22 Feb

Spring rosé offer: cool-climate edition

Rosé offers are the wine world’s own special version of consumerism gone insane. Like holiday displays at department stores, every year the shit comes earlier and earlier and there’s nothing we can do about it. So sorry about that. On the... View Post

02 Feb

Cutter Cascadia: March Releases

This is a pre-arrival offer for two wines that, I believe, will delight you, then maybe confuse you… and then delight you again. If you’ve bought, drank or heard about the world’s most famous desert Riesling “Heavy Water” or the evocatively... View Post

16 Dec

The 119th Edition of Stein’s “1900”

THE FINAL ARRIVAL OF 2020 give the gift of very, very old age this holiday season This bottle occupies a fascinating place. While the wine has remained largely unknown to even some serious collectors, to the few who have tasted it and know... View Post

22 Oct

Mosel Cabernet for California Fire Relief!

The fires that have ripped through California’s wine country have been devastating. Yes, we focus mostly on German wine, but we are proud members of the entire wine community. We wanted to do something, even if it was just a small something. So we are... View Post

24 Sep

the 2019er Lauer collection

“amongst the very finest wines I have ever tasted from this superb Ayl estate.” The amazing photograph above is a good snapshot of the sexy life of the importer dealing with pandemic life: no travel, no big dinners, no vineyard... View Post