Past Offers

To all Wine Exchangers, When you have done this as long as we have, you learn that there are many variations to the way a winery can approach the market.  It is not unusual for a vintner to sell wines to one importer under their domaine/estate name, but offer up other ‘cuvees’ (or maybe even […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Based on how our last Bourgogne Blanc offering from Michel Goubard went (instant sell-out) I’m thinking that you guys are thirsty for more top-notch, value-priced Burgundy.  And today’s offer encapsulates what we think of when it comes to unbeatable value for Chardonnay on the planet. The still-young Romaric Chavy took over […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s back!  One very last shot at the fastest sell-out in Winex history, the Esprit de Pavie 2010. After somefancy footwork, a little begging and possibly some pleading, we were able to get the very last bit of this wine. What was left was designated for wholesale to restaurants only, but […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It has been our good fortune to be on hand to witness Chile becoming an important source of premier wines.  It all started humbly enough with Chile making inroads into the American market as a super value red wine source.  It was hard for people to resist solid $4-5 Cabernets packaged […]

To all Wine Exchangers, A few months back I actually had the chance to return to ‘ground zero’ for some of Washington’s finest Syrah, K Vintners. On my first trip to Washington in the late 90’s, when Charles Smith was just starting out, the winery wasn’t much more than an old barn, with some great […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Mia Klein strikes again! Since we blew through that Carmelo Patti Cabernet last week we thought you might want a shot at some more spectacular aged Cabernet at a downright insane price. But this time, we’re going to Napa. Yeah, I know, ‘insane price’ and ‘Napa’ usually means the wine’s going to […]

To all Wine Exchangers, What a story we have for you today. At a recent importer tasting we had the opportunity to meet Alessandro Scappini.  He was tucked into a corner of the room, surrounded by what would certainly be considered more ‘dazzling’ wines, oodles of pricey Burgundy, iconic Rhone bottlings, you name it. But, […]

To all Wine Exchangers, Many of the wine reviewer sites these days have a page where the authors of the service can speak a little more personally about experiences…special bottles, special dinners, that sort of thing.  So, we were leafing through some personal articles from Vinous founder Antonio Galloni’s page the other day and ran […]

To all Wine Exchangers, It’s no secret anymore that 2015 is a great Bordeaux vintage.  And it’s also no secret that in 2015 one of the top performing regions was Pessac-Leognan, earning multiple 100-point scores.  So, when we endeavored to find one of the best ‘quality for price’ examples we naturally started our search in […]

To all Wine Exchangers, We have been vocal about the proliferation of Provençal rosés that have been created in response to the massive demand for pink wine in the world today.  Provence is the ‘mother ship’ of great pink wine.  It also provides the instant credibility for a number of folks that create their own […]