Located high on the steep rocky slopes of Napa Valley’s acclaimed Mount Veeder, Brandlin Vineyard has earned renown as the source for some of California’s most exceptional mountain-grown wines. Made exclusively using grapes from the winery’s own Napa Green Certified vineyards, Brandlin’s small portfolio of wines is dedicated to Cabernet Sau ...
Founded in 1969, Cuvaison is one of the pioneering wineries that has helped shape the modern era of Napa Valley winemaking. Influenced by the wind and fog of the San Pablo Bay, Cuvaison’s highly prized estate in the Los Carneros district is the coolest region in Napa Valley, making it the ideal place to produce quintessential expressions of cool- ...
For over seven decades, the Albinea Canali winery in the north Italian province of Emilia Romagna has been identified with deftly crafted, affordably priced wines celebrating the region’s best-loved known grape varieties: Lambrusco and Lancellota. Today Albinea Canali is a leader in the premium Lambrusco category. Albinea Canali’s “Cru” Lam ...
Umbria, known as "the green heart of Italy", is the only landlocked province in Italy. Located south of Tuscany, at a crossroads between the North and the South, between the Adriatic and the Tyrrhenian seas, Umbria has seen vines and wines since the ancient Etruscans. Settled amid the Apennines hills and mountains, the Etruscans were a mysterious p ...
The story of Bolla wines began simply with Abele Bolla and his family in the small town of Soave. The Bolla family lived in the Veneto region where they ran a small family inn. Wishing to offer his guests a superior experience, Abele made a decision that would launch his family’s business into the international spotlight. He decided to make and s ...
“Casa Vinicola Ca’ Bianca” opened in 1952, in the Alessandria area of the Alto Monferrato, which is now part of the small municipality of Alice Bel Colle, a stone’s throw from Acqui Terme. The winery name was inspired by the local name of this area “al ca’ bianche”. Here, Pier Luigi Borgna crafts world-class, modern-styled wines fro ...
The roots of Cantine Maschio’s passion for wine, are as old as the vines on the Veneto’s hills. The wines produced by Cantine Maschio come from grapes sustainably grown on the hills of Valdobbiadene and Conegliano and in the Piave Valley, which are the most prestigious areas in the appellation and speaks on the heart of traditional Prosecco. To ...
Certified Sustainable Castello Monaci stands out in the heart of the Salice Salentino DOC, which is located in Puglia, a region along the Adriatic in the “heel of the boot” of farthest southeast Italy. The production of Castello Monaci’s estate wines is carefully followed from the vineyards to the winery and into the bottle. The estate is ...
Robust Lambrusco varietal grapes—there are many sub-varieties, but the wines themselves are almost always fizzy, fruity, and red— are cultivated for a wine of the same name in central northern Italy in the Emilia-Romagna region. The Lambrusco is the principal grape grown in three Emilian provinces: Modena, Parma and Reggio nell’Emilia. To be ...
The Cavicchioli family has been cultivating vines in the San Prospero province of Modena (Sorbara DOC) for over a century, but it was not until 1928 that Umberto Cavicchioli began bottling the wine under his family name. Umberto’s two grandsons, brothers Sandro and Claudio are still part of the business today. The Cavicchioli family is among the ...
Since 1960, Fratelli Cella has been producing some of the world’s finest sparkling and frizzante wines from the region of Emilia Romagna. Cella is made using the combined effort of some 2500 associate growers from throughout the region, who use only the best grapes which are grown around Modena. Today, Cella wines can be found in over 40 coun ...
Founded in 1973 when 3,000 small family growers united to form a winery dedicated to quality, Codice Citra represents the largest community of Abruzzo’s winegrowers and has earned a reputation for being one of the most important wineries in Abruzzo—one of the oldest wine regions in the world. Embracing nine wineries in the province of Chieti, C ...
