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To all Wine Exchangers, Who's Musso? Good question. We didn't know either and we've been selling Barbaresco and visiting the area off and on for over two decades! The winery isn't big, but boy are they workign with the right stuff. The family produces several hundred cases each of Barbraesco from four terrific 'Crus', Ronchi, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, As you’ve read (and purchased!), we’ve been dabbling with a few selected early-arriving Burgundy value plays as we have geared up for the arrival en masse of the highly anticipated 2015s.  But with the arrival of the first wave, as represented by this impressive collection from Frederic Esmonin, it’s now go […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s Super Chard Saturday! We’ve seen a spate of releases from the Golden State that have commanded our attention of late, but none that were available in mega-quantities to offer on their own, so we’ve cobbled together a short list of the finest Cali Chards we have in stock as we […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Do you guys have any clue what is happening at one of Sonoma’s bastion wineries? Big things. Big, big things. Yes, I know, Rodney Strong isn’t the first name you’d think of for “Whoa!” wines.  That’s understandable. For a number of years, the winery was looking at growing as a company, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We thought we had reached the end of the line with regards to one of the hottest genres of wines we’d ever sold. We were wrong. Here it is, a final swan song for the 2011 vintage in Portugal. The 2011 harvest was, essentially, Portugal’s 1947, 1982, 1961, 1959, whatever you […]

To all Wine Exchangers, There are lots of ways to create interest in a wine, perhaps as a vanguard for a genre or vintage, or maybe the recipient of some seductive review, or as a sensational performer for a particular price point.   Ultimately, though, the only reason to buy a wine is because it tastes […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Quite honestly, most of the 2015 Red Burgundies that we’re MOST excited about aren’t the ‘one barrel made’ Grand Cru all-stars. As we’ve mentioned in past missives, the beauty of a top Red Burgundy vintage isn’t the ‘big dogs’, they’re supposed to be great and will fetch prices accordingly. No, the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Ok, we got the message. Some of you guys aren’t into Australian wine right now. Read you, loud and clear. But before we throw the baby out with the bath water, just what kinds of Australian wines are you NOT interested in? I know some of you have had an aversion […]

To all Wine Exchangers, This wine was, for me, a discussion-provoker the other day. I was talking with an Oregon vintner about wines, pricing, the market and the topic turned to what things should sell for based on quality. Now, I know farming costs can be quite high in America, but how much higher than […]

To all Wine Exchangers, I know, you might have been expecting a Bordeaux offer in your in-box. Don’t worry, with the 2016 Bordeaux Futures campaign firing up, you’ll be seeing plenty of Bordeaux offers over the coming months.  But today we’d mix it up (slightly) so we’re presenting a story about an outstanding Argentine red […]