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To all Wine Exchangers, In today’s world, the search to find something new and thrilling gets tougher and tougher as more locales in the wine world ‘find their mojo’.  But sometimes we don’t have to look towards the ‘new’ places to find something exciting and different. In fact, today’s compelling wine is all about something […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Tapiz is becoming a pretty familiar name around these parts. We crushed it with a couple of their brilliant Malbecs, then followed up with one of the better Cabernet values of the last decade, compliments of them. But, funnily enough, is Tapiz tearing it up anywhere else? Today’s offer kind of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The greats are the greats for a reason.  They are better than almost everyone at what they do, they’ve performed at an exceedingly high level for an extended period of time, and their products have an impeccable track record for aging. Greatness usually costs. All those years of being great start […]

To all Wine Exchangers, As we’ve stated in the past, it’s obvious to us that one of the pioneers of modern, serious Pinot Noir in New Zealand, Larry McKenna, is still the one to beat.  Prior to his founding of Escarpment, Larry put the historic Martinborough Vineyards on the map with his rich yet detailed […]

To all Wine Exchangers, He just keeps banging out some of America’s greatest red wines year after year…and he’s done it again. In his Swan Song issue of the Wine Advocate, newly-minted independent wine critic Jeb Dunnuck unleashed another barrage of praise on Charles’ K Vintners line-up. “One of my favorite tastings during my Washington […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It doesn’t seem like that long ago when we began to dabble with Greek wines, though it in fact has probably been a decade now.   The story of Santorini itself dates back some 3500 years.   As seen on those History and Smithsonian Channel shows that highlight the volcanic destruction of the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The ‘truffle dogs’ of the Wine Biz are at it again, poring over supplier lists, tracking down unheralded under-the-radar gems that may very well be the rock stars of tomorrow or, for that matter, today. Chateau Saint-Pierre de Corbian is a very small estate located in St. Estephe, home to famous […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “The top of the Cune range before getting to Imperial is a new wine, born by chance, mostly for the export markets with the aim of offering a classical Gran Reserva at affordable prices. I’m talking about the 2009 Cune Gran Reserva, a red from a warm and dry vintage, saved […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Well…it’s back! We didn’t think it was possible (mainly because we were all but told that it wasn’t) but one of our quickest sellouts in Winex history is back. We didn’t ask too many questions but suffice it to say our distributor informed us that they ‘tripped’ over a few more […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s OK to have an easy one on occasion, and this certainly should be that.  The pitch here is pretty simple.  The ‘story’ might create more voluminous copy as there are some curious non-wine-related intrigue swirling around this particular importer that would explain some of the tantalizing opportunities that have popped […]