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To all Wine Exchangers, Whether he likes it or not, ‘aw-shucks’ Mike Officer is now one of the most important people in the California wine industry. Good for us he stills makes wines that he loves to drink and still charges VERY reasonable prices for them. We’ve recently taken delivery of some fantastic bits and […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The Schiopetto name is legendary among Italian wine producers.  The name is spoken of in the region the same way Antinori, Gaja, Quintarelli and Biondi Santi are spoken of in theirs.  Mario Schiopetto was one of the pioneers of this area and was receptive to new ideas and innovations to help […]

To all Wine Exchangers, ‘Keeping it simple’ isn’t usually easy when your client base is as diverse as ours.  But this time, the message is pretty simple, even if the ‘back story’ is a little odd.       This label bears the name of Nicolas Potel.  The story of Nicolas Potel is as suited for People […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s a wild market out there these days, with all kinds of interesting deals popping up providing great values for consumers.  And you know us, we’re open to just about anything if the wine is good and the price is right but, incumbent in that, is also the communication of the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, In 2004, importer Neal Rosenthal found out he was going to lose his long-time Cornas producer, Robert Michel, to retirement. And, as some of you Rhone-nerds may know, good Cornas producers that aren’t already ‘taken’ by another reporter are hard-to-find in this tiny, upscale appellation in the northern Rhone. So, Neal […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Ah, the Napa Valley. It never fails to provide us with a certain level of excitement seen as you never know what people up there are thinking or what magical deal is lurking around every corner.   It’s a place where folks constantly ‘wheel and deal’, out of the spotlight, over […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It wasn’t that long ago that wines from northwestern Spain, called “green Spain”, were novelties.  You saw a little Albariño out in the market but not much else.  Bierzo and its native Mencia grape were pretty much unheard of internationally until Riojano outsider Alvaro Palacios came to the region and started […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Today’s offer has some good news and bad. Let’s start with the good news…the 2013 Climens was Wine Spectator's #4 Wine of the Year in 2016 and finished with a 97 point score.  A great and well-deserved milestone for the chateau. It is in stock now, making it, for all intents […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Who knew back in 1967 that we would get here?  Steve Z. was still in high school and Chateau Ste Michelle, then called Ste. Michelle Vineyards, would start a long and impressive run as well as essentially become the genesis of the wine industry in Washington State.  We’re sure there are […]

To all Wine Exchangers, A Rioja legend is back in stock…at an even better price! One interesting note regarding the 1964 vintage, arguably Rioja’s legit Vintage of the Century. Master of Wine Sarah Jane Evans noted in a Decanter Magazine tasting a few years ago that in 1964, Spain was struggling for economic health and there […]