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    To all Wine Exchangers, “Argiano is among the top producers in Tuscany.” – Monica Larner, Wine Advocate Whoa, thanks for this morning! All wines sold out in record time. For those of you that missed out on that quartet of deliciousness, here’s another terrific deal that juts came across our desk and into […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Now this is interesting. One of the benefits of being ‘on the ball’ is when deals like this get handed your way. We have long been one of the biggest West Coast advocates for the wines of Eric Solomon. He is diligent in sourcing, works with many of the finest winemakers […]

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, home to Sassicaia, Ornellaia and so on. But I think that more than a few folks in Bolgheri might have wanted a do-over if they knew […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Mia Klein is becoming a household name around here. And why shouldn’t she? Those Chesler wines she graces us with are some of the finest quality/price value ratio older Napa Valley reds we’ve come across in years. As we wrote previous, Mia is one of the trailblazing winemakers that helped transform […]

To all Wine Exchangers, As an addendum to last week’s instant sellout of the 2010 Rollan de By, we’re offering today yet another absolute knockout wine on which, again, the pundits (and we) all agree… the 2009 Haut-Carles. Haut-Carles is the high-end cuvee of Fronsac's Chateau de Carles. This flagship wine is made by the […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Just wanted to send a quick follow-up note clarifying for those of you that may be wondering that Mike Smith from Carter Cellars is not the winemaker for The Architect Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Fortuna Vineyard 2013. Though he’s a helluva talented, super-nice guy! In fact, the winemaker of record is the young, talented Jonathan Keyes, who’s résumé […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We talked a little bit last year about the changes taking place at Susana Balbo’s properties. The last fifteen years has seen Susana and her son José grow her labels and maintain quality, a modern-day Argentine success story! But that doesn’t mean they’re resting on their laurels. In fact, the complexity […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Ok, here’s your shot. Robert Parker is releasing Part I of his Sonoma County reviews tomorrow. Included in that series of reviews may or may not be the 2014 Sebastiani Gravel Bed Red. If it is included, this wine will be a blip on the radar screen, gone in 60 seconds. […]

To all Wine Exchangers, “I can’t recommend the Sella wines highly enough.” – Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media I tell ya’, if anywhere in Italy is going to give a hearty thumbs up to the potential of climate change, it’s these guys. Tenute Sella is located in the far north of Piedmont, tucked into the foothills […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Buitenverwachting.   Name flows right off the palate, right? Well, to the Dutch who settled this farm back in the 1770’s it certainly does.  The property has always flourished as a vineyard ever since the original planting of 90,000 vines back in 1825 by Ryk Arnoldus Cloete, brother of the famous […]