Here at Prime Cellar, we do everything we can to ensure that the wine you order from us gets to you in perfect condition. The first step is a quick weather check. When We Ship During summer and winter, wine shipped across the country can be exposed to extreme temperature fluctuations leading to undesirable off…
Here at Prime Cellar, we read a lot about wine: ratings, reviews, blogs, and news. We thought it’d be fun to share some of our favorite sites with you. Without further ado, here is the Prime Cellar 2019 Wine Resource Roundup. Reviews and Ratings Cellartracker has crowd-sourced ratings and a way to keep track of…
One question we hear all the time is How do you store your wine? We understand that this is a central question for wine lovers and collectors. Wine is a delicate substance and maintaining its attributes while encouraging even more favorable ones to emerge over the course of years is truly an art form. Dangers…
As our gift to you, please enjoy FREE SHIPPING all month long on orders of six bottles or more. No promo code needed, just fill your cart with six bottles or more to enjoy free shipping! 1998 MOUTON ROTHSCHILD MAGNUM $975/bottle 96 points, Robert Parker Like many of its peers, the 1998 has filled out spectacularly. Now in…
Fires in Northern California are still burning, and the toll in both property damage and human lives remains unknown. In this very difficult time, our thoughts and prayers are with the thousands of people affected by this tragedy and those still fighting to stop the destruction. You can help fire relief and recovery efforts by…
As always we kept a crazy busy schedule tasting over 1000 wines from the new baby vintage of 2015. We stayed in the Medoc, at Ch. Beauragard in Pomerol and at Ch. Le Thil in Leognan. The hard work was well worth it, I know the wines inside and out and the comparison vintage is…
The wine world lost one of its greatest ambassadors this week with the passing of Paul Pontallier the passionate managing director of Ch. Margaux. For the full obituary on Mr. Pontallier see Decanter.com Just this last Saturday right before leaving work I emailed Paul to ask him, for about the hundredth time, to request a…
Wow, it is already March and time seems to be flying! For wine lovers it is already an exciting year with so much great wine being available from all over the globe and more coming on the horizon. From California there continues to be a wide selection of Cabernet Sauvignons from the lush and plush…
Where does a wine specialist go for a weekend getaway vacation to re charge his batteries and rejuvenate the soul after the busy holiday season? How about Napa Valley! That is exactly what I did with my wife Kim, son Alton and our family friends from Tampa Florida, Rick, Sherri and their 8 year old…
As most of you know, my main employment is in the retail wine business and the last 8 weeks of the year are really tough. I make a quick trip to Asia to see our PrimeCellar customers on November 1st and then it’s back to the frying pan! By the time Christmas is over I…