In northeast Italy, the Veneto stretches southward from the Alps and the Austrian border, westward to Lake Garda and southeast to the fabled city of Venice. It is Italy’s single largest winegrowing region and home to many prestigious wine estates. It is a region where both indigenous and international grape varieties thrive, from Pinot Grigio and ...
Fattoria dei Barbi is among a prestigious group of estates that has played an integral part in writing the history of Italian wine. In fact, the estate is one of only five in Montalcino that have continuously operated for over 100 years. The Colombini family, one of region’s most influential families, founded the estate in 1790. The family has ow ...
It is no understatement that in Italy—and for that matter around the world—Chianti is an iconic name of undeniable appeal among wine lovers. With historical references as old as the 13th century, Tuscany’s Chianti wine occupies a singularly important position in Italy, with more than 17,000 acres of Chianti Classico-designated vineyards. E ...
Pinot Grigio is an enormously popular wine, and not just in Italy; it also boasts a strong and growing worldwide following. It is one of the principal and most widely planted grape varieties in the Veneto in northeast Italy. Folonari was founded in 1825 by Francesco Folonari. The company and vineyards first grew in Valmonica in the Veneto regi ...
Throughout the world, Fontana Candida is synonymous with Frascati. This ancient wine, born in the Roman hills, has deservedly been called “the wine of popes and of the people.” While the popes drank Frascati daily, the people would only drink it on important Vatican occasions. It is said that during the papal elections of Innocent X (Giambattis ...
In 1520 the Formentini family, Venetian counts, purchased the castle in the town of San Floriano del Collio, the highest hilltop village in northeastern Friuli, which sits in the heart of the modern day Collio appellation. In fact, the Castello Formentini and its vineyards have quite a colorful history. Occupying a strategic location at the high ...
Established in 1964, The House of Lamberti stands on the shores of Lake Garda in the Veneto region of northern Italy. The House of Lamberti is named after one of Verona’s oldest families, whose name graces the famous tower in the city’s Piazza delle Erbe. From the best hillside vineyards across Treviso and the Venezie area, The House of Lamb ...
Certified Organic Le Chiuse played a key role in the vineyard holdings of the legendary Biondi-Santi family since the late 18th century. Handed down, generation-to-generation the current owner, Simonetta Valiani is the great granddaughter of Ferruccio Biondi-Santi. Simonetta inherited the estate and decided to start producing wine under the Le C ...
Celebrating 90 years and counting! (1929 - 2019) The Marchesi di Barolo estate encompasses approximately 430 acres of vineyards in the Langhe, some of the finest in Piedmont, including the prestigious Cannubi cru. The cellars are located in the village of Barolo, overlooking the Renaissance castle of the Marchesi Falletti di Barolo. B ...
The Melini Winery dates back to 1705, and is one of the Chianti region’s oldest and most historic wineries. Melini owns over 1,200 acres in Chianti most of which are in the prime Chianti Classico zone. Throughout its history, Melini has aggressively embraced innovations that improve quality. Founder Adolpho Laborel Melini used pasteurization ...
Following the thousand year-old tradition of the vine in Sicily, Pellegrino has always put the land first and the family’s vineyards are a witness to this. Pellegrino owns over 200 ha in the best vine-growing areas of northwestern Sicily, including Gazzerotta, Kelbi, Ramisella, Rinazzo. Here, many kinds of soils, microclimates and grapes are the ...
Movendo is from Italy’s gourmet capital, Puglia, known for rich cuisine and delicacies like fettuccine Bolognese, balsamic vinegar, prosciutto di Parma and, of course, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Movendo brings a new energy to its varietals, with intense flavors that move stunningly from one shade to another over the savor spectrum. ...
Established in 1897, Nino Negri is the premier estate producing wine in the Valtellina DOCG in Italy’s Lombardy region. The estate specialty is Sfursat (“strained” or “forced”); a wine made from grapes harvested by trained pickers and dried for 100 days in the cool, dry, alpine air. This winemaking style combines the opulence of Amarone w ...
