Philip James

Philip James is the founder of Snooth, the world’s largest marketplace for wine. Formerly, Philip was executive vice president at the Wine Messenger, a leading national online wine retailer. In 2003, Philip played an instrumental role in the world's highest altitude rescue, on the north face of Mount Everest.

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Wine expert and founder of Snooth

Wine negociants are big in Europe, but you really never see them in the US. They are basically wine “traders” - they find a winery that they like, that has excess inventory, swoop in, buy it and rebrand it under their label. The key thing is, once you find a negociant who's wine you like, every time you see their label its a seal of approval. Cameron Hughes is a man on a mission to bring negociants to the US. And because he buys wine that the wineries don't think they can sell, he's able to pick up wine that would normally cost $30 per bottle and sell it for $13. His Lot 99 Cabernet Franc, with its sweet nose of lilacs and berries, and its dusty minerality is my favorite.

10:59 am, Dec 15, 2008

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