To all Best Winers, The ‘numbers’ are in, and they don’t lie. Although we’re thinking this remarkable score (that we knew was coming) for a California Chardonnay at this price would be just as relevant as some cult Cab at 10 times the price getting the same score, and being heralded for it. We wrote […]
Past Offers
An archive of our famous daily e-mail offers:
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Don't Miss This 95pt Northern Rhone 'Crozes'-Out!
To all Best Winers, We’ll keep this short and sweet. We just received a super-limited but crazy-hot price on a wine that we had previously sold out of months ago. The greatest Crozes Hermitage ever produced is back…and its $15 a bottle cheaper than it was before. I’m not kidding. Jaboulet’s 2009 Crozes Hermitage Domaine […] -
The Next 'Coche' and 'Lafon' are Already Here: New Burg Stunners from Latour-Giraud and Colin-Morey
To all Best Winers, On our buying trip to Burgundy this past March we were as excited to get a feel for the area’s up and coming white Burgundy stars just as much as the reds. Over the last two decades we’ve seen several producers like Raveneau, Dominique Lafon, Jean-Marc Roulot and Coche-Dury shoot to […] -
Unreal Deal: Genuine To-Kalon Cab for 1/3 the Price!
To all Best Winers, Quick, all you hardcore Cabernet fans, what’s the most prestigious vineyard in the Napa Valley? To-Kalon. What’s the vineyard that has generated more than a dozen 100 point wines in the Napa Valley…and counting? To-Kalon. What’s the vineyard that commands the highest average per bottle retail price in the Napa Valley? […] -
Lafite Champagne? Mouton Champagne? Yes to both!
To all Best Winers, So, if I told you that Baron Benjamin de Rothschild of Château Clarke, Baron Eric de Rothschild of Château Lafite, and Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, along with her son Philippe Sereys de Rothschild of Château Mouton, were going to join forces to create a premium Champagne, how do you think it […] -
Killer Closeout Alert: High-Scoring Pinot at 60% off from Highfield!
To all Best Winers, Let's talk New Zealand. Yeah, that’s right, New Zealand, home of the hobbits. Did you ever see the Lord of the Rings trilogy? All filmed down there. See all those wonderful mountains, clean air, and sunny skies? That’s New Zealand. And Pinot Noir likes it very much down there. Today’s offering […] -
Spain's On a Roll: Castaño's 94pt Solanera, Just $12.98, 90pt Monastrell Just $7.98!
To all Best Winers, This stuff never gets old. If memory serves, this is the 14th vintage of this remarkable value form Spain’s sunny southwest to grace our shores. The first vintage I sold, the 1999 Solanera, caused quite the uproar at the time. Where was Yecla? What was Monastrell? Who are these guys? We […] -
This Just In: 2009 Haut Bailly Now 100pts. You Won't Believe The Price!
To all Best Winers, Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 2009 Haut Bailly receives coveted 100 points from Wine Advocate’s Robert Parker, 2005 Haut Bailly upgraded to 98 points! I am ecstatic to write this piece as there is nobody in Bordeaux more deserving to receive this accolade than Véronique Saunders, her winemaker Gabriel Vialard and […] -
Parker's Top Value 2012 Napa Cab: 90pts, Only $14.98!
To all Best Winers, The Orange County Fair used to be a big deal in these parts. I fondly remember back in the early 90’s anxiously awaiting the Fair results as a retailer here in the OC. The list would come out and people would flock for cases and cases of the top selections from […] -
Amazing Bordeaux Close-Out: Margaux-adjacent for $10! 90 year-old Petit Verdot for $9!
To all Best Winers, Sometimes in the wine business deals happen. And quite frankly, we’re occasionally shocked at the price of a great bottle of wine that comes from distributors when they “don’t know”, as we were when offered today’s deal. Whether it’s bad marketing, a fallout from an importer, whatever the case, we have […]