If there’s one thing about being a wine enthusiast that will drive you buggy, it’s trying to buy wines you’ve heard about. If you live in a state like Indiana in the US, the wholesalers bring in only 5% of the wines available in the US. It can be tough to find wines that Wine Spectator, Robert Parker, or even just the local newspaper are writing up.

Luckily, for some folks in the US, there is a partial solution. I don’t normally plug vendors here, but WineAccess.com is worth mentioning. I’m an affiliate, which means like with Amazon.com, I get a commission from any sales through this web site. More importantly, though, I’m a customer. And if I didn’t do business with WineAccess.com myself, I wouldn’t bother to mention it.

One of the cool things about Wine Access is that they occasionally find wines that they can get for a song. Maybe a winery is going out of business, or it’s a distributor. Last year, Wine Access picked up a bunch of cases of California Merlot. The winery priced them at over $40 per bottle. After someone went kablooey, Wine Access purchased the remaining cases and offered them for $140 or so–for all twelve bottles.

Is it the best Merlot I’ve ever had? Perhaps not. But I am glad I bought the case. For fifteen bucks a bottle, I have plenty of wine I can serve with food and enjoy. The wine tastes like few other $15 bottles of Merlot–and I mean that as a compliment. It turned out to be a good deal.

So, if you’re looking for a particular wine here in the US, you might give WineAccess.com a shot. Perhaps they have it, and perhaps they ship to your state–perfect. If they don’t have the wine, you can always browse their other offerings.

Whenever you want to look at the inventory over at WineAccess.com, remember to visit this site and click on the little graphic in the right side bar. You get your wine, I get a few quarters thrown my way, and with that disclosure the FTC is as happy as we are.

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