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To all Wine Exchangers, The story of Azienda Agricola Tiberio rings more like a new world tale than one from the old world of the ancient lands beneath the Majella and Gran Sasso mountains in Abruzzo. At 350 meters, twenty-three miles inland from the seaside city of Pescara near the hillside town of Cugnoli, Riccardo […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Walter Hansel.  A retailer’s dream come true.  I gotta say, it’s pretty easy selling wine from a winery that consistently does a fabulous job, charges reasonable prices for the quality in the bottle, and has quietly racked up serious accolades for, literally, years. For a lot of folks, it’s ’98 points […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Is Merlot back? Well, for those of us who love the grape, it never left, Sideways be damned. A recent article in the British newspaper The Guardian noted that ‘luxury’ Merlot sales were actually up 5% last year. Up? Merlot? Believe it.  And, of course, there’s a reason for the ‘up’.  […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Ah, Burgundy.  No appellation is more frustrating or confusing, yet the joy of finding the ‘good one’ always seems to provide the impetus to continue the hunt.  Finding a deal is a bonus. The 2015 vintage has been a fun exercise because the vintage’s engaging ripeness allows for a higher success […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Is this as good as Prosecco gets? I haven’t had one better, I’ll tell you that. And who else other than the Ruggeri family to produce it? You’ve bought loads of their version of ‘Yellow Label’, the Giall’Oro, from us over the years and the house is noted as one of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Miss this morning’s slam-dunk form Pessac? Have no fear, the 2015 Bordeaux boats continue to arrive, packed with bargains. Here are three more recent arrivals, all under $20, all over 90 points from a trio of major pundits, all ‘Winex-tasted’, buyer-approved, all in pretty small quantities. The Chateau Les Hauts Conseillants […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We’ve had great luck with the third wines from Bordeaux’s top properties. Margaux de Margaux (Chateau Margaux), Pauillac de Latour (Chateau Latour), St. Estephe de Montrose (Chateau Montrose) and now…Pessac-Leognan de Haut Bailly (Haut Bailly).  It’s brilliant that Haut-Bailly got with this new trend in Bordeaux.  This Pessac powerhouse is making some […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Relentless.  That was the first word that popped into my head when attempting to put pen to paper to describe Thorn-Clarke.  This winery has been relentless in its pursuit of REAL value in Aussie wine since they first broke onto the scene here in the early 00’s. What long-time Winex customer […]

To all Wine Exchangers, "A semi-circle of inaccessible rocky side-hills, in the canyon in which nestle the buildings, has, by the energy of man, been turned into a useful and picturesque piece of property. Hundreds of tons of rock have been patiently gathered off the hillsides, which now teem with grapevines. Truly does it look…as […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Sometimes you find crazy deals in the oddest places, and for the silliest reasons.  Of course, ultimately getting the deal trumps everything, but you can sometimes chuckle at the reason it came about.  This is one of those times. Albino Pestoni emigrated from a Swiss town near the Italian border to […]