Since our founding, we've believed in a simple mission- bring in really cool wines produced by really cool people that we genuinely like, and which offer great style and value.

 

Our people

We like people that live in their vineyards... literally.  Being close to the land means that you have respect for that land, and that you understand that it is the land that gives you the harvest... it's not something you take.  Our producers work to express the nuances of their own terroir, working with minimal intervention, growing varieties that belong on that land, and that produce unique and compelling wines.

“Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life’s most civilized pleasures.”
— Michael Broadbent

Some of our Producers

  • Carol Shelton, named "Winemaker of the Year 5 times, and the most awarded winemaker in California

  • Vaughn-Duffy Wines, a microscopic operation run by married team Sara Vaughn (no, not that one) and Matt Duffy; producing superb wines in Sonoma

  • Ronco Margherita, Alessandro Bellio’s organic winery in Friuli focused on bright, utterly clean wines from indigenous and select international varieties.

  • Stift Klosterneuberg- Founded in 1114, the oldest wine estate in Austria, seat of the Austrian Supreme Court and resting place of St Leopold, Patron Saint of Austria.

  • Sine Compromiso, a boutique venture (production volumes in the tens of cases annually) by Dr. Tamas Kaibinger, and his lifelong friend Ervin Stampf dedicated to making the world’s best Kekfrankos (Blaufrankisch).

  • Aguijon de Abeja, an organic project by the famed Durigutti brothers sourcing fruit from Argentina’s main viticultural areas. Ripe and fresh wines of great character.

  • Jordi Miro- Organically farming his 5 hectare property in Terra Alta, he built his winery himself, stone by stone, in his spare time.

  • Microbodega DobledePerez, a family team (two sisters and their brother) producing tiny quantities of Monastrell, Garnacha Tintorera and Petit Verdot from their ancient famliy plot in Jumilla

  • Clos Mogador, founded by the legendary Rene Barbier in 1982, one of the pioneers of the Priorat Renaissance, with holdings of 80-year-old Carignane vines.

  • Vinos del Viento- the result of Michael Cooper, a California boy, falling in love (first) with his beautiful wife who hails from Campo del Borja, and then (second) with the land and vineyards of Campo del Borja. Biodynamic wines which are some of Spain’s finest expressions of Garnacha.

  • Chateau St Jacques d’Albas- a biodynamic winery owned by British expat faterh-and son team Graham and Andrew Nutter, producting lush, compelling Minervois and Minervois-adjacent wines.

  • Schild Estate- owners of the original Shiraz plantings in the Barossa Valley, with vines dating to 1847