5 hectare […]

To all Wine Exchangers, This one just literally fell into our laps.  Always nice when you don’t have to work for every deal you get! We’d already been fans of the Cavas from Canals Canals, a small family winery established in the 1970’s.  Prior to finding an agent here in the states a short while ago, the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Ah, nothing like watching the kids grow up. We had the pleasure of getting in on the ‘ground floor’ of this now-legend Spanish winemaking operation (along with their Bodegas El Nido and Clio wines) back in the difficult 2002 vintage. I remember thinking that the partners at the time, Jorge Ordoñez, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, You may not know it yet, but this wine is a seriously big deal.  I mean, like, groundbreaking. This year marks the 31st anniversary of Gambero Rosso’s legendary wine guide, Vini d’Italia. For those of you that don’t run in Italian wine circles all the time, Gambero Rosso is one of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “These are serious wines, at great prices, and readers need to jump on these before the prices catch up with the quality.” – Jeb Dunnuck The wines of importer Eric Solomon have been staples around here for a long time.  These days, the guy imports a crazy number of different wines, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Ok, have you ever had a wine that just gets under your skin?  You know what I’m talking about, a wine that just rings your bell, sits on your exact same wavelength? This is that wine for me.  But, on paper, it makes no sense…at all. Think about it, who’s crazy […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “Two thousand fifteen has turned out to be a fabulous vintage for Bordeaux…The finest 2015s are wonderfully sensual, exotic wines that should drink well relatively early and also reward aging.” – Antonio Galloni “2015 is a great Bordeaux vintage that is going to give a lot of pleasure.” – Neal Martin […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It wasn’t that long ago that we had to explain where the Roussillon was before talking about the wines themselves.  This rugged area of old vines and slate hillsides has always had the potential for great wine.  But it’s only been a short time since the winemaking talent and vision was there to […]