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To all Wine Exchangers, There are certainly a number of questions with the particular batch of wines on today’s offer, not the least of which is how can we sell these at the best price in the country and, more importantly, why are they even still around? We didn’t spend a lot of time worrying […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We’re back this fine Friday with our second installment of Winex’s ‘Favorite Fifteens’. In the wake of James Suckling’s 2015 Bordeaux report, we felt it appropriate to proffer the 2015s we not only love, but also happen to have on the water for arrival by late fall! Double awesomeness… Today, we’re going […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It almost makes me a little verklempt when I think about just how much respect and admiration I have for Cristom Vineyards winemaker Steve Doerner. Steve found his mojo as the initial winemaker at Calera, helping Josh Jensen create one of the finest Pinot Noir programs in America from the unique […]

To all Wine Exchangers, This quarterly meeting of the Marcelo Pelleriti Fan Club is now in session! For those of you that haven’t been following the terrific story of Argentine winemaker Marcelo Pelleriti, we’ll give you the Cliff Notes: For the last 15 years, he has directed the harvests and winemaking in Bordeaux at Chateau […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Riccardo Cotarella’s still got it.  The winemaker who introduced us to great Campanian wine in the 90’s is still unleashing heck with two of southern Italy’s most iconic wines, delivering two potential best-ever performances in the stellar 2015 vintage. Riccardo hooked up with Terra di Lavoro in the early 90’s and since […]

To all Wine Exchangers, In all of this smoke and mirrors nonsense that seems to be (and has actually long been) rampant in the Cabernet world, we’re glad there’s someone like Charles Smith who doesn’t care about any of that.  He definitely moves to his own beat, doesn’t need the money, makes boldly stylistic wines, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “Keermont Vineyard is one of the leading lights of Stellenbosch, enjoying a rapid ascent under winemaker Alex Starey… Exciting times lie ahead for Keermont.” – Neal Martin What an immensely pleasurable surprise!  Even though we’ve espoused the praises of South Africa’s burgeoning white wine revolution in these pages before, showcasing wines from […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The gang at Thorn-Clarke are at it again. It’s refreshing to see a winery so committed to providing VALUE.  In a world where many wineries are trying to figure out how much they can get, Thorn Clarke is figuring out how much they should get.  Fancy that. The Thorn Clarke Terra […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Bordeaux. James Suckling’s 2015 Bordeaux Report broke on Friday and, as expected, he LOVED the wines.  We’ve been saying it from the start and here’s one more feather in our collective caps.  You NEED 2015 Bordeaux.  They are either on the water or will be here by late fall! Suckling writes, “…the 2015 […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “One of my favorite Cornas estate is that of brothers Eric and Joël Durand…these are terrific, character filled wines I’d be happy to have in my cellar.” – Jeb Dunnuck Boy, these 2015 Northern Rhones are really something.  Huge, powerful wines that beg for air, they’re almost deceptively lush when first […]