Past Offers

To all Wine Exchangers, Man, how about a standing O for Albariño, huh? It’s tough to think of a new genre of wine over the last decade or so that has brought more joy to summertime drinkers. This fabulous fusion taste-alike of Riesling and Viognier, with its own distinct blend of florals, stone fruits, minerality […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Like 2015, the 2016 Bordeaux vintage will go down in the history books as one of the greats and, as the old aphorism goes, a rising tide lifts all boats, including the ‘little’ ones.Most of the time we could simply ignore the ocean of Bordeaux wine that we see from what […]

To all Wine Exchangers, No wine region has had a better run than the southern Rhone over the last 20 years and, while we have tasted copious examples of Chateauneuf over that time frame from outstanding vintages like 2015, 2010, 2007 and 2005, in our minds 1998 still reigns supreme. In every historic Chateauneuf vintage […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Oftentimes we’ll score some hot deals on smaller lots of wine that do not have the volume to deserve an e-mail offering of their own.  We call these ‘bits and pieces’ and, when these bits and pieces are gathered together in one singular offer, well, just take a look at the compelling […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Man, is anyone hotter than Antonio Moretti Cuseri?  His beloved Tenute Sette Ponti is absolutely killing it right now with one brilliant wine after another. The track record, needless to say, is enviable, the list of accolades too numerous to mention. Probably the only thing the guy hasn’t done is get […]

To all Wine Exchangers, When Veronique Drouhin came to Oregon in 1986, she had just completed her masters in enology.  In what was probably conceived as a scouting mission, Veronique worked the harvest with three of Oregon’s early pioneers, the Letts of Eyrie, the Casteels of Bethel Heights, and the Adelsheims.  The lasting impression was […]

To all Wine Exchangers, The estate of Max Ferdinand Richter has been passed down from father to son for the past 300 years. The current reins are held by Dr. Dirk Richter, the 9th generation, and will eventually be passed down to his son and current winemaker, Constantin.  Max Ferdinand Richter, the estate, is a serious […]

To all Wine Exchangers, What happens when a 100-point Bordeaux chateau makes pink wine? It’s pretty damn good! Chateau Smith-Haut-Lafitte has been producing some of Bordeaux’s best red and white wine since former pro skier Daniel (and Florence) Cathiard bought the estate back in 1990.  After the sale of their sporting goods chain Go Sports, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, These are the ‘best of times’ when it comes to the southern Rhone.  Yes, we have sold through a number of great vintages before.  But we don’t ever remember a back-to-back quite like 2015 and 2016 in Chateauneuf-du-Pape.  Yet it’s hard to know even how to approach the current array of […]

To all Wine Exchangers, In 1988 Daphne Glorian, at the time employed by an English Master of Wine in his Paris office, decided to spend her life’s savings on 17 terraces of hillside vines just outside the village of Gratallops.  Newly-minted friends René Barbier and Alvaro Palacios encouraged her and together with other Priorat pioneers […]