Past Offers

To all Best Winers, Joey Tensley is big time now. Accordingly, just like with all the rest of those super high-scoring ‘rock stars’ from Paso, Napa and Sonoma, success has ‘gone to Joey’s head’ and he’s completely jacked up his prices. But hey, with a track record like this… …it would be hard not to, […]

To all Best Winers, Parker tweets again! For some reason, I just don’t think of Paso Robles when I think of Beringer. Like everyone else, I think Napa, I think big, historic winery right there on Hwy 29, I think Reserve Cabernet, Reserve Chardonnay. And I always think quality. Don’t snicker, all you ‘mailing listers’ […]

To all Best Winers, One thing we always have to remember is that Champagne is actually wine. Sure, it has bubbles, but the quality of the finished Champagne is still completely dependent on its base wine or, as the French call it, the vins clairs. Sure, you can doctor a bubbly up with sugar or […]

To all Best Winers, Today we’re offering up a brand new project from one of the most dynamic winemaking teams in California utilizing carefully selected vineyards in the Santa Rita Hills with a focus on Pinot Noir. We’re also offering up a brand new project from one of the most dynamic winemaking teams in California […]

To all Best Winers, Monga Zin winemaker Carol Shelton summed it up best when she wrote: ”Located in the Cucamonga Valley in southern California 70 miles inland from Los Angeles, Jose Lopez Vineyard was planted in 1918 for "packing grapes" to ship to home winemakers in Chicago and the East. These old Zinfandel vines struggle […]

To all Best Winers, “Over the last ten years, Paleo Rosso has established itself as one of the great wines of Tuscany and Italy.”- Antonio Galloni For the money, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more adored offering in the Italian wine world than Le Macchiole’s Paleo Rosso Cabernet Franc. There’s outstanding and then there’s […]

To all Best Winers, Does a deal get any better than this one? Too many angles here, so pay attention! First, let’s talk about the estate. Bodega Monteviejo is the Argentine outpost of the empire once helmed by the late, great Catherine Péré-Vergé. Her other winery? Oh, just some little place in Pomerol called Chateau […]

To all Best Winers, Looks like the Best are only getting better. Tenuta Sette Ponti’s Crognolo, the winery’s proprietary blend of Sangiovese with a pinch of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, has seen nothing but 90’s since its inception in the, uh early 90’s, and it appears the winery is kicking things up a couple more […]

To all Best Winers, “As I expected, at the top end, the quality (in the Macon) is quite astonishing and makes a mockery of the fact there is no INAO classification of Premier Crus (although that long process has started.)” – Wine Advocate’s Neal Martin, June, 2013 Our trip to Burgundy this year bore some […]

To all Best Winers, The deals are flying hot and heavy. And though we certainly aren’t a ‘close-out house’ or a ‘last’ this or a ‘Cinderella’ that, we most certainly learned from a very young age to ‘never look a gift horse in the mouth’. Actually, my Best friend back in 4th grade wrote that […]