In 1880, Cantine Pellegrino was established by Paolo Pellegrino, a wine grower in Marsala, located on the northwest coast of Sicily. Today, this family-owned company is the region’s leader, with over 300 hectares of vineyards and a range of Marsala DOC, Pantelleria Passito and Moscato wines. Wine has been made here for thousands of years, yet the ...
Rapitalà, much like Sicily itself, is a mosaic of influences that comes together to create its unique identity. A marriage of Sicilian soul and French know-how, Rapitalà showcases the power and personality of Sicilian terroir with an elegant, French winemaking style. In 1968, the French-born Count Hugues Bernard de la Gatinais, and his wife, G ...
Re Manfredi is located in Venosa, in northern Basilicata. Basilicata is located in the “instep” of the boot in the south of Italy bor¬dered by Campania to the west and Puglia to the east. This is a region of relatively little wine, but when the right climate manages to combine with perfect soil, the resulting wines can be of a truly outstandin ...
Riunite, America’s #1 and best loved Italian wine for over 4 decades, is the leading source of classic wines from Central Italy’s Emilia Romagna Region, home of prosciutto di Parma, Parmigiano Reggiano and balsamic vinegar. Riunite is most closely identified with the Lambrusco grape, a variety native to central Italy. Lambrusco is said to be on ...
Santi traces its origins to 1843, when Carlo Santi established a wine cellar in the village of Illasi situated behind the Lessini Mountains, between the hills of Colognola and Lavagno. Santi is known and respected for its Veneto and Trentino wines. Santi is situated in the heart of the most acclaimed wine growing zones in the Veneto near Lake Ga ...
In the heart of the Chianti Classico region, a place with no equal for its history and art, in the hills shaped by the Tuscan vine growers over the centuries, you find the Vigneti La Selvanella. This unique cru lies on a hill at 600 metres in the north of the UGA Radda district on the hilly right of the stream named Torrente Pesa. Light, wind ...
Pol Roger crowned World’s Most Admired Champagne Brand, 2019 - Drinks International Pol Roger takes extreme pride in more than 160 years producing some of the world’s finest Champagne. Founded in 1849, Pol Roger is one of only a few Grande Marque Champagne houses that remains family owned and operated. Pol Roger owns close to 55% of th ...
THE BURGUNDIAN APPROACH Present for generations among the most prestigious appellations on the Côte d’Or, the Leflaive family is renowned for its exemplary work. This skill in terms of excellence has been applied to plot selection in the Champagne region. Based on single-varietal approach can result in some wonderful interpretations, similar to ...
Château Fuissé dates back to 1604 and has been in the Vincent family for five generations. Each generation has added land, increased quality and enhanced the worldwide recognition of the château. Today under direction of Antoine Vincent, Jean-Jacques Vincent’s son, Château Fuissé has reached the pinnacle of quality in the region with its win ...
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In 1958, the Sumeire family who have owned the Font-Freye estate since 1933, acquired this large estate of Château la Tour de l’Evêque near Pierrefeu in the Côtes de Provence, less than 12 miles from the Mediterranean and about 30 miles from Saint Tropez. The estate was formerly the summer residence of the archbishops of Toulon, a neighboring ...
Château Mont-Redon has been in the Abeille and Fabre families for four generations, with its vineyard omnipresent for centuries. The first vines found at Mont-Redon date back to Roman times, 2,000 years ago. They were planted at the bottom of the hill that gave its name to the Mont-Redon property. In 1344, “Mourredon”, part of the Pope’s ...
The 145-acre Château Saint-Sulpice estate is situated in the eponymous village in northern Entre-Deux-Mers, just south of St. Emilion and 14 miles northeast of the city of Bordeaux. The property is planted mainly with Merlot and is very carefully tended by owner-winemaker Pierre Dubergé and his son Christophe. Their spotless cellar has been recen ...
