May
30
Avia
Halfway between the Alps and the Adriatic Sea lies Brda, Slovenia, a gorgeous wine region of rolling hills with terraced vineyards, olive groves and forests. Brda borders Italy’s Northeastern Collio wine region, and Avia’s vineyards are located here. Klet Brda Winery, the owner of Avia, is the leading producer and exporter of Slovenian bottled wine. […]
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May
30
Bailly Lapierre
During the Jurassic period 250 million years ago, the slow breaking-up of the Pangaean land mass gave rise to the Tethys Sea. Present-day France was completely under water. A few islands emerged, tropical in type, and the landscape would have been like the Caribbean as we know it: an island (now the Morvan), a coral […]
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May
30
Balbach Estate
The roots of the famous Balbach Wine Estate date back until 1654. Since then Weingut Balbach and the propretiors from the Bohn Family have worked hard to archieved a state of national and international fame for its unique wines. Today the Hasselbach Family lead by Agnes Hasselbach and son Johannes Hasselbach operates the Balbach estate. […]
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May
30
Hobo Wine Company
The Hobo Wine Company is the brainchild of Kenny Likitprakong. Kenny grew up at the winery, Domain Saint George, where his father Somchai worked as general manager since 1972. He considered several career options, including medicine, film and professional skateboarding before a gig in San Francisco introduced him to wine. UC Davis subsequently beckoned, and […]
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May
30
Barao de Vilar
The ancestors of the van Zeller family are the first known members of an uninterrupted series of 14 consecutive generations devoted to Port and Douro wine trade, an unprecedented fact in any other Portuguese family “dynasty” involved in the wine business. The known origins of the van Zeller family refer to the 13th Century, to […]
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May
30
Barker’s Marque
Waverley Vineyard is nestled between the bluffs of Blind River in the southeast corner of Marlborough’s winemaking region. Co-Owners Simon and Vanessa Barker extensively researched the soil and climate in the Marlborough region, and discovered that Waverley’s terroir would produce wines of exceptional quality and character. They planted the vineyards in 2004/05 to almost 100 […]
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May
30
Domaine Benoit Chauveau
The family has owned the vineyards since the 19th century, and they have been making wine here for several generations. Benoit gradually took over the vineyards in the mid-1990s and dedicated himself to the cultivation of the vines and winemaking. A few years later, Benoit’s wife, Emmanuelle, joined him and now manages the administrative and commercial aspects […]
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May
30
Cuarto Dominio
Cuarto Dominio is a small family winery created by two 4th generation families in the art of viticulture and winemaking. Winemakers Andrés Blanchard, Andrés’s sister Constanza Blanchard, and Javier Catena have deep family roots in Argentina’s winemaking history. The family of Javier Catena has grown vines in the foothills of the Andes Mountains in Mendoza […]
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May
30
Baron
Manuel Baron Fernandez founded this Sanlucar company in 1895, with the purchase of some old soleras from the almacenista of Anselmo Paz. His descendants can claim a winegrowing history that stretches back even further, however, for Baron’s wife, Dolores Romero Sanchez, came from the Sanlucar family of Romero de la Balsa, who has been cultivating […]
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May
30
Icelandic Wee Heavy
Viking history in Scotland goes back a thousand years. Even our brewmaster studied in Edinburgh, where he carefully surveyed the local brew. Now we return with an Icelandic Scotch Ale, brewed with locally farmed and smoked barley and spiced with native Icelandic angelica – a fabled herb ancient Vikings used as currency. Surrender your taste […]
