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Estate Wine Brokers is proud to offer a new parcel of mature, affordable Burgundy from a range of outstanding vintages. This collection was acquired from a prestigious single-owner cellar, so the provenance of each and every bottle is assured, and n

In the United States, a new trend is taking hold: as millennials reach legal drinking age and begin to engage with the world of wine, they have shown a tendency to gravitate away from the historic producers and classic regions prized by their pa

Another amazing vintage came to Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Napa Valley in 2005. It was pretty close to perfect. As was 2009. All the while, a new phenomenon arose on the other side of the planet: the Asian awakening to wine, led by China. It hit the

In Europe, the 1990s started out bleakly, with several subpar vintages—while Robert Parker and other critics lauded the wines coming out of Napa. Bordeaux saw much-improved conditions in 1994, and then in 1995 which was considered close to perfect

The wine market got an added, welcome boost from the incredible growing seasons and harvests in France in 1982 and 1983. The winemakers of Bordeaux had suffered tremendously in the previous decade. Conditions have to be perfect for a great vintage

Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway company is currently hammering against the alcohol laws and regulations in the state of Texas, and to the casual observer, the situation might seem confusing. As a Texas-based company, we have a keen interest in th

If the United States had a classification system similar to that of Bordeaux, the Eisele Vineyard in Calistoga would certainly be named a First Growth. After purchasing the site in 1990, proprietors Bart and Daphne Araujo displayed an almost fanatic

In 1976, noted wine critic Steven Spurrier organized a blind taste test in Paris, with French judges selected to assess the quality of the top California Cabernet Sauvignons and Chardonnays against the best wines from Bordeaux and Burgundy. Each e

Returning for a moment to the unintended consequences of Prohibition in the United States, the segment of the alcohol industry that struggled the most after repeal was the wine business. Beer and liquor rebounded relatively quickly, but American