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Barbeyrolles was acquired in 1977 by Régine Sumeire. This twelve hectare vineyard located at the foot of the village in Gassin, is a preserved spot of magical beauty in the gulf of Saint-Tropez. The coastal land of Château Barbeyrolles is located in the Maures hills, around five kilometers from the Mediterrean and around seven kilometers from ...
Compagnie Médocaine was founded over 30 years ago and has grown to become one of the leading wine merchants in Bordeaux. The company works with Bordeaux’s top wineries (also known as “châteaux”) purchasing their wines upon early release and marketing them around the world to key clients. Compagnie Médocaine is known for rigorous selection ...
Domaine Armand Rousseau ranks with Romanée-Conti, Leflaive, Jacques Prieur, and a small handful of names that are the stuff of Burgundy legend. These domaines produce impeccable quality wines from vintage to vintage, and consistently place Burgundy at the top of the wine world. Each of the domaine’s prestigious holdings are in Gevrey Chambert ...
The Moreau family has been rooted in the heart of Chablis since 1814. At that time Jean-Joseph Moreau founded the wine-merchant trading firm. In 1974 Hiram Walker acquired 50% of the company and acquired the remaining shares in 1985. J. Moreau et Fils was then sold with no member of the family remaining in the company to Boisset in Nuits-Saint-Geor ...
Philippe Jaboulet and his son, Vincent, carry on long-established family winemaking traditions at Domaine Philippe & Vincent Jaboulet in Crozes-Hermitage. Located in the northern Rhône Valley about one mile south of Tain l’Hermitage, the domaine was founded in 2006 following the sale of Maison Paul Jaboulet Ainé, where Philippe managed the fami ...
It would be an understatement to claim that Domaine Jacques Prieur’s vineyard holdings are great. The domaine is the only property in Burgundy to own vineyards in five of the region’s most famous Grand Cru vineyards: Le Montrachet, Le Corton, Les Echézeaux, Le Musigny and Le Chambertin. The domaine holds vineyards in 17 other prestigious appel ...
Domaine Labruyère is one of the oldest wineries in the Moulin-a-Vent appellation. In 1870, Jean-Marie Labruyère, wine grower, settled in les Thorins, a hamlet of Romanèche-Thorins. Since then several generations of the Labruyère family have been running the estate and later acquired the famous “Le Clos du Moulin-a-Vent”, a 2.3 acre vineyard ...
DOMAINE ORATOIRE THEN AND NOW Since André Alary in 1692, ten generations of grape growers from one to the next for over 300 years have worked on the same vineyard. Frédéric and François Alary have taken over the farm in 1984 and work 25 hectares on the Saint Martin hillsides including the oratoire, built in the middle of the vineyard, which ga ...
Domaine Tariquet, located in Gascony in the South West of France, has been owned by the Grassa family since 1912. As wine-grower, all the wines and Bas-Armagnacs are produced exclusively from grapes grown on the family’s vineyards. From the vines to the bottling, the Grassa family master every step of the production process, preserving the grapes ...
For over 370 years and with 13-family generations... the Hugel family has unrivaled experience and knowledge of Alsace vineyards and winemaking. Known today for their passion and modern outlook, the dynamic Hugel family, located in the picture-postcard fortified village of Riquewihr, has earned a worldwide reputation for their Alsace wines. Emblem ...
Famille Vincent produces a range of wines made with the same care and expertise as those made at the Vincent’s historic domaine, Château Fuissé. Made primarily from grapes sourced from Mâconnais vineyards owned by members of Antoine Vincent’s family, these wines are of extremely high quality and represent remarkable value. Famille Vincent wi ...
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The Leflaive Family has been rooted in Puligny Montrachet since 1717. In the 20th century, Joseph Leflaive (1870-1953), a descendant of the founder, Claude Leflaive, steadily acquired parcels of exceptional 1er Cru and Grand Cru vineyards mainly in the village of Puligny-Montrachet and was one of the precursors of domain bottling (mis en bouteille ...
