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To all Wine Exchangers, Miss the Meo? No worries, here’s another 2015 Burgundy wonder that is just as big a no-brainer. The Faiveley Mercurey 1er Cru Clos des Myglands 2015 is one of the all-stars values from this illustrious vintage.  Faiveley started way back in 1825, but has been on an impressive upswing in both […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Anyone can sell you a $1000 Burgundy for $1000.  The trick there is getting enough of it.  That said, as Burgundy-lovers ourselves, we like to find classic, tasty stuff that doesn’t break the bank.  Our odds of doing so are much greater when Nature is kind like she was in 2015. […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Tua Rita is located in Suvereto, a small medieval town in the Tuscan province of Livorno, on the coast south of Bolgheri. Yeah, that Bolgheri, the area we featured prominently last week with our afternoon offer on the 2015 Campo al Mare. But I think that more than a few folks […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s not uncommon for a national importer to create their own alternative, more targeted sales format to offer items that their in-state purveyor is not working with.  I mean, honestly, there aren’t too many distributors that can work with every wine that an importer like Eric Solomon or, in this case, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We told the story a few months back about our friends, the Varner Brothers, and their ‘adventures’ dealing with the not-so-amicable break-up between them and the Neely family, who provided them the fruit for their epic run of Santa Cruz Mountain vineyard-designated Chardonnays.  Those wines helped alter the Santa Cruz Mountain […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Okay…what can we say about today’s offer other than, “Olivier Bernard is the man!” What Olivier has done during his illustrious career in Bordeaux is nothing short of spectacular.  The man has his fingers in many ‘pies’ and is one of the most respected men in Bordeaux for his undying passion and charisma. But with […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Bolgheri.  The magical Tuscan coast. Home to many of Italy’s most legendary wines, including Sassicaia, Ornellaia and Masseto, to name-drop a few.  Many of the wines from this special place fetch triple-digit prices…and then some. The 2015 vintage.  A remarkable year for Tuscan reds.  Rich, lush, powerful, dark, and memorable. There’s […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Chile has come a long way since we started to see the wines in the late 80s.  Given the development of higher end collectibles like Almaviva, Seña, and Clos Apalta (all 100 points this year), a growing number of intriguing boutique projects, and a general surge in quality from a number […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Argirio closeout alert! We certainly did not expect this opportunity to cross our desks but, hey, welcome to the wine biz. For those of you not familiar with this Winex favorite, ‘double sell-out’ wine that James Suckling referred to as “The Tuscan Ausone”, read on… As we wrote a few months […]

To all Wine Exchangers, I’ve only been witness to the last half dozen or so vintages from this exciting producer but it is obvious La Ferme du Mont’s Stéphane Vedeau is clearly on to something. He’s quickly become one of the top producers in Chateauneuf-du-Pape, an area of France that is already positively littered with […]