The Wine Buyer

Banking on Biodynamics:  An Interview with Mike Benziger   By Maggie Fox Wine Buyer, Gary’s Wine & Marketplace  While “green” has all but jumped the shark as a buzz-word, grape-growers and winemakers still have a...

Greg, have you used winecommune yourself? Wineybeach, here's the page to start there: http://www.winecommune.com/help/sellHelp.cfm There are eBay alternatives in Japan where a bit of wine and other forms of alcohol are...

Robert Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide Features Texas Wines The recently released 7th edition of Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide has added a new chapter “East of the West Coast”. This chapter covers wines from all...

An interesting read regarding the oft-underestimated Virginia vino and some good stuff from Cali- against the French. Of course: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/08/18/ST2009081802401.html Glass...

The grade inflation over the past 20 years, and that's what it is, has made the 100 point scale more like a 10 point scale, rather than the 15 point scale it tends to be. Parker doesn't review wines that score under 85pts,...

Thanks for the comments....The Torrontes reminded me a lot of a Gewürztraminer. I didn't hate the Bull's Blood--it was...different, but I didn't hate it. Since we live in PA we are at the mercy of what the state of PA...

Matinez (Marsala) is now open for winery visits. Check out http://winepleasures.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/martinez-sicilia-bring-marsala-and-fortified-wines-to-the-wine-pleasures-workshop-buyer-meets-italian-cellar/ You...

One of the little tricks I've used, when appropriate, is to simply see if I can spin the capsule. Obviously this won't work for twist-offs, certain Italian vino, - and it's not a 100% certain way of detecting anything-...

I came in contact last week at a trade event in Chicago with a company based in Princeton, NJ that provides this service. They handle direct imports providing label registration services, custom brokering ect. and...

I guess maybe this should be in a "Wine Business" category but I don't see one. Does anyone have any ideas/info on finding someone who can land and clear wine from Italy to the NY/NJ area? I have been searching on-line...