The house of Pascal Jolivet was founded in 1987 and is one of the most dynamic domaines in France’s Loire Valley. Based in Sancerre, the domaine now owns over 120 acres of prime vineyards spread across the appellations of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. The domaine supplements the estate holdings with additional fruit sourced from some of the prim ...
The house of Pascal Jolivet was founded in 1987 and is one of the most dynamic domaines in France’s Loire Valley. Based in Sancerre, the domaine now owns over 120 acres of prime vineyards spread across the appellations of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. The domaine supplements the estate holdings with additional fruit sourced from some of the prim ...
Le Rosé d’Azur is a Côtes de Provence rosé wine, resulting from a partnership between Régine Sumeire and her nephew Roger-Blanc Sumeire, owner of the Domaine de Font-Freye. Le Rosé d’Azur is a tribute to Gabriel Sumeire, the grand-father of Régine Sumeire, who acquired the Domaine de Font-Freye in 1933, and later the Chât ...
Stéphane Aviron has adopted an almost radical return to tradition in Beaujolais: sustainable viticulture, extremely old vines and classic Burgundian techniques. His cru Beaujolais drink like fine Burgundy. Historically considered “poor man’s Burgundy,” a modern movement toward fruity, simple, quaffing wines boosted sales but eroded the re ...
Founded in 1781, Vidal-Fleury is the Rhône Valley’s oldest continuing grower/négociant firm. Thomas Jefferson's visit in 1787 was its first contact with the United States; he called the wines “justly celebrated”. During the 1890s, Gustave Vidal married a daughter of the Fleury family. Thanks to her dowry, they replanted the vineyard fo ...
Northwest Spain is the greenest corner of the country. There, in what Spaniards know as Galicia, is the region’s Rias Baixas D.O., which is pronounced “ree-as bi-shuss”. The 9,900 acre-D.O. is highly fragmented with 6,500 registered growers who cultivate 23,000 delimited plots and whose fruit furnishes more than 150 wine producers. Vines are ...
Viña del Pedregal is one of the oldest and largest wineries in Chile. The del Pedregal family founded the winery in 1825. Today, the seventh and eighth generations of the family are running the winery. Nearly two hundred years of experience in each bottle. Several generations of this family have been connected to the winemaking trade, with ...
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Welcome to Odfjell Vineyards. The Odfjell family of Norway is very grateful for always feeling welcome in Chile, which in many ways is our second home. In return, we show our deep appreciation for Chile by using organic and biodynamic farming methods. We work this beautiful land with care and respect, and in this way, we are on a journey to turn ...
In 2007 Monika Caha & Toni Silver of Monika Caha Selections, Inc. partnered with Meinhard Forstreiter to create the brand GROONER, an easy drinking, refreshing Grüner Veltliner with the same quality and characteristics of his Forstreiter wines, but with an eye-catching label/packaging created by Silver/Caha, and phonetic spelling for those har ...
In 2007 Monika Caha & Toni Silver of Monika Caha Selections, Inc. partnered with Forstreiter to create the brand GROONER, an easy drinking, refreshing Grüner Veltliner with the same quality and characteristics of his Forstreiter wines, but with an eye-catching label/packaging created by Silver/Caha, and phonetic spelling for those hard to pron ...
Astica was born in Argentina’s booming Cuyo region, which encompasses the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza. Booming because Argentina is the world’s fifth-largest wine producer and much of the production is focused in Cuyo’s Mendoza province. Bordering Chile, the Cuyo region is situated along the eastern side of the Andes mountain ...
Bodega El Esteco, founded in 1892 by David Michel and Gabriela Torino, is located in the Calchaqui Valley, which is in Argentina’s far northwest province of Salta. With over 1,500 acres of vineyards in what is known as the world’s highest growing region for wine, the Calchaqui Valley, Bodega El Esteco’s wines are reflective of their place of ...
