Past Offers

To all Best Winers, The red-headed stepchild no longer. Let’s be honest. The Gigondas appellation, just east of the more famous Chateauneuf du Pape region, has always been ‘that other region’ in the southern Rhone since it was first granted its own appellation status back in 1971. There were a couple reasons. First, it was […]

To all Best Winers, Just when we thought they couldn’t do any better… Last September we sold a huge chunk of Monsanto’s 2009 Riserva Chianti Classico, heralding it as one of the finest sub-$20 Chianti wines in the market, and who could argue with that 93 point score, making it, at the time, the highest-scoring, […]

To all Best Winers, “These are now among the more exciting wines being made in Napa Valley!” – Robert Parker, and his exclamation point.   How refreshing to be able to feature a brand with that kind of endorsement that doesn’t cost a jillion dollars a bottle. But I’m sure, as with all things ‘Napa’, these good times will not last for […]

To all Best Winers, It pays to dig. Like old James Garner in the Rockford Files, when you dig too far you get beat up once in a while. But other times, when you dig enough, you come up with hidden gems like this quietly special wine. The Rothschilds don’t make a big deal of […]

To all Best Winers, World Cup madness is upon us. Count me in as one of the soccer (ok, ‘football’) nuts. I’m listening to the games on the radio as I drive in to work, and I’m catching all the highlight reel goals online once I’m at my desk. I’m working too much to record […]

To all Best Winers, Did you know Caymus Vineyards and Winery just turned 40? Gosh, do I feel old… It’s a testament to their commitment to quality over the decades that has helped them to maintain their position atop the Napa Cabernet Sauvignon hierarchy. Other wineries come and go but Caymus is always there, always […]

To all Best Winers, You may be surprised when I tell you about one of the year’s biggest wine stories. It’s not the bummer 2013 Bordeaux harvest It’s not the bumper 2012 California harvest It’s not the 2010 Barolo and Barbaresco wines from Piedmont. Though they are certainly relevant stories one and all. Instead, perhaps […]

To all Best Winers, The Languedoc continues to Rise…and the prices continue to fall! A little over a month ago we put out some feelers regarding the supernal ‘luxury’ cuvees from Chateau Puech-Haut, arguably the Languedoc’s hottest estate. People bought some, not a ton. Hey, I can understand your trepidation shelling out north of $50 […]

To all Best Winers, Folks, we typically aren’t the ‘hard sell’ type of merchant. We usually present our cases, display the facts, try to inform you, and then step back and let you decide if you need a certain wine in your life. Not today. Today we’re hard-selling. Or shall we say Antonio Galloni is […]

To all Best Winers, “The terrific 2012 Tres Picos is one of the finest inexpensive, Grenache-based wines made in the world.” – Robert Parker True ‘dat! Do you have any idea how may wines Robert Parker tastes in a year? Do you have any idea how great a wine has to be to be considered […]