Past Offers

To all Best Winers, Who says Californian can’t do ‘bang for the buck’? Of course it can. The problem is, most of California doesn’t want to do bang for the buck. Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, those ritzier areas of the Central Coast, all these places have their sights set much, much higher than ‘wine for the […]

To all Best Winers, I first met Cantina del Pino winemaker/owner Renato Vacca through a mutual friend in Piedmont. Renato was essentially our tour guide while we were there, helping us navigate the visits to places like Bruno Giacosa and Giuseppe Mascarello where our pigeon Italian wouldn’t exactly get it done, if you catch my […]

To all Best Winers, “… the results speak for themselves and there are few wines in the world I’d rather drink.”- Jeb Dunnuck, in reference to Clos St. Jean, Wine Advocate #209 Is any winery on the planet hotter than Clos St. Jean? OK, maybe Sine Qua Non. But their wines are selling for 4-5 […]

To all Best Winers, “Enrico Scavino and his daughters Elisa and Enrica stand out from their peers for their never-ending search for quality.” – Antonio Galloni The “search” is over. Quality found! The 2010 Barolo wines from Enrico Scavino are certainly some of the finest he’s ever produced, which is saying a lot when you […]

To all Best Winers, This wine rocks! Literally… Watch our interview with DEVO’s Jerry Casale, rock star-turned-wine guy, and get the skinny from the man himself about his exciting new wine project, the 50 x 50. The Cliff Notes: Brand new, limited production Pinot Noir and Rosé produced by Gerald Casale, a founding member of […]

To all Best Winers, On Monday’s Grand Veneur Champauvins offer we talked a little about location and how it relates to wine. How random borders (rocks, trees, etc.) can make all the difference between $20 and $50 a bottle. You have to draw the line somewhere, right? Even if it may not make sense. Speaking […]

To all Best Winers, Robert Parker came out today with his 2013 Bordeaux report.  As expected, the scores he posted are the worst we’ve seen since the 1992 vintage.  And while today’s winemaking is truly scientific and state of the art, you unfortunately can't control Mother Nature and what she gives you.  For 2013, the […]

To all Best Winers, It’s a very good thing when a guy like Robert Parker calls your wine a “mini Le Pin”.  Parker dropped that hammer of a quote on the 2005 version of this incredible ‘sleeper’ Bordeaux from Bernard Magrez. This wine is better. So how do you get compared to Pomerol’s cult darling […]

To all Best Winers, What’s there not to love about old-vine Zinfandel? It’s ripe, rambunctious, juicy, pleasure-giving and makes an amazing house red when you don’t feel like bringing out those ‘big gun’ Cabs or Pinot Noirs. It’s also what we call ‘liquid history’, seen as many of California’s oldest, most historic vineyards are indeed […]

To all Best Winers, Have you been ignoring Chilean wine? If you have, that may have to stop. Actually, I know it will have to stop. For all the talk about California vintners ‘pursuing balance’ and Italian guys making orange wines in amphorae, we as a wine-drinking and selling community have been ignoring the one […]