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The CUMA range of wines from Michel Torino, come from the high altitude vineyards of the Calchaqui Valley, located in northwest province of Salta. With vineyards starting at 5,500 feet above sea level and rising to over 6,600 feet, CUMA’s wines are unique expressions of the region. The Calchaqui valley is bordered by 2 mountain ranges – the ...
The Michel Torino range of wines from Bodega El Esteco, come from the high altitude vineyards of the Calchaqui Valley, located in northwest province of Salta. With vineyards starting at 5,500 feet above sea level and rising to over 6,600 feet, Michel Torino’s wines are unique expressions of the region. The Calchaqui valley is bordered by 2 mo ...
Hewitson Winery is located in South Australia’s Barossa Valley and is one of Australia’s most (if not the most) famous viticultural regions. The Barossa Valley sub-region is especially known for the quality of its dry-farmed, often very old Shiraz, Mourvèdre and Grenache vines and the inky dark wines they yield. Dean Hewitson founded his ...
Glazebrook wines pay homage to Garry Glazebrook, the landowner who founded the original company in 1981. Today, Glazebrook is all about location, location, location. It is an amalgamation of our unique cool coastal climate, growing season, harvest and winemaking to create an expression of harmonious perfection. The coordinates 041°S 174°E repr ...
Beautiful wine comes from a beautiful place. Mt. Beautiful wines are the expression of the wild, rugged and breathtakingly scenic region of North Canterbury, NZ. Certified-sustainable, Carbon Zero and all estate-grown, these distinctively sophisticated wines let the pure terroir shine through. World-renowned scholar/entrepreneur and New Zealand nat ...
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ANWILKA THEN AND NOW The Anwilka vineyard is located in Stellenbosch’s prime Helderberg region just 7km from the ocean. The Helderberg area stretches from Somerset West to the edge of Stellenbosch and is affectionately known as ‘the Golden Triangle’, a top wine growing area that’s diversity in soil types as well as the specific microclimat ...
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KLEIN CONSTANTIA, THEN AND NOW Described as one of the world’s most beautiful vineyards, Klein Constantia is set amidst ancient trees and lush greenery on the upper foothills of the Constantiaberg, with superb views across the Constantia Valley and False Bay. Its history dates back to 1685, when an enormous tract of land was granted to the D ...
The Magic of San Juan del Rio: A Superior Region The mythical village of San Juan del Río is blessed with the ideal natural elements for crafting the finest mezcal. The rich soil, sublime weather conditions, local river, and steep inclination make San Juan del Río the Burgundy of mezcal. Agua Mágica is produced in small batches following t ...
Prior to launching Brandy Sainte Louise in 1.018, Jennifer Querbes held manifold positions in the spirits industry-- including working on the floor of a distillery, national sales manager for numerous brands, distillery start-up consulting, and just about everything in between. While researching historic 19th and 1.oth century cocktail recipes as t ...
The Order of Chartreuse was more than 500 years old when, in 1605, at a Chartreuse monastery in Vauvert, a small suburb of Paris, the monks received a gift from François Hannibal d’ Estrées, Marshal of French King Henri IV’s artillery: an already ancient manuscript from an “Elixir” soon to be nicknamed “Elixir of Long Life”. This hand ...
Domaine Tariquet is located in Gascony, in Southwest France. This estate of 1,125 hectares has been family-owned by the Grassa since 1912 (5 generations). As “Propriétaire-Récoltant” (wine grower), all the wines and Bas-Armagnacs are produced exclusively from the family’s vineyards and are estate bottled. 100 ha of vineyards are dedicated t ...
The brand design is based on the provocative artwork of John Willie and his greatest creation, "Sweet Gwendoline". Created by Larry McGearty – an entrepreneur, creator of spirit brand worlds, and fan of art and subculture – he found the perfect creative director in Dita Von Teese, who credits John Willie's artistry as a source of inspirat ...
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