William Hooper is a man seriously devoted to Riesling. Having worked in the wine sales industry, the Minnesota Native, found himself increasingly intrigued by Germany Wine Laws throughout his personal education. The intricacies of Riesling struck a cord within Hooper, and in 2009 he and his wife made the decision to uproot and move to Germany...

Haarmeyer Wine Cellars is a family team, composed by winemaker Craig, his son Alex, wife Kelly, and daughter Marian. Craig started the winery in 2008 by sourcing fruit from a vineyard farmed by Ron Silva in the little town of Galt, California. At the time, he was interested primarily in making port and other wines using Spanish and Portuguese...

The Zilliken family's ties to wine making in Germany can be traced back to 1742, but their legacy truly began to take root with the work of Ferdinand Geltz. Geltz was a Royal Prussian Forest Superintendent and in 1908 he helped co-found Vereins der Naturwein versteigerer Großer Ring, known today as the VDP-Mosel. This extremely elite...

Ladera Sagrada has the largest holdings of vineyard land in the Valdeorras appellation, and the bodega makes wine using only the best 20% of its grapes. The rest of the given year's harvest is sold in bulk to other neighboring producers. Ladera Sagrada can source the best quality of grapes in Valdeorras and it has the ability to make the...

Heron wines was founded back in 1995 by Laely Heron. Having come from a family of travelers, Laely took the adventurous spirit her childhood fueled and ran with it straight into the wine industry. Laely was able to spend her junior year of college in France, and her time there had her falling in love with wine and enrolling at the Institute of...

While Bonny Doon Vineyard began with the (in retrospect) foolish attempt to replicate Burgundy in California, Randall Grahm realized early on that he would have far more success creating more distinctive and original wines working with Rhône varieties in the Central Coast of California. The key learning here was that in a warm,...

The Graillot family has established a reputation in Northern Rhône for producing exquiste Syrah since 1985. In 2011, Maxime Graillot, owner and winemaker for both Domaine des Lises and Alain...

Domaine de Pellehaut overlooks the town of Montréal-du-Gers in Gascony, situated within the Ténarèze region in Armagnac. Gaston Béraut purchased the 18th Century Château after the Second World War and has slowly developed the domaine into one of the larger single properties within the region. Gaston’s...

Ray Kaufman, after having worked as a winemaker for Laurel Glen for over 20 vintages, dreamed making a more delicate, perfumed style of Malbec from Argentina. Adelante, translating to 'moving forward', began with the purchase of the Don Eugenio vineyard. The site is located in the La Consulta region of Valle de Uco, was planted back in...

Perched atop Howell Mountain, 2,100 feet above the floor of the Napa Valley, it's easy to see the inspiration and adventurous spirit that is the essence of Outpost Wines. The terroir of the Outpost vineyards - the hard, rocky red soil, high altitude, gentle cooling breezes and sunny western exposure - produces fruit of incredible intensity...

For five decades, the Chappellet family has been crafting world-class wines from fruit cultivated on the steep, rocky slopes of Napa Valley’s renowned Pritchard Hill. As one of the first wineries to pioneer high-elevation hillside planting, and one of the few remaining great family-owned Napa Valley wineries, Chappellet Vineyard has...

Former NBA all-star, MVP, World Champion Dwyane Wade is nothing if not driven. Through his successes in his athletic career, and with the help of fellow teammates and foodies Chris Bosh and Lebron James, he discovered a passion and love for fine wines. Thanks to the friendships he cultivated over the years, he turned to a specifically dear one...

In 1989, Jacques Seysses of Domaine Dujac and Aubert de Villaine of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti joined by their Parisian friend, Michel Macaux, purchased a 45 ha property south of Aix-en-Provence on a south-facing hillside. Their vision was to set the benchmark of quality in a region that had not yet reached its full...

The founders of Grayson believe they can create a better bottle of wine at a better price point than what’s generally in the market today. Therefore Mike O'Connell and his wife founded Grayson Cellars, dedicating their winery to selecting the best grapes from the best regions within California, and bottling the wine at an approachable...

Quadrum Wine Company was founded in June 2020 by Monica and Victor Ordóñez. Their vision was to rejuvenate, redefine, and set the standard for the boxed fine wine experience, with roots grounded in three generations in the Spanish fine wine business, where their signature commitment has always been to an unapologetic obsession with...

Located in the sleepy town of Munébrega, Bodegas Breca was founded by Jorge Ordóñez in 2010 with the mission of producing the finest Garnacha in Aragón. Garnacha de Aragón, the clone used to produce the wines of Bodegas Breca, is the most ancient and genetically untouched clone of Garnacha (Grenache